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'Phenomenal Shape' - Klopp Impressed By One Liverpool Player In Particular At Pre Season

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Published 13:20 8 Jul 2022 GMT+1

'Phenomenal Shape' - Klopp Impressed By One Liverpool Player In Particular At Pre Season

Joe Gomez has struggled to gain a spot in Liverpool's starting lineup since 2020, but his pre-season efforts may well cause that to change.

Robert Worthington

Robert Worthington

Off the back of signing a new contract at Liverpool, Joe Gomez has returned to pre-season training in fine shape.

That’s according to his manager Jürgen Klopp who told Liverpool’s official website that ā€œJoe is in phenomenal shapeā€ heading into the new season.

Gomez’s performance in pre-season training has been greeted by a simple ā€œWow!ā€ from Klopp who is notably impressed with the 25-year-old.

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Gomez has had a difficult time of it at Liverpool since he sustained a devastating knee injury at the beginning of the 2020/21 Premier League season.

After Virgil van Dijk tore his ACL just weeks prior to Gomez’s knee problems, the Englishman was being backed to fill the void left by his centre-back partner.

It was a golden opportunity for Gomez. He could prove himself as a top-class defender by himself, without needing a helping hand from the best defender in the world in Van Dijk.

So his own injury problems, which followed Van Dijk’s, were as much a psychological blow as they were physical.

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Ever since returning from his injury, unlike the Dutchman, Gomez hasn’t been able to seamlessly re-join the starting line-up at Liverpool.

The strong form of Joel Matip and the arrival of Ibrahima KonatĆ© got in Gomez’s way last season, limiting him to just four Premier League starts.

Even when he was given on-pitch opportunities, he was usually deployed at right-back as an understudy for Trent Alexander-Arnold rather than in his preferred centre-back role.

Thus, his recent contract extension has raised a few eyebrows, with many expecting Liverpool would sell the English defender this summer.

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But Gomez will be given the chance to prove his quality this season, hopefully through another injury-free campaign for the young defender.

Gomez’s qualities have always been self-evident. It is easy to understand why Liverpool still view him as the ideal long-term partner for Ibrahima KonatĆ©.

For now though, Gomez needs trust and opportunities if he is to start realising his potential once again.

Featured Image Credit: Alamy

Topics:Ā Joe Gomez, Liverpool, Premier League, Jurgen Klopp, Ibrahima Konate

Robert Worthington
Robert Worthington

Rob is a Sport journalist specialising in the Premier League, Champions league and Boxing

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