Alexander-Arnold to miss Carabao Cup final

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is acceptable to miss this weekend's Carabao Cup last against Newcastle United done injury, but could instrumentality earlier the extremity of the season.

Alexander-Arnold limped disconnected successful the 2nd fractional of Liverpool's Champions League round-of-16 decision to Paris Saint-Germain connected Tuesday night, with the Premier League leaders yet exiting the contention connected penalties.

He was replaced by Jarell Quansah, who is present apt to commencement astatine Wembley, having been called up to Thomas Tuchel's first England squad connected Friday.

"Trent is not available," caput manager Arne Slot confirmed successful a quality league connected Friday.

"He volition not beryllium determination astatine the final. He's inactive to beryllium assessed for however agelong it's going to instrumentality but we bash expect him backmost earlier the extremity of the season."

Centre-back Ibrahima Konaté is besides acceptable to beryllium assessed aft being substituted successful extra-time against PSG.

Looking up to this weekend's final, Slot said: "We're truly looking guardant to playing successful a last again, due to the fact that you cannot instrumentality a last for granted, particularly not successful this state with truthful galore bully teams progressive successful each cupful competition.

"We're looking guardant to being portion of it and if you are portion of it of people you privation to effort to triumph it, but of people that's what Newcastle privation arsenic well."

Slot besides said helium wants skipper Virgil van Dijk to enactment astatine Anfield adjacent play aft the defender admitted helium has "no idea" astir his aboriginal astatine the club.

Van Dijk, alongside teammates Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah, is retired of declaration astatine the extremity of the run and is present escaped to talk to clubs overseas astir penning a pre-contract statement for adjacent season.

After Liverpool's Champions League exit connected Tuesday night, the 33-year-old revealed that thing has been decided yet astir his future.

"I don't adjacent cognize myself," Van Dijk said. "Everyone knows determination are immoderate conversations down the scenes but that is astir it.

"At the moment, I don't adjacent cognize what volition hap adjacent year. If anyone says they bash know, they are lying to your face."

And Slot has present weighed successful connected the matter, insisting that the uncertainty implicit Van Dijk's aboriginal does not impact his readying for adjacent season.

"The lone happening I cognize is that I privation Virgil to beryllium present adjacent play and each the remainder is talks astir contracts and that's not what I bash implicit here," helium said. "It doesn't [affect planning], not for me."