Arne Slot reveals double Liverpool fitness boost and provides January transfer update

Liverpool caput manager Arne Slot is expecting to person Jarell Quansah and Dominik Szoboszlai disposable for Saturday's FA Cup third-round lucifer astatine location to Accrington Stanley.

The Reds person been moving without Szoboszlai since the 3-1 Boxing Day triumph implicit Leicester City; the Hungary planetary has missed their past 3 games owed to a operation of suspension and illness.

Szoboszlai was absent for Wednesday's 1-0 EFL Cup semi-final first-leg defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, wherever Quansah started alongside Virgil van Dijk successful a much-changed defence.

However, the 21-year-old's contention was tally with conscionable 30 minutes connected the clock, arsenic helium sat down wrong his ain punishment country with what appeared to beryllium a rib oregon abdominal occupation earlier being taken disconnected for Wataru Endo.

Slot confirmed aft the game that Quansah's problems were unwellness alternatively than injury-related, though, and the Dutchman is assured that helium volition beryllium capable to diagnostic connected Saturday, portion Szoboszlai has taken portion successful signifier with the younker team.

Slot provides Quansah, Szoboszlai updates earlier Accrington Stanley

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Speaking successful Friday's pre-game property conference, Slot said: "Dom trained with the U21s yesterday. Jarell, similar I said, helium was a spot sick past week. As a effect of that I had to instrumentality him disconnected during the game, but I'm expecting him to beryllium disposable for tomorrow.

"So, yes, we cognize we tin usage these players successful each azygous crippled and besides successful the 1 we person connected Saturday. Every crippled is an accidental for them to person a accidental to play. And this 1 arsenic well."

Should Quansah and Szoboszlai some beryllium passed acceptable for the third-round showdown, Joe Gomez would beryllium Liverpool's lone absentee for Saturday's game; the defender is expected to beryllium retired until February with a thigh injury.

However, Gomez would person been improbable to commencement against Accrington Stanley, wherever Slot is expected to ringing the changes and manus uncommon starts to fringe players specified arsenic Endo, Tyler Morton and Harvey Elliott.

The second is acceptable to travel into the archetypal XI amid claims that helium could question an exit from Liverpool during the January transportation model owed to a deficiency of playing time, with some Borussia Dortmund and Brighton & Hove Albion seemingly showing an interest.

Arne Slot tight-lipped connected Liverpool transportation rumours

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The declaration situations of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk and Mohamed Salah are besides yet to beryllium resolved, and successful presumption of imaginable incomings, the Reds are said to beryllium keeping a adjacent eye connected Napoli attacker Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

However, Slot had nary involvement successful discussing which players could permission oregon articulation Liverpool this month, saying: "It's January and I deliberation I said it aft the West Ham game, don't disappoint me. Please travel up with each these clubs and players that are of involvement from america oregon that aren't playing a batch for america going determination else.

"That's what's happening present - 99 retired of 100 times successful the model it's been wide that astir each of these stories weren't true. So what tin I remark astir it? That's the rumours, support going for it. But nary comments from my side."

Liverpool's January transportation concern truthful acold has been constricted to a brace of outgoings, arsenic Rhys Williams's indebtedness astatine Morecambe has been extended until the extremity of the season, portion Brazilian goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga has joined Fluminense connected a escaped transfer.

The Reds did not marque a azygous signing during the wintertime 2024 window, but they brought Cody Gakpo to the nine from PSV Eindhoven successful January 2023, 12 months connected from striking a big-money woody to motion Luis Diaz from Porto.

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