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Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is set to miss the next two weeks with a hamstring injury.
Trent hobbled off the pitch after putting on a clinic against Aston Villa on Sunday, and has now pulled out of the England squad.
According to The Athletic though, the right-back’s issue is not a particularly serious one. They claim that after undergoing a scan on Monday, it looks likely that Trent will be out of action for around a fortnight.
Clearly, this would put him at serious risk of missing Liverpool’s game against Wolves on September 16th. Indeed, The Athletic report that the £180k-a-week defender is now a doubt to feature at Molineux.
However, this is reportedly not yet set in stone, and will depend on how Alexander-Arnold responds to treatment. Regardless, it’s claimed that the Scouser will miss no more than one Premier League game at most
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Although this is good news for Liverpool, it does still leave a lingering worry for Reds fans.
With Conor Bradley looking like being injured for a little while, they don’t really have a natural back-up to Trent in their squad.
For the time being, the understudy is Joe Gomez. But with Liverpool’s current availability issues at centre-back, Gomez may well be needed there against Wolves.
If either Ibrahima Konate or Virgil van Dijk are back, then there’s no problem. Gomez can slot in at full-back, with Joel Matip continuing in the middle.
But if both are still missing – which there is a chance of – then just what does Jurgen Klopp then do?
In years gone by, the answer would be obvious – James Milner. But with the veteran no longer at the club, Klopp might have to think of a creative solution.
Perhaps Kostas Tsimikas could come across to a job on the opposite side? Maybe Wataru Endo or even Stefan Bajcetic could fill in? Best case scenario, Trent is back. But Klopp will already have a plan for otherwise. It had better be a good one.