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Liverpool fans may have anticipated transfer dealings in January following the devastating injuries to both Conor Bradley and Giovanni Leoni, which have left the Reds’ defensive depth exposed to say the least.
Bradley’s season-ending knee injury sustained at Arsenal means he will miss the remainder of the campaign after requiring surgery on bone and ligament damage, while teenage centre-back Leoni continues his recovery from an ACL tear suffered on his debut in September and won’t return until next season.
The defensive crisis has intensified calls for reinforcements, particularly as Joe Gomez remains the only natural backup to first-choice centre-backs Ibrahima Konate and Virgil van Dijk. Gomez himself has battled his own injury issues this term, having only recently recovered from a hamstring problem, leaving manager Arne Slot with precious few reliable options at the back.
However, it seems that the club is not going to be rushed into any transfer dealings, with the Athletic’s David Ornstein confirming that the club are not aiming for any reinforcements in light of Conor Bradley, Alexander Isak, and Leoni’s injuries:
“Liverpool have been hit by their latest injury setback after Conor Bradley was ruled out for the rest of this season with a knee issue he suffered at Arsenal last week,” Ornstein wrote in the Transfer Dealsheet.
“As was seen following the losses of Giovanni Leoni at centre-back and Alexander Isak up front, there has been speculation that Liverpool might use the transfer market to bolster at right-back.”
“But they do not intend to sign cover for Leoni or Isak in the current window, and that is likely to be the case for Bradley, as well.”
Meanwhile, Ornstein has also provided an update on the situation of Mohamed Salah after he returns from AFCON.
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