{"id":352,"date":"2026-10-02T09:38:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/?p=352"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:38:04","slug":"date-set-for-liverpool-stars-return-after-lengthy-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/?p=352","title":{"rendered":"Date set for Liverpool star\u2019s return after lengthy injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have received a major boost, with talented centre-back Giovanni Leoni reportedly expected to return from his ACL injury later this month.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old has made just one competitive appearance since joining from Parma in 2025, suffering the serious injury on his Liverpool debut.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Athletic, Leoni is now closing in on a comeback, with his return potentially strengthening Liverpool\u2019s defensive options alongside Jeremy Jacquet and Ronald Araujo.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool had initially planned to gradually introduce Leoni as a potential long-term successor to Virgil van Dijk. <\/p>\n<p>Despite his lengthy absence, the Italian has reportedly impressed staff with his mentality, professionalism and commitment to learning more about the club and improving his English.<\/p>\n<p>If Leoni can quickly rediscover his best form, his return could feel like a major new addition for Liverpool\u2019s defence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Liverpool have received a major boost, with talented centre-back Giovanni Leoni reportedly expected to return from his ACL injury later this month. The 19-year-old has <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/?p=352\" title=\"Date set for Liverpool star\u2019s return after lengthy injury\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1790856766878.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions\/353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kop.evutisblog.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}