Liverpool will be sweating over Jordan Henderson’s fitness for the Reds’ Premier League opener against Leeds United next weekend after the club captain sat out their final pre-season friendly against Blackpool.
The 30-year-old has been missing with a knee injury since limping off during Liverpool’s 3-1 victory over Brighton back in July.
The midfielder has returning to training as he continues his rehabilitation and Jurgen Klopp has confirmed Henderson wanted to play against the Seasiders at Anfield.
However, the Reds decided against risking their skipper with him set to take part in full training this week before a decision is made regarding his availability to face Leeds.
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“Obviously Hendo was desperate to play a few minutes today as well, but it makes no real sense because he had to do an important session today for him,” Klopp told Liverpoolfc.com before kick-off with Blackpool.
“If he would have played today, 10 minutes or so would have probably been OK. But that makes no sense. So that was not possible, but he trained in big parts of this week and will probably join full team training next Tuesday.
“Timing-wise, not perfect that he cannot play today, but can train a few days later fully. But that’s how it is.
“We will see how he develops, [there are] a few days until Leeds, how the boys come back from the national teams.
"A lot of open questions still, but a few hopefully we can answer today.”
