The Spaniard becomes the fourth Liverpool player to return a positive test in the past week, with Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho and Curtis Jones all having been ruled out of both the midweek win over Newcastle United and today’s trip to Tottenham.
Browsing: Thiago Alcantara
Jurgen Klopp’s side stumbled over the line for only a second league win at Anfield in 2021 in beating Southampton 2-0.
The English champions had lost their previous six games at Anfield and fell behind again when Alisson Becker failed to keep out Ollie Watkins’s first-half strike.
The Spaniard joined from Bayern Munich earlier this month and made his debut in their 2-0 win over Chelsea.
The 29-year-old joins in a deal reported to be worth up to £27 million, having asked to leave Bayern in search of a new challenge after helping them to win the treble last season.
British media reported the deal will cost the Premier League champions around 20 million pounds ($25.81 million), with five million pounds in add-ons.
In his weekly press conference, manager Hansi Flick revealed that the 29-year-old suffered the injury and required immediate surgery.
This came to light after the playmaker, who had already missed Saturday’s 5-2 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt, failed to recover from a muscle injury.
Midfielder Thiago’s replacement Renato Sanches made the most of his rare start in their 2-0 win at Benfica on Wednesday, scoring one goal and helping set up the other.