Liverpool's Wataru Endo came off injured on his first Premier League start of the season against Sunderland on Thursday and now Arne Slot has provided an update
Liverpool's Japanese midfielder #03 Wataru Endo is carried off on a stretcher during the English Premier League football match between Sunderland and Liverpool at The Stadium of Light in Sunderland in north east England on February 11, 2026. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications.
Wataru Endo picked up a serious-looking injury
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Liverpool star Wataru Endo will be out for 'quite a long time' after against . has provided a bleak update on Endo, 33, after he was stretchered off during .
The midfielder caught his foot in the turf while making a vital clearance shortly after had broken the deadlock in the second half. Endo soldiered on to help defend for the resulting corner, but he was clearly in agony and burst into tears when he was put on a stretcher.
It was his first start of the season, as he filled in at right-back in the absences of Jeremie Frimpong and . During his press conference ahead the Reds' fourth-round tie at home to on Saturday, Slot was asked about Endo's injury.
"We still need to do some assessments," the manager replied. "But it is clear and obvious that he will be out for quite a long time.
Immediately the Sunderland game, Slot described Endo's injury as 'serious'. "How serious we don't know yet because it still has to be assessed tomorrow, but it doesn't look good." the Dutchman added.
"I'm not too sure [if it's his ankle]. It's his foot, but if it is his ankle or his foot, that is what we have to assess tomorrow. I assume he will be out for a long, long time. What is long, it is difficult to say at this moment."
Endo's absence adds to a mounting injury list for Liverpool. The international joins right-backs Frimpong and Conor Bradley in the treatment room alongside Stefan Bajcetic, Jayden Danns, Alexander Isak and Giovanni Leoni.
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