While the window for Premier League sides to buy players ended ahead of the 2019/20 season, teams in Europe’s other top leagues are currently still able to add new recruits to their squads.
Fred is yet to feature for the Reds in this campaign and has consequently been linked with other clubs by the media, but Ole made it clear in Friday’s press conference that the Brazilian has an important part to play in his squad.
“He [Fred] is working hard and at the moment he’s just behind Paul [Pogba] and Scott [McTominay] - who has done really well - and Nemanja [Matic], who hasn't been involved,”
the boss told reporters at the Aon Training Complex.