{"id":690984,"date":"2026-01-12T11:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/690984\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:52:11","slug":"liverpool-team-news-vs-barnsley-ekitike-latest-8-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/690984\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Team News vs Barnsley: Ekitike Latest; 8 Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool have added a new name to their injury list after Conor Bradley<\/a> was ruled out for the remainder of the season, but there are hopes Hugo Ekitike<\/a> will return against Barnsley.<\/b><\/p>\n

Arne Slot<\/a> was dealt yet another long-term injury blow with Bradley<\/strong> requiring surgery<\/a> after an injury to the ligaments and bone in his left knee against Arsenal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It leaves Liverpool another defender short for the meeting with the League One side on Monday evening.<\/p>\n

Liverpool injuries and absentees list<\/b><\/p>\n

There is an expectation, though, that Ekitike<\/strong> will return to the squad after two games sidelined with a hamstring issue.<\/p>\n

Slot told reporters after the goalless draw at Arsenal<\/a> that it is not \u201c100 percent\u201d guaranteed that he will return, but that \u201cwe will do everything to have him available.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He is the only player in line to make a comeback as Endo<\/strong> has yet to return to training, though that is expected to happen imminently after more than one month out with an ankle injury. <\/p>\n

Salah<\/strong>, meanwhile, extended his absence after scoring what proved to be the winner for Egypt to set up a semi-final clash against Sadio Mane<\/a>\u2018s Senegal at the Africa Cup of Nations. <\/p>\n

Neither Isak<\/strong> nor Danns<\/strong> are available either. This Is Anfield understands<\/a> the latter suffered a setback in his recovery and is not expected back until February.<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

There was an expectation of mass rotation, and while several changes to the starting lineup are expected, Slot guaranteed<\/a> that he will name a strong squad against Barnsley.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can guarantee you that on Monday you will see all the players you see today (against Arsenal<\/a>), maybe with some substitutions, but then they will be on the bench,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Giorgi Mamardashvili<\/a>, Joe Gomez<\/a>, Andy Robertson<\/a>, Trey Nyoni<\/a>, Curtis Jones<\/a>, Federico Chiesa<\/a> and Rio Ngumoha<\/a> will all come into contention for a start. <\/p>\n

With Liverpool U21s having played on Friday, we are unlikely to see any of those who featured on against Barnsley, potentially ruling out Wellity Lucky, Kieran Morrison<\/a> and Will Wright<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 READ:<\/strong> Liverpool Predicted XI vs. Barnsley \u2013 Slot resists rest but Ngumoha finally starts<\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool\u2019s available squad vs. Barnsley<\/b><\/p>\n

Goalkeepers:<\/b> Alisson<\/a>, Mamardashvili, Woodman<\/p>\n

Defenders:<\/b> Van Dijk, Konate, Gomez, Frimpong, Kerkez, Robertson, Ramsay<\/p>\n

Midfielders:<\/b> Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Jones, Mac Allister, Nyoni<\/p>\n

Forwards:<\/b> Wirtz, Gakpo, Ekitike*, Chiesa, Ngumoha<\/p>\n

* Doubt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have added a new name to their injury list after Conor Bradley was ruled out for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,208738,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-690984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-vs-barnsley","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115881991165685977","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}