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Jermie Frimpong has endured a torrid start to his Liverpool career with the Dutchman afflicted by multiple hamstring injuries. His nightmare began almost immediately. During the season opener against Bournemouth in August, the 24-year-old limped off with his first hamstring complaint of the campaign. That initial setback kept him sidelined for nearly a month, ruling him out of victories over Newcastle and Arsenal, as well as the Netherlands’ fixtures during the September international break. He returned to action in early October, but his comeback proved painfully brief.
The second hamstring injury struck during Liverpool’s emphatic 5-1 Champions League victory over Eintracht Frankfurt on October 22nd. Just 19 minutes into the match, Frimpong pulled up and immediately signaled for play to stop. He was replaced by Conor Bradley, and subsequent assessments confirmed another hamstring strain—this time on the same leg. What makes Frimpong’s injury troubles particularly concerning is how out of character they are for a player who boasted an excellent fitness record at Leverkusen. Between 2022 and his departure for Liverpool, he had missed just two matches due to injury. Now, in his first four months at Anfield, he has already been sidelined for two separate hamstring problems that have limited him to just nine appearances with only one Premier League start.
However, there seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel for the 25-year-old. Lewis Steele, writing in his Liverpool Confidential, has reported that Frimpong could be fit as soon as next week. In an update that also addresses the Gakpo injury, Steele wrote: “Gakpo is set to face several weeks on the sidelines with an injury – which may well be a result of a lack of depth in attacking areas. Rio Ngumoha has barely been seen recently and Liverpool, of course, miss Luis Diaz (which is easy to say in hindsight).”
“Conor Bradley will also miss Saturday’s game against Brighton due to suspension and Dominik Szoboszlai is one yellow away from a ban himself. Jeremie Frimpong is hoping to be back in the next week or so but it is unclear whether the Brighton test will come too soon for him.”
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