No Mo Salah farewell & winger suffers major injury blow – Latest Liverpool FC News
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Liverpool winger Kaide Gordon has suffered a major injury blow and there remain no plans for a farewell to Mo Salah at Anfield on Saturday. Kaide Gordon tears meniscus Gordon has made eight appearances for the Reds, most recently coming on as a substitute in Liverpool Carabao Cup defeat to Crystal Palace this season.
And he has now suffered another long-term injury, announcing on Instagram that he has torn his meniscus. Today’s Liverpool FC News • There no plans for an Anfield farewell to Salah, reports the Telegraph‘s Sam Wallace, with the club not wanting to give the impression there is no way back – not that Liverpool or the player know what the future holds at this point! • Saudi Pro League CEO Omar Mugharbel says Salah “is welcome” there, “but it is the clubs that are responsible for negotiating with players” – it is no secret that PIF-affiliated clubs are interested • Curtis Jones has insisted that the players “are always” behind Slot and Salah is “as hungry as ever” – let’s patch things up then, eh • Steven Gerrard has told TNT Sports he thinks some of Salah’s comments were “wrong” and captain Virgil van Dijk may need to intervene – the former skipper himself helped sort out problems between Brendan Rodgers and Luis Suarez More from This Is Anfield Dominik Szoboszlai and Virgil van Dijk have already played 2,520 minutes for club and country this campaign, with only one player in Europe’s top five leagues featuring more.
“Slot has leaned on the quartet heavily and his reliance on them has already seen Gakpo ruled out for a number of weeks with an injury, with fears the same could later extend to the others.” READ: Only ONE player in Europe has played more than Szoboszlai & Van Dijk – a warning for Slot Elsewhere in the football world today • England have announced they will play friendlies against Uruguay and Japan in March’s international break – both are to take place at Wembley • Everton are in the market to sign a right-back in January, with Seamus Coleman frequently injured and Nathan Patterson suffering fitness problems (BBC Sport) • Roma are interested in taking Joshua Zirkzee on loan in January (Sky Sports) – losing count here of how many failed signings have walked through the doors at Man United in recent years Liverpool FC: On this day Happy birthday to Jeremie Frimpong who turns 25 years old on December 10! He was in Man City‘s academy before joining Celtic and Bayer Leverkusen prior to his summer move to Liverpool.