Bit of a sepp-tuation
Liverpool have included Sepp van den Berg in their squad for the pre-season trip to the USA despite the defender looking for a way out.
The 22-year-old is set to join Arne Slot and the rest of the Reds’ team as part of a 28-man squad.
However, speaking earlier in the summer, he revealed he wanted out due to a lack of first-team opportunities.
Speaking to De Telegraaf in June, he said: “I felt ‘ready’ [in 2021]. I had a good conversation with the management. He said he had received good reports. I understood that I wasn’t going to play Van Dijk, Matip or Konate out [the team]. But I thought I could be right behind it. When I didn’t get a chance again, I said: ‘Figure it out, I want to leave.’
“You (Liverpool) didn’t exude confidence in me all this time, but you do want to hinder my future. I want to keep playing every week and develop myself further. In Germany, I enjoy Dortmund away with 70,000 people, Bayern Munich away against Harry Kane, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Leverkusen, against clubs like that I am challenged every week.”
As it stands, no team has yet to match Liverpool’s asking price for Van den Berg, and the defender could now feature in the US.
Since joining the Reds in 2019, he’s made just four senior appearances, while he has been loaned out time and time again.
