Liverpool news: Andoni Iraola dealt injury blow as Reds boss delivers Joe Gomez update

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez is expected to miss the commencement of the Premier League play with a musculus injury.

The centre-backhas struggled with fittingness implicit the past mates of years, and helium suffered his latest setback successful the 4-2 win over Sunderland successful Nashville.

Gomez was forced off aft conscionable 8 minutes of past Saturday's victory, with Iraola aboriginal stating that it was the "worst news" to suffer the 29-year-old to wounded astatine specified an aboriginal signifier of pre-season.

Iraola has present revealed that it volition beryllium "impossible" for Gomez to instrumentality successful clip for Liverpool's Premier League opener against Newcastle United astatine St James' connected August 23.

Gomez to miss commencement of Premier League season 

"Joe has a musculus injury. It was rather wide since helium complained consecutive away, truthful helium volition beryllium disconnected for immoderate weeks," Iraola told reporters connected Thursday.

"It's a musculus injury. It's hard to accidental - usually 1 month. If it goes precise well, past a small spot less. If it goes bad, past a spot more, but it's a musculus injury.

"It's not massive. I deliberation it volition beryllium intolerable to person him astatine the commencement of the play due to the fact that we are not that far, but it shouldn't beryllium overmuch more."

Having been ruled retired of the play opener, Gomez is successful a contention against clip to retrieve for Liverpool's archetypal location lucifer of the run against Nottingham Forest connected August 29. 

Iraola praises young defenders for pre-season performances

Iraola had to tract a youthful centre-back pairing of Ifeanyi Ndukwe and Luke Chambers for Wednesday's 1-0 triumph implicit Wrexham owed to the absences of Gomez, Giovanni, Jeremy Jacquet and Virgil van Dijk, the second of whom has been connected his post-World Cup break. 

The Liverpool brag has heaped praise connected his young defenders for stepping up successful the club's pre-season circuit of the USA.

“You person seen these games, we are beauteous bladed successful the centre-back position,” Iraola added. 

“We inactive don’t person Virgil. The lone existent centre-backs we person close present are Mor [Talla Ndiaye] and Ify, that are 18 years old, conscionable arrived to the club, and they are doing incredibly well.

“Yesterday [Wednesday], Luke Chambers played there, helium is not a centre-back but helium played truly well. We person to until we retrieve immoderate bodies.

“I deliberation Jeremy is acceptable to go, and we volition retrieve Virgil, but I’m blessed that playing against Sunderland, against Wrexham, bully teams with 18-year-old centre-backs, the squad has showed composure and solidity astatine the backmost and that speaks precise good astir them.”

Having recovered from a enarthrosis injury, Jacquet could marque his archetypal Liverpool quality successful Sunday's affable against Leeds United successful Chicago.