Jurgen Klopp claims Liverpool yet to make a decision over future of Kabak

Kabak’s Liverpool stint

Liverpool of course signed Ozan Kabak on loan from Schalke during the winter window.

The Reds have had a nightmare campaign when it comes to injuries, with all of Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip sidelined with long-term issues.

Fabinho and Jordan Henderson, in turn, were forced to drop deep to help with the Reds’ centre-back woes. However, both have endured injury problems of their own, with Henderson still out of action at present.

So, it wasn’t too much of a shock to see both Kabak and Ben Davies brought to Anfield earlier this year.

Davies has not really featured since his arrival on Merseyside. But Kabak has been one of Jurgen Klopp’s most consistent starters of late.

Granted, it has been far from plain sailing. But the Turkish international has now formed a fairly decent partnership with Nat Phillips.

Klopp on Kabak

Kabak’s future on Merseyside, though, remains up in the air at present.

When the 21-year-old joined Liverpool, it was reported that the Reds secured an option to buy for an initial fee of £18m, with the potential to rise to £26.5m.

Liverpool, at present, do not look to have taken up said option.

And, when asked about Kabak’s future recently, Jurgen Klopp’s response also shed little light on the situation.

The Liverpool boss praised the Turkish international’s impact so far, but when it came to his future, Klopp insisted they would discuss it after the final game of the season:

“Ozan was absolutely incredible, he did a great job. Not to forget he is a young, young boy with incredible experience already. He has been with different clubs, moved early from Turkey to Germany and played at two big clubs in Germany in difficult situations which were obviously not his fault, we could all see that when he arrived here. 

“Yes, he took a little bit of time to adapt but he did super things for us. I don’t know how many games out but against Leipzig he was incredible, we knew how good Leipzig could be. 

“About the future, we will talk about it and decide about it after the last match. There is obviously enough time for that, nothing else really to say about that.”

Quotes via Goal.

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#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City FC	37	46	83
2	Manchester United FC	37	28	71
3	Chelsea FC	37	23	67
4	Liverpool FC	37	24	66
5	Leicester City FC	37	20	66
6	West Ham United FC	37	12	62
7	Tottenham Hotspur FC	37	21	59
8	Everton FC	37	4	59
9	Arsenal FC	37	14	58
10	Leeds United	37	6	56
11	Aston Villa FC	37	8	52
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	37	-15	45
13	Crystal Palace FC	37	-23	44
14	Southampton FC	37	-18	43
15	Newcastle United FC	37	-18	42
16	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	37	-4	41
17	Burnley FC	37	-21	39
18	Fulham FC	37	-24	28
19	West Bromwich Albion	37	-39	26
20	Sheffield United FC	37	-44	20

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Player	Team	Goals
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	22
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	22
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	17
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	17
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	16
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	16
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa FC	14
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	13
Gundogan, Ilkay	Manchester City FC	13
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	13
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	12
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	12
Wood, Chris	Burnley FC	12
Iheanacho, Kelechi	Leicester City FC	12
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	11
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	11
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace FC	11
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	10
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United FC	10
Cavani, Edinson	Manchester United FC	10

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
McGinn, John	Aston Villa FC	0	11
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United FC	0	11
Gallagher, Conor	West Bromwich Albion	0	10
Hojbjerg, Pierre	Tottenham Hotspur FC	0	9
Milivojevic, Luka	Crystal Palace FC	1	8
Lundstram, John	Sheffield United FC	1	8
Phillips, Kalvin	Leeds United	0	9
Luiz, Douglas	Aston Villa FC	0	8
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	1	8
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	1	7
Shaw, Luke	Manchester United FC	0	8
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	7
Bellerin, Hector	Arsenal FC	0	8
Andersen, Joachim	Fulham FC	1	7
Egan, John	Sheffield United FC	1	7
Holgate, Mason	Everton FC	0	8
Hayden, Isaac	Newcastle United FC	0	8
Dallas, Stuart	Leeds United	0	7
McGoldrick, David	Sheffield United FC	0	7
Reid, Bobby	Fulham FC	0	7

Player	Team	Assists
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	13
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	12
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	10
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City FC	10
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	9
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	8
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	8
Harrison, Jack	Leeds United	8
Werner, Timo	Chelsea FC	8
Raphinha	Leeds United	8
Gross, Pascal	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	8
Cresswell, Aaron	West Ham United FC	8
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	7
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	7
Eze, Eberechi	Crystal Palace FC	7
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	7
Robertson, Andrew	Liverpool FC	7
Digne, Lucas	Everton FC	7
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	6

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