Jurgen Klopp and Tite, coach of the Brazilian national football team, seem to have gotten involved into a heated exchange of words over Fabinho’s availability for the Seleção ahead of the upcoming international break.
The 27-year-old Liverpool FC man, who has been slotted into the central defender role by his boss in recent weeks, limped off the pitch during the mid-week Champions League fixture at Anfield, with later reports confirming that he was set to be sidelined with a minor hamstring injury.
Klopp had started an indirect dialogue between him and Tite, upon the German saying that the Brazilian national team boss would not be too bothered over Fabinho’s injury as the midfielder hardly turned out for his country in international fixtures.
“I’m not sure if Tite’s too worried because he plays him never so he will probably now not sit on the bench for the next three international games,” said the German following Liverpool FC’s Champions League win on Tuesday night.
However, Tite also chose to respond to the Liverpool FC boss in a rather subtle manner, with the 59-year-old pointing out that he was more concerned about the player’s fitness rather than using him in his starting XI for the Seleção.
Speaking to Jovempan, Tite said, “Klopp and I have the same thinking and the same scale of values.”
“The health of athletes is essential. It is human.”
“The use is secondary, just as sport is secondary when we talk about health, when we talk about people, when we talk about something that is bigger. We have this same idea and way of watching football.”
