Liverpool injury crisis finally easing but curious case remains and Jurgen Klopp reality clear
Having navigated an injury crisis that has been steadily growing for the entirety of 2024, things are starting to slowly relent for Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.
Klopp may head into Sunday's FA Cup quarter-final with Manchester United with as many as 10 members of his first team sidelined but after so long without a raft of important players, it seems as though the problems are belatedly easing.
Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Thiago Alcantara, Curtis Jones, Stefan Bajcetic, Curtis Jones and Ben Doak might all still be ruled out, and the Reds are likely to head to Old Trafford without Ibrahima Konate, but there were more than a handful of positive updates in the manager's Friday press conference at the AXA Training Centre.
Ryan Gravenberchis expected to return to the fold having missed the last three weeks following Moises Caicedo's Carabao Cup final reducer, while the prognosis was positive on Bobby Clark, who was forced off in the second half of Thursday's 6-1 hammering of Sparta Prague.
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Gravenberch, who returned to training this week, could be in line for a recall to the squad at United this weekend, further bolstering the ranks at such a critical time of the campaign.
Asked who of his walking wounded will make their comeback on the other side of the international break, which begins with a visit from Roberto De Zerbi's Brighton on March 31, Klopp said: “Curtis and I think the other two, Diogo and Trent, for the week after [the international break]. They have a chance.”
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