• January switch may affect club’s transfer policy, says manager• Klopp hopes Kane injury prompts FA action on fixture pile-upJürgen Klopp has labelled the switch of the 2021 African Cup Nations Cup from summer to January a “catastrophe” to continue his complaints against football’s global calendar.
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Liverpool would lose three leading players in Sadio Mané,
Mohamed Salah and Naby Këita for the African tournament, now set to run from 9 January to 6 February next year, having been previously scheduled for July.