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Liverpool £30 million target gets boost with positive injury news

By David Gate

HULL, ENGLAND - MARCH 10: James Maddison of Norwich City grimaces in pain during the Sky Bet Championship match between Hull City and Norwich City at KCOM Stadium on March 10, 2018 in Hull, England. (Photo by Ashley Allen/Getty Images)
HULL, ENGLAND - MARCH 10: James Maddison of Norwich City grimaces in pain during the Sky Bet Championship match between Hull City and Norwich City at KCOM Stadium on March 10, 2018 in Hull, England. (Photo by Ashley Allen/Getty Images) /
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Liverpool have received a boost after news that £30 million transfer target James Maddison will only be out of action for eight weeks with a knee injury.

Liverpool Football Club got some good injury news for a change. Not to any of the current squad preparing for the European Cup final but to one potential target. James Maddison of Norwich City is the subject of £30 million Liverpool transfer interest and he has just received some positive injury news.

The midfielder has been rumored for a big move to Anfield and must have feared the worst when he had to leave the field in the 11th minute of his side’s 5-1 defeat against Sheffield Wednesday with a knee injury.

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Every time a player clutches their knee in agony there is the potential for a long-term injury. Luckily for Maddison it was not an ACL, MCL or meniscus tear but a simple strain. That means he should be fit to train in eight weeks time.

Any serious injury would have ruled out a summer move for James Maddison. No club would have taken the risk of a chronic knee problem – the likes of which can end a career. At least now the player can be confidant of passing a medical this summer should a big money move to the Premier League arrive.

Liverpool have had a string of bad news with injuries. Losing Joel Matip for the season had already thinned the defensive ranks before Joe Gomez was similarly ruled out for the remaining games.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will miss significant time with a knee injury himself and faces a race to be fit for the beginning of the 2018/19 season. Emre Can has been missing since the middle of March and is fighting to find fitness before the Champions League showdown on Saturday 26th May.

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Liverpool will be monitoring the situation with James Maddison intently as they look to strengthen the midfield options nest season.