RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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Liverpool's Joe Gomez will miss the start of the Premier League season after Andoni Iraola confirmed the defender sustained a muscle injury in a 4-2 win over Sunderland on Sunday .
Speaking in Chicago, the morning (US time) after Liverpool beat Wrexham in New York, Iraola said: "It was quite clear since he complained straight away so he will be some weeks off.
"It's difficult to say - normally one month [out]. If it goes very good, then a little bit less. If it goes bad then a bit more, but it's a muscle injury. It's not massive.
"It will be impossible to have him for the start of the season because we are not so far off, but it shouldn't be a lot more."
Gomez is still with the squad in Chicago but, with Giovanni Leoni still sidelined and Virgil van Dijk not on the pre-season tour, Iraola has had to resort to using Liverpool's younger centre-backs. In more positive news, Jeremy Jacquet is set to make his debut when Liverpool take on Leeds United in Chicago on Sunday (21:00 BST).
"You've seen in these games that we are pretty thin in the centre-back position," added Iraola.
"The only centre-backs we have right now are Mor [Talla Ndiaye] and Ifeanyi [Ndukwe], who are both 18, just arrived at the club and are doing incredibly well. Luke Chambers played there - he's not a centre-back but he played really well.
"Jeremy is ready to go and we will recover Virgil, but I'm happy that, playing against Sunderland and Wrexham with 18-year-old centre backs, the team has shown composure and solidity at the back and it speaks very well about them."
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