Jamie Redknapp urges Liverpool not to panic buying as they seek to address the back injury crisis

Jamie Redknapp has asked Liverpool not to spend a lot on a center-back despite their defensive crisis.

Injuries are piling up in defending defending Premier League champions Jurgen Klopp after Joe Gomez joined Virgil van Dijk and Fabinho on the sidelines.

Gomez fears missing out on the rest of the season and next summer’s Euro Cup after sustaining a serious knee injury in England training on Wednesday.

Joe Gomez has become the latest Liverpool center-back to suffer a long-term injury

Virgil van Dijk is expected to be out this season due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury

Gomez’s backhand will be a massive blow to Klopp, who will also be without stalwart Van Dijk for the rest of the season due to an ACL injury, while Fabinho is currently out with a thigh problem.

The injury crisis has left Liverpool with only one fit senior center-back, Joel Matip, meaning youngsters Nat Phillips and Rhys Williams, who have recently impressed, will be called up in the coming months.

But Redknapp isn’t convinced that the Reds, who are also without Trent Alexander-Arnold for four weeks with a calf strain, should panic, buy and spend money to address their injury crisis, claiming that Van Dijk it could come back shortly after a new one the signature can leave its mark.

Redknapp told Sky Sports: ‘It’s tough. I’ve heard people say they have to go out and get a very important signing because Virgil will get injured, but if he goes through the proper rehab to get in shape, he won’t be far from coming. maybe in March or April as a guess. Usually it’s six or seven months, he’s an incredibly fit guy, and he’ll be a good healer.

“ You don’t want to bring someone in just for the sake of paying £ 40 million or £ 50 million because you know someone will be back very quickly.

Jurgen Klopp has a selection headache to deal with in the heart of Liverpool’s defense

But if he also lost Gomez, he’s certainly looking to get into the market and try to bring someone in in January or as quickly as possible, be it a loan, be it a transfer, but it’s not going to work. for players to enter easily.

“Your hands are tied to a certain extent because immediately everyone knows that you are desperate and prices are going to inflate.

“Liverpool have worked very well in the market, they have not always bought the big stars, they have turned them into stars. Virgil may be the opposite, they paid £ 75 million for him, but what would his fee be now, maybe three times more because he is an amazing player.

Defenders are a rare commodity because there are not many good guys who can play like Virgil, who can defend like Joe Gomez, who is still a young man. I really hope it’s weeks instead of months, but I don’t like the rumors that are coming out of the team. ‘

Gomez is sure to be a crucial part of Klopp’s plans for the next few months given the injury Van Dijk suffered in his clash with Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford during the Merseyside derby.

Jamie Redknapp has urged the Reds not to spend the cash just for the sake of doing it on their back

Sportsmail revealed that Gomez suffered his injury in England’s final training session before Thursday night’s friendly against the Republic of Ireland.

Initial concerns are that Gomez faces a battle to play again this season, a scenario that would almost certainly prevent him from participating in the Euro.

The central defender underwent medical examinations on Wednesday night with Liverpool waiting before revealing full damage.

Describing the moment Gomez suffered the injury during training, his England teammate Nick Pope said: ‘He made a pass or move with no one around him and ended up on the floor, obviously in distress or pain.

“As a soccer player, being on the field, you know when something doesn’t seem right, so you can see that he was suffering a lot.

“When you see one of your friends or teammates go through that it’s not easy, so it wasn’t easy for me or any of the guys.”

Gomez suffered the injury during an England practice on Wednesday morning.