I’m not convinced. He’s clearly our best finisher but missed so many games. At 29 that’s not likely to change. Just being available is absolutely massive when we have so many games to play.
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I think we might see them back about the Derby. I think it’s just keeping players fit so they rotate their injuries so to speak. Konate just about did it with Gomez
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Alexander-Arnold with Bradley?
Yeah it’s not an exact science but our seasons have been fucked by injuries to the first one and the replacement.
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Slot said that Jota had an “overloaded shoulder”. This is more than likely related to his rib injury. I don’t think this is a new problem.
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I’m pretty sure he’s here at least next season and then we’ll see as he’s got a deal until 2027 (he’ll be 30 in that summer). It’s not a great record of availability, but not a terrible one either. And he’s at least useful almost whenever he’s fit. In a situation where we might search for a new main man up top, getting rid of Jota doesn’t seem very clever. There’s availability, but there’s also having the right players. Need to be careful which pieces we replace, not put too much on ourselves in a short space of time or one summer window.
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Jota has missed 75 games in 4 and half years.
Nearly 17 games a season
It’s definitely worrying and sad that he might have a LFC career of almost half-healthy, half-injured. But it’s not a situation where we have to get rid. If it was that terrible, he would be gone even before. Can’t count on him to be a key player, but we’re still getting good stuff from him (although it’s not like he hasn’t got his weaknesses as a player).
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Yeah. What an asset he would be if he had Salah or Suarez-like durability
If we had a really stable, firing centre forward, then you could say that perhaps it’s best to replace him. But since that isn’t the case, I say keep him for sure next season and decide what to do as we get closer to 2027.
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If all goes well, Danns might be more ready to play a bigger role by then…
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Hopefully he can come back quickly. Fortunately, he doesn’t need much time to get back up to speed and banging them in again, so let’s cross fingers that it is nothing too bad. 