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Arne Slot has given a positive injury update on Ryan Gravenberch despite the Liverpool midfielder being ruled out of the midweek Champions League trip to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Gravenberch was replaced in the second half of Liverpool’s defeat against Manchester United on Sunday after rolling his ankle. There were concerns the nasty injury could result in a prolonged period on the sidelines for the Dutchman, who has established himself as one of Slot’s most reliable players since he took charge of the team last year.
He was absent from Tuesday’s open training session and was not named in the traveling squad that flew to Germany later that day. But Slot has eased concerns about the severity of the injury and claimed Gravenberch could be back in time to face Brentford this weekend.
“I had to take him off during the weekend because he limped a little bit, as we could all see. So, unfortunately, he's not ready to play tomorrow,” Slot told Liverpool’s website, after his pre-match press conference had to be canceled due to a delayed flight.
"That already means I definitely have to change one player and with him not being there, that might mean something for others as well, because he has such a particular quality in our squad, which we've seen when we played Bournemouth for example, when we played the Community Shield - that we missed a little bit of a player that was always protecting our back four.
"Ryan is not available for the Frankfurt game, hopefully he will be available at the weekend.
"But it's an ankle injury, we have to wait and see, give him a bit of time and see where he is when we come back from Frankfurt."
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