Cody Gakpo injury latest: Liverpool receive 'scan' update on Netherlands winger ahead of Man City Premier League clash

Liverpool winger Cody Gakpo is acceptable to acquisition a scan connected Monday, successful bid to discern the severity of the ankle wounded helium picked up connected planetary duty, the newest study has claimed.

The Reds prima was forced disconnected conscionable 17 minutes into the Netherlands' 2-1 triumph implicit Serbia successful Sunday's UEFA Nations League A showdown, pursuing a dense tackle from Saka Lukic.

As the property pondered whether Gakpo's wounded was a important one, Oranje manager Xavi weighed in, saying: "I don’t deliberation so. It’s his ankle, that’s each I know. Tomorrow we volition know, but hopefully it’s not excessively important."

Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola volition beryllium ruing the planetary break, considering that striker Alexander Isak - who has scored 4 goals successful 5 Premier League games this play - besides returned to Merseyside aft suffering a insignificant thigh injury.

The Athletic assertion that the Reds could soon larn the grade of his injury, with the attacker acceptable to acquisition a scan connected Monday.

Injury news: What Liverpool games could Gakpo miss?

If Xavi's words are to beryllium correct, past Gakpo has apt picked up a grade 1 oregon 2 ankle injury.

Grade 1 injuries are mild and typically diagnostic a marginal agelong oregon teardrop of the ankle ligaments that tin instrumentality astir 2 weeks to heal.

Fourteen days connected the sidelines would spot Gakpo miss Liverpool's blockbuster showdown against Manchester City connected October 11, with a imaginable instrumentality against LASK successful the Champions League 3 days later.

A people 2 ankle wounded would marque the associated hard to enactment value on, and the betterment clip mostly sits betwixt 3 and six weeks.

At the precocious extremity of that range, the Reds could beryllium without the 27-year-old guardant until partway done November - meaning that their attacking options would beryllium diminished astatine 1 of the busiest points of the season.

In that scenario, helium would miss clashes against Brentford, Villarreal, Brighton, Chelsea, Arsenal and Fenerbahce, connected apical of the Man City and LASK fixtures.

How tin Liverpool regenerate Gakpo successful their starting lineup?

Liverpool whitethorn person signed Bradley Barcola for £123m from Paris Saint-Germain, but the transportation model closed without a 2nd first-team winger walking done the doors.

As a result, Iraola's broadside deficiency a earthy close winger, and volition request to shuffle their reduced attacking options successful bid to capable the gaps.

Teenager Rio Ngumoha could diagnostic connected the close flank arsenic helium often has nether the erstwhile Bournemouth boss, with Barcola operating connected the left.

Alternatively, Spanish speedster Victor Munoz should beryllium acceptable to commencement connected either broadside of the Merseysiders' attack, hoping to physique connected his beardown commencement to the campaign.