Arne Slot reveals Liverpool man could miss seven games in major injury blow
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Arne Slot is experiencing another Liverpool headache in the form of a key injury at right back.
The Dutchman has led his Premier League champions to a massive seven defeats in ten games in all competitions, and now the schedule is ramping up with seven matches in 22 games. Speaking ahead of the first of those, a home visit from Nottingham Forest, Slot revealed Conor Bradley will miss the entire run.
“We do have some issues after the international break unfortunately, Conor Bradley is not able to play, Florian Wirtz is not able to play, so that’s far from ideal,” he revealed.
“Both muscle issues, I don’t expect Conor to be part of the upcoming 22 days, maybe after, but not during unless a miracle happens.
“Florian should be able to maybe play, it depends how things work but that maybe shouldn’t be that long.”
To make matters worse, the only other natural right-back in the squad, summer signing Jeremie Frimpong, will also be unavailable.
Slot added: “Jeremie is already out, Giovanni Leoni, so at this moment we have five natural defenders available for seven games in 22 days and I don’t see anybody coming back before that.”
Right back has already been a problem area this season following the departure of academy product Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid.
Frimpong, the £29.5million summer signing from Bayer Leverkusen, has proved to be just as suspect defensively as his predecessor and so far hasn’t been trusted by Slot.
That’s led to Hungary captain Dominik Szoboszlai playing a series of matches at right back, despite being arguably the Reds’ player of the season from midfield.
Asked about his right-back options going forward, Slot said of Szoboszlai: “He’s doing so well in every position, he’s doing so well at right back, in midfield.
