Football news - Liverpool's Gomez to have surgery on broken leg, could miss United and Bayern games
ByReuters
Updated 04/02/2019 at 10:48 GMT
Liverpool centre back Joe Gomez will be out for a further six weeks after it was decided he needs surgery to help his broken leg heal.
Liverpool's Joe Gomez receives medical attention after sustaining an injury
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The 21-year-old, who began the season as Klopp's first choice to partner Virgil van Dijk at the heart of the Liverpool defence, fractured his left leg against Burnley on December 5 and was initially expected to be out for six weeks.
But he is set to have surgery on Monday which means his rehabilitation time will double and he will miss the matches against Manchester United, Everton and the Champions League ties against Bayern Munich.
Liverpool, who face West Ham United in the Premier League on Monday, will also be without centre back Dejan Lovren, who has a hamstring injury.
Manager Jurgen Klopp told the club's website: 'It's a blow for the boy and for us - because prior to the injury he was in such fantastic shape.
But he is too valuable to take any risk with, both for our present and future, so we get this procedure done and he comes back when he's ready.
Liverpool have a five-point lead over second-placed Manchester City ahead of the trip to 12th-placed West Ham.
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