Frimpong happy to be back as Slot may be forced to take risk

ARNE SLOT will face something of a selection dilemma when Liverpool welcome Wolves to Anfield on Saturday.

- By THEO SQUIRES

Jeremie Frimpong prepares for the visit of Wolves with Hugo Ekitike and Alexis Mac Allister

The Reds are down to the bare bones after Alexander Isak became their latest player to succumb to injury.

Slot could be left without as many as eight senior first-team players, with Mohamed Salah now away at the Africa Cup of Nations and Dominik Szoboszlai set to serve a one-game ban.

Both Isak and Conor Bradley have joined Giovanni Leoni, Cody Gakpo, Wataru Endo and Joe Gomez on the club's injury list after limping off in the win over Tottenham Hotspur.

Admittedly, Liverpool's woes could have eased up slightly come the weekend with a little bit of luck.

Speaking at his pre-match press conference on Tuesday, Slot revealed that Bradley and Gakpo were at least rated at 50/50 to take part.

"Conor will be 50-50. He's not training with us today (Tuesday), not tomorrow (Christmas Eve)," he said.

"So Friday we will see exactly where he is [and] if he can be in the squad for the weekend.

"Joe won't be available, Wata won't be available [and] Cody is a bit similar to Conor."

Such absences will leave the Reds short defensively though, with Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate remaining Slot's only available senior options at centre-back.

Likewise, the absence of Gomez and Szoboszlai, along with the question mark having over Bradley's head, will also leave Liverpool short at right-back.