Liverpool injury latest and possible return dates, including Joe Gomez, as four players are expected to miss the Premier League trip to Fulham, which comes on Sunday
13:35, 02 Jan 2026
Arne Slot looks on during a Liverpool training session.
Arne Slot during a Liverpool training session.(Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Liverpool is expected to be without at least four players as it travels to Fulham this weekend, looking to get back to winning ways in the Premier League following a goalless draw against Leeds United.
Alexander Isak and Giovanni Leoni are long-term absentees. Isak should play again this season but he will be out for a sustained period of time, while Leoni may not be seen again until the summer.
It is better news on Joe Gomez, though. He could train today, Arne Slot said after his side's game with Leeds, and could therefore be involved at Fulham, almost certainly via the bench rather than from the start.
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There is no exact date for a return to action for Wataru Endo, with the Japanese midfielder sidelined at the moment with an ankle issue. He would be likely to start in the FA Cup against Barnsley, but it remains to be seen if he will be available.
Mohamed Salah is currently away with Egypt at AFCON and won't be back for another couple of weeks yet, while Florian Wirtz, Slot revealed after Leeds, is managing a sore hamstring.
Wirtz was available to start at Anfield earlier this week but was taken off early in the second half. The German missed training in the lead-up to the game and no risks will be taken with him ahead of an important period.
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 03: Liverpool coach Arne Slot makes a point to Florian Wirtz during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Sunderland at Anfield on December 03, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images)
Arne Slot has confirmed that Florian Wirtz is playing through the pain barrier for Liverpool(Image: Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images)
Slot was hoping to see more creativity from his side against Leeds but with Wirtz not at 100 per cent fitness and Salah and Isak missing, he didn't see enough of it.
Cody Gakpo and Federico Chiesa came off the bench but made a very limited impact, while Rio Ngumoha was sent on near the end and looked a bright spark.
The Liverpool boss was also frustrated with some refereeing decisions, believing that Hugo Ekitike would have won a penalty had he gone down in the first half when he was pulled back.
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"We are just who we are," Slot said. "We won the league by [being] the team we are last season.
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"Of course, there will probably be one or two moments — I can remember one when Milos Kerkez went to the floor at Burnley away when he didn't get fouled.
"So, yes, you can find one or two moments when we go to the floor when there was not a foul, but I watch a lot of football and I see this happening so, so, so, so many times. But we stayed on our feet.
"Against West Ham when [Lucas] Paqueta did everything to get a second yellow card, one of my players tried to help him out not getting that one. Do we ever get the reward for that? I think asking the question is answering it as well."