Gravenberch out of Liverpool’s Champions League trip to Fenerbahce

Ryan Gravenberch will miss Liverpool’s Champions League trip to Fenerbahce because of a heel injury, with the update emerging on Tuesday morning. The update was relayed on Tuesday morning; James Pearce brought word of it.

The reporting adds that the midfielder had been carrying the issue before the weekend, which accounts for why he was not introduced from the bench in the Premier League meeting with Arsenal. It points to a problem managed across recent days rather than something picked up during the final training session before travel.

Gravenberch’s omission means he is not part of the travelling party for the match in Turkey and will not be available for selection in midweek European action. A squad list has been set in the same reporting, and his absence from it underlines that Liverpool will have to configure their midfield options without him for this tie.

No timeframe for recovery is specified in the piece, and there is no further medical detail beyond the description of a heel problem. That leaves his short-term availability beyond the Fenerbahce game unaddressed in the report.

The immediate implication is a reduced pool of central midfielders for the Champions League assignment, with selection now shaped by those who have travelled. How long that adjustment lasts will depend on how quickly the heel issue settles, but for this week’s European fixture the Dutchman is out of contention.