Yasser Larouci is set to miss the final friendly of Liverpool’s tour of the United States as a result of the leg injury he sustained against Sevilla.
The 18-year-old will be unavailable to face Sporting Lisbon in New York after a Joris Gnagnon horror challenge caused heavy bruising to his femur that could take weeks to subside.
The involvement of another young defender, Sepp van den Berg, is also in doubt as the Reds await international clearance.
The Dutchman has yet to debut for the club since arriving from PEC Zwolle and his wait could go on should Fifa fail to sign off paperwork relating to his transfer in time.
Harry Wilson could also miss out should he fail to recover from the eye injury he picked up during a feisty clash with Sevilla at Fenway Park.
Jurgen Klopp’s attacking options continued to be limited by the absence of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino due to the trio’s involvement in summer tournaments.
But the German is spoilt for choice elsewhere, as reflected by his tendency to use two different XIs in each half during previous friendlies.
That trend is expected to continue at Yankee Stadium, making predicting a start team more difficult than usual.
Predicted lineups
Liverpool XI: Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Wilson, Origi, Brewster
Sporting XI: Ribeiro, Borja, Ilori, Mathieu, Neto, Fernandes, Wendel, Doumbia, Raphinha, Dost, Vietto
Liverpool tour squad
Nathaniel Clyne, Fabinho, Virgil van Dijk, Gini Wijnaldum, Dejan Lovren, James Milner, Joe Gomez, Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Adam Lallana, Simon Mignolet, Rhian Brewster, Andy Robertson, Divock Origi, Joel Matip, Ryan Kent, Adam Lewis, Nat Phillips, Curtis Jones, Ki-Jana Hoever, Jakub Ojrzynski, Bobby Duncan, Ben Woodburn, Harry Wilson, Yasser Larouci, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Sepp van den Berg, Dan Atherton
