Lyndon Lloyd 05/08/2024 4comments  |  Jump to last

Youssef Chermiti has joined Jarrad Branthwaite as an injury doubt for the start of the new season after undergoing an operation to repair a foot problem.

The young Portuguese scored twice in the friendly at Sligo Rovers last month and played the second 45 minutes against Salford City but was absent from the trips to Coventry and Preston after injuring his foot in training.

That issue required what the Club have described as a minor operation and he will now begin his recovery with the hope of being fit as soon as possible as the kick-off to the 2024-25 campaign looms on 17 August.

Branthwaite also had a minor op in late July but Sean Dyche indicated at the weekend that the defender will be touch-and-go for the season-opener against Brighton.

“We will see," the manager told the Liverpool Echo. "He is making good progress all of a sudden. He had a bit of a slow spell and now it is beginning to move forward, so hopefully.

“He will certainly be in and around it, I am not saying he will definitely be fit but he will certainly be in and around it.”

In addition, all three of Seamus Coleman, Michael Keane and James Garner (muscular strain) are nursing complaints that the Club's medical staff hope will clear up before the start of the season.

 

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Robert Leigh
1 Posted 05/08/2024 at 20:54:37
A blow, he looked sharp in preseason and towards the end of last season.

No one better than Dyche though to bring him back at the right time; he managed Calvert-Lewin well.

Mike Gaynes
2 Posted 05/08/2024 at 21:02:22
Minor foot surgery? Bunion? Ingrown toenail?
Peter Gorman
3 Posted 05/08/2024 at 21:09:42
Hopefully not as serious as Seamus Coleman's infamous infected blister.
Derek Knox
4 Posted 05/08/2024 at 21:24:54
Mike G, good job it was his minor foot, his major foot is his goal-scoring one ! :-)

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