Arne Slot could receive triple Liverpool boost for Man United as Konate, Bradley injury updates issued

Liverpool caput manager Arne Slot has confirmed that Ibrahima Konate and Conor Bradley are owed to instrumentality to squad grooming connected Friday and could beryllium successful contention to look Manchester United successful Sunday's Premier League clash.

Neither defender has featured for the Reds since picking up injuries successful the 2-0 Champions League triumph implicit Real Madrid successful precocious November, missing their team's past 8 matches crossed each competitions.

Bradley, whose show against Kylian Mbappe successful that European brushwood earned him galore plaudits, sustained a hamstring injury, portion Konate wounded his genu towards the extremity of the match.

However, speaking to reporters successful his pre-game property conference, Slot confirmed that the antiaircraft duo are expected to bid with the squad connected Friday, a peculiarly timely fillip aft Joe Gomez's caller blow.

Gomez came disconnected with a hamstring occupation of his ain successful the 5-0 triumph implicit West Ham United connected December 29, which Slot conceded astatine the clip was moderately severe, and the Englishman should not beryllium seen for astatine slightest a month.

Slot confirms Konate, Bradley grooming program earlier Man United

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"Joe is not successful a bully spot erstwhile it comes to his injury, he's retired for a fewer weeks, that's for sure," Slot confirmed. "Conor and Ibou volition bid with america contiguous for the archetypal time.

"Curious and funny to spot wherever they precisely are. They've worked hard to travel backmost to the squad but the adjacent measurement is ever however bash you grip squad sessions?"

Asked if the remainder of his squad was successful bully nick, the Dutchman added: "They inactive person to travel in, but we trained yesterday and I presume everybody's fit, though we're successful a play of clip wherever everybody gets sick arsenic well! Nothing heard astir that yet, truthful hopefully everybody's ready, but for Joe Gomez."

As good arsenic Konate and Bradley's imaginable returns, Liverpool volition besides person Dominik Szoboszlai backmost successful the fold aft the Hungarian playmaker served a one-game prohibition for picking up 5 yellowish cards past clip out.

Should Konate not beryllium passed fit, Jarell Quansah is expected to deputise successful the backline, portion Trent Alexander-Arnold volition nary uncertainty clasp his spot implicit Bradley pursuing reports of Real Madrid making their archetypal attack for the right-back.

Slot: 'Trent moving his arse disconnected amid Real Madrid talk'

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The 26-year-old is escaped to participate into pre-contract discussions with Los Blancos aft entering the past six months of his contract, and he has seemingly issued 2 demands to Liverpool if helium is to widen his terms.

Slot faces play questions astir the situations of Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk, but helium remained arsenic coy arsenic ever erstwhile asked astir the former, saying: "I tin archer you that he's playing connected Sunday.

"And hopefully helium brings the aforesaid show helium brought for the archetypal fractional of the season. I spot him connected the grooming crushed each time moving his arse off, truthful he's afloat committed to us. He volition play connected Sunday, if they don't archer maine he's sick, but I don't expect them to!"

Liverpool big Man United holding a 23-point vantage implicit their long-time rivals successful the Premier League table, arsenic good arsenic sitting six points wide of Arsenal with a crippled successful manus connected the second-placed Gunners.

The Reds eased to a 3-0 triumph astatine Old Trafford successful September, and Slot could present go conscionable the 2nd Liverpool caput manager to bash the treble implicit Man United successful his archetypal top-flight play aft George Kay 88 years ago.

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