NewsLFC injury update: Jeremie Frimpong out, Conor Bradley back in training

Frimpong was withdrawn on the hour mark of the Reds’ Premier League victory over AFC Bournemouth last Friday with a hamstring complaint.

And the summer signing will be sidelined due to that issue for the upcoming matches against Newcastle United and Arsenal.

Bradley, meanwhile, is back in sessions with the champions having himself been ruled out of the FA Community Shield and clash with the Cherries.

“Conor trained for a few minutes with us today for the first time,” head coach Slot reported when asked about squad fitness at his pre-Newcastle press conference.

“The medical team was completely right about Jeremie to tell me that I had to take him off, because he is out until the end of the international break and that happened in the game.

“I already said immediately after the game that it had nothing to do with how he played, but we felt he had an issue with his hamstring. And with ‘we’ I don’t mean me, but the medical staff. And they were completely right.

“So, a good call to take him off, otherwise he would have maybe been out for longer. And we expect to have him back after the international break.”

Elsewhere, Joe Gomez made his return to the pitch during the second half of the Premier League opener after departing the pre-season tour with a minor injury.

Slot was asked if he has any concerns about the fitness of his options for right-back.

“No, Jeremie has a very positive injury record. Conor has been out once or twice last season. These things happen in a season,” the Dutchman replied.

“We only have at the moment two injuries, unfortunately it is two for the same position. But the good thing is some others can play in that position as well. Wata [Endo] played in that position for a few minutes, Dominik Szoboszlai already played in that position.

“So, there are other options we can explore. Joe Gomez is definitely one of them, but for him to play already 20 minutes, that was already quite a lot. I wouldn’t say he had a setback but he wasn’t able to train three days in a row completely with the team.

“Which is completely normal if you’re out for so long and all of a sudden the manager needs you for 20 minutes. But he is training with the team, so let’s see where he is on Monday, if he can be involved in the team or if he can even start.

“But there are other options we have as well in this position. It’s just you cannot prepare for two injuries in one position, it would be stupid for us to have three full-backs or five left-backs.

“Although we have three left-backs at the moment! So we’re unlucky that the right full-backs are injured.”