Salah could miss Carabao Cup final vs. Chelsea

Liverpool assistant coach Pep Lijnders revealed he hopes Mohamed Salah will be able to be on the pitch for Sunday’s Carabao Cup final vs. Chelsea, but admitted that this is still in doubt.

🔴⚠️ Pep Ljinders: “Alisson, Alexander-Arnold and Curtis Jones are expected to be out until after the March international break”.

“Szoboszlai, Nunez and Salah for the final? We have to really see. We have two more days, we will check”. pic.twitter.com/XOWjA1WxxG

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 23, 2024

Both Salah and Darwin Núñez missed Liverpool’s 4-1 victory vs. Luton two days ago after playing for the Reds against Brentford in London in the past weekend.

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“Dominik [Szoboszlai], Darwin, and [Salah], we don’t know yet if they will be able to play. We have 2 more days,” Lijnders shared with the reporters today. “Then we will check if they are healthy enough to compete. I really would love to see them on the pitch for the final.”

Mohamed, who had been out for 30 days with a hamstring problem suffered at the African Cup of Nations, netted in his comeback as a substitute at Brentford last weekend before missing the game vs. Luton on Wednesday.

Darwin Nunez and Mo Salah are back in training. pic.twitter.com/hDlCPvsO4P

— Samuel (@SamueILFC) February 23, 2024

Ljinders revealed that Curtis Jones, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson, and Diogo Jota will be sidelined for the Carabao Cup final. However, he shares that he trusts the team’s academy footballers to replace them.