Bournemouth vs Liverpool team news
Iraola expects to have the same squad to choose from as he did for Bournemouth’s 5-0 home win over Nottingham Forest last Saturday.
Midfielder Marcus Tavernier returned for that game, but strikers Enes Unal and Evanilson and defenders Marcos Senesi and Julian Araujo are long-term absentees.
Left-back Julio Soler is away with Argentina Under-20s and winger Luis Sinisterra is not yet ready to make a full return from injury.
“The only player that has started doing things with us is Sinisterra, from the ones injured,” Iraola said. “We will assess him [on Friday] but it’s not sure that he will be involved tomorrow.”
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Defender Joe Gomez and forwards Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez could return from injury if they are “far enough” along in their recoveries from illness and injuries.
“That’s something we have to wait and see [on Friday], because we have probably also more than 20 players available,” the Dutchman added.
Attacker Federico Chiesa played his first 90 minutes for Liverpool in their 3-2 defeat at PSV in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Slot is certain to make a large number of changes from that game, having rested most of his first-team players with qualification for the last 16 secured.
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Goalkeeper Alisson Becker, defenders Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate and Trent Alexander-Arnold, midfielders Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Curtis Jones and Ryan Gravenberch and forwards Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah all remained in Liverpool.
“That doesn’t give us any guarantees for Saturday, but it hopefully will help us during the upcoming three or four months,” said Slot. “Hopefully that will help them stay fresh for the upcoming months.”
Bournemouth vs Liverpool expected line-ups
Bournemouth starting XI: Kepa, Cook, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez, Christie, Adams, Brooks, Kluivert, Semenyo, Ouattara
Liverpool starting XI: Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Salah, Gakpo, Diaz
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