Overview

• Frimpong will miss Liverpool’s trip to Newcastle on August 25 and the home match against Arsenal on August 31.
• He felt hamstring tightness during the opener against Bournemouth and was withdrawn, a decision Slot credited to the medical staff.
• Conor Bradley has only just taken part in a few minutes of first-team training and is not yet ready to return.
• Joe Gomez is being carefully managed after an Achilles issue and is not considered able to play a full 90 minutes, with Wataru Endo and Dominik Szoboszlai cited as cover options at right-back.
• The summer signing from Bayer Leverkusen for around £30–35m is also expected to miss Netherlands duty during the September window.