When will Alisson Becker return for Liverpool? Reds' number one still on sidelines with hamstring injury

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Alisson Becker is hoping to return from his latest injury setback in the coming weeks.

The Brazilian international has yet to play for the Reds since suffering a hamstring issue in Liverpool‘s 1-0 win over Crystal Palace at the start of October.

Since then, Caoimhin Kelleher has admirably filled in, but with an international break coming up, Alisson should be back soon.

When will Alisson Becker return?

Arne Slot believes that Alisson will be back after the November international break.

The injury happened in the second half of Liverpool’s win over Palace.

The ball was played back to the goalkeeper, and as he cleared it, he immediately collapsed to the floor.

Thankfully, he didn’t need to be stretchered off and hobbled away.

Vitezslav Jaros came on for Alisson with Kelleher injured and helped see out the win on his Premier League debut.

After the match, Slot shared the news on Alisson.

“It's a bit uncommon for goalkeepers.

“For me, it's common because the goalkeeper I had at Feyenoord [Justin Bijlow] also had his issues with injury, also muscle injuries. That's not what you see a lot, so these two are more of an exception.

“We are looking into it and what could be the reason.

“One of the things that we all know is that if you’ve had one, then the chances of getting another one always go up so we’ve tried to be really careful with him.”

At the time of the injury, it was anticipated that Alisson would be back for the Reds’ trip to face Southampton on November 24.

Since the injury, Slot hasn’t provided constant updates.

But in his latest update on the Brazilian, Slot confirmed he was on track.

Speaking about Alisson and Diogo Jota, he said: "I think I said it already a few times that it is always difficult to tell you exactly when they are ready because especially the last phase of the recovery can always be a few days extra or less.

"The fact is that they are not there before the international break and let's see if they can join us after."

Despite being one of the world’s best goalkeepers, Liverpool haven’t really missed him.

They’ve won every game bar one since.

Last season, Alisson missed 15 games due to injury, and it’s looking like he could miss a similar number again.

Luckily, Liverpool have the best number two in the top-flight, or Alisson’s problems could be worse for the Reds.