Darwin Nunez will miss Liverpool's clash with Lyon in Dubai this weekend with the Uruguay international due to meet up with his team-mates on Monday.
The Reds meet the Ligue 1 side in the first of two Dubai Super Cup fixtures on Sunday afternoon before they collide with AC Milan on Friday December 16.
Jurgen Klopp will have a large portion of his first-team squad to choose from with just seven Liverpool representatives involved at the World Cup in Qatar and the club flew out with a 33-man squad earlier this week to the United Arab Emirates.
