{"id":113910,"date":"2025-10-31T10:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/113910\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:21:10","slug":"gravenberch-fit-slot-updates-on-isak-jones-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/113910\/","title":{"rendered":"Gravenberch Fit; Slot Updates on Isak &#038; Jones Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ail=\"329586\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/ryan-gravenberch\/\" title=\"Ryan Gravenberch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ryan Gravenberch<\/a> will be back in the squad for Liverpool\u2019s clash with <a data-ail=\"329586\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/aston-villa\/\" title=\"Aston Villa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aston Villa<\/a>, but <a data-ail=\"329586\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/arne-slot\/\" title=\"Arne Slot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arne Slot<\/a> had a less positive update on <a data-ail=\"329586\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/alexander-isak\/\" title=\"Alexander Isak\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alexander Isak<\/a> and <a data-ail=\"329586\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/curtis-jones\/\" title=\"Curtis Jones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Curtis Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gravenberch has been absent since picking up an ankle injury in the 2-1 defeat to <a data-ail=\"329586\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/man-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man United<\/a>, missing the last three fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>But the Dutchman has since returned to training and is therefore eligible for the visit of Villa on Saturday night, which is a major boost for Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in his pre-match press conference however, Slot said he was \u201c99.9 percent sure\u201d both Isak and Jones will not be involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRyan trained with us yesterday, the other two didn\u2019t yet,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I said many times, in the end phase of the injury things can slow down a bit or things can go faster. Let\u2019s wait and see where they are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRyan trained with us first time yesterday and will train with us today. Then we\u2019re going to make the call if he is able to start, yes or no.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other two are probably 99.9 percent sure not in the squad for Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool missing 5 other players<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-09-30-016-Galatasaray_Liverpool.jpg\" alt=\"ISTANBUL, TURKEY - Tuesday, September 30, 2025: Liverpool's goalkeeper Alisson Becker during the pre-match warm-up before the UEFA Champions League match between Galatasaray A and Liverpool FC at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium. Galatasaray won 1-0. (Photo by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-full wp-image-328451\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool will also be without <a data-ail=\"329586\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/alisson\/\" title=\"Alisson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alisson<\/a> as he continues his recovery from a hamstring injury, but the Brazilian shared <a data-mil=\"329586\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/2025\/10\/alisson-steps-up-training-in-positive-injury-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an encouraging update earlier in the week<\/a> after returning to outdoor work at the AXA Training Centre.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ail=\"329586\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/jeremie-frimpong\/\" title=\"Jeremie Frimpong\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jeremie Frimpong<\/a> is also sidelined with a hamstring issue \u2013 his second of the season \u2013 with the right-back now <a data-mil=\"329586\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/2025\/10\/jeremie-frimpong-injury-details-return-latest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not expected back<\/a> until early December.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ail=\"329586\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/giovanni-leoni\/\" title=\"Giovanni Leoni \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Giovanni Leoni<\/a>\u2018s season is already over after tearing his ACL, while <a data-ail=\"329586\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/jayden-danns\/\" title=\"Jayden Danns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jayden Danns<\/a> and <a data-ail=\"329586\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/stefan-bajcetic\/\" title=\"Stefan Bajcetic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stefan Bajcetic<\/a> are long-term absentees with serious hamstring injuries; Bajcetic will, however, return in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Gravenberch will be back in the squad for Liverpool\u2019s clash with Aston Villa, but Arne Slot had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2421,59393,42,38405,43,27005,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-113910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-alexander-isak","9":"tag-curtis-jones","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-injuries","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-ryan-gravenberch","14":"tag-top-news","15":"tag-top-stories","16":"tag-topnews","17":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}