Arne Slot reveals timeline for Florian Wirtz return amid new Liverpool injury update | OneFootball

Wirtz is dealing with a back issue which has seen him miss the last two games

Arne Slot has revealed that he does not expect to have Florian Wirtz available for Liverpool’s next Premier League game.

Wirtz was absent on Saturday as Liverpool beat West Ham 5-2 at Anfield to boost their hopes of a top-four finish, thus qualifying for next season’s Champions League.

It has been confirmed that the Germany international is dealing with a back issue.

Though while thought to not be too serious, Wirtz is unlikely to recover in time for Liverpool’s next fixture which is away at the Premier League’s bottom team Wolves on Tuesday night.

Speaking after the win over West Ham, the Liverpool boss said: “I think that [Tuesday’s game] will be too early.

“But I said last week I didn’t expect him not to be available for today, so sometimes things can develop in a positive or negative way in an injury, now we are thinking it doesn’t have to be too long, but Tuesday will probably be too early.

“The week after will be tight as things stand now.”

Liverpool face Wolves twice away from home next week as Tuesday’s Premier League clash will be followed by an FA Cup fifth round showdown on Friday night.

In the absence of the Wirtz against the Hammers, Dominik Szoboszlai was restored to his more familiar No10 role and he responded with an assist as his corner was headed in by captain Virgil van Dijk to make it 2-0 before the half hour mark.

Alexis Mac Allister added a third before the break before Cody Gakpo and an Axel Disasi own goal in the second half kept West Ham at arm’s length and ensured Liverpool made it four wins in a row across all competitions.