Calum Scanlon, a Liverpool defender, has returned to the club for further evaluation and treatment following an injury sustained while on loan at Millwall.
Club reporter James Pearce (The Athletic) reported the bad injury news for the 19-year-old fullback on X (previously Twitter), who is said to have sustained a stress fracture in his back.
The issue is ‘anticipated’ to keep the player out of action for about three months.
Earlier today, head coach Arne Slot announced that Alisson Becker would likely return for Liverpool’s Premier League match against Wolves.
Liverpool’s Calum Scanlon has received devastating injury news.
Our youthful fullback has yet to get going in his Championship loan term, appearing in an 11-minute cameo for Milwall in a 1-0 loss to Luton Town in mid-September.
Scanlon had joined on a season-long loan, but his manager confirmed his departure on Wednesday, with an initial timeline for his injury recovery unclear.
“We’re very disappointed to lose him because he was something completely different from what we’ve got in the squad as a very attacking-minded full-back,” the Lions’ manager, Neil Harris, told The Lancashire Post.
Who is Calum Scanlon?
The then-15-year-old joined the Reds from Birmingham City in 2020 in a transaction reported to be worth approximately £500,000.
He signed his first professional contract with the club in 2022 and went on to play twice for our senior team in the 2023/24 season (against Union SG and Toulouse in the Europa League).
Calum Scanlon is believed to have impressed the club’s backroom personnel with his promise.
Finally, at 19 years old, he should be given plenty of time to recover from his latest setback and continue his growth with the club. Perhaps he will finish his loan spell with Millwall and acquire valuable first-team minutes if that option is still available in three months’ time.
