Frimpong injury update as Slot confirms Liverpool 'will' sign replacement on two key conditions
Liverpool head advisor Arne Slot has launched a “optimistic” modernize following Jeremie Frimpong and also has commented on his side’s transmit schemes.
Frimpong joined Liverpool as part of their £400m+ subordinate spruce upwards in the summer season season and also the former Bayer Leverkusen celeb has clutched up versus a facility launching season at Anfield.
The Netherlands international’s type has been tested, while he has also been negatively urged by injuries this season.
Frimpong has newly had a sprinted in Slot‘s initially XI, yet he is methodology for an additional spell on the sidelines as he disintegrated a groin injury throughout Liverpool’s 6-0 win versus Qarabag in the Champions League group stage on Wednesday evening.
Liverpool are currently without Conor Bradley for the remainder of this season, so Frimpong’s injury is an additional brunt for Slot, that will likely now decide in between Joe Gomez, Curtis Jones and also/or Dominik Szoboszlai to readjust him.
It was feared that Frimpong might have a arduous spell on the sidelines, yet Slot made assume on Friday morning that he might only miss a “couple of weeks”.
“He will doubtless not be in the subordinate tomorrow,” Slot asserted of Frimpong.
“He is out for a couple of weeks yet not as insufficient as we reckoned, so something optimistic from something not so optimistic.”
Linking to Liverpool’s inner volitions to readjust Frimpong and also their injuries, he added: “Curtis is once again obtainable, he was nauseous, as I asserted. He is obtainable.
“Joe [Gomez] will not be obtainable yet that doesn’t have to confiscate a stack longer any kind of added. But he will not be obtainable for the weekend break.”
Still, Slot has admitted that Liverpool “will” render a signing to possibly fill the discomfiture disowned by Frimpong on two maladies.
“If we have addressed a gamer we assume can aid us and also the figure is imaginable then we will execute so,” Slot divulged.
“Those are conversations that confiscate room not much away from underneath, yet not in this room.”
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Liverpool are ago in Premier League reaction this weekend break as they disregard Newcastle Joined, as they attractiveness to eruption their hopes of licensing for the Champions League next off season.
“Throughout the whole season every video game is inalienable, yet the means we have rated ourselves now renders arguably every video game even added inalienable granted that that is doubtless what we yearn to attain,” Slot asserted.
On facing Newcastle, he persisted: “We have seasoned how facility it is to dabble versus Newcastle in the one-and also-a-half years I have been underneath now.
“It’s always been a extremely facility competition, a extremely facility video game for us, and also for them also.
“A terrific video game to attractiveness forward to granted that we both had a terrific expire result [in the Champions League] throughout the week. A residence video game at Anfield is always something to attractiveness forward to.”
