Back to the Liverpool Newsfeed

Liverpool suffer injury scare as Portugal boss Fernando Santos reveals Diogo Jota has sat out group training and could be sent back from international duty early if he's not fit enough for the bench

Daily Mail | October 11, 2021

Related Topics: Liverpool, Portugal, Diogo Jota, Liverpool F.C., Fernando Santos, Watford F.C., Premier League

Liverpool have suffered an injury scare ahead of their Premier League clash at Watford on Saturday.

Forward Diogo Jota has been struggling with a knock and missed Portugal's 3-0 victory over Qatar last weekend.

Now Portugal boss Fernando Santos has revealed that Jota could be sent back to the Reds early as he still is yet to take part in a group training session.

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota is suffering from a knock and not training with Portugal
Jota has sat our group training during the break and missed Portugal's session on Sunday

Jota has sat our group training during the break and missed Portugal's session on Sunday

'He trained a while ago, increased the intensity today with Joao Brito, but he didn't train with us,' he told in his pre-match press conference for their World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg on Tuesday.

See full article at Daily Mail