The injuries keep coming for Liverpool.
Already missing three starting-caliber midfielders due to injury, the club reportedly lost defender Joe Gomez for the season, after the 20-year-old underwent ankle surgery. He reportedly played through the injury for the club against West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City in recent weeks.
(Update: Liverpool confirmed the news, stating Gomez will be back for preseason training with Liverpool in July.)
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Joe Gomez has had ankle surgery. Will miss CL final and probably World Cup as well. Sacrificed himself for Liverpool when playing in pain v West Brom and Stoke City.
— paul joyce (@_pauljoyce) May 8, 2018
Liverpool has yet to confirm the news, but if true, it’s another blow to Jurgen Klopp’s side as they head into the home stretch. That leaves Liverpool with just Nathaniel Clyne at right back, though Ragnar Klavan’s return has given Klopp some depth at centerback behind Dejan Lovren and Virgil Van Dijk.
It’s also another injury blow to Gareth Southgate, who could have taken Gomez to the World Cup as a backup centerback or outside back, such is Gomez’s versatility. Gomez earned man of the match honors in November in a friendly match against Brazil.
