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Liverpool’s Firmino Faces Spell out with Serious Hamstring Injury

Roberto Firmino. (Getty Images)
Roberto Firmino. (Getty Images)
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Liverpool’s Firmino Faces Spell out with Serious Hamstring Injury

Roberto Firmino. (Getty Images)
Roberto Firmino. (Getty Images)

Liverpool’s Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino sustained a serious hamstring injury in Wednesday’s 2-0 Champions League win over Atletico Madrid and there is no timeline for the 30-year-old’s return, manager Juergen Klopp said on Friday.

The injury could rule Firmino out for a number of matches, starting with Sunday’s Premier League trip to West Ham United as second-placed Liverpool look to close a three-point gap on leaders Chelsea.

Firmino has made eight league appearances this season and has scored four goals. He has another two goals in the Champions League from three games.

“Bobby is not good news with a serious hamstring injury, really unfortunate. We don’t know exactly how long he’ll be out but it’ll be not now after the international break directly. We have to work on that,” Klopp told Liverpool’s website.

Klopp said defender Joe Gomez (calf) and midfielder Curtis Jones (eye) will also miss Sunday’s clash due to injuries.

“Curtis is a completely different story (to Firmino), he was unlucky in training - he got a finger that scratched the eye. I had a lot of injuries to players in my career, that was not involved,” Klopp added.

“He is on the way back but we have to see how long exactly. He will be back after the international break, for sure, but in the international break we have to see when he can start doing proper stuff again.

“And Joey, hopefully after the international break as well.”

Speaking in his pre-match news conference later, Klopp hailed his West Ham counterpart David Moyes who completed 1,000 games as manager in their 2-2 Europa League draw with Genk on Thursday.

Fourth-placed West Ham have been a revelation this season and could climb as high as second in the English top flight with a win.

“He gets better and better,” Klopp said. “I don’t know if he reinvented himself, but it’s absolutely incredible. Everybody who watches West Ham knows they’re now a full package.

“You watch them and it’s fun. They are a high intensity team.”

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Russell Suggests Mercedes Are Still After Verstappen

Mercedes' British driver George Russell in the paddocks of the Red Bull Ring race track in Spielberg, Austria, on June 26, 2025, ahead of the Formula One Austrian Grand Prix. (AFP)
Mercedes' British driver George Russell in the paddocks of the Red Bull Ring race track in Spielberg, Austria, on June 26, 2025, ahead of the Formula One Austrian Grand Prix. (AFP)
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Russell Suggests Mercedes Are Still After Verstappen

Mercedes' British driver George Russell in the paddocks of the Red Bull Ring race track in Spielberg, Austria, on June 26, 2025, ahead of the Formula One Austrian Grand Prix. (AFP)
Mercedes' British driver George Russell in the paddocks of the Red Bull Ring race track in Spielberg, Austria, on June 26, 2025, ahead of the Formula One Austrian Grand Prix. (AFP)

George Russell has suggested his contract renewal talks with Mercedes are being held up because the team are still keen to sign Formula One champion Max Verstappen.

The 27-year-old Briton, winner in Canada two weeks ago, is out of contract at the end of the season while four-times champion Verstappen has a deal with Red Bull until 2028, subject to get-out clauses.

Russell told Sky Sports television at the Austrian Grand Prix that Mercedes, constructors' champions eight years in a row from 2014-2021 and currently second to McLaren, wanted to return to the top.

"If you're going to be back on top, you need to make sure you've got the best drivers, the best engineers, the best pit crew, and that's what Mercedes are chasing," he said.

"So, it's only normal that conversations with the likes of Verstappen are ongoing. But from my side, if I'm performing as I'm doing, what have I got to be concerned about? There are two seats in every Formula One team."

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff made his interest in Verstappen clear last year as he sought a replacement for seven-times champion Lewis Hamilton.

In the end 18-year-old Italian rookie Kimi Antonelli was handed the opportunity and has been setting a string of age records, drawing strong support from fans.

Verstappen and Russell have had a series of headline clashes on and off the track over the past 12 months, with Mercedes likely to have concerns about pairing them together should the opportunity arise.

Russell told reporters separately that team boss Toto Wolff has assured him he was performing as well as anybody on the starting grid.

"I think there's only one driver that you can debate in terms of performance -- these are his words, these are not my words -- so that's why I have no concern about the future," he said.

"But there's two seats at every team and I guess he needs to think, who are those two drivers going to be for those two seats, and I guess that's what the delay is."

Verstappen, appearing in the main FIA press conference, was reluctant to talk about his future when asked if he would be driving for Red Bull next year.

"Do you want me to repeat what I said last year?... it's not really on my mind. Just driving well, trying to push the performance, and then we focus on next year."