Liverpool suffer new injury concern before Man United match as Arne Slot drops Alisson hint

Liverpool caput manager Arne Slot has revealed that Milos Kerkez is simply a insignificant wounded uncertainty for Sunday's Premier League fixture with Manchester United.

The Reds question to Old Trafford for this weekend's main lawsuit knowing that each 3 points could unafraid their spot successful adjacent season's Champions League, truthful agelong arsenic different results spell their way.

Arne Slot's men prevarication 4th successful the Premier League table, 8 points wide of sixth-placed Brighton & Hove Albion and 9 wide of Bournemouth, meaning that they volition beryllium assured of a top-five decorativeness if they triumph and the South Coast duo driblet points.

However, the reigning champions bash not caput to the Theatre of Dreams successful tip-top signifier fitness-wise, arsenic Mohamed Salah, Hugo Ekitike, Giovanni Leoni, Conor Bradley, Jayden Danns and Wataru Endo are each retired of contention.

Speaking to reporters successful his pre-game property conference, the Dutchman confirmed that Kerkez besides had to retreat from Wednesday's grooming league owed to a niggle, but helium is optimistic that the Hungarian volition beryllium OK for Man United.

Liverpool's Milos Kerkez caller wounded uncertainty for Man United clash

"Milos has had immoderate niggles, near the grooming transportation not yesterday but the time before. But I expect him to either bid contiguous oregon tomorrow," Slot told the media.

Kerkez whitethorn beryllium facing an uphill conflict to displace the departing Andrew Robertson from the XI anyway, aft the Scotland planetary scored Liverpool's 2nd extremity successful their 3-1 triumph implicit Crystal Palace past weekend.

Third-choice goalkeeper Freddie Woodman besides played a starring relation successful that victory, making 5 saves successful the absences of Alisson Becker and Giorgi Mamardashvili, and the Englishman could beryllium required again arsenic Alisson is yet to resume squad training.

Asked for an update connected the latter, Slot replied: "Ali hasn’t trained with america yet. [He is] precise adjacent to grooming with us, I person to perceive contiguous from the aesculapian unit if helium is capable to bid contiguous oregon either time oregon different the commencement of adjacent week.

“He is precise adjacent but of course, besides we don’t privation to instrumentality immoderate risks, due to the fact that that’s ne'er what you bash with a subordinate and that’s besides not what we bash now."

Should Alisson and Kerkez some miss out, Liverpool would beryllium without 9 players for the clash with the Red Devils, though determination is anticipation implicit the former's availability.

Arne Slot drops caller Alisson hint for Liverpool vs. Man United

The Liverpool brag besides suggested that helium would beryllium acceptable to propulsion Alisson backmost into the starting XI close away, fixed the lesser demands placed connected goalkeepers compared to outfielders.

"I deliberation there’s a quality betwixt a goalkeeper and a player. If a subordinate hasn’t trained for a fewer weeks, players request to tally overmuch much than goalkeepers do," Slot added. 

"I don’t deliberation the contented with a subordinate is erstwhile he’s retired for 4 oregon 5 weeks that helium forgot to cognize however to play football, it’s usually that the fittingness levels are not astatine the levels to play astatine this strength that the Premier League is asking. So, there’s a quality betwixt a goalkeeper and an outfield player."

Should Alisson beryllium cleared to diagnostic connected Sunday, the Brazilian could besides beryllium facing Man United for the past clip arsenic a Liverpool player, arsenic helium has been heavy linked with a transportation to Juventus successful caller days.

The Reds person reportedly identified 4 Alisson replacements should they portion ways with the 33-year-old, whose declaration expires adjacent summer.