{"id":354690,"date":"2025-12-17T19:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/354690\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T19:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:52:08","slug":"joe-gomez-injury-update-hamstring-issue-not-serious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/354690\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Gomez Injury Update: Hamstring Issue &#8220;Not Serious&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a positive update on <a data-ail=\"331793\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/joe-gomez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Joe Gomez<\/a>\u2018s recent hamstring injury, with the problem being deemed as \u201cnot serious\u201d and \u201crelatively minor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old was forced off in the first half at Anfield last Saturday, being replaced by <a data-ail=\"331793\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/mohamed-salah\/\" title=\"Mohamed Salah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mohamed Salah<\/a> in the 26th minute.<\/p>\n<p>A hamstring issue was the cause and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6896322\/2025\/12\/17\/liverpool-dominik-szoboszlai-injury-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Athletic<\/a> report that the issue is being deemed as \u201crelatively minor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Journalist James Pearce wrote that he \u201cis expected to miss the <a data-ail=\"331793\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/tottenham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tottenham<\/a> game but the hamstring injury he picked up in the first half against <a data-ail=\"331793\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/brighton\/\" title=\"Brighton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brighton<\/a> is not serious.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>While \u201cthe damage is relatively minor,\u201d Liverpool will still take \u201ca cautious approach\u201d to his recovery given his history of injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Gomez is \u201cstill hungry to keep going\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/P2025-12-09-Inter_Liverpool-15.jpg\" alt=\"MILAN, ITALY - Tuesday, December 9, 2025: Liverpool's Joe Gomez during the UEFA Champions League game between Internazionale Milano and Liverpool FC at the Stadio San Siro. (Photo by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-full wp-image-331456\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a data-mil=\"331793\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/2025\/12\/gomez-injury-liverpool-sign-centre-back-january\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2022 READ: Liverpool\u2019s biggest January transfer need laid bare by Joe Gomez injury<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>This is the latest cruel fitness setback for Gomez, who has suffered such an injury-plagued career since joining from Charlton back in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Now Liverpool\u2019s longest-serving current player, the Englishman has suffered lengthy periods out with knee and achilles problems down the years.<\/p>\n<p>Gomez had been doing a diligent job at right-back in the absence of <a data-ail=\"331793\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/conor-bradley\" title=\"Conor Bradley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Conor Bradley<\/a> and <a data-ail=\"331793\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/jeremie-frimpong\/\" title=\"Jeremie Frimpong\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jeremie Frimpong<\/a>, but he is now unlikely to feature until 2026.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen what the future holds for the 15-cap England international, with his current Liverpool deal expiring in the summer of 2027.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-10-29-109-Liverpool_Crystal_Palace.jpg\" alt=\"LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Wednesday, October 29, 2025: Liverpool's Joe Gomez during the Football League Cup 4th Round match between Liverpool FC and Crystal Palace FC at Anfield. Palace won 3-0. (Photo by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-full wp-image-329598\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>A decision may need to be made at the end of this season about receiving a fee for him with a year left on his current deal, especially given his injury record.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping him until his deal runs out would be no bad thing, though, with the versatile Gomez <a data-mil=\"331793\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/2025\/06\/joe-gomez-indicates-he-will-stay-at-liverpool-still-hungry-to-keep-going\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">opting against leaving Liverpool<\/a> earlier this year, writing on Instagram:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTen years ago as a kid moving from south east London to Liverpool, I couldn\u2019t even imagine looking this far into the future. Looking back now I\u2019m full of gratitude &amp; take so much pride in being a part of this club and city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo denying the challenges along the way, but embracing them to grow as both a player and a person is something I\u2019ve always tried to do &amp; I\u2019m grateful for all the support in trying to do that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-06-243-Leeds_United_Liverpool.jpg\" alt=\"LEEDS, ENGLAND - Saturday, December 6, 2025: Liverpool's Joe Gomez during the FA Premier League match between Leeds United FC and Liverpool FC at Elland Road. The game ended in a 3-3 draw. (Photo by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-full wp-image-331443\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a blessing to be a part of the different dressing rooms and getting to create such special memories over the years with so many great players &amp; staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt it was important to share my thanks to you all for the support throughout the years, it\u2019s always meant the world and I will never take it for granted. A decade in red\u2026 and still hungry to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There has been a positive update on Joe Gomez\u2018s recent hamstring injury, with the problem being deemed as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[20174,17223,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-354690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-injuries","9":"tag-joe-gomez","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}