Arne Slot reveals expected Diogo Jota injury return timeline

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Arne Slot reveals expected Diogo Jota injury return timeline

  • Diogo Jota sidelined with muscle injury after recent return from layoff
  • Portuguese forward has also already missed two months of 2024/25 campaign
  • Liverpool manager Slot provides update prior to Champions League return

Liverpool manager Arne Slot has confirm that he expects Diogo Jota to sidelined for weeks rather than months.

The Portuguese forward netted a crucial equaliser for Liverpool in their recent 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest at The City Ground – สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน his fifth Premier League goal of the season – and had plenty of other chances to win the game after coming on as a second-half substitute.

The 28-year-old, a £45m signing from Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 2020, has netted 64 times in 164 appearances across all competitions for Liverpool, but has spent ten separate spells on the sidelines during his time on Merseyside.

He was ruled out of the weekend’s dramatic 2-0 win over Brentford.

Game that saw Darwin Nunez score twice in stoppage-time. Slot has confirm that Jota won’t be fit to take on Lille in the Champions League on Tuesday.

“Maybe Jota [will be back] a bit earlier than Joe [Gomez],” the Dutchman

“But I’ve said many times before that the last stage of rehab is the most difficult one, or the one that sometimes [can] add a few days or not. It’s clear that we are expecting them to be back with us in the upcoming weeks.

“It is always difficult to say exactly how long it is. Both of them are not going to be out for months, that’s for sure, as long as the rehab goes as planned.”