{"id":321553,"date":"2025-12-17T20:18:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/321553\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T20:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:18:21","slug":"jeremie-frimpong-return-imminent-and-2-fixtures-moved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/321553\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremie Frimpong Return “Imminent” and 2 Fixtures Moved"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeremie Frimpong<\/a> is close to a return following his hamstring injury, and two of Liverpool\u2019s February fixtures have been moved for television. <\/p>\n

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Jeremie Frimpong return from injury is \u201cimminent\u201d<\/p>\n

Frimpong has been out since injuring his hamstring against Eintracht Frankfurt on October 22, but his return is now \u201cimminent,\u201d according the Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reporter James Pearce said the 25-year-old \u201chas been doing the final stages of his rehab\u201d on the outdoor pitches in Kirkby and is \u201ctaking part in some drills with the squad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the right-back \u201cclose to being given the green light for full team training,\u201d we are unlikely to see him play against Tottenham<\/a> on Saturday. <\/p>\n

\"FRANKFURT,<\/p>\n

This latest update indicates Frimpong could be available for Liverpool\u2019s Anfield meeting with Wolves<\/a> on December 27. <\/p>\n

The club won\u2019t rush his return, though, given he has already suffered two hamstring injuries this season, having not missed<\/a> a match through injury since 2023 prior to his summer transfer from Bayer Leverkusen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, with Joe Gomez<\/a> also injured, Conor Bradley<\/a> is back from suspension and should start at right-back in north London this weekend.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Liverpool FC News<\/p>\n

\"LEEDS,<\/p>\n

\u2022 There has been a positive update<\/a> on Dominik Szoboszlai<\/a>\u2018s ankle injury, with the Hungarian hoping to play against Tottenham<\/a> \u2013 that\u2019s a relief!<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Athletic<\/a> also shared relatively good news<\/a> on Gomez, whose hamstring injury is not deemed to be serious but will still miss the trip to upcoming trip to the capital<\/p>\n

\u2022 They also report that Florian Wirtz<\/a> has \u201ctaken some criticism personally\u201d and offered an interesting insight into the Liverpool dressing room\u2019s change of leadership group under Arne Slot<\/a> \u2013 read more here<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Liverpool\u2019s home match at Man City<\/a> will now be played on Sunday, February 8 at 4.30pm (GMT), while the Reds\u2019 trip to Sunderland<\/a> will take place at 8.15pm on Wednesday, February 11<\/p>\n

More from This Is Anfield<\/p>\n

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With Ryan Gravenberch<\/a> being asked to do the job of holding midfielder and box-to-box player at times this season, Joe Baker has written about how Liverpool signing a \u2018proper\u2019 No. 6 would help the Dutchman:<\/p>\n

\u201cFans may read this and scoff at the suggestion of signing another midfielder this January. Indeed, a centre-half is probably the greater priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cNonetheless, when people talk about the current squad being too top-heavy, it isn\u2019t just about the number of attackers and defenders but the imbalance in midfield too.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a glaring lack of players able to do the dirtier work in midfield and plug the holes that have been all too apparent this season.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ: Stop limiting Ryan Gravenberch \u2013 Why Liverpool search for a No. 6 must resume
<\/a><\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the football world today<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Rangers have appointed<\/a> former Liverpool left-back Stig Inge Bjornebye as a temporary football consultant and advisor \u2013 it was good to see him at Anfield for the Brighton<\/a> match, too!<\/p>\n

\u2022 Celtic have announced<\/a> non-executive Chairman Peter Lawwell will step down from his role \u2013 this comes following long-term fan protests<\/p>\n

\u2022 Macclesfield forward Ethan McLeod died in a car accident on Tuesday night on his way back from a match against Bedford Town \u2013 he was just 21 years old<\/p>\n

Liverpool FC: On this day<\/p>\n

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On December 17, 1955, Jimmy Melia scored a thumping left-footed volley on his Liverpool debut as the Reds beat Nottingham Forest<\/a> 5-2 in the second division.<\/p>\n

That day, the great Billy Liddell<\/a> scored a hat-trick in the second half after John Evans had netted the opener.<\/p>\n

Melia would go on to play 286 times for Liverpool, ending his career with a first-division title win under Bill Shankly<\/a> in 1964.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeremie Frimpong is close to a return following his hamstring injury, and two of Liverpool\u2019s February fixtures have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,20608,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-321553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-round-up","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}