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View image in fullscreenJeremie Frimpong out until after international break with hamstring injury

Full-back sustained injury during win over Bournemouth

Bradley back training and may feature against Newcastle

Liverpool will be without new signing Jeremie Frimpong until after the next international break as a result of a hamstring injury.



Conor Bradley is in contention to replace Frimpong having recovered from a hamstring injury of his own.

Frimpong suffered the setback during the Premier League opener against Bournemouth, when he was replaced on the hour mark, and head coach Arne Slot revealed the injury could have been worse but for the intervention of Liverpool’s medical team.

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The £29.5m signing from Bayer Leverkusen is likely to be out for four weeks but, with the first international break of the season from 1-9 September, the only games he should miss for Liverpool are Monday’s visit to Newcastle and the home match against Arsenal next Sunday.

Slot said: “Conor trained for a few minutes with us today for the first time.

The medical team were completely right about Jeremie and to tell me that I had to take him off because he is out until the end of the international break.

“I think I got criticised a bit for taking him off.

They were completely right.

We expect to have him back after the international break.”

Bradley is not guaranteed to start at St James’ Park given he has been out for several weeks while Joe Gomez, another potential replacement for Frimpong, has just recovered from an achilles injury.

“At the moment we only have two injuries but unfortunately it is two in the same position,” Slot added.

Joe Gomez is definitely one of them but for him to already play 20 minutes [against Bournemouth] that is already quite a lot.

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“I wouldn’t say [Gomez] has had a setback but he wasn’t able to train three days in a row completely with the team, which is completely normal when you have been out for so long and all of a sudden the manager needs you for 20 minutes.
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