Arne Slot has confirmed that the winger Cody Gakpo will not appear in Liverpool with Aston Villa on Wednesday evening.
Gakpo has been rejuvenated since its link with Lotto slot and problems to record a regular starting role last season. He was Liverpool’s main option in the left flank and forced Luis Diaz into a somewhat strange central role to fit both into the team.
But Gakpo missed the victory on Sunday against wolves with a knock and is not yet ready to return. He explained “not available” to put Villa with slot when the boss spoke to reporters.
Diaz will probably play against the villa from the left, with Diogo Jota or Darwin Nunez to lead the line. Curtis Jones is also back from the suspension after showing the Wolves game due to the red card shown after the final pipe in the latest Merseyside derby at a called temperature.
At least the positive news about Gakpo is that “Cody is about to be”, which indicates that he is in the Etihad Stadium in the Etihad Stadium against Manchester City in Liverpool on February 23.
There was less good news about the versatile defender Joe Gomez, who wants to miss most of the season most of the season and could even require surgery about his thigh injury.
Gomez ‘career in Liverpool was polluted by injuries, but he achieved fit last season and made 51 appearances in all competitions. Unfortunately, the English international suffered his knee tendon all year round and only lasted 11 minutes after his attempted comeback in the FA Cup against Plymouth Argyle at the beginning of this month. He won’t return soon.
“He will miss large parts of the end of the season, but we expect him to be back. He may need an operation, but we still have to judge that,” said Slot.
“It was a big blow for us and for him. He tried to do everything to be with the team, and then he first made a sprint and now he is outside for a while. It is very difficult for a player Especially now.