Liverpool star Diogo Jota could miss Manchester United, Man City and two clashes against Tottenham with knee injury

Another injury problem for Liverpool is on the horizon with Diogo Jota potentially out for TWO MONTHS.

The forward has already been ruled out of the Reds’ trip to Fulham on Sunday with a knee injury, but the club are unwilling to put a timescale on his return.

But Record, a newspaper in Jota’s native Portugal, reports per the Daily Star, that he’s facing up to eight weeks on the sidelines.

The report further claims that the 24-year-old’s problem is serious and worse than first feared by Liverpool’s medical staff.

Jota picked up the injury during Liverpool’s draw to FC Midtjylland on Wednesday – a match that had no bearing on the Reds’ ability to qualify for the knockout stage as group winners.

This would be a huge blow for Liverpool as Jota has settled in extremely well since joining the club from Wolves, scoring nine goals in 15 appearances.

He’s provided good competition for the settled front three but now he’s facing the prospect of missing some crucial Premier League clashes, including league matches against Manchester City and Manchester United as well as against leaders Tottenham twice.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admitted he had a few problems ahead of the Premier League clash this weekend.

“We had a game two days ago and after the game we obviously had some niggles I would say, but [they] can be more, we have to see,” the German said. “The diagnoses are not finally done.

“Kostas [Tsimikas] we have to see, Diogo we have to see – he got a knock as well. That’s it from the game, I think.

“Apart from that, Oxlade [Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain] is in normal training. He has been doing parts of training now for a week or so, he is now in full training and we will see.

“So the situation probably demands to involve him as soon as possible, but I don’t know if the weekend is that already. Nobody else is coming back, I’m afraid.”