Overview

• Leoni was forced off after 81 minutes of his first start in a 2-1 League Cup win over Southampton following an awkward landing near the touchline.
• Sky Sport Italia reports scans indicate a rupture of the left anterior cruciate ligament, with surgery likely and a lengthy absence expected.
• La Gazzetta dello Sport characterizes the finding as the worst-case scenario and suggests a layoff of several months.
• Liverpool has confirmed only that the defender sustained knee discomfort on debut and is being evaluated, with no formal diagnosis announced by the club.
• The Italy U19 international joined from Parma this summer for nearly €30 million to reinforce a center-back group thinned by Jarell Quansah’s move to Bayer Leverkusen and Joe Gomez’s fitness issues.