Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has confirmed midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has suffered ankle ligament damage and will not feature again in 2019.
Oxlade-Chamberlain, 26, started in both of Liverpool's game during their 2019 FIFA Club World Cup participation, including Saturday's final against Flamengo when they won 1-0 in injury time.
The England international came off after 75 minutes in the final following an ankle knock, and Klopp said on Tuesday that he won't return before the end of the year, per the Mirror's David Maddock:
David MaddockKlopp says on Oxlade Chamberlain, it's an ankle ligament injury - doesn't know how long he will be out, but says: "no chance of this year that Oxlade can play.