Jurgen Klopp has revealed the Liverpool have left gutted by the knee injury which is likely to keep Nathaniel Clyne out of action for the next six months.
The England international spent the second half of last season on loan at Bournemouth but had been hoping to work his way back into the first team fold at Anfield.
Kylne suffered an injury, however, during Liverpool’s friendly against Borussia Dortmund earlier this week and now faces a long, uphill battle to regain fitness and salvage his Reds career.
Klopp told Liverpoolfc.com: ‘What can I say other than how gutted we all are for Clyney. He was training and playing so well – he was in outstanding shape.
‘Clearly an injury of this nature isn’t a happy moment for any player, but the silver lining for him is that, according to the medical guys, it’s a straightforward ACL injury.
‘This means fixing it and coming back from it should follow a path that is free from pitfalls and complications.
At the moment there isn’t much more to say beyond we’ll all support Clyney in whatever way we can and we look forward to seeing him back on the pitch as soon as responsibly possible.
‘He is such a sound professional and is naturally very fit and strong, so all these things are in his favour.’
