Not sure how it's going to help him anyway....likely Matip and Lovren are the starters. So unless there's an injury he's not going to get games anyway and when Sakho comes back, he'll be right back where he was. I actually think playing in the olympics could be better for him. He'll have a chance to show what he can do since he's not getting much chance at Liverpool..
Playing in the Olympics might help him get a chance with someone else, sure.
I just said 3rd or 4th choice so not pegging him as a contender for starting. But sometimes 3rd or 4th choice players DO get games, depending on circumstances. It would have been higher in the pecking order than where he was after coming back from loan last season.
I DID NOT say he should have turned down Portugal, just that being away won't help him fight his way up the selection ladder here.
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