Arne Slot provides the most recent on the health of Trent Alexander-Arnold and divulges a recent damage setback for a midfielder forward of Plymouth Argyle this weekend within the FA Cup
Arne Slot says Trent Alexander-Arnold is going through a race towards time to be match for subsequent week’s Merseyside derby with Everton and warned the Liverpool vice-captain will not be risked if he’s not at 100% for the Goodison Park fixture.
Alexander-Arnold was withdrawn within the second half of final week’s 2-0 win at Bournemouth with a thigh damage and whereas scans on Tuesday confirmed hopes that the problem was not a long-term one, the right-back sat out Thursday evening’s Carabao Cup semi-final victory over Tottenham at Anfield with Conor Bradley deputising.
The West Derby-born defender will proceed his restoration on Sunday when the Reds make the close to 600-mile spherical journey to Plymouth Argyle for the fourth spherical of the FA Cup and Slot says a judgement name can be made forward of the final derby at Goodison Park towards a rejuvenated Blues facet below David Moyes.
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“Trent for Sunday? I do not assume so but, no, it may be too early for him,” Slot stated. “Derby? We do not play Derby County! (laughs). Oh, the [Merseyside] derby? Troublesome to say for that.
“It is not going to take months and even weeks however that (derby sport) can be solely three days after the Plymouth Argyle sport, so let’s wait and see if he’s accessible.
“We even have to have a look at the long run, after all, we do not need to take any dangers with so many video games arising afterwards, but when he’s match then after all we’ll use him.
“You give you totally different approach of asking this query! (about Alexander-Arnold’s future). I feel it is honest to say that for a lot of positions we’ve got two superb gamers. So that’s for the fitting full-back place, the left-back place, we’ve got greater than two good centre-backs and I can undergo the entire staff telling you this.
“So it is regular once you work at a membership for this magnitude and that desires to compete for each trophy, that you’ve got greater than 11 good gamers. Proper full-back is unquestionably an instance of that.
“[A fully-fit squad] is one thing you need, if it’s important to play so many video games and the significance of the video games solely develop and develop, you need to have as many gamers accessible as you may.
“I’ve to present huge compliments not solely to the efficiency workers but additionally the gamers, as a result of they put loads, numerous effort in to remain as match as they’re. It isn’t solely what they do on the coaching floor or what they do within the sport.
“In case you take a look at how skilled they’re earlier than and after periods, it’s no shock they keep as match as they’re for the time being.”
Slot additionally revealed that Tyler Morton will miss the journey to the Championship strugglers this weekend, predicting {that a} shoulder damage will preserve the midfielder sidelined for round a month.
On the prospect of James McConnell filling in for an injured Morton within the coming weeks, Slot added: “You the watched PSV sport as nicely and that’s what you see.
“What I noticed was him on the coaching pitches, competing with the opposite midfielders, I see a participant that’s competing with them. He all the time provides the whole lot he has.
“And Tyler Morton is out with an damage for some time, so which means he was possibly our sixth midfielder and James is taking that place now for the upcoming weeks.
“So it is a mixture of each, McConnell doing rather well and the damage to Morton. It is his shoulder, a shoulder damage. 4 weeks or possibly even longer.”