New Giovanni Leoni injury update emerges

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Giovanni Leoni injured his ACL on his Liverpool debut and has been out for more than six months. Image Credits: Imago ImagesLiverpool centre-back Giovanni Leoni is stepping up his recovery from an ACL injury, with head coach Arne Slot providing an update on the teenager.Leoni was injured on his debut against Southampton in the Carabao Cup in September 2025, having impressed despite the level of opposition.Signed from Parma last summer for around £26m, the Italian is expected to return next season, potentially alongside Jeremy Jacquet, who is set to arrive from Stade Rennais.Leoni has been working in the gym during his rehabilitation, aiming to be fully fit for pre-season.

“If you look at Giovanni Leoni, I don’t know if you once in a while see some Instagram posts from the club, but this guy becomes a beast!” Slot said on Friday.Giovanni Leoni enjoyed a breakthrough 2024–25 season in Serie A and earned his first senior call-up for the Italy national football team shortly after joining Liverpool. Leoni described the injury as the “strongest pain” he has ever felt, but says he is determined to return stronger for Liverpool.He told Gazzetta dello Sport: “As soon as I hit the ground I said to Conor Bradley, my teammate: ‘I’ve done my cruciate.’ “It had never happened to me [before] but it was a strange feeling, I thought:‘That’s it, period.’ A great, strong pain, the strongest pain I have felt in life… I believe that life reserves certain things and destiny has led me to this.“To myself, I say: ‘It must have happened to make me stronger.’ “I can’t look at the long term, I only think about training my mind.

I’m doing rehab, I’m in the swimming pool, the gym.“For a footballer, an injury like this can be the most difficult moment of his career but now I just want to train my head to come back stronger than before. “I think that’s the key thing: the head can do most of the work.”Like fellow summer signing Alexander Isak, who has missed much of his debut campaign, Leoni could feel like a new signing once he returns.