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Liverpool manager Arne Slot says that he has 'enough options' at centre-back to tackle the demands of the busy season ahead, after Joe Gomez departed their pre-season training camp to recover from an injury - but fans in the Liverpool ECHO comments section say that the state of the defence demands an answer in the summer transfer window.

Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate ended up as the only two senior centre-backs on tour in Asia with Liverpool, after Gomez suffered a minor Achilles injury and returned to the UK to recover.

Jarell Quansah's sale earlier in the window means that the three defenders are the ones that will be relied upon during a busy upcoming season, including Champions League football.

Slot has insisted that the club don't need to address the defence in the transfer window, saying that midfielders Ryan Gravenberch and Wataru Endo can fill in, if it comes to it.

We need another one, not taking Gravenberch out of midfield to make do."

Corona says: "Gomez will be lucky to play more than 7 or 8 games this season.

All this talk from Slot about Grav and Endo CAN play there is not good, we need a proven CB not makeshift ones."

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DaretoDream agrees: "I’m sure the staff are on the lookout for centre-backs, but the need for at least one to come in is obvious.

Or you go into the season one injury away from a Dad's Army outfit at CB, taking your DM out of the midfield."

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NoScope45 reckons that Liverpool will do the business that they need to do: "I think they’ve earned a bit of trust.