Liverpool winger 16-month injury nightmare nears end as attacking options set to improve

Kaide Gordon's injury nightmare is reaching an end as the teenager prepares to ramp up his return to full fitness in pre-season.

The 18-year-old winger has been troubled by a pelvic problem linked to his physical growth and has for some time been following a specialised training programme

Gordon was running on the pitch at the AXA Training Centre last month and has also started tentative ball work

Barry Lewtas

"What is difficult with certain kind of injuries, especially with younger boys who are growing, they are complicated,"

"It's not like when you break a bone, then the bone heals and you crack on.

"Some of these injuries are more complex, and unfortunately for Kaide it has been that. It has been linked to his growth, and Kaide is taller and bigger now than when he last played.

"We always knew never to put a timeframe on it as we knew it could be a long one and we didn't want to set his hopes too high, and wanted to keep him in the right frame of mind as well. It's without raising expectations of anybody else as well, as he's a player who has already made an impact in the first team.

"He's been running around the pitch a little bit more, and we'll see how he goes."

Gordon, signed from Derby County in February 2021 in a deal that could be worth £3million, made his senior Liverpool debut aged just 16