Kornel Misciur joins Liverpool Champions League squad

Liverpool have included teenage goalkeeper Kornel Misciur of their Champions League squad travelling to Frankfurt.

The Merseysiders will tackle the Bundesliga outfit, presently positioned seventh within the German top-flight, on Wednesday evening at 8pm.

The incumbent Premier League champions suffered a 1-0 defeat to Turkish giants Galatasaray final day out in Europe, and presently discover themselves on a four-game shedding streak.

Liverpool squad named for Frankfurt recreation

Federico Chiesa rejoins Liverpool’s Champions League squad forward of the Reds’ impending conflict at Deutsche Financial institution Park.

A tweet from the Echo’s Paul Gorst confirmed on X (previously Twitter) that midfielder Ryan Gravenberch will miss out on the tie in query.

The Dutchman is known to be coping with some discomfort together with his ankle, which was sustained in the course of the 2-1 defeat to Manchester United on the weekend.

Liverpool’s squad for Frankfurt: Gomez, Endo, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Wirtz, Szoboszlai, Isak, Mac Allister, Salah, Bradley, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Ekitike, Mamardashvili, Robertson, Woodman, Frimpong, Ngumoha, Misciur.

Gravenberch misses out. Endo returns.

— Paul Gorst (@ptgorst) October 21, 2025

It’s not, this present day, believed to be a critical situation, however Liverpool are taking precautions.

As anticipated, Ryan Gravenberch just isn’t a part of the squad for tomorrow evening’s conflict with Frankfurt in #UCL ❌

The ankle damage which he sustained throughout Sunday’s defeat to Manchester United guidelines him out 🤕

— Empire of the Kop (@empireofthekop) October 21, 2025

One contemporary inclusion within the squad that’s positive to draw some intrigue is that of Polish goalkeeper Misciur.

Who’s Kornel Misciur?

The 18-year-old shotstopper first joined Liverpool Soccer Membership from Championship outfit Hull Metropolis in the summertime of 2023.

Kornel Misciur has represented the Reds at youth degree a grand complete of 48 occasions (throughout varied age teams).

Liverpool youth setup
Appearances

Liverpool U18s
30

Liverpool U21s
11

Liverpool U19s (UEFA)
7

* Kornel Misciur’s Liverpool stats (switch market)

Kornel Misciur, 18-year-old goalkeeper, named within the travelling for the Liverpool first-team to Frankfurt.

Personally fee him very extremely however having an odd season by way of hierarchy. Very gifted, felt on verge of breakout however dropped to U18 from U21 with no #UYL app. pic.twitter.com/kgJ6zvwZ1o

— Lewis Bower (@LewisBower2021) October 21, 2025

By all accounts the starlet was understood to be progressing easily up the ranks, beating out competitors from Harvey Davies and Reece Trueman.

The teenager signed his first skilled contract at Liverpool in 2024.

He was born in England (Scarborough) to Polish dad and mom and holds twin citizenship.

When did Misciur be a part of Hull Metropolis?

Misciur first joined Hull Metropolis’s academy in 2016 after impressing at native facet Burlington Jackdaws.

Hull’s academy supervisor, Richard Naylor, stated of the swap to Liverpool: “We’re actually comfortable that Kornel has been given this chance.

“Though we’re disenchanted to lose Kornel, he has been given a implausible likelihood to symbolize one of many largest academies on the earth.

“It reveals the laborious work that everybody does on the academy to develop the gamers for his or her footballing journey and we want Kornel all the most effective in his transfer to Liverpool.”

Why is Misciur in Liverpool’s Champions League squad?

The addition follows Alisson Becker’s unlucky hamstring damage sustained in the course of the Champions League defeat to Galatasaray.

Freddie Woodman (28), who additionally joins Misciur in Germany, will almost definitely be Arne Slot’s first-choice choice to sub in for Giorgi Mamardashvili (25) within the unlikely occasion the Georgian additionally picks up an damage in Europe.

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