Liverpool loan terminated: Left-back faces 4-month layoff after surgery

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Liverpool left-back Owen Beck is set to return to the club after surgery on a serious hamstring injury, with his loan spell at Derby cut short without playing once. Derby head coach John Eustace confirmed on Thursday that Beck required the operation to repair his hamstring and, facing a four-month layoff, will be sent back to Liverpool.

Derby boss Eustace confirms Beck loan terminated “Unfortunately, Owen has had to have surgery on his hamstring, so he’s going to be out for the next three or four months,” he told reporters including the Derby Telegraph‘s Leigh Curtis. “We all feel sorry for the boy, but it’s all part of his learning and his development.

Now he will be left to focus on his recovery at the AXA before targeting a string of appearances for Liverpool’s U21s in the final months of the season. Beck’s is the latest in a long line of setbacks to Liverpool’s youth and loan ranks, with two other highly rated left-backs already sidelined with serious injuries.