Brazil manager provides pessimistic injury update on Alisson Becker
The Reds number one has not guarded the posts for Jurgen Klopp's side since their 3-1 loss to Arsenal on February 4, in which he was culpable for the Gunners' two second-half goals at the Emirates.
Alisson was unavailable for the subsequent win over Burnley due to illness, but he quickly overcame his bug and returned to team training prior to Liverpool's trip to Brentford on Saturday lunchtime.
However, during the Reds' final pre-match training session on Friday — which came after Klopp had delivered his injury update to the media — Alisson tweaked a hamstring muscle and was absent for the 4-1 win at the Gtech Community Stadium.
Caoimhin Kelleher will once again deputise in goal when Luton Town visit Anfield on Wednesday evening, and Alisson's participation in this weekend's EFL Cup final with Chelsea has been shrouded in uncertainty for the past few days.
The 31-year-old can seemingly forget about representing his team at Wembley on February 25, though, as Brazil manager Junior has now delivered a pessimistic update on his fitness.
The Selecao will face England and Spain in a pair of international friendlies on March 23 and March 26 respectively, and speaking to TNT Sports, Junior revealed that Alisson would be one of a few players with no chance of making the cut for those contests.
«In terms of possible call-ups, all the names mentioned are important players and have some prominence in their teams. They would indeed be on a pre-list,» Junior said.
«In particular, some players who had slightly more serious injuries, such as Alisson, Matheus Cunha, Joao Pedro and even Neymar,
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