Giovanni Leoni hints at Liverpool return as injury update shared after Andoni Iraola talks

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But I feel really good, in the last weeks I felt really good on the pitch.“The knee is looking good and I'm feeling the knee really good, so I can’t wait to be back with the team as soon as possible and then come back to play games in front of the fans.“Now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I’m not with the team, but I think in a short time now I can be back with the team.“Then we will see how the knee will respond and how I will feel to be back playing games.

So, I’m really happy.“After a lot of months, when you had this type of injury, of course I’m going to be a little bit nervous because I didn’t play for a year or something like that.“To be back playing in front of everyone, in front of the world, I’ll be a little bit nervous but it will be a [type of] nervous that will help me. “To be fair, (I’m close with) everyone.“But I can say that now I’m spending a lot of time with Hugo [Ekitike], Stefan [Bajcetic], Conor – because we did a little bit of rehab together.“When I had that moment in the first game, in my debut, I said, ‘Why [did this happen] to me?’ But I don’t think that is the best thing to say to yourself.“So I tried to change [my] mind and to say, ‘OK, it’s happening to me so I have to do something to become better than before.’ This was the best thing to do for me…“If you take everything with a good mentality, you can understand and be back stronger than before.

I can feel that we did this journey as a rehab together, because even if they didn’t see me, I received a lot of messages on Instagram, on everything.“Without them I couldn’t be where I am now. So, I’m really glad to have that.“I didn’t expect that but as I told you, I’m really glad to have them and I can’t wait to give them a lot of good days and games together – to win, to do a lot of good things together.”Get Liverpool's new 2026/27 away kitThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.