Liverpool’s upcoming Champions League opponents are set to suffer a massive injury scare ahead of the match against the Reds

One of Liverpool’s upcoming opponents in the Champions League has suffered a massive injury ahead of the match against the Reds.

On Wednesday evening, Arne Slot’s team will take on PSV in the tournament, followed by a trip to San Siro to play Inter Milan in two weeks.

The Merseysiders will be without a senior right-back for both matches, with Conor Bradley and Jeremy Frimpong both injured and Calvin Ramsay ineligible for the league and unregisterable, and the Nerazzurri also have problems in that position.

Dumfries will miss Inter v Liverpool due to injury

As reported by Gazzetta dello Sport (via FC Internieuws) Denzel Dumfries is expected to be sidelined with an ankle injury until at least mid-December.

It was initially hoped that the Dutchman would recover in time for the clash with Liverpool on the 9th, but the best-case scenario now appears to be a return for Inter’s Serie A match against Genoa the following weekend.

However, there was better news regarding fellow right-back Matteo Darmian, who will miss the Nerazzurri’s visit to Atletico Madrid tomorrow night but will resume training in the coming week.

Dumfries would be a huge loss for Inter due to an injury

Although Inter’s right-back problems are not as serious as Liverpool’s, Dumfries will still be a big miss for Cristian Chivu’s side against the Reds in a fortnight’s time.

Like his compatriot Frimpong, the 29-year-old is known for his explosive attacking threat from the flanks, having returned with 14 goals and six assists at club level since the start of last season.

As shown in the table below, using figures from FBref Compared to positional colleagues in Europe’s top five leagues over the past year, the Dutchman is among the deadliest full-backs in the game when he gets forward.

Liverpool will be grateful they don’t have to contend with the threat that Dumfries usually presents, although last season’s Champions League finalists have plenty of other players who can do no little damage to the fearful, out-of-form Reds.

We don’t like to see players affected by injury, and even though he will be a huge loss for Inter, we wish their number 2 a quick and full recovery from his current layoff.