Injuries have not been kind to Liverpool throughout pre-season, resulting in the Reds fielding eight teenagers in their final pre-season friendly against Strasbourg on Sunday.
Diogo Jota, Caoimhin Kelleher and Calvin Ramsay have missed the entirety of the Reds’ pre-season preparations after suffering injuries during the June international break and both remain sidelined ahead of Liverpool ’s Premier League opener away at Fulham on Saturday. The Portugal international suffered a recurrence of his hamstring injury following his return to training last month, while Jurgen Klopp has confirmed the Irishman won’t return until the end of August and the Scotland Under-21s international is also yet to return to training.
Meanwhile, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alisson Becker, Kostas Tsimikas, Curtis Jones and Ibrahima Konate all suffered injuries during pre-season, while Naby Keita was struck down by illness last week. Klopp has already confirmed Alisson will be fit to play against the Cottagers, but it remains to be seen how many of his other absentees are even close to a return.
