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Mark Rodden 8y

Liverpool's Divock Origi took a fitness risk ahead of Euro 2016 with Belgium

Liverpool attacker Divock Origi has said that he took a risk playing in last week's Europa League final against Sevilla.

Origi, 21, came on as a substitute during the Reds' 3-1 loss after making a rapid recovery from the ankle injury he suffered in last month's Merseyside derby win over Everton.

The ex-Lille player was given time to prove his fitness before being named in Belgium's Euro 2016 squad and he was relieved to have come through the Sevilla game unscathed.

"I took a little risk playing against Sevilla and luckily for me I didn't have to regret it physically," La Derniere Heure quoted Origi as saying. "I didn't even feel any pain."

Belgium boss Marc Wilmots has hinted that he will use Origi on the wing at Euro 2016.

The Liverpool player says he is willing to play in any position to help his national team win next month's competition.

"I prefer to play through the middle but if I'm here it's to be of service to the team in the position that they want to entrust to me," he said.

"I'm sometimes on the wing at Liverpool too or up front but not on my own. But don't think this question is worrying me particularly.

"I certainly consider myself as a number nine who's capable of slipping to the wing but ultimately it's the best who'll play and who will lead us as far as possible."

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