Jeremie Frimpong is expected to miss Liverpool’s trip to Nottingham Forest on Sunday as the right-back continues his recovery from a troubling groin injury.
Jeremie Frimpong Injury Latest: Right-Back Nearing Return
- Frimpong out of Forest trip: The right-back is expected to miss Sunday’s game as he enters the final stages of his groin injury rehabilitation.
- Endo’s season in doubt: Wataru Endo is facing a number of months on the sidelines with a suspected broken foot; Conor Bradley is also out for the season.
- Next step: Frimpong is targeting a return against West Ham on February 28, while Curtis Jones is an option to fill in at right-back this weekend.
Frimpong has missed the last four games after suffering a groin injury minutes into the 6-0 win over Qarabag in the Champions League on January 28.
It is his third lengthy layoff in a difficult first season at Liverpool, where he has shown promise but struggled for consistency following his £35 million move from Bayer Leverkusen.
Spotted working in the gym at the AXA Training Centre last week ahead of the 3-0 thumping of Brighton in the FA Cup, there had been hopes of an imminent return.
But The Athletic‘s Gregg Evans reports that Frimpong is not likely to be involved when Liverpool head to Nottingham Forest this weekend.
Instead he is set to be considered for the visit of West Ham in the Premier League on February 28 – exactly a month on from his injury.
Frimpong is into the final stages of his rehabilitation but the club’s medical staff are being cautious due to the difficulties already faced with his fitness this season.
The Dutchman has already missed 18 games with two hamstring injuries and his current groin issue, restricting him to 19 appearances in all competitions of which 14 have come as a starter.
Jeremie Frimpong: 2025/26 Injury History
| Injury Type | From / Until | Days Out | Games Missed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamstring | 21/08/25 – 10/09/25 | 21 | 4 |
| Hamstring | 23/10/25 – 15/12/25 | 54 | 10 |
| Groin | 28/01/26 – 28/02/26 | 31 | 5* |
| Combined | — | 106 | 19* |
* Frimpong set to miss Liverpool’s trip to Nottingham Forest before returning vs. West Ham on February 28.
Liverpool’s caution is of course aided by the return to fitness of Joe Gomez, while Arne Slot also has Dominik Szoboszlai and Curtis Jones as options at right-back.
While neither Szoboszlai or Jones are ideal solutions as they are midfielders and are naturally more comfortable in those areas, both have proved effective when called upon out of position.
Jones was outstanding when filling in against Brighton on Saturday night, opening the scoring as he combined with fellow full-back Milos Kerkez.
His performance in that fourth-round tie could even cause Slot to consider starting Jones over specialist defender Gomez at the City Ground on Sunday.
Frimpong is not Liverpool’s only absent right-back, with Conor Bradley sidelined for the rest of the season after a serious knee injury while Wataru Endo awaits the final verdict on a foot injury suffered against Sunderland.
The expectation is that Endo will miss a number of months and Slot hinted in his post-Brighton press conference that the Japan captain had broken his foot.
