The latest Liverpool injury and team news ahead of the Premier League match away to Crystal Palace on Sunday
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 28: Ryan Gravenberch of Liverpool reacts after missing a penalty during the shootout during the Carabao Cup Fourth Round match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield on October 28, 2026 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
Liverpool midfielder Ryan Gravenberch is struggling with a heel injury(Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images)
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Liverpool will look to sign off for the final international break of the year with a Premier League victory at struggling Crystal Palace on Sunday (2pm kick-off). Should they do that, the Reds would finish the weekend in the top five.
And most supporters would have taken that at the start of a season that was always going to be a transitionary one under new head coach Andoni Iraola, who, like his predeccessor Arne Slot, has not been helped by injuries.
Iraola could be without five first-team players for the trip to Selhurst Park but come the end of the year, the situation should be looking brighter.
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So how is the Liverpool squad currently shaping up? Let's take a look at the players currently injured...
Ryan Gravenberch
Ryan Gravenberch missed the midweek Champions League defeat to Fenerbahce in Istanbul with a heel injury that has been bothering him for some time.
The midfielder has not been named in the Netherlands squad for their Nations League clashes with Greece and Jurgen Klopp's Germany. And it sounds as if he is touch-and-go to take on Palace.
Iraola said at his pre-match press conference: “The Ryan Gravenberch thing is a day-to-day thing. It's a matter of pain. Let's see if he can deal with the pain and if he can help us, yes."
Potential return date: Manchester United (H), Sunday, November 22
Jeremie Frimpong
Jeremie Frimpong has also been left out of the Dutch squad as he continues to recover from the new muscle injury he sustained in the 2-1 triumph at Brentford on October 17.
Afterwards, Iraola said the right-back would be out for "some time", and then added two days later: "(It) 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), Sunday, November 22
Giovanni Leoni
Giovanni 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 last international break. But with Liverpool refusing to rush his recovery, he is now not anticipated to be back on the pitch with the main group later this month.
Iraola 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 Leoni is yet to play for Liverpool this season as he continues his recovery from an ACL injury
Giovanni Leoni is yet to play for Liverpool this season as he continues his recovery from an ACL injury(Image: Getty)
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"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: Bournemouth (H), Wednesday, December 16
Hugo Ekitike
The second of Liverpool's three long-term injury victims, Hugo 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 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 remarkably swift comeback.
Hugo Ekitike
Hugo Ekitike's return is getting closer(Image: Ferda Demir/Getty Images)
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Iraola last gave an update on the Frenchman in September when he said: "I think it's difficult with these long-term injuries, I think he's still far (away). But we had a meeting with the medical department to analyse when we completed the (squad) list for the European games. There is a reasonable chance that he could help us in the last two games of the group stages.
"But it's still very early to say. It's very early because it's a long-term injury (and) a big part of the rehab (he) is still to meet. But if we decide to put him there, it is because there is a hope and there is a realistic chance that he could help us in January."
Potential return date: Hull City (A), Saturday, December 26
Conor Bradley
Conor Bradley suffered an ACL injury back in January at Arsenal and like with Ekitike and Leoni, the club will not be rushing the right-back back.
Iraola said on September 14: "I think he is not close to training with the team. He's training alone but he has started touching the ball. Definitely I want him as quick as possible ready but it's a long-term injury."
Potential return date: Unknown