Defenders Conor Bradley and Joe Gomez are in a race to be fit for the Premier League seal opener of Liverpool against Bournemouth, live on Sky Sports on Friday, August 15.
Reds boss Arne Slot revealed that Bradley and Gomez had doubts about both the Community Shield against Crystal Palace in Wembley next weekend as the Premier League opener at home in Bournemouth, but there was better news about Captain Virgil van Dijk and goalkeeper Alisson Becker.
When asked whether one of that quartet ran the risk of running offside for the matches against Palace and Bournemouth, Slot said: “Virgil normally not.
“Joe Gomez and Conor Bradley, it will be tight. Alisson will also be back in time.”
Van Dijk and Bradley missed the friendly matches of Liverpool against Athletic Club in Anfield on Monday for illness and a small injury respectively.
In the meantime, Alisson and Gomez did not remained available after leaving the Liverpool tour through Asia.
“Almost all of them have remained fit of fit,” said Liverpoolfc.com.
“Unfortunately, Virgil is sick today [Monday]. We miss Alisson. Joe Gomez is not there, Conor Bradley is not there.
“But so far we have stayed fit as we wanted to be, and new signing sessions came in, so they were adapted to what we want. First of all, they look forward to today and then to the following weeks.”
Liverpool hopes that the players will recover soon if they start the defense of their Premier League title at home against Bournemouth on Friday, August 15, live on Sky Sports.
The side of Slot will then visit Newcastle on August 23 before he met the League Runner-Runners-up Arsenal on 30 August.
The first six Premier League matches from Liverpool
August
15: Bournemouth (H) – 8 pm, live on Sky Sports
25: Newcastle (A) – 8 pm, live on Sky Sports
31: Arsenal (H) – 4.30 pm, Live on Sky Sports
September
13: Burnley (A) – 3 p.m.
20: Everton (H) – 3 p.m.
27: Crystal Palace (A) – 3 p.m.
The opening weekend Premier League matches live on Sky Sports
Friday, August 15
Liverpool vs Bournemouth – Live on Sky Sports, kick -off 8 p.m.
Saturday, August 16
Wolves vs Manchester City – Live on Sky Sports, kick -off 5.30 pm
Sunday, August 17
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace – Live on Sky Sports, kick -off 2 p.m.
Nottingham Forest vs Brentford – Live on Sky Sports, kick -off 2 p.m.
Manchester United vs Arsenal – Live on Sky Sports, kick -off 4.30 pm
Monday, August 18
Leeds vs Everton – Live on Sky Sports, kick -off 8 p.m.
Sky Sports to show 215 Live PL games next season
From next season, the Premier League coverage of Sky Sports will increase from 128 games to at least 215 games that are exclusively live.
And 80 percent of all Premier League matches broadcast on television will be on Sky Sports next season.