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Richard Garnett

Liverpool defender 'lost all muscle strength' following ankle surgery

Sepp van den Berg has been talking about the extend of the ankle injury he suffered in October, revealing that he 'lost all muscle strength'.

The Liverpool centre-back is currently on a season-long long with Bundesliga side Schalke but has been out of action for the last two months after suffering a torn ankle ligament against FC Augsburg. He had been a first team regular German outfit up until that set-back and is now dealing with the first major injury of his career and one that has required surgery to rectify.

The 21-year-old, who joined the Reds in the summer of 2019 as a teenager, is working his way back to full fitness and is hopeful of once again being available for selection in the second half of the season, but the Dutchman concedes that he didn't realise the gravity of his injury at first.

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