Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is hopeful that Joel Matip, Fabinho and Dejan Lovren will all be involved for the team’s preparations for Manchester United‘s visit.
The Reds were forced to play their congested festive fixture list without the injured players, but their return to action is fast approaching.
Liverpool welcome United to Anfield on Sunday, looking to clinch their 21st Premier League win of the campaign and to exact revenge over the only club to have taken points off them in the 2019/20 season.
And with the visit of United four days out, the Liverpool boss is expecting both Matip and Fabinho to return to full training, with Lovren also having a chance of being involved.
“I wait really until they are on the pitch and somebody tells me they are allowed to do the full session,” Klopp told the club’s website.
“It looks like Joel will be in, it looks like Fabinho will be in maybe a day later, I’m not sure. Dejan, maybe he can be in as well.
“That means a lot and helps massively of course. But we will see how it looks. The week is very important.
“The game on Sunday against United, we all know what people expect from us from that game. It will be a big one as well and we try to be ready for that.”
What capacity the trio are expected to have at Anfield this weekend is unknown, but their return is a welcome boost ahead of another relentless run of matches which sees the Reds play five games in 13 days.
