Arne Slot expects Joe Gomez to be out for “fairly a bit” after choosing up a hamstring damage within the first half of Liverpool’s 5-0 win over West Ham.
Liverpool are more likely to want Jarell Quansah to step as much as first-choice type after Gomez joined the damage checklist on Sunday.
The No. 2, making his eighth consecutive begin within the absence of Ibrahima Konate, pulled up halfway by way of the primary half at West Ham having felt his hamstring.
Gomez instructed physios he couldn’t stick with it and was instantly changed by Quansah, who helped maintain a clear sheet in a convincing finish to 2024.
Talking to Sky Sports activities after the 5-0 victory, Slot gave an replace on Gomez, saying: “If a participant says he needs to cease he must be modified.
“In a dash, everyone knows it’s a hamstring and everyone knows it’s going to take some time earlier than he’s again.
“I don’t understand how lengthy, however he will likely be out for fairly a bit. These conditions can occur in a season.”
Per the Mail‘s Lewis Steele, Gomez spoke to journalists within the combined zone on the London Stadium, and although he was “in good spirits” he “doesn’t understand how extreme [it is] till scans.”
There are hopes that Konate and Conor Bradley may each step up their restoration within the coming days, nevertheless it appears a stretch that both will likely be within the squad towards Man United on January 5.
It’s, subsequently, even much less probably that the Frenchman will likely be deemed match sufficient to reclaim his beginning spot right away.
As a substitute, Quansah may be anticipated to accomplice Van Dijk towards Man United with Slot and his workers easing Konate and Bradley again in after long-term knee and hamstring accidents.
For Gomez, this layoff is a bitter blow given he had solely missed one sport within the first half of the season – that coming after he was overlooked towards Ipswich on the opening day to debate a doable switch.
The 27-year-old will now endure a scan on his hamstring in the beginning of subsequent week, with fingers crossed he has averted a severe difficulty.
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