Many Liverpool fans have been looking forward to the return of electric left winger Luis Diaz after it was reported that the Colombian would return to the pitch during the club’s time in Dubai.
A further injury bout, which will now rule the 25-year-old out until March, has left them, not to mention the player’s teammates (including Kostas Tsimikas), bitterly disappointed at the Reds’ imminent return to domestic action.
“It’s bad luck for Luis and I feel very sad for him,” the Greece international told James Pearce in The Athletic.
“Fortunately, he is very strong mentally and physically.
“I wish him a speedy recovery and each one of us will be there for him along the way. We will be waiting for you.
The Merseysiders are set to take on league rivals Manchester City in the Carabao Cup round of 16 with the Sky Blues reportedly missing out on a host of important players for the fixture.
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Our remaining options are dismal, though there should be genuine concern about the state of the forward line should further injuries occur given the lack of depth beyond Darwin Nunez, Bobby Firmino and Mo Salah.
On the plus side, it looks like Diogo Jota’s recovery efforts are still on track ahead of a possible return in February, which will be a significant boost to our top four hopes by the end of the campaign.
In the meantime, we hope the warm-weather training camp was the perfect mini-preseason the club needed to clear our priorities and prepare the players for a tough second half of the season.
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