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Jurgen Klopp reveals ‘cool’ injury update on Luis Diaz.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed when he expects Luis Diaz to rejoin full training again.
The Colombian has been a huge miss for the Reds this season having suffered a knee injury against Arsenal back in October.
After suffering a knee injury against Arsenal in October, the Colombian has been a significant loss for the Reds this season.
Klopp’s side have stumbled from catastrophe to disaster in a season that has seen them ousted in the first round of both cup competitions, suffer their worst-ever home defeat in Europe to Real Madrid, and plummet to seventh in the Premier League rankings.
Klopp has some good news to give concerning Diaz’s probable comeback before of their game against the Wolves on Wednesday evening.
“It’s estimated that maybe next week he will be warming up with the team and then maybe a week later being in team training,” Klopp said of Diaz.
“That would be cool. But you always have to wait. On Tuesday I saw a very intense session – a lot of change of directions and stuff like this. If there is no reaction from that then he can make the next step. Then I think he is not too far away.”
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Diaz joined Liverpool in the middle of their remarkable 2021/22 campaign, which saw them win a domestic cup double and come agonizingly close to completing the quadruple, losing the Champions League final and missing out on the Premier League title by a single point.
Due to his extended absence due to injury, Klopp has downplayed the possibility that Diaz would return with the same energizing effect. Nonetheless, the team is looking forward to his return and hopes he will have a significant influence whatsoever.
“It’s a different situation to last season, he came here having played all the games for Porto pretty much and now he’s been out with an injury for the second time,” he added.
“But I can tell you the two sessions he had with us in Dubai in the training camp, it was like, ‘Oh my God, how good is that?’ Then he was injured again.
“When he is back he will be really good and very impactful, of course. That is clear. How quickly, I don’t know. We have to see. That’s the big challenge in these moments. There’s no time for being patient but you have to be patient.
“I’m positive about him that there’s a good chance for him to have a real impact in 10, 11, 12 games maybe. We will see how long it exactly takes.”