After giving one of Jürgen Klopp’s players a “superb” rating, a Manchester United player already knows that Liverpool may soon repeat its Jarell Quansah trick.
Between Trent Alexander-Arnold’s hamstring injury against Aston Villa at the beginning of September and his return to the Premier League starting lineup against Brighton the most recent time out, Liverpool tried three different players as right-back solutions. Joe Gomez served as the most frequent Plan B, making five appearances so far, but midfielders Curtis Jones and Stefan Bajeti were also called upon for one game each. Gomez had the best appearance of the three, perhaps because he had the most time to get used to the role, but it’s safe to say that none of them have appeared completely at ease taking on Alexander-Arnold’s role. And it makes sense because none of the trio would consider themselves to be a right-back, much less an inverted one, since the vice-captain has a special responsibility.
Conor Bradley, a 20-year-old academy graduate who played in the preseason friendlies against Greuther Fürth and Karlsruher, might be the player who has up to this point appeared to be the most natural understudy.
Yes, those are teams from the German second division, but to be fair to Bradley, an injury has prevented him from taking advantage of more opportunities. The good news is that he’s now getting close to making a comeback, according to Bradley has resumed running at the AXA Training Center, according to Jürgen Klopp, who stated that he is “on the way back” prior to the team’s trip to Brighton. However, Klopp cautioned that Liverpool would handle Bradley’s reintegration cautiously given his youth and the nature of the issue. In general, that update continued to seem to support the initial prediction of a potential comeback in November.
Thus, the question is whether Bradley will end up being Alexander-Arnold’s best replacement. Klopp claimed that the “door was open” to the first team in the summer (via This is Anfield), but he will be miffed that he didn’t get any chances to start in the Europa League group stage or early Carabao Cup rounds.
