Luis Diaz will decide for himself whether he can play for Liverpool in Sunday's Premier League match at Luton Town following the kidnapping of his parents, manager Juergen Klopp said.
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Diaz's mother, Cilenis Marulanda, and father, Luis Manuel Diaz, were taken by armed men as they were driving in La Guajira province in Northern Colombia on Saturday."If he feels right, he will be will us. You can see he didn't sleep a lot," Klopp told a press conference on Friday."It's up to him, if he makes himself available or not."
Klopp gave an update on Thiago Alcantara, who is not training fully with the first-team squad due to setbacks from the hip injury that has sidelined the midfielder since April. "Thiago is an ongoing thing. We cannot put any pressure there as well. We expect him to be back at the start of the New Year," Klopp said.Liverpool are fourth in the table with 23 points, three behind leaders Tottenham Hotspur and one adrift of Arsenal and Manchester City. Luton are 18th with five points.
Klopp said he would not underestimate promoted Luton who have only earned one point in four games at Kenilworth Road this season."All I need is a pitch, an opponent and us there. It's exciting, I love the story."Matt Henry has been ruled out of the World Cup in India with a torn right hamstring and replaced in the squad by fellow New Zealand paceman Kyle Jamieson.
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