Ryan Gravenberch Set For Spell Out With Plantar Fasciitis | Redmen Bitesize

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Hello everyone and welcome to the Redmen TV. This is Steve Hall and I am here with the Redmen Bitesize podcast on Wednesday, November 4th, the morning of Liverpool's fixture against Fenerbahce in the Champions League. That is a 5:45 PM kickoff by the way. Just to let you know, the UEFA rules of having those a couple of early games. Don't get caught out by it, it is an early kickoff, so make sure you're watching. Make sure you're tuned in at the right times. Long turn on your TV is like 8 PM UK time. Expecting to watch the Reds, that game will be finished by that point. Hopefully, with Liverpool having three points in the bag.

Obviously, we spoke yesterday, all the guys did about Ryan Gravenberch missing the game with a heel injury. Andoni Iraloa has confirmed that Gravenberch could be a doubtful Crystal Palace's way and explained exactly what the injury is. The manager was asked about his long-term prognosis. I don't know, it's a day-to-day thing because it's in the fascia in the heel. It's about the pain, he has been in some discomfort. He was warming up for the Arsenal game and was not fully confident and he hasn't improved since then. It's going to be something that every day we ask him and every day we see how he is. If he can be available for the weekend, then lovely, it would be a good help for us. But I cannot tell you that right now. It appears that he's got some plantar fasciitis then. Obviously, that's the muscle slash connective tissue around the back of your foot, connects your heel bone to the base of your toes, basically. It's the reason that your foot arches. We're not going to scientific into it. And it's just pain. And sometimes they have little tears, little micro tears, and it is a very painful injury. And the prognosis is you've got to just rest, wait and see, and let it heal up by itself. So my guess would be we won't see Ryan at the weekend.

Maybe even the week after. He might, whether he goes on international duty as well, wait and see.

But it is one that, yeah, there's not too much you can do other than rest it up. So Ryan Gravenberch won't be involved. We know, against Fenerbahce, he's missed the trip, and it's unlikely, it looks like, that he won't be featuring at the weekend against Crystal Palace either. Now obviously today, that opens up the doors for the likes of Sobislai, who, to come back from the start, obviously he came off the bench against Arsenal. Trey Ioni, who started that game, could be an option as well. James McConnell could get in the team as well.

Also, Alexis MacAllister, you think, would start, he didn't play against Chelsea, so in terms of managing his minutes, he should be fine. But yeah, we're interested to see exactly what the manager does in his midfield make up. You can imagine MacAllister and Viet play, and then one of Trey or Sabao's like, probably get a nod. And then hopefully, Liverpool could be whilst in the villa, they defend a batch and batter them. Although that wasn't in Istanbul, where Liverpool's record isn't great. Part of the obvious. And then, yeah, Liverpool can batter them and get some McConnell, etc. Some game time, fantastic. But don't want to get ahead of ourselves too much. We have Ryan Gravenberch out for the season, as we know. And yeah, that heel issue looks like it could be something that bothers him for a little bit. And the only thing he can do is rest. That's all Liverpool can do. Right then, let's move on. Speaking of Liverpool midfielders, Alexis Mac Allister, never shy of having a word or two with Alexis. That's fair to say, you know, he's quite open and honest, which is fantastic. And he's been speaking about, again, his contract situation, his future and whether things could or couldn't change. Going down the line, he was speaking to Gaston Adul, an Argentinian journalist, when asked about his future, he said, I still have time left at this club, which is what I want the most. I want to continue here. The reality is that the manager and the sporting director have changed and new investors have come into the club. So I think today I'm in a position where anything can happen and we will see in the future, but I am happy here.