Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is not sure when Alberto Aquilani will be fit again for first team action.
The £20 million summer signing has had numerous niggling injuries since arriving from Roma which have limited his first team appearances for the Reds this season.
The 25-year-old had a long term ankle injury that was operated on last year and the same ankle is now causing him further problems and forced the Italian to miss Liverpool's Europa League defeat to Benfica.
"He was complaining of pain in his ankle and said he couldn't train," Benitez told the Liverpool Echo ahead of Sunday's trip to Birmingham.
"We will have to talk with the doctors when we get back to see what's going on because at the moment we don't know.
"He has some pain and we will just analyse that with the doctor. It's the same ankle he did before.
"Some players maybe can manage with the pain, but some, when they have pain, cannot. It depends on each individual and that makes it really difficult."
Aquilani has made 17 appearances for Liverpool, scoring one goal.
The £20 million summer signing has had numerous niggling injuries since arriving from Roma which have limited his first team appearances for the Reds this season.
The 25-year-old had a long term ankle injury that was operated on last year and the same ankle is now causing him further problems and forced the Italian to miss Liverpool's Europa League defeat to Benfica.
"He was complaining of pain in his ankle and said he couldn't train," Benitez told the Liverpool Echo ahead of Sunday's trip to Birmingham.
"We will have to talk with the doctors when we get back to see what's going on because at the moment we don't know.
"He has some pain and we will just analyse that with the doctor. It's the same ankle he did before.
"Some players maybe can manage with the pain, but some, when they have pain, cannot. It depends on each individual and that makes it really difficult."
Aquilani has made 17 appearances for Liverpool, scoring one goal.
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