Liverpool defender now set to be out injured for months with 'stress fracture'

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Liverpool defender Calum Scanlon has returned to Liverpool to undergo further assessment and treatment after suffering an injury during his loan spell at Millwall.

Club reporter James Pearce (The Athletic) shared the unfortunate injury news for the 19-year-old fullback who is understood to have suffered a stress fracture in his back.

The issue is 'expected' to keep the player out of action for approximately three months.

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Earlier today, head coach Arne Slot confirmed that Alisson Becker was likely to be back involved in Liverpool's upcoming Premier League clash with Wolves.

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Devastating injury news for Liverpool's Calum Scanlon

Liverpool defender Calum Scanlon (left) with Jarell Quansah (middle) and Kaide Gordon (right) – (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Our young fullback had yet to really get going in his Championship loan spell, featuring in an 11-minute cameo for Milwall in their 1-0 defeat to Luton Town midway through September.

 

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