‘World-class’ Liverpool player could now be missing for the next four months

Liverpool defender Andy Robertson could be set to miss up to four months of football.

Robertson has been a picture of health pretty much since arriving at Anfield in 2017. There have been a few niggles, but by and large the Scot has been as dependable as they come fitness-wise.

Unfortunately, that looks to have now changed, with Robertson having to be taken off with a dislocated shoulder during Scotland’s loss against Spain on Thursday. And according to The Times, it could be a bad one.

Andy Robertson
They claim that should scans on the left-back’s shoulder show that surgery is required, he could miss a big chunk of the season. The ‘commonly referenced’ rehabilitation period for such an injury is reportedly 12 to 16 weeks. That’s terrible news.

There is hope yet though, as Liverpool are still waiting on the results of Robertson’s scan. There’s no estimate on how long the 29-year-old could miss in a best case scenario, but it would feasibly be far less. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

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Should Robbo be out until February time, it would be a major, major set-back for Liverpool.

The Reds are fortunate that in Kostas Tsimikas they have a high-level back-up at least. But as good as the Greek can be, he hasn’t shown anything like the consistency of Robertson.

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As Stan Collymore said back in June, the Liverpool left-back is regularly capable of truly ‘world-class’ performances [Caught Offside].

Andy Robertson
If the worst news is confirmed here though, Tsimikas is going to have to step up in a big way.

The good news is that the issue shouldn’t have any lasting damage for Liverpool’s No.26. He’ll be 30 in March and could do without anything that might linger.

In terms of a dislocated shoulder, once the rehab is completed, that should in theory be that. As a result, once Robertson is back he’s back.

In the meantime, all we can do is hope that the scans come back with good news. Either way, it’s time for Tsimikas to shine.