Arne Slot has confirmed that Trent Alexander-Arnold won’t be available for Sunday’s FA Cup fourth round clash at Plymouth, as he continues to recover from the thigh injury picked up at AFC Bournemouth last week.
“No, I don’t think so yet,” he said in Friday’s presser. “No, that’s going to be too early for him. ‘Like I said before, it’s not going to take months and not even weeks.”
When asked about his fitness for Wednesday’s game at Everton he added: “That’ only three days after the Plymouth Argyle game, so let’s wait and see if he is available.”
“We also have to look at the long term, of course we don’t want to take any risks with so many games afterwards coming up. But if he’s fit then of course we will use him,” he added.
Tyler Morton is also ruled out with a shoulder problem.
“Tyler Morton is out with an injury for a while; I think he was maybe our sixth midfielder and James is taking that position for the upcoming weeks as well. So, it’s a combination of both: it’s him doing really well and the injury of Tyler Morton.”
