Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara will probably be out of motion for as much as six weeks due to harm, sources have instructed ESPN.
The Spain worldwide limped off the pitch early within the second half with a suspected hamstring pressure throughout Saturday’s 2-2 Premier League draw at Fulham.
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Thiago‘s harm comes at a foul time for Liverpool, who’re nonetheless with out midfielders Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Curtis Jones.
“This is not a very good state of affairs. I do not prefer it in any respect. We have now to see how we react on that, however for certain not panic,” Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp mentioned.
The switch window closes on Sept. 1 however Klopp indicated Liverpool is not going to make a rash resolution concerning signing new gamers.
“A switch should make sense now and within the long-term,” he mentioned. “We have now eight midfielders. We nonetheless have sufficient midfielders. It isn’t that we lack midfielders, it is simply a few of them are injured.”
Accidents restricted Thiago to 24 league appearances final season.
Thiago, 31, will miss a number of video games, together with the Merseyside derby in opposition to Everton at Goodison Park on Sept. 3.
He might return in time for Liverpool’s league sport at Chelsea on Sept. 18.
