NotíciasAtualização sobre lesões no LFC: Jeremie Frimpong fora, Conor Bradley volta aos treinos

Frimpong foi retirado na marca da hora da vitória dos Reds na Premier League sobre o AFC Bournemouth na última sexta-feira devido a uma queixa no tendão.

E a contratação de verão será anulada devido a esse problema nas próximas partidas contra o Newcastle United e o Arsenal.

Bradley, por sua vez, está de volta às sessões com os campeões, tendo ele próprio sido excluído do FA Community Shield e enfrentando os Cherries.

“Conor treinou por alguns minutos conosco hoje pela primeira vez”, relatou o técnico Slot quando questionado sobre a forma física da equipe em sua coletiva de imprensa antes do Newcastle.

“A equipe médica estava totalmente certa sobre Jeremie ao me dizer que precisavam retirá-lo, porque ele está fora até o final do intervalo internacional e isso aconteceu no jogo.

“Eu já disse imediatamente após o jogo que não tinha nada a ver com a forma como ele jogava, mas sentimos que ele tinha um problema com o tendão. E com 'nós' não me refiro a mim, mas à equipe médica. E eles estavam completamente certos.

“Então, uma boa decisão para tirá-lo de casa, caso contrário, talvez ele ficasse fora por mais tempo. E esperamos tê-lo de volta após o intervalo internacional.”

Elsewhere, Joe Gomez made his return to the pitch during the second half of the Premier League opener after departing the pre-season tour with a minor injury.

Slot was asked if he has any concerns about the fitness of his options for right-back.

“No, Jeremie has a very positive injury record. Conor has been out once or twice last season. These things happen in a season,” the Dutchman replied.

“We only have at the moment two injuries, unfortunately it is two for the same position. But the good thing is some others can play in that position as well. Wata [Endo] played in that position for a few minutes, Dominik Szoboszlai already played in that position.

“So, there are other options we can explore. Joe Gomez is definitely one of them, but for him to play already 20 minutes, that was already quite a lot. I wouldn’t say he had a setback but he wasn’t able to train three days in a row completely with the team.

“Which is completely normal if you’re out for so long and all of a sudden the manager needs you for 20 minutes. But he is training with the team, so let’s see where he is on Monday, if he can be involved in the team or if he can even start.

“But there are other options we have as well in this position. It’s just you cannot prepare for two injuries in one position, it would be stupid for us to have three full-backs or five left-backs.

“Although we have three left-backs at the moment! So we’re unlucky that the right full-backs are injured.”