Liverpool could be without Dejan Lovren for a while longer yet, as they insist that the player will not be rushed back from his ongoing struggles with fitness, according to the Liverpool Echo.
It’s believed that Lovren is currently sidelined due to a stomach problem, meaning that he hasn’t featured for Liverpool in the new Premier League season yet.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp has, in the absence of Lovren, opted to utilise Joe Gomez in the central defensive role alongside Virgil van Dijk. This decision has since paid off, with Liverpool sat at the top of the league having conceded just once in four Premier League fixtures.
Lovren, 29, featured throughout Croatia’s exceptional World Cup campaign but is believed to have played through pain as his country reached the final of the competition, with the defender continuously nursing a stomach injury.
The former Southampton star is reported by the Echo to be running and doing work with the ball at Liverpool’s training ground Melwood as he continues to accelerate his return to fitness.
However, with the Reds in no rush to integrate Lovren back into the first-team picture, perhaps due to the impressive form of Gomez alongside Van Dijk, it seems the defender will be forced to wait patiently to return to action.
