Giovanni Leoni’s return from injury delayed in fresh blow to Liverpool

Defender sustained ACL injury on debut for clubIraola: ‘It is taking more time than we wanted’Giovanni Leoni’s Liverpool return has been delayed because of the severity of the knee injury sustained on his debut, Andoni Iraola has revealed.The central defender had been expected to resume team training during the recent international break but that schedule has been put back by about a month. Continue reading…

Liverpool defender Giovanni Leoni’s return from a lengthy spell out with a knee injury has been delayed Giovanni Leoni’s Liverpool return has been delayed because of the severity of the knee injury sustained on his debut, Andoni Iraola has revealed. The central defender had been expected to resume team training during the recent international break but that schedule has been put back by about a month. Leoni, a £26m signing from Parma in 2025, sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury against Southampton 13 months ago. Iraola has disclosed the damage extended beyond the ACL and Liverpool must tread carefully with the 19-year-old’s rehabilitation as a consequence.

“It is taking more time than we wanted,” the head coach said. “With Gio, the plan was to train with the team in this past international break. It is probably now going to be the next international break [which starts on 9 November], so we have lost one month in the process. “With Giovanni’s injury, I wasn’t here but talking to the medical department it wasn’t just an ACL. It was a bad injury, a lot of things around the knee were involved apart from the