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title: "Liverpool: These fans were unconvinced by reports of Naby Keita’s possible return from injury"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-these-fans-were-unconvinced-by-reports-of-naby-keitas-possible-return-from-injury/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2019-09-10T05:00:16Z"
modified: "2019-09-10T05:00:16Z"
---

# Liverpool: These fans were unconvinced by reports of Naby Keita’s possible return from injury

**Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita could be available for selection for Saturday’s Premier League clash against Newcastle at Anfield, having been ruled out for almost a month with a [torn muscle bundle](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/naby-keita/verletzungen/spieler/302215).**

The [Daily Express](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1175397/Liverpool-team-news-Injury-Alisson-Naby-Keita-Nathaniel-Clyne) reported (by citing Physio Room) that the 24-year-old is in line to return to action next weekend following the muscular injury he incurred [on the day of the UEFA Super Cup meeting with Chelsea](https://twitter.com/MaddockMirror/status/1161332194645880833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1161332194645880833&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.footballtransfertavern.com%2Fpremier-league%2Fliverpool%2Fliverpool-fans-losing-patience-with-naby-keita-after-latest-injury%2F) in mid-August, with the news relayed by [Anything Liverpool](https://twitter.com/AnythingLFC_) on Twitter. \[[via @AnythingLFC\_](https://twitter.com/AnythingLFC_/status/1170949825342447616)\]

> According to the Express, Liverpool could be boosted by the return of Naby Keita next weekend once the international break is over.
>
> Not 100% on this rumour but hopefully it’s true [#Liverpoolfc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Liverpoolfc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/siHXkUj3nC](https://t.co/siHXkUj3nC)
>
> — Anything Liverpool (@AnythingLFC\_) [September 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/AnythingLFC_/status/1170949825342447616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Keita has only played [23 minutes of football so far this season](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/naby-keita/leistungsdaten/spieler/302215), appearing as a [substitute against Manchester City in the Community Shield](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/naby-keita/leistungsdaten/spieler/302215), and [missed nine matches in the latter weeks of the 2018/19 campaign with muscular and groin injuries](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/naby-keita/verletzungen/spieler/302215).

He also flew back from the summer’s Africa Cup of Nations in the middle of the tournament for a medical assessment by doctors in Liverpool, as reported by [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48828030).

These Liverpool fans on Twitter seemed frustrated by Keita’s succession of fitness problems over the last few months, with some referencing the [multiple injuries suffered by former Red Daniel Sturridge](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/daniel-sturridge/verletzungen/spieler/47082) in his Anfield career by comparison:

> I’ll doubt it until I see it [#sicknote](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sicknote?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — IrishScouser (@irish\_scouser) [September 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/irish_scouser/status/1171039988265422848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> boosted ? really ?
>
> — redmist (@brookyfitness) [September 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/brookyfitness/status/1170965143540391937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/Baljinder\_2508/status/1171014906763599876

https://twitter.com/MartinLangerup/status/1171000689214013440

https://twitter.com/lilhallybih/status/1170950008394440704

> How long this time?2 weeks till he get injured again?
>
> — Baiano LFC (@jnrbaiano11) [September 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/jnrbaiano11/status/1171007418748342273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Do you think Keita’s injury problems will see him struggle to get into Liverpool’s starting line-up regularly this season? Comment below with your views!***