Jeremie Frimpong Out Until After International Break With Hamstring Injury

Liverpool will beryllium without caller signing Jeremie Frimpong until aft nan adjacent world break arsenic a consequence of a hamstring injury. Conor Bradley is successful contention to switch Frimpong having recovered from a hamstring wounded of his own.

Frimpong suffered nan setback during nan Premier League opener against Bournemouth, erstwhile he was replaced connected nan hr mark, and caput coach Arne Slot revealed nan wounded could person been worse but for nan involution of Liverpool’s aesculapian team.

The £29.5m signing from Bayer Leverkusen is apt to beryllium retired for 4 weeks but, pinch nan first world break of nan play from 1-9 September, nan only games he should miss for Liverpool are Monday’s sojourn to Newcastle and nan location lucifer against Arsenal adjacent Sunday.

Slot said: “Conor trained for a fewer minutes pinch america coming for nan first time. The aesculapian squad were wholly correct astir Jeremie and to show maine that I had to return him disconnected because he is retired until nan extremity of nan world break.

“I deliberation I sewage criticised a spot for taking him off. It had thing to do pinch really he played but we felt he had an rumor pinch his hamstring and by we, I mean nan aesculapian staff. They were wholly right. It was a bully telephone to return him disconnected different he possibly would person been retired for longer. We expect to person him backmost aft nan world break.”

Bradley is not guaranteed to commencement astatine St James’ Park fixed he has been retired for respective weeks while Joe Gomez, different imaginable replacement for Frimpong, has conscionable recovered from an achilles injury.

“At nan infinitesimal we only person 2 injuries but unluckily it is 2 successful nan aforesaid position,” Slot added. “The bully point is we person different players that tin play there. Wataru [Endo] played location for a fewer minutes, Dominik Szoboszlai has already played there. There are different options we tin explore. Joe Gomez is decidedly 1 of them but for him to already play 20 minutes [against Bournemouth] that is already rather a lot.

“I wouldn’t opportunity [Gomez] has had a setback but he wasn’t capable to train 3 days successful a statement wholly pinch nan team, which is wholly normal erstwhile you person been retired for truthful agelong and each of a abrupt nan head needs you for 20 minutes. He is training pinch nan team, truthful let’s spot wherever he is connected Monday and if he tin beryllium progressive pinch nan squad aliases moreover start. But location are different options.”