Liverpool have been dealt a substantial pre-season blow following information {that a} pre-Euro 2024 damage will preserve Andrew Robertson sidelined for the following couple of weeks.
Robertson is a part of the Liverpool squad that has travelled to the US for summer season tour video games in opposition to Actual Betis, Arsenal and Manchester United. However the Scotland captain has been dominated out of that includes in any of the organized friendlies because of a lingering drawback.
He is not more likely to be able to play till after Liverpool have returned house early subsequent month.
“He isn’t totally match but. However we expect him ultimately of the tour – perhaps simply after the tour – to be totally match once more,” supervisor Arne Slot defined upon arriving in Pittsburgh.
“He took a small damage into the Euros and afterwards he needed to recuperate from that after taking part in these video games. However we’ll count on him again after our tour – however he joined us over right here.”
Robertson was managing a difficult ankle concern previous to Euro 2024 and was a doubt for Scotland’s opening sport of the event in opposition to hosts Germany after limping out of a coaching session simply days earlier. However the 30-year-old sufficiently recovered to play nearly each minute throughout his nation’s group fixtures, in the end crashing out of the event early.
There seems an opportunity that Robertson may very well be obtainable for Liverpool’s curtain-raising pleasant in opposition to Sevilla at Anfield on 11 August, six days earlier than their Premier League marketing campaign begins.
Total, Robertson missed a substantial variety of video games final season, totalling 30 appearances in all competitions. It was his lowest in a marketing campaign since his first yr with the Reds in 2017/18, earlier than he had established himself as a daily within the staff. That was principally the results of a shoulder damage that dominated the left-back out of motion for round three months in autumn and winter.
The versatile Joe Gomez was typically the go-to possibility in Robertson’s absence.
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