Conor Bradley injury update issued with 'no timeline' for Liverpool star's return

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Liverpool FC NewsFeaturesConor BradleyConor Bradley has been sidelined since January after suffering a serious knee injury in the 2-2 draw at Arsenal, but Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill has provided an update on the Liverpool defender's recoveryConor Bradley of Liverpool(Image: Jacques Feeney/Offside/Offside via Getty Images)Conor Bradley is "making progress" following his significant knee injury as Liverpool maintain a cautious approach to the right-back's recovery programme.Bradley has been unavailable since undergoing surgery to address both bone and ligament damage sustained during the Premier League stalemate at Arsenal in early January.The 22-year-old had featured 21 times throughout the campaign and established himself ahead of Jeremie Frimpong as the first-choice right-back selection for Reds manager Arne Slot before being ruled out for the rest of the domestic season. Bradley was absent for Northern Ireland's World Cup play-off against Italy in March and will not feature in next month's friendlies against Guinea and France.Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill - who secured a four-year contract extension with the national side on Wednesday - has provided an update on the defender's rehabilitation, reports the Liverpool Echo."Conor is on his way back from his knee injury," said O'Neill.

"Obviously, we have interaction with Conor quite regularly."He sent me a text on my new contract, congratulating me. I spoke to him last week."He's doing well, you know, he's making progress, but like it's not for me to put any type of timeline on that progress at this minute in time."We just want him back, fit and healthy, of course we do, as do Liverpool, but it's important that how that injury is handled."Get Liverpool's new 2026/27 home kitThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.

Learn moreLiverpool FC have launched their new home kit for the 2026/27, inspired by iconic adidas strip worn during the club's 1989/90 title-winning campaign.Injuries to Bradley, coupled with recurring fitness issues for summer recruit Frimpong, left Liverpool with little choice but to deploy Dominik Szoboszlai and, latterly, Curtis Jones in the right-back role.The Reds are understood to be weighing up reinforcing that position in the upcoming transfer window, having previously registered an interest in Inter Milan's Denzel Dumfries and Sunderland's Lutsharel Geertuida earlier this year.Frimpong was dealt another blow this week when he was left out of the Netherlands squad for this summer's World Cup.Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch and Cody Gakpo were all included but there was no place for their teammate. "It is the pattern of this season that he has been injured regularly," Koeman said.