JURGEN KLOPP HAS hit out at the Football Association over their treatment of Liverpool youngster Jordan Rossiter while on international duty, accusing them of handling him “like a horse”.
The 18-year-old, who made a brief cameo off the bench against Arsenal in the Premier League earlier this season, picked up a hamstring injury earlier this month after playing three games in six days while on England Under-19 duty.
And Klopp believes that Rossiter was over-played and would not have picked up the injury if he had been managed properly, and intends to let the FA know exactly how he feels.
“It’s too much. If you are young maybe you’re more resistant but that is not normal,” the German coach said ahead of Liverpool’s Europa League clash with Rubin Kazan.
“I have to talk to somebody. We are in contact, I didn’t want to call somebody at the FA on my first day but this is not okay.
He has a hamstring and it was because of the match. These young players are our future, if we handle them like horses then they will be horses.
“It’s normal in England three games in five days? At Christmas I know, two games in two days!”
Liverpool are currently managing a string of injured players, with Jordan Henderson and Daniel Sturridge both currently sidelined, while Danny Ings and Joe Gomez – the latter also injured while playing for the Three Lions – sustained severe ligament damage.
