The latest Liverpool injury and team news ahead of the Champions League trip to Fenerbahce on Wednesday
Jeremie Frimpong and Ryan Gravenberch of Liverpool during a training session at AXA Training Centre
Jeremie Frimpong and Ryan Gravenberch of Liverpool during a training session at AXA Training Centre (Image: Jeremie Frimpong and Ryan Gravenberch of Liverpool during a training session at AXA Training Centre )
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Liverpool will look to maintain their 100% winning run in the Champions League when they continue their league phase campaign away at Fenerbahce on Wednesday evening.
The Reds currently sit second in the table, having beaten Atletico Madrid, LASK and Villarreal in their first three matches. But after losing to Arsenal last time out in the Premier League, Andoni Iraola’s side will be eager to return to winning ways in Turkey.
But once again, the Liverpool head coach will have to make do without a number of senior players due to injury.
Ryan Gravenberch became the latest player to succumb to injury after he was left out of the travelling squad for the trip to Istanbul because of a heel issue, having been left unused at the weekend against the Gunners.
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The Reds did at least welcome back Dominik Szoboszlai and Victor Munoz from injury against Arsenal.
But with none of their long-term absentees yet ready to return, the ECHO takes a look at how Iraola’s squad is shaping up and the latest on Liverpool’s walking wounded…
Ryan Gravenberch
Gravenberch was left out of the Reds travelling squad for the trip to Fenerbahce because of a heel injury, with the club confirming he would instead remain at the AXA Training Centre to undergo treatment with the club’s medical team.
The midfielder had been left unused on the bench against Arsenal, with Iraola first mentioning the midfielder’s injury then when explaining his selection decision.
Ahead of facing Fenerbahce, the Basque revealed the Dutchman had actually fractured his heel and he was unsure when he would return.
"I don't know, it's a day to day thing. It's a fracture of the heel, it's about the pain," he said. "I think he's been with some discomfort.
"The other day against Arsenal, he was warming up and he was not fully confident. He has not improved since then.
"It's going to be something where every day he ask him, every day we see how he is.
"If he can be available for the weekend, lovely. It would be a very good help for us but I cannot tell you right now."
Potential return date: Crystal Palace (A), November 8
Jeremie Frimpong
Iraola said after the win at Brentford that Szoboszlai and Frimpong would be out for "some time". But whereas the former's problem was an old one - and one he has since recovered from - the latter has sustained a new injury.
It leavesFrimpong, who has been beset by issues since his arrival from Bayer Leverkusen, facing a fresh spell on the sidelines, with his head coach conceding he would not be back before the November international break.
Iraola, who is now without a senior fit and available right-back, said: "Jeremie Frimpong is obviously a new muscle injury and it happened, I think, in the second or third minute he was playing, difficult to predict and we will have to wait until he recovers.
"But it’s going to be difficult, I think, before the [November international] break. We will try but it’s going to be difficult to have him."
Potential return date: Manchester United (H), November 22
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Giovanni Leoni
Leoni's planned return after more than a year on the sidelines has been delayed - with the injury suffered by the centre-back more complicated than was initially reported.
The £26m arrival from Parma last summer has been absent since sustaining serious ACL damage when making his debut in the Carabao Cup win at home to Southampton in September 2025.
Leoni had been expected to have resumed full training with the first-team squad during the recent international break. But Iraola revealed earlier this month that his recovery was taking longer than hoped.
He said: “It’s taking more time than we wanted. The planning was to train with the team in this past international break [but] probably it’s going to be in the next international break, so we’ve lost one month in the process.
“Giovanni’s injury, I wasn’t here but talking to the medical department, it was not just an ACL – it was a bad injury, a lot of things around the knee were involved apart from the ACL.
“He has to be very confident, the rehab process has to be very careful with him and we want to make sure once he comes to the team, he stays there in a good place.
“It’s true that we’ve had, not a setback, but a little bit of a delay, if you want. The plan now is he starts in the next break. It’s not that far but it’s a little bit later than we expected, yes.”
Potential return date: December
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Hugo Ekitike
The second of Liverpool's three long-term injury victims,Ekitike has not played since rupturing his Achilles tendon against his former club Paris Saint-Germain in April. But according to L'Equipe,the hard work the striker is putting in behind the scenes could see him return to training later this month.
And it is believed that Ekitike's long-term target has been to get back into action by Boxing Day, which given the serious nature of the injury he sustained, would be a remarkably swift comeback.
The Frenchman was pictured at the club's training base recently undertaking some skipping exercises in the gym and Iraola said: "He is still doing very well according to the plan."
Potential return date: Hull City (A), Saturday, December 26
Conor Bradley
Iraola recently confirmed thatBradley is further ahead than Ekitike and is closing in on a return to light training.
The right-back suffered a knee injury back in January at Arsenal and his Northern Ireland manager, Michael O'Neill, also said last month that he didn't expect Bradley to be available for November's international matches.
And Iraola said: "Conor is not so far from training with the group – not like full training but doing some things with the group."
Given his head coach’s admission regarding his progress in comparison to Ekitike, a potential return could be on the cards next month.
Potential return date: December