Joe Gomez injury could force Liverpool into January transfer market to aid Jurgen Klopp’s defense

Liverpool could be forced into the January transfer window in a tender for defensive cover with Joe Gomez set to overlook “a remarkable a part of the residue” of the season following surgery on his knee injury.

Gomez suffered the injury on international duty with England, damaging a tendon in his left knee. Though the injury is a remarkable blow to Jurgen Klopp and his plans for the rest of the season it’ll be a minor note of relief that he did not damage any of the ligaments in his knee nor the patella bone.

Liverpool said in a remark: “The issue used to be lonely to Gomez’s tendon, with no damage to any other associated knee ligaments.

“The operation to right the damage, which took place in London on Thursday morning, used to be a success and the 23-year-old will make a full recovery.

“Gomez will begin a rehabilitation program with the Reds’ medical team immediately, with club staff carefully monitoring his progress.

“No timescale is being placed upon his return, though the issue is likely to rule him out for a remarkable a part of the rest of 2020-21.”

Liverpool can also be without Virgil van Dijk for much of the crusade after the Dutch international suffered a knee issue of his own in the 2-2 draw with Everton final month. Amid further injuries across defense the loss of Gomez and Van Dijk leaves Klopp with only one fit senior central defender for much of this season and Joel Matip has suffered with injury issues of his own prior to now.

Fabinho, who stepped into defense in Van Dijk’s absence, has missed several weeks with a thigh problem for which Liverpool are yet to confirm a timeline. Trent Alexander-Arnold could also overlook around a month of action with a calf injury he suffered in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City.

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His numbers were further depleted before the start of the season when Dejan Lovren used to be allowed to depart for Zenit St Petersburg without being replaced. In the short term Klopp should lean on Nathaniel Phillips, 23, and 19-year-old Rhys Williams. The former is ineligible for Champions League games.

Then again apparently highly likely that Klopp should find another defender in the January transfer window, a period where Liverpool are reluctant to shop in general. Prior to Gomez’s injury the Premier League champions were linked with Ozan Kabak of Schalke.

Losing Gomez could also be a remarkable source of disappointment for England manager Gareth Southgate, who had provided the 23-year-old his debut at international level. The Liverpool center back used to be expected to play a key role in Nations League games against Iceland and Belgium that could earn the Three Lions passage to the Finals in October.

“What used to be upsetting used to be to see he used to be in a reasonable bit of pain and there used to be nobody around him when the injury happened, so I did not like that element of it,” Southgate said the day prior to this.

“We realize the load he is had in the final six weeks, so we gave him and the lads who’d been involved in European matches an additional day’s recovery. And yet still something like this has happened.”

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