Jurgen Klopp discusses future of Owen Beck after loan recall

Owen Beck was recalled from his loan spell with Scottish side Dundee, with Jurgen Klopp now discussing the 21-year-old’s future.

Owen Beck has recently been recalled from his loan spell up in Scotland with Dundee.

It came after both Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas were ruled out with long-term injuries.

Beck is a natural left-back who has performed admirably for the Scottish side this season.

Perhaps even more importantly, he possesses a left-foot that managers crave for the balance of their team while playing out the back.

Of course, many Liverpool fans want to know exactly what the plan is for Owen Beck.

The Welsh international was enjoying a productive spell out on loan.

Chances in the first-team for Beck will likely be hard to come by, even with the injuries on the left flank.

We exclusively reported that Owen Beck would be courted by both Rangers and Celtic if Andy Robertson returns, which has since been confirmed by The Times.

What did Jurgen Klopp say about Owen Beck?

On the left-back’s time with Dundee, the Reds boss said:

“It was good.”

“So, we always saw and were pretty positive about Owen but then he had two really difficult loan spells, which was a surprise that it didn’t work out because of what we thought about Owen, but that’s how it is, especially with young boys when you send them away from home and stuff like this.”

“Plenty of things can happen there and it always needs to fit really well – it must be the right manager, must be the right team, if you have another left-back there and he has experience… there are so many things [that] can make a loan spell not really happening.”

“That was probably for him the case and now in Dundee it was fine and he made big steps, and now the situation here is clear: we lose two of our left-backs so we think it makes sense if a boy we like is available for us, we bring him back. That’s all.” 

Hopefully there will be some first team opportunities for Beck in the coming weeks and months.

It would not be good to see him on the bench or for the reserves when he was tearing it up in Scotland.

Both Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas are still at least a few weeks away from returning at the minimum.

In other news, the amount of prize money Liverpool can earn with a win against Arsenal this weekend has been revealed.

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