Press conferenceInjury news: Updates on Alexander-Arnold, Alisson, Chiesa, Elliott, Jota and Tsimikas
Trent Alexander-Arnold will return to Liverpool’s matchday squad against Real Madrid but the vice-captain is not ready to start Wednesday night’s Champions League tie at Anfield.
Alexander-Arnold has not played since sustaining an injury in the Reds’ 2-0 win over Aston Villa immediately before the recent international break.
The No.66 did, though, join his teammates in Tuesday’s matchday-minus-one session at the AXA Training Centre and Arne Slot later confirmed that he will be included in his squad for the meeting with Real.
The head coach told the media: “Trent is in the squad but he will not be available to start. He can maybe make a few minutes, in an ideal world he maybe doesn’t, but if it is really necessary he can make a few minutes tomorrow but he is not going to start.”
Slot also provided updates on the fitness of Federico Chiesa, Harvey Elliott, Alisson Becker, Diogo Jota and Kostas Tsimikas.
He said: “Federico is not in the squad yet. He is training with us, not the whole session, but mostly one or two parts of the session. Harvey Elliott is in the team but hasn’t played for a long time competitive football – so, he is there, but of course not ready to start.
“Alisson is not there yet, Diogo is not there yet, Kostas is not there – he is having an injury as well, so it’s quite a list for us as well.”
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