Virgil van Dijk has dropped a touch on one Liverpool teammate which might have Reds followers respiration a sigh of aid.
The 1-1 draw towards Arsenal got here at a price, with Luis Diaz (knee) and Kostas Tsimikas (collarbone) pressured off by means of harm. The Greek defender is unlikely to be seen for quite some time, however the outlook on the Colombian is way brighter.
Talking forward of the Boxing Day journey to Burnley, the membership captain mentioned of the 26-year-old (by way of Liverpool Echo): “Lucho, I believe he had a knock on the knee however he needs to be fantastic, let’s see.”
Though the open-ended nature of Van Dijk’s remark didn’t specify when Diaz could be ‘fantastic’ for, it provides hope that we might even see Liverpool’s quantity 7 in motion at Turf Moor this night, which’d be an enormous aid because the sight of him in tears on Saturday recommended that it wouldn’t be a minor layoff.
The Reds have already got Diogo Jota injured (though he appears to be close to a comeback) and can lose Mo Salah to the Africa Cup of Nations subsequent month, so Jurgen Klopp can’t afford to have any extra senior attackers unavailable with out making reinforcements in January.
Even when the Colombian isn’t totally match to face Burnley, there’s the choice of beginning Darwin Nunez or Cody Gakpo on the left and holding the 26-year-old in reserve if he’s in a position to function for a portion of the sport and make the specified affect.
Though Diaz’s type on the pitch has led Jamie Carragher to comment that he’s been ‘a shadow of himself’, with only one league purpose for the reason that begin of November (Transfermarkt), Liverpool can’t do with out him proper now. Fingers crossed he is likely to be fantastic to no less than make the matchday squad at the moment.
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