Liverpool will be without seven players for their Champions League trip to Fenerbahce after Ryan Gravenberch joined the Reds' injury list
Ryan Gravenberch of Liverpool during the Carabao Cup Fourth Round match between Liverpool and Chelsea
Ryan Gravenberch will not play in Liverpool's Champions League game this week(Image: Jacques Feeney/Offside, Offside via Getty Images)
Liverpool will be without seven players for its journey to Fenerbahce following Ryan Gravenberch's addition to the Reds' casualty list.
The Netherlands international remained on the bench during Liverpool's defeat to Arsenal, with Andoni Iraola confirming he was contending with a heel problem. That setback has now prevented the midfielder from traveling to Istanbul for the Reds' fourth Champions League league phase fixture.
Liverpool had seen both Dominik Szoboszlai and Victor Munoz return from injury for the Gunners clash to strengthen Iraola's options, with the duo both entering as substitutes in Sunday's loss. Both emerged from their outings without incident, with Szoboszlai acknowledging his return on social media.
Taking to Instagram after the Arsenal defeat, the Hungarian posted: "Good to be back out there. Plenty to build on. We keep going together."
Szoboszlai and Munoz have been named in the Reds' traveling party after recovering from injury. However, Gravenberch's unavailability has handed Iraola a fresh setback.
Liverpool is already managing without long-term casualties Giovanni Leoni, Conor Bradley and Hugo Ekitike, while Jeremie Frimpong has been sidelined until after the November international break with a muscle complaint.
Leoni may resume full team training after the international break, having been absent for more than a year with an ACL injury. There had been previous expectations that the Italian would make his return last month, only for his reintroduction to be postponed.
Andoni Iraola, head coach of Liverpool, directs Ryan Gravenberch (#38) of Liverpool during the match between Liverpool and Leeds United at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Andoni Iraola will be without Ryan Gravenberch(Image: Richard Nichols/NurPhoto)
Bradley and Ekitike are not anticipated to return until December at the earliest.
The Reds will once more be without both Federico Chiesa and Wataru Endo, with the duo ineligible for Champions League fixtures after being omitted from Liverpool's European squad at the beginning of the campaign.
The pair have scarcely featured for Iraola's team this season, managing just one two-minute substitute appearance between them, with the Basque manager instead opting to provide opportunities to some of the club's emerging talents such as Lewis Koumas and Trey Nyoni.
Iraola selected a 22-man travelling party for the journey to Istanbul, with academy products Jayden Danns, James McConnell and Luke Chambers all named to strengthen the squad in light of the Reds' extensive injury problems.
Meanwhile, Fenerbahce appear likely to be missing at least Jayden Oosterwolde, Kojo Oppong, Nathan Ake and Marco Asensio due to injury, while skipper Mert Hakan Yandas is unavailable for the Champions League having been excluded from their European squad while still completing a ban for his role in the Turkish betting scandal.