Why is Ramsay not getting a chance at Liverpool?
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Liverpool's defensive problems and Calvin Ramsay's lack of playing time have been the subject of several questions sent in via our 'Ask about Liverpool' form.
When the Reds travel to Sunderland on Wednesday, they will do so without Dominik Szoboszlai after his red card against Manchester City.
Szoboszlai has played at right-back in the past two games, with Conor Bradley, Jeremie Frimpong and Joe Gomez all injured.
Arne Slot does not expect Gomez to be fit for the trip to Sunderland, though the 28-year-old did return to training on Tuesday.
If not, he may well be down to his fifth choice right-back. In Ramsay, Slot has a full-back ready to step in but the 22-year-old has only played once this season, in the Carabao Cup defeat by Crystal Palace.
He has been on the bench for the past 10 Premier League games but is yet to come on.
In the aftermath of Bradley's season-ending injury in January, Slot was asked whether Ramsay would get a chance, but the Liverpool boss brutally insisted he had "better options", even if he was running out of them.
Slot believes Ramsay is good enough to train around the first team but the reality is he prefers playing midfielders out of position over the 22-year-old Scot.
Asked again on Tuesday, Slot said: "I've chosen other players until now and that's also what I'm going to do tomorrow."
So it seems Slot is set to turn to Curtis Jones or Wataru Endo at right-back on Wednesday - both have played there previously this season. And that will be another damning indictment for Ramsay.
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