Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has allayed fears about Alisson’s fitness and insists his first-choice goalkeeper is only out of action for a few weeks.
Alisson was subbed off towards the end of the first half in Liverpool’s 4-1 win over Norwich on Friday with a calf injury.
Reports emerged shortly afterwards claiming the Brazil international, who had little-to-no pre-season due to his participation at the Copa America, faced up to two months on the sidelines.
It was then claimed Alisson may have injured his Achilles and could miss a large chunk of the season but Klopp has refuted those suggestions.
“[It’s] not too cool. It’s a calf injury which takes him obviously out for a while,” Klopp told the club’s official website.
“I don’t want to make now [an] exact prognosis on when he will be back but it will not be Wednesday [Super Cup] for sure, so now we have to see. It takes a while, it takes a couple weeks for sure, and we have to see.
“I saw already like ‘six weeks’ and stuff like this, but Ali was not a lot injured in his career so I would like to wait a little bit to see how he develops in that process now, but he is not in for the next few weeks.”
Alisson has been a star performer for Liverpool ever since joining the club 12 months ago and his absence will be a huge blow for the European Champions.
His injury opens up the door for Adrian to get a run of games in the first-team after making a surprise move to Anfield earlier this month.
The former West Ham goalkeeper secured a free transfer move in the wake of Simon Mignolet’s departure.
Adrian has big gloves to fill, as Alisson has kept more clean sheets than any other goalkeeper in the Premier League since the start of last season (21).
