Liverpool manager Arne Slot has confirmed Ryan Gravenberch will miss Wednesday’s Champions League meeting with Eintracht Frankfurt through injury.
The Dutchman picked up a hamstring scare on international duty but managed to shake it off in time for Sunday’s defeat to Manchester United, only to see his involvement in that 2–1 loss brought to an abrupt end by a twisted ankle.
Gravenberch then missed training in the build-up to Wednesday’s game, and Slot has now confirmed his 23-year-old midfield general is set for a spell on the sidelines.
“I had to take him off during the weekend because he limped a little bit, as we could all see,” Slot confirmed. “So, unfortunately, he’s not ready to play [against Frankfurt].
“That already means I definitely have to change one player and with him not being there, that might mean something for others as well, because he has such a particular quality in our squad, which we’ve seen when we played Bournemouth for example, when we played the Community Shield—that we missed a little bit of a player that was always protecting our back four.”
