Harvey Elliott suffered a serious ankle injury in Sunday’s 3-0 win against Leeds United. The Liverpool boss gave a fresh update on Elliot’s situation during Tuesday’s press conference ahead of the Champions League tie against AC Milan.
Jurgen Klopp said: “I spoke to him the night after the game already. He wasn’t in the best possible place for that moment but he took it already. “He accepted it already and knew he would be out for a while. Today (Tuesday) he is in London and will, as far as I know, probably have the surgery today. That is the next step to the way back and we all wait for news from after the surgery and that is it.”
Liverpool confirmed on Tuesday that Elliott has had successful surgery on his ankle. In a statement on their website, the Reds also suggested the teenager could be back in action before the end of the season.
Liverpool’s club doctor Jim Moxon provided the latest details: Harvey sustained a fracture dislocation of his left ankle during the game. We were able to reduce the dislocation immediately on the pitch and Harvey had surgery today to repair the fracture and ligaments damaged in the incident. The operation was a success so his comeback starts now. We won’t put pressure on him by setting a specific timeframe beyond being able to say with confidence we expect him to feature again later in the season following our rehab programme.”
