
The 26-year-old, who missed the Europa League final as he was serving a doping suspension and was then omitted from France’s Euro 2016 squad, is ostensibly returning for more treatment on a troublesome Achilles injury.
However, the Daily Telegraph claims Klopp took the decision after Sakho — who cost Liverpool £18million ($25 million) in 2013 — turned up late for the club’s flight to the USA and then interrupted the German during an interview performed during a tour of the infamous Alcatraz Island prison.
In the video Sakho interrupts Klopp and asks: “How long do you think you can live here?”
Klopp gives him short shrift.
“I don’t have to think about that — you should. Only one of us turned up late for departure from Liverpool. It was you.”