‘We can’t wait’… Curtis Jones admits he’s so excited to see £10m man starting for Liverpool again

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After several weeks of managing various parts of his Liverpool squad, Jurgen Klopp was given some good news on the injury front yesterday.

Obviously, reports of Mohamed Salah’s condition will concern the Liverpool manager. But in-between all of that, Andy Robertson has quietly made his return.

Assistant manager Pep Lijnders confirmed yesterday that Robertson is likely to be in the squad for tonight’s game with Fulham. If he plays, it’ll be the 29-year-old’s first outing for the Reds since the 8th of October.

A popular member of the squad, Robbo’s return will delight Liverpool supporters. And speaking to liverpoolfc.com, Curtis Jones has admitted that the players are excited by the news, too.

“He’s a big, big part of our team and always has been, and not only for his football. It’s more his character around the place as well,” said the 22-year-old. “He’s been through a hard time with the injury and how long he’s been out, but every time he’s been around he’s been the exact same lad he is, he always wants to have a laugh, always got a smile on his face with the lads who are doing well.

“And with the young lads who are coming in and playing games – Conor [Bradley], for example – he’s always around them. Con would say himself that when he’s played games and done well he’ll always have a text off him if he’s done well. Same with Harvey [Elliott] and the likes of Cody [Gakpo], Dom [Szoboszlai] who came in. He’s a family man, if you like. It’s really good to see him back and we can’t wait to have him around the team again.”

Robertson ready for return

When any player is out injured for as long as Robertson have been, it’s only natural that his teammates will miss him. It has been almost four months, after all.

But with Robbo, you get the feeling that this is amplified even more. The Scotland captain is one of the most bubbly and excitable personalities in the squad.

As this recent anecdote from former back-up goalkeeper Andy Lonergan shows, Robertson is always right at the heart of everything.

For more than six years he’s been an absolute constant in that respect. Relentlessly fit, the £10m signing from Hull City has barely missed a game.

As a result, it sounds like the spell out has been hard for Robertson to get his head around. And for his teammates, it must have been weird not to have him there.

The absence of fellow left-back and joker in the pack Kostas Tsimikas will only have exacerbated that, too.

Somehow though, Liverpool have muddled through without their first and second choice left-back. Joe Gomez deserves huge credit for that and no doubt Robertson will have had a few things to say to Joe about his stint on the wrong side.

We’ll have to wait and see whether Robbo’s return does come tonight. If not though, it’s not too far away at all. Welcome back Andy, it’s great to see you fit and well.