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Maldini

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Maldini

Maldini

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Looks like Lucas, Enrique and Sakho will be back before the end of the month.

 

Reds provide quintet injury update

 

Liverpool hope to be nearing a fully-fit squad of players to choose from by the end of February, according to head of performance, Glen Driscoll.

 

The Reds have had to make do without the likes of Daniel Agger, Lucas Leiva, Mamadou Sakho, Glen Johnson and Jose Enrique in recent weeks.

 

However, Agger and Johnson this week resumed training at Melwood - while Lucas, Sakho and Enrique are all making good progress in their rehabilitation programmes.

 

Driscoll told Liverpoolfc.com: "Daniel Agger and Glen Johnson came through training very well yesterday and today, which is good news.

 

"It's just a matter of monitoring their conditioning in terms of their availability for games, and it leaves us with just three injuries.

 

"Mamadou Sakho actually had a tear in his tendon and not the muscle of the hamstring as initially reported. For a whole host of reasons tendons take longer to heal, but he is working hard and progressing.

 

"Lucas Leiva was due to be in a brace for six weeks, according to specialists' opinion, but yesterday he was outside running just over three weeks in, which is fantastic and shows just how ahead of schedule he is.

 

"Jose Enrique also had a complex knee issue and following surgery is in the process of achieving his final strength gains before he can return to training."

 

Driscoll added: "Without providing specific dates I would hope that by the end of the month we should start to get the likes of Jose, Lucas and Sakho back.

 

"It's normal in a squad of 25 to carry three to four injuries at any one time. Obviously we would rather we always give the manager a full complement of players to choose from but unfortunately this season we have sustained some complex long-term injuries and that's when injuries can build up as the remaining squad members have to play more often.

 

"Overall, we haven't had more injuries than last season when we had the least in the Premier League, but it's just been unfortunate that a couple of them have been quite long term."

 

Liverpool's defensive ranks have been affected most by injury this season, though Driscoll doesn't believe there is a correlation between the position of the players and the problems sustained.

 

"Impact injuries can happen to any players," he said. "We have seen quite a lot of syndesmosis ankle injuries this season, they are almost exclusively a result of impact or tackles and have been spread evenly amongst the defenders, midfielders and forwards.

 

"Similarly, you can lose a player like Coutinho for two months due to a high-impact challenge and a shoulder injury, so I don't think position is that important."

 

 

Case

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Excellent news this. Get Johnson and Sakho back in for Cissokho and Toure, Agger and Enrique on the bench along with Kolo and Lucas, Alberto, Aspas, Jones and we look a lot better. Aly, Moses, Ibe can have a short break.

Red Yoda

Red Yoda

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Johnson back and finding form would be excellent .

 

Flannagan has been outstanding , Cissokho has been ok , steady but nothing really more than that I think .

Romario

Romario

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All we need to do is stay in contention until then.

Agreed. Stay in contention, and with players hungry to get back into a successful team we'll be in a great place.

Mike

Mike

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Excellent news this. Get Johnson and Sakho back in for Cissokho and Toure, Agger and Enrique on the bench along with Kolo and Lucas, Alberto, Aspas, Jones and we look a lot better. Aly, Moses, Ibe can have a short break.

 

Why would you say that about Ibe? For the record I'd have him off the bench any day over the amphibian.

muleskinner

muleskinner

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When the game was dead.

 

I think he thought there was more chance of another goal from Ibe than Aspas. Easy time to bring him on but I hope he gets the nod from now on too.

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surf

surf

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Bad news on Enrique. Sounds like they don't really know what is wrong with him.

 

http://www.liverpool...cialist-6733726

 

his positioning could be better and he hasn't really got a right foot

 

:badoomtish:

 

Suffered an injury in late December, thigh, Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho following care for several days at Clairefontaine National Technical Centre. His return to the group, Brendan Rodgers is expected to receive for Swansea on February 23, but it is likely to find land on March 1 for the trip to Southampton in the league.

 

http://www.lequipe.f...fontaine/440646

 

so has sakho found land yet, or is he still adrift at sea?

Zoob

Zoob

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Unfortunate that we'v been without Enrique for most of the season. He can be frustratingly headless, but he's still a better all round player than Cissokho, and has linked up fantastically with Suarez.

downunder

downunder

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Unfortunate that we'v been without Enrique for most of the season. He can be frustratingly headless, but he's still a better all round player than Cissokho, and has linked up fantastically with Suarez.

 

Agree 100%, but amazingly I wouldn't say Cissokho has cost us many goals. If anything we would have just score even more goals.

Zoob

Zoob

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Agree 100%, but amazingly I wouldn't say Cissokho has cost us many goals. If anything we would have just score even more goals.

 

Yeah. Think Cissokho is a slightly better defender, but offers much much less in attack compared to Enrique.

baz2107

baz2107

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Sakho back on the 16th to face that lot would be great.

said a week to ten days, with a 2 week gap between Southampton and Mancs cant see us risking him this week, then back for Mancs

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