Florian Wirtz will replace Curtis Jones in the Liverpool starting lineup when they host Brighton & Hove Albion at Anfield on Saturday.

Liverpool will be eager to continue the recent unbeaten run when they welcome Brighton & Hove Albion to Anfield on Saturday afternoon. Arne Slot has received a positive update on the team news front ahead of his side’s latest fixture.

Federico Chiesa is fit and available after recovering from an illness. However, Cody Gakpo (muscular) and Wataru Endo (ankle) have yet to recover from their injuries. Meanwhile, reports from Friday night have revealed that Mohamed Salah will be in the matchday squad this weekend.

While Slot is sweating over Alexander Isak’s fitness after he picked up a knock against Inter Milan earlier this week, Gakpo, Endo, Giovanni Leoni (knee), and Jeremie Frimpong (hamstring) are the only players in the treatment room. Meanwhile, during his pre-match press conference, Slot provided updates on Chiesa, Gakpo, Endo, and Isak.

The Liverpool manager said, “Federico is not ill anymore. He trained yesterday and he trained today again, so I assume he’s ready to be in the squad tomorrow again. It’s going to be weeks. With Cody it’s a muscle injury and Wata is an ankle injury.”

“Alex also got a knock in the first half, so let’s see how he has recovered from that today – if he’s able to start tomorrow and, if he’s able, I make the decision to start them [Isak and Hugo Ekitike] again together, or we do it in a different way.”

Meanwhile, the Salah questions emerged during Slot’s presser, and the Dutch tactician responded to them. The Liverpool boss said, “I will have a conversation with Mo this morning and the outcome of that conversation determines how it will look tomorrow.”

“What I need is a conversation with him and I think the next time I speak about Mo should be with him and not in here. You can keep on trying but there is not much more to say about it [other than] that I speak to him today and, like I said, the outcome of that conversation determines how things will look tomorrow.”

While Salah is in the matchday squad, he will unlikely start against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday. The offensive unit will see only one change, with Florian Wirtz replacing Curtis Jones and lining up alongside Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike in the final third.

Alisson Becker is an automatic pick between the sticks, with Liverpool lining up in a 4-3-1-2 formation in front of him against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday. The backline will feature Conor Bradley, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, and Milos Kerkez. Finally, there is no looking past Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch, and Dominik Szoboszlai in the midfield unit.

Predicted Liverpool XI: Alisson; Bradley, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez; Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Wirtz; Isak, Ekitike