Arne Slot offered a measured update on Liverpool’s injury picture ahead of Sunday\u2019s meeting with Manchester United, confirming positive news on two key squad members while reiterating caution over his goalkeeper.<\/p>\n
Slot said he expected both Ryan Gravenberch and Ibrahima Konat\u00e9 to be available for the match. There had been belief that Konat\u00e9 would return in time to face Ruben Amorim’s side, and Slot summed up a series of encouraging developments for his group.<\/p>\n
\u201cRyan is completely fit,\u201d he began. \u201cWe still have to train twice, but if you ask me now, he\u2019s completely fit. We are in a good place with the Dutch national team. Ronald Koeman can make a decision either to play either Tijjani Reijnders or Ryan Gravenberch… he played them both 45 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIbou has come back to us and started his sessions again. He\u2019s expected to train with us today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those positives were tempered when Slot addressed the situation with Alisson. The goalkeeper remains sidelined after suffering a hamstring injury against Galatasaray earlier this month, and Slot declined to give an optimistic timeline.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Alisson] is not training with us,\u201d Slot revealed. \u201cHe\u2019s out.\u201d<\/p>\n
On how long the recovery will take, Slot was clear that certainty is still some way off. \u201cLike I always say, it\u2019s so difficult to say, because the end phase of rehab always can give you positives or negatives. He will not play this weekend and also not next week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Liverpool travel to Manchester United on the back of three consecutive defeats, a slump that has seen them surrender first place in the Premier League standings to Arsenal. The Gunners are in action away at Fulham earlier in the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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