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Joe Gomez of Liverpool(Image: Shaun Brooks – CameraSport via Getty Images)<\/p>\nJoe Gomez has had a frustrating season at Liverpool and once again is approaching a crossroads in his Anfield careerJoe Gomez of Liverpool(Image: Shaun Brooks – CameraSport via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
There could be a neat piece of symmetry at Anfield on Sunday. And not just due to the return of former boss Jurgen Klopp<\/a>.<\/p>\n Klopp is back in Merseyside this weekend and expected to make his first return to watch Liverpool<\/a> at his old stomping ground for the final game of the season against Crystal Palace on Sunday, after which they will lift the Premier League<\/a> trophy.<\/p>\n It seems wholly appropriate, then, that the game could also see the long-awaited comeback of the one player still at the club who was part of the Reds squad when Klopp was first appointed as successor to Brendan Rodgers in October 2015.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Liverpool prepare for extra special guest ahead of Anfield celebration<\/a>READ MORE: Arne Slot on why he ‘wasn’t completely happy’ with Trent Alexander-Arnold in Liverpool training<\/a><\/p>\n Joe Gomez<\/a> was on the bench at Brighton on Monday evening having been absent for all bar 11 minutes of action since suffering a hamstring injury at West Ham United on December 29 that he aggravated on his aborted comeback in the FA Cup<\/a> defeat at Plymouth Argyle six weeks later.<\/p>\n While not quite ready for action at the Amex Stadium, Gomez will hope for at least some minutes from the bench on Sunday as Anfield<\/a> prepares for a celebration 35 years in the making.<\/p>\n “He didn’t tick all the boxes yet, but I think there was a spot open, so it was for me a moment where I could show my gratitude towards him to show what he’s done on the pitch for us, but also off the pitch for us,” says Slot about the decision to keep Gomez under wraps earlier this week.<\/p>\n “For me as a manager they are not only the player but they are also the human being. Joe Gomez is indeed one of the nicest people you can meet. But he’s also inspiring his team-mates when he’s not playing.<\/p>\n “He has had more impact on our success than the outside world might probably know. I am hoping he can make some minutes (on Sunday) if he ticks all the boxes this week.”<\/p>\n Gomez appears to have acquired the role once regularly occupied by Divock Origi in having this future called into question at the end of every season, each summer a potential crossroads in his Liverpool career.<\/p>\n