Liverpool injury news: Cody Gakpo update after injury on Netherlands duty

Liverpool guardant Cody Gakpo has been ruled retired of the remainder of Netherlands' UEFA Nations League fixtures implicit the existent planetary break.

With Xavi taking implicit arsenic Oranje boss, the versatile attacker had been keen to marque a affirmative impression.

Gakpo's extremity successful the 1-1 gully with Germany connected Thursday meant that the 27-year-old had instantly secured a spot successful the Spaniard's bully books.

However, during the aboriginal stages of the fixture with Serbia connected Sunday, Gakpo was connected the receiving extremity of a dense situation from Sasa Lukic.

Despite attempting to play on, Gakpo needed to beryllium withdrawn conscionable 17 minutes into the crippled successful Belgrade.

Gakpo withdraws from Netherlands squad

An distant brushwood versus Greece connected Thursday and the instrumentality contention against Serbia are to travel connected October 1 and October 4 respectively.

Nevertheless, the Dutch shot federation has announced that Gakpo volition play nary portion successful either of those fixtures.

Xavi has besides made the determination not to telephone up a replacement for the player, who is suffering with an ankle injury.

Gakpo volition present instrumentality to Liverpool for attraction arsenic helium bids to instrumentality to contention arsenic soon arsenic possible.

Will Gakpo beryllium acceptable for Liverpool, Manchester City Premier League fixture?

There are conscionable implicit 2 weeks until Liverpool instrumentality from the planetary interruption with an Anfield showdown against Manchester City connected October 11.

With fixtures coming each 3 days from past until October 20, Andoni Iraola whitethorn err connected the broadside of caution erstwhile it comes to selecting Gakpo.

That said, the subordinate volition privation to physique connected a terrific commencement to the campaign, peculiarly successful the Premier League wherever helium has contributed 1 extremity and 3 assists from 372 minutes of football.