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Mamadou Sakho’s agent has rejected any suggestions of a rift with Jurgen Klopp and a possible loan to Roma a fter being sent home from the Liverpool tour of the USA.

The Italian side are in need of defensive reinforcements after new Portuguese full-back Mario Rui suffered an ACL injury to his knee in training during their tour in America - but it won’t be coming from Sakho.

Jurgen Klopp had played down any suggestions of a major rift between himself and Sakho after he decided to send the Frenchman back to Melwood for breaching club rules during the Reds’ ongoing tour of America.

And that view was confirmed by the players’s agent after his player was linked with a loan move to the Italians, who face Liverpool this week in St Louis in their final match of their Stateside trip.

Sakho’s agent Niakate Housseyni told LaRoma24: “No, I haven’t had any contact with Roma.

“He didn’t have an argument with his manager, Jurgen Klopp.

“So he’ll stay at Liverpool? Yes, he’s a Liverpool player. I don’t think Roma have that opportunity right now.”

While Klopp was clearly irritated by Sakho’s behaviour on tour - being late for the plane, late for a meal and missing a session - he himself described the situation as “not serious”.

Klopp said: “It’s not that serious. He nearly missed the departure of the plane, he missed a session and was late for a meal.

“We have some rules and we have to respect them.

It is private how he reacted. But we had no argument, it wasn’t ‘aghh, you, no...’.

“I spoke. You cannot argue when only one person is speaking. That’s all.”