Liverpool have been handed a boost in their preparations for their return to Premier League action on Thursday night, with Mohamed Salah among three first-teamers back in contention.
Salah hasn't played for the Reds since the January 2 draw with Chelsea, having been away on Africa Cup of Nations duty with Egypt as his national team lost to Sadio Mane's Senegal in the final.
However, he could find himself back in the fold for the league game against Leicester City after missing the weekend FA Cup victory over Cardiff City.
Two other men absent from the Cardiff game could also return, with manager Jurgen Klopp revealing his pleasure about having more players to choose from ahead of a busy few weeks.
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Klopp confirmed Salah is in the mix for a league return, though Mane will not be involved against Leicester after joining his Senegal teammates in their AFCON victory celebrations.
"Sadio no chance as he's not even here, but Mo yes," the manager said, adding that "[Salah] will obviously have a little recovery session today and we will see how he feels tomorrow and from there we go."
And the manager also confirmed Joe Gomez and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have returned to training after positive Covid tests saw them miss Sunday's cup game.
“Oxlade and Joe are back in training, which is good – they had Covid last week," Klopp confirmed.
“In the next few days and weeks, we here at Liverpool will have probably all had it and that’s then at least something good in that. But no, no new injuries or anything like that.”
Liverpool welcomed back a number of other players at the weekend, with Harvey Elliott and Thiago Alcantara returning from the bench after recent injuries and Naby Keita starting after his AFCON involvement with Guinea ended in January.
“He is an experienced player, he is a physical monster, to be honest, so we have to see," Klopp said of Salah.
“The proper plan we don’t have, play him as often and as long as possible is probably the plan, but we will not rush it. But if he is fine we will not leave him out for the wrong reasons as well, so let’s see.”
Liverpool will also be able to call upon big-money January signing Luis Diaz, who got his first minutes for the club in the 3-1 victory over Cardiff.
The game against Leicester is one of six more for Klopp's side before the end of February.
They are due to take on Burnley, Norwich City and Leeds United in the league, as well as playing the first leg of their Champions League last-16 game against Inter Milan and taking on Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley.
