Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson could still play for England at this year's European Championship despite suffering a serious knee injury, the Premier League club's manager Juergen Klopp said.
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Liverpool's Jordan Henderson before the match
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REUTERS: Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson could still
play for England at this year's European Championship despite suffering a
serious knee injury, the Premier League club's manager Juergen Klopp
said.
Henderson damaged ligaments in Thursday's 1-1 Europa League
draw with Borussia Dortmund in Germany and was expected to miss six to
eight weeks, leaving him little time to return to match fitness before
Euro 2016 starting on June 10.
But Klopp said his captain could be back for Liverpool's final games of the season.
"It (Henderson's injury) is serious, but it's not that
serious that there's no hope for us for maybe the last one or two games,
and of course there's hope for the European Championship," the German
told the club's website (www.liverpoolfc.com).
"We will do everything for him, for us, that he's back in
the race as soon as possible. We also have to wait for how each day and
see how he does."
England face Russia, Slovakia and Wales in Group B of the
24-team tournament and coach Roy Hodgson will name his squad on May 12.
(Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru, Editing by Ed Osmond)
- Reuters
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