Liverpool boss Arne Slot has confirmed Giovanni Leoni faces 'around a year out' with a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee.

The centre-back suffered the injury making his Liverpool debut in Tuesday's Carabao Cup win over Southampton.

Leoni was stretchered off in the 78th minute with his left knee strapped up, having impressed on his first appearance since signing from Parma in the summer for £26m.

Speaking to press on Friday, Slot said: "The first thing is he's not in a good place of course, because he tore his ACL so he will be out for around a year.

"Being so young, coming to a new country, playing so well in your first game. It's so hard to take the positive side - there's never a positive side - but a positive side is he's so young.

"He has so many years still to go after he r

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