When an annoying international break interrupts their favorite club’s season, most football fans can only feel dread. The concern that one of their key players would return from international duty injured affects fans of every club, but for Liverpool fans in particular, there is the awareness that they will certainly play an away game Saturday lunch time when they return.

Liverpool fans and staff alike have been holding their breath ever since Andy Robertson exited the field during Thursday night’s match with Spain clutching his shoulder. The dislocation was soon confirmed, and now we need to determine the extent of the damage.

It is feared at Melwood that Scotland’s captain, Andrew Robertson, will miss the rest of the season with a shoulder injury that will require surgery.

Kostas Tsimikas is one of the best backup left backs in the world of football, and he has filled in admirably for Liverpool when Andrew Robertson was unavailable. However, with as many games as the Reds play, it would be ideal if two players could split the workload.

Although a return to duty without surgery has not been ruled out and one should perhaps not count one’s catastrophic chickens before they hatch, Robertson will definitely be sidelined for Saturday’s Merseyside derby. We hope that his time away from the office is brief.