Liverpool will stop their players from heading to Covid ‘red zones’ on international duty.
Alisson, Fabinho and Roberto Firmino are among the Reds’ squad who will require a ten-day quarantine period after representing Brazil later this month.
Covid restrictions will also affect Diogo Jota, Sadio Mane and Naby Keita if they are called up for Portugal, Senegal and Guinea’s World Cup qualifiers.
Jurgen Klopp admitted on Wednesday that the Premier League champions will resist calls to release players to their countries if they are required to self-isolate.
He said: “I have different things I could say but we are concerned, yes – about all the things that happened in the last few months.
“Whenever someone had to leave the bubble. In the bubble we have had cases but we are without cases for a long time.
“But it never spread – there was self-isolation.
“There were two periods in the last international break when more cases come up and the Christmas period obviously which we were all involved.
“It was a challenge for all of society.
“It’s going in the right direction in England and looks positive and promising. Yes, we are concerned by these things.
“The only problem I have is what is a ‘red list’ county. England is doing well at the moment but we are on the red list for some other countries.
“It is not easy for us to travel from England. Having more information would be great. We don’t get that information. I think FIFA was kind of clear.
“We don’t have to let the players go this time and all the clubs agree we cannot let the players just go and sort the situation when they come back with a 10-day quarantine in a hotel.
“I understand the need of the different FAs but this is a time where you can’t make everyone happy and we have to admit the players are paid by the clubs.
“That means we have to be first priority. That means, with the competitions coming up in the summer, you cannot make everyone happy at the same time in this period.
“This is why we are not 100% sure because it is not clear because some countries might change the venues where they play.
“The whole situation is similar to the Champions League. We always have to wait until the last second pretty much because people need time to make decisions.
“We don’t think too much about it because we are not influential in it. We just deal with the things other people decided and have got kind of used to it.
“But everyone agrees we cannot just let the players go, play for their countries then come back and having to quarantine for 10 days in a hotel.
“That is not how we can do it.”