Alongside Liverpool’s dreadful recent form, manager Arne Slot is also dealing with a growing list of injuries across the squad. Giovanni Leoni remains out for the long term, while Alisson Becker, Jeremie Frimpong, Alexander Isak, Curtis Jones and Ryan Gravenberch have all been dealing with fitness problems in recent weeks.
Slot will be hoping to welcome some players back for Saturday night’s clash with Aston Villa at Anfield. However, Frimpong is ruled out and isn’t expected to return until early December.
Latest Liverpool injury updates ahead of Aston Villa
In his latest Liverpool Confidential column for Mail Sport, Lewis Steele shared mixed updates regarding several injured Liverpool players.
Alisson won’t feature in the coming week, meaning he’ll miss the match against Unai Emery’s side. Isak and Jones are listed as doubtful to be available in time.
On a more positive note, as Slot hinted earlier, Gravenberch looks set to return for Saturday’s game, which would be a major boost for the Premier League champions.
Poor timing for Isak and Jones setbacks
Injuries are never ideal, but the knocks to Isak and Jones came at particularly unfortunate moments.
Liverpool’s record signing had only just regained full fitness and completed a couple of much-needed full matches when he picked up a groin injury during the 5-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt, disrupting his momentum at Anfield.
At the same time, Jones had been in excellent form and pushing to cement a place in the starting lineup before being forced off against Brentford, a setback made worse by Gravenberch also being unavailable.
Even if both players pass late fitness tests, Slot may choose to ease them back by starting them on the bench, especially with huge matches against Real Madrid and Manchester City on the horizon.
Liverpool will be hoping for some positive news — after a brutal October, they need every boost they can get.
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