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The Liverpool right back has been working his way back from injury and has begun training. Arne Slot says he may be available from the bench against Leicester City.
Liverpool have struggled to fill the right back role since Trent Alexander-Arnold sustained an ankle injury against PSG just over a month ago. Conor Bradley was also sidelined with his own injury for much of the time, only being able to return to a starting role a week ago. In the interim, Jarell Quansah and Curtis Jones were pressed into duty in the right back role.
There was good news on the injury front according to Arne Sot in his press conference ahead of the fixture with Leicester City. The Liverpool manager stated that Trent Alexander-Arnold has been doing partial training this week, and is rejoining the full squad regimen on Friday. For Slot, the return of the Scouse right back is a testament to the player’s commitment to the club as the side marches on to a likely Premier League title.
“Trent is coming back from an injury, he trained with us yesterday and every time he plays with us and trains with us he shows his commitment. He has worked so hard to be back already now, and the moment he is on the pitch he shows me what a great football player he is and how much he is involved in us trying to achieve our goals this season.”
“He has worked so hard during the whole season and now during his rehab to be back with the team again. The fans of Liverpool, everyone who watches football for the last five, six or seven years, knows he is an incredible full-back, has been an incredible full-back for this football club and let’s see what the future brings.”
Slot said that Alexander-Arnold will only be fit enough for the bench against the Foxes on Sunday. There is still a decent chance he may feature as a substitute with Conor Bradley still working his way back to full fitness himself.
“[He is] not [ready] to start but if things go well today and tomorrow, he might – might – be on the bench. But definitely not to start because he is out for five-and-a-half weeks and this is today probably his first session with the team.”
“It was Wednesday I think he did parts of the team session. So he’s not able to start but hopefully he can be able to join us because for Conor [Bradley], he has been out for a long time so for him to play 90 isn’t easy as well. So it would be nice if Trent is with us during the weekend, yes.”
