Liverpool, Slot: Leoni out for a year, but has a bright future | OneFootball

Bad news for Liverpool and for Giovanni Leoni. The young Italian defender, who arrived in the summer from Parma, will have to stop for a long period after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left leg.

Liverpool, Slot on Leoni's injury: "Out for about a year, but he has the future on his side"

Liverpool, injury for Leoni: cruciate ligament tear, Chiesa ready to step into Champions

Slot's announcement

The extent of the injury was confirmed by the Reds' coach, Arne Slot: "He's not in a good position, obviously, because he's torn his anterior cruciate ligament, which means he'll have to be out for about a year".

Leoni, born in 2007, made his debut on Tuesday in the English League Cup against Southampton, a game won by Liverpool, but his debut was interrupted in the 81st minute due to the serious injury.

Defensive emergency for Liverpool

The absence of the defender reduces the number of available centre-backs to three, forcing Slot to redesign the rotations in an already delicate department. The club will now have to consider possible solutions in the January market or accelerate the growth of some young players from the academy.

The hope of a rebirth

Despite the severity of the problem, the Dutch coach wanted to convey confidence: "Being so young, arriving in a new country, playing so well in the first game... It's very hard to see the positive side - there's never a positive side - but you always try. The fact is that he's still so young, so he has many years ahead of him after recovering from a terrible injury like this".

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