Another Injury Blow for Liverpool: Frimpong Injured During the International Break and FIFA matches

The English team suffered another loss, this time during the international break, when their Dutch player had to leave injured

Frimpong sets off alarms at the most critical moment of the season

The decisive stretch of the year has arrived. The knockout stages of the major titles are beginning, and any setback, no matter how small, weighs more than ever. That is exactly what Arne Slot’s Liverpool has just suffered. In the friendly between the Netherlands and Ecuador, Jeremie Frimpong had to leave the field just 13 minutes after coming on in the second half.

“It was a hard blow, we had to substitute him,” declared Ronald Koeman after the match, making it clear that it wasn’t a minor issue.

The Dutchman is once again sidelined with his national team. This marks his fourth injury during his first year at Anfield, a season in which he has already missed 19 matches and where each absence feels heavier than the last.

A huge doubt about a calendar that seems complicated

Liverpool faces weeks of maximum demand, and Frimpong is, today, an unknown. On April 4, they will visit the Etihad Stadium to face Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals. Just four days later, they will travel to Paris to play the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against PSG. And before the return leg on April 14, they will host Fulham for Matchday 32 of the Premier League, a match they cannot afford to give away: the 'Reds' are in fifth place and are battling Aston Villa for the last spot in the next Champions League.

The future of the injury

For now, the exact extent of the fullback's injury is not known. But at this point in the calendar, with qualifiers in play and a World Cup just around the corner, any physical problem stops being a mere setback. For the club and the player, these are news that come at the worst possible time.