At Thursday’s press conference, Arne Slot stated that we would not see Andy Robertson in the matches in the USA due to an injury. He did not specify what the injury was, but mentioned that it was a problem he had carried over from the European Championship.
According to thisisanfield.com, it is said to be the ankle injury he has been struggling with for a while.
This is also likely the reason why Luke Chambers is still with the Liverpool squad in the USA, even though reports suggest he will be loaned out to Wigan Athletic for next season. He is expected to move to the League One club after Liverpool returns to Merseyside following the USA tour.
Been dealing with the issue for several months
Robertson led Scotland in the European Championship in Germany but played with a problem he had been dealing with for a long time. Before the European Championship began, he mentioned that he had been struggling with a troublesome ankle since March. That was now four months ago.
– I had an ankle injury in March and have been managing it since then, but it feels good. It’s fine now, and I didn’t want to worsen it, said Robertson at a press conference with the Scottish national team before the Euro started.
We then saw that he had to leave the training ground in pain in that very ankle just days before the opening match against Germany.
It is likely still that which is the problem for the 30-year-old. In addition to Chambers, the Reds also have Kostas Tsimikas in the squad. The club has also been linked to Wolverhampton’s left-back Rayan Aït-Nouri in this window.