Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has given a fresh update on his squad's current injury state ahead of their Champions League trip to Rangers next week.
A 2-0 win over the the Light Blues at Anfield on Tuesday has left Gio van Bronckhorst 's men with no points from their opening three games, although they have faced some extremely tough sides in their group with the likes of Liverpool, Dutch giants Ajax and Italian top-flight leaders Napoli all disposing of the Ibrox side with relative ease.
With a trip to Glasgow on the cards for Klopp's men next week, Rangers fans will know that anything less than a draw and an Ajax win in Naples will consign them to the bottom of Group A with two games still left to play in the competition. That being said, Klopp's men still have a plethora of injuries to contend with in midfield - and Klopp has updated fans that new signing Arthur Melo is also set to be ruled out of the trip north of the border.
“Curtis Jones was in training yesterday, he looked good but that’s not his first session, he’s probably closest," Klopp said on Friday afternoon. “Naby [Keita] and Ox [Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain] are still a little bit away, and we have one new injury in Arthur [Melo].”
“He got injured in the last session before Rangers, it’s a normal situation, a muscle. [Andy] Robertson is also running and looks close but Curtis is the closest to returning.”
A Liverpool win would give them a superb chance of advancing to the knockout stages of the tournament with three wins from four games, and with Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah all ready and raring to go, it will stand to be yet another tough task for Van Bronckhorst's men at their first invitation to the top table for 12 years.
However, if Rangers win and Ajax lose to Napoli, they will go level on points with the Eredivisie champions in hopes of Europa League qualification via third place in the group.
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