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Tom Cavilla

Jurgen Klopp gives Liverpool Covid update as Reds wait on further testing ahead of Tottenham

Jurgen Klopp has revealed that the positive tests of Curtis Jones, Fabinho and Virgil van Dijk are yet to be verified as Liverpool wait to discover if any other first-team players have contracted the coronavirus.

The Reds' trio missed last night's 3-1 win over Newcastle at Anfield after returning suspected positive COVID-19 cases, though remain in the dark as to whether or not these results are accurate.

There are no other Liverpool players who have since tested positive, but Klopp stressed that the situation could change in an instant.

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"It's not confirmed yet, that's an ongoing process - but they are not here," the Reds' boss told reporters regarding the absent trio.

"They are fine, apart from that. In this moment there is nobody else positive, but it is pretty early still and the players come a bit later so we will see."

Five Premier League matches have already been called off ahead of the weekend due to Covid outbreaks, though Liverpool's game at Tottenham Hotspur is one of the fixtures scheduled to be going ahead as things stand.

Klopp remains in the dark over Spurs' situation but is happy for the game to be played, unless further Liverpool players are ruled out of the contest having caught the virus.

"We have a game to play and Thursday, Sunday is a tough rhythm. We have no information about Tottenham, I have no idea if they have trained since today. It is difficult to get any kind of information which is used as preparation for the game," said the German.

"Regarding the integrity of the game, I don't know when all these games will be played. Where is the space for them to be played? I don't know all these kind of things.

"We don't think we shouldn't play on Sunday. But if, in two hours when the players arrive, we have six, seven or eight more cases then we cannot play. In a situation we are in now, we can play and would like to play."

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