Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson is prone to endure surgical procedure on the shoulder harm sustained on worldwide responsibility with Scotland.
The defender was taken off within the first half of Scotland’s Euro 2024 qualifier towards Spain after he collided with goalkeeper Unai Simon. He walked off together with his arm in a makeshift sling and was changed by Nathan Patterson.
Robertson didn’t function in Scotland’s pleasant towards France earlier this week and is now anticipated to have surgical procedure on his shoulder. He’ll probably be sidelined for quite a lot of months.
Klopp mentioned: “The choice will go in the direction of surgical procedure. There was a bit likelihood he might attempt with out, however after speaking to a number of specialists, it appears to be like like surgical procedure would be the neatest thing in the long run and meaning he’s out for some time.
“I do not know actual for the way lengthy, however shoulder surgical procedure is just not a straightforward one.
“In my expertise, he can practice fairly rapidly once more however not football-specific as a result of he needs to be cautious, there are challenges and all these sorts of issues. He might be out for some time.”
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Robertson picked up the harm after colliding with Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon
The harm blow comes forward of Saturday’s Merseyside derby towards Everton at Anfield. Robertson has performed in each Premier League sport for Liverpool thus far this season, however Klopp has different choices to interchange the left-back.
Kostas Tsimikas would be the probably alternative for Robertson, whereas Joe Gomez also can deputise.
“Thank God it isn’t solely Kostas we’ve like that as a result of in any other case with the quantity of video games we’ve, we might be quick,” mentioned Klopp.
“Joe Gomez can play the place. Luke Chambers and different younger boys who’re displaying up in coaching fairly steadily.
“You want choices and Kostas is essentially the most skilled, which is nice. However he can’t play all of the video games for now on so we’d like different choices and we’ve to ensure we will use all of them.”