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14th Oct 2015

Liverpool defender facing possible 9 months out with serious knee injury

Not good news for new Reds boss Jürgen Klopp

Tony Cuddihy

Jürgen Klopp could be without young Liverpool defender Joe Gomez for the rest of the season.

The results of a scan on the 18-year-old – who started the club’s first five Premier League matches at left-back – will be known on Thursday, after he suffered the injury while on duty for England’s under-21s.

After he was withdrawn during the 2-1 win over Kazakhstan, England U-21 manager Gareth Southgate initially played down the injury.

“It seems to be OK,” he said. “We were a bit concerned at first but we are hopeful it’s nothing too serious.”

However, it now seems that Gomez could be out until next summer with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.

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