Jurgen Klopp has admitted there are jokes in the Liverpool dressing room over Thiago Alcantara's signing. The Spaniard arrived from Bayern Munich in the transfer window after he told the German club he wanted a new challenge.Long negotiations followed by the Bundesliga champions eventually agreed to a deal with Liverpool.But it has not been an easy start for Thiago - who was named in the FIFA World XI on Thursday.
He arrived already carrying an injury, prolonging his debut and then only managed 45 minutes against Chelsea before being hit by coronavirus.
The 29-year-old started the Merseyside debut but suffered a nasty injury which has kept him out since.Those have been Thiago's only two appearances this season for the Reds but Klopp has.
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