Arne Slot confirms amazing Liverpool news

Arne Slot has confirmed an amazing piece of injury news for Liverpool.

The club has been blighted by injuries so far this season. Especially in the right-back position.

Conor Bradley and Jeremie Frimpong have spent the majority of the season on the sidelines. The former is out for the rest of the campaign, meanwhile Frimpong is not expected to return from his muscle injury for the considerable future.

It has meant Slot has had to rely on Dominik Szoboszlai as his right-back for much of the season. The Liverpool head-coach has refused to use Calvin Ramsay, preferring instead to put makeshift midfielders in the position.

It will be interesting to see who he selects against Sunderland. It may well be the case that Curtis Jones or Wataru Endo will be asked to play there with Szoboszlai suspended.

But long-term that is not going to be sustainable and thankfully there is some amazing news on the horizon.

Speaking in his press conference on Tuesday morning, Arne Slot confirmed that Joe Gomez will be back in training this week. In fact, he revealed that the defender was expected to train with the first-team for the first time since his injury on Tuesday.

This is incredible news. Gomez coming back from his injury is a massive boost for Liverpool. The kind of boost that could give a huge lift for the team for the rest of the season.

Someone of Gomez's experience and pedigree is not only an important presence in the dressing room, or a useful substitute off the bench but in this situation right now he's the ideal starter in the right-back role.

Liverpool are desperately missing Szoboszlai in the midfield. They need the Hungarian to play in his best role and cannot continue to ask him to play as a right-back.

Gomez thankfully has plenty of experience playing as a right-back so while the Sunderland game may come a bit too early for him, if he can be back for the weekend or even next week, that's going to be a massive boost for Liverpool.

This season every time he has played there, Gomez has done really well and the Reds have looked better.

Szoboszlai makes the Reds' counterpress more effective when he plays further forward. Meanwhile, Gomez brings more stability playing at the back with his calm demeanour and excellent reading of the game.

Liverpool now just have to hope that they can keep him fit for the rest of the campaign. The club's entire season could rest on Gomez's fitness.

That's not ideal. But the fact that he is back training with the team is amazing to hear.

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