Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says Andrew Robertson set for operation on shoulder injury

Robertson injured his shoulder in a challenge with Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon

Liverpool left-back Andrew Robertson is to have an operation on the shoulder he injured while playing for Scotland, says Reds manager Jurgen Klopp.

He was hurt in a challenge with Spain keeper Unai Simon during 12 October’s Euro 2024 qualifying defeat and left the pitch cradling his arm in a shirt.

“The decision we go towards is surgery,” said Klopp, whose side face Everton on Saturday (12:30 BST).

“That means he’s out for a while. I don’t know exactly how long.”

Klopp added: “You only see the real extent of injury when you have a look into it, like properly open (up the shoulder) and fix it – but my experience tells me around about three months.”

He said he would know more once Robertson had had the operation and continued: “There was a little chance that we could try without but, after speaking to pretty much all experts, it looks like surgery will be the best thing, especially in the long term.”

“In my experience you can train pretty quickly again but not football-specific because you have to be careful of challenges and all these kind of things so he will be out for a while.”

Robertson has played eight league games for Liverpool this season, scoring one goal, and could be replaced by Greece left-back Kostas Tsimikas for the Merseyside derby.

Tsimikas, 27, has started Europa League wins against LASK Linz and Union Saint-Gilloise as well as a League Cup third-round victory against Leicester City this season, while he was a late substitute in a league win against Bournemouth.

Klopp added that defender Joe Gomez, who normally plays at centre-back or right-back, or 19-year-old Luke Chambers, could also play at left-back if needed.

“Kostas is definitely the most experienced in the position so that is good but he cannot play all the games from now on,” added the German.

“You need other options as well and we have to make sure we can use all of them.”