• Defender avoids ligament damage and could return this season
  • Gomez injured himself during England training session

Joe Gomez has undergone surgery to correct the knee injury that he suffered in England training on Wednesday. Liverpool say the operation to the tendon was a success and that he has avoided ligament damage. Although the club do not want to put a timeframe on his recovery, they have not ruled out the possibility of him returning before the end of the campaign.
Gomez’s injury has deepened Liverpool’s defensive selection crisis and shook up his England teammates. The luckless 23-year-old missed the 2018 World Cup because of serious injury. The goalkeeper, Nick Pope, who will start in tonight’s Wembley friendly against the Republic of Ireland, said on Wednesday: “Joe made a pass or a movement with no-one around him and ended up on the floor. He was in a great deal of pain. When you see one of your friends or teammates go through that, it’s not easy.”
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