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Ryan Gravenberch Ruled Out Of FA Cup Fifth-Round Tie With Southampton 

ByJoseph Agbobli

February 27, 2024

Liverpool midfielder Ryan Gravenberch has been ruled out of Liverpool’s Emirates FA Cup fifth-round clash with Southampton due to an injury.

LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 25: Ryan Gravenberch of Liverpool down injured during the Carabao Cup Final match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium on February 25, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images)

Gravenberch will be sidelined with the issue he sustained midway through the first half of Sunday’s Carabao Cup final against Chelsea.

Meanwhile, the condition of Wataru Endo, Darwin Nunez, Dominik Szoboszlai, and Mohamed Salah is currently under observation.

Speaking at his pre-match press conference on Tuesday, Jürgen Klopp said: “What I know is that Ryan is not available, besides all the others who are not available.

“It’s a ligament injury, could have been much worse, but bad enough for being ruled out for this game, next game. We will see. So, we need miracles with a few players, so that’s why I don’t want to rule out for too long.

“But it’s touch and go with a lot of players, still with the boys who [were] not available for the final – like Darwin, Mo, Dom. We have to see what they can do today.

“Wataru got a proper knock as well. There we have to see as well. I wouldn’t say it’s much improved since Sunday but that’s how it is.”

On the line-up against Southampton, Klopp added: “I didn’t make the lineup yet.

“We still have two and a half hours until we have the [pre-match] meeting and then we train after that, so three hours.

“When the players arrive then they get checked, yesterday was a massive recovery day and an appreciation day for winning the League Cup. Only the very young boys trained yesterday, all of the others recovered.

“Today we have a session, the only one before the game.

“When I get all the information and when the player arrive here and I look in their eyes and I can see who might be ready and who is not ready, then I can make a line-up. In the end, I hope – and I’m pretty positive about that – it will be a decent line-up.”

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