Giovanni Leoni out for a year with ACL injury as he suffered the injury 81 minutes into his debut for Liverpool.
According to manager Arne Slot, Giovanni Leoni, a defender for Liverpool, will be sidelined for a year due to a tear in his anterior cruciate ligament.
In Tuesday’s Carabao Cup third round match against Southampton, the 18-year-old suffered the injury on his debut.
Leoni paid £26 million plus add-ons to join the Reds from Parma in August.
“He is not in a good place because he tore his ACL which means he will be out for a year,” said Slot.
“Being so young and coming to a new country and playing so well in your first game, it’s very hard to take the positives.
“There is never a positive side but you try to look at that, and that is he is still so young and he has so many years still go to after he recovers from a terrible injury.”
Due to the injury, Slot only has three established centre backs: Joe Gomez, Ibrahima Konate, and Virgil van Dijk.
Federico Chiesa, a forward, has replaced Leoni in Liverpool’s Champions League roster.
Slot’s team has defended its championship by winning all five of their Premier League games this season.
On Saturday, they take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.