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Lallana to miss start of the season

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The news will be received with disappointment by Roy Hodgson who had earmarked Lallana for a starting place in England’s friendly against Norway on September 3. The timescale involved for his recovery also indicates that the 26-year-old could struggle to be fit for England’s opening 2016 European Championship qualifying group game away to Switzerland five days later.

I don't think it's possible to care any less about those games. Is there anything worse than the internationals that break up the league a few weeks in?
 
It would have been interesting to see him play, but with Sterling, Markovic, Coutinho, Sterling, Suso, Ibe around I don't think he'll be that missed.
 
It would have been interesting to see him play, but with Sterling, Markovic, Coutinho, Sterling, Suso, Ibe around I don't think he'll be that missed.

Sterlings literally twice the player in your eyes.
 
Tony Barrett
Published at 12:01AM, July 26 2014

Liverpool’s preparations for the new season have been dealt a significant blow after Adam Lallana suffered a knee ligament injury that is expected to keep the England midfield player out of action for up to six weeks.

Lallana, who is yet to feature in a pre-season fixture since joining from Southampton in a £23 million deal this month, suffered the injury yesterday during training at Liverpool’s Harvard University base in Boston.

Liverpool’s medical staff have diagnosed damage to Lallana’s lateral collateral ligament, but initial fears that he could require an operation that would have kept him out for up to three months have since been allayed.

Lallana had been expected to make his Liverpool debut in a pre-season friendly against Olympiacos in Chicago on Sunday, but plans are now being made for him to return to Merseyside after treatment in the United States.

The news will be received with disappointment by Roy Hodgson who had earmarked Lallana for a starting place in England’s friendly against Norway on September 3. The timescale involved for his recovery also indicates that the 26-year-old could struggle to be fit for England’s opening 2016 European Championship qualifying group game away to Switzerland five days later.

Lallana will miss the opening three games of Liverpool’s Barclays Premier League season, fixtures at home to Southampton, his former club, and away to Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.
Fuck off Roy.
 
What a pain. Will suck too if he is sent back to UK and misses these next couple of weeks of general team bonding too...
 
At least it's an area where we're well stocked. It's a shame for the guy though, I really wanted to see raring to go.
 
Little bit gutted. Wanted him to hit the ground running, so to speak. Especially playing Southampton in the opener I imagine would have been special for him.

Im always a little wary when a player gets injured during or before they can really make an impression on the fans. Hopefully he is mentally strong.

(And those first internationals are so frustratingly useless. Even more than usual.)
 
Jesus, ladies, we've got more and more depth. We'll be grand.

I was well stoked and confident .... until Lallana was crocked and Remy failed his medical. For me that has taken two very potent and experienced players out fo the team putting a lot more pressure on Sturridge and Markovic. We now desperately need to make a couple of high quality signings before the PL starts.
 
Lallana will be back by game 4 or 5. No reason to panic, it's just like last season sans Suarez. We'll sign a more expensive replacement for Remy. We will get bent over on that, but that's ok.

Incidentally, I'm impressed we didn't go through with Remy...
 
He might only miss a few games because of the injury, but it will take the same amount again to get full starting fitness. I imagine we'll only see him in fleeting sub appearances for his first 3 or 4 games..
 
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