Joe Gomez

Liverpool defender Joe Gomez (28) has flown home from Liverpool's pre-season tour of Asia due to a minor Achilles injury (Source: James Pearce, The Athletic)

Update Thursday 14 August 2025

Gomez was back in training after being sidelined for several weeks with a minor fitness issue.

On the possibility of Gomez returning to the squad for the match against Bournemouth on 15 August, Arne Slot said at his pre-match press conference:

🎙️| Arne Slot: “I have to make a decision on that.... “I think he only trained twice now, missed quite a lot in pre-season. But if you looked at our bench against Palace, I think there were three players that were 20 years old or younger. .... “So, there is a possibility that Joe might be on the bench but I have to look at the numbers and who we’re going to take.”