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Liverpool receive massive injury boost as key star player return to training ahead of Napoli clash
Liverpool receive massive injury boost as key star player return to training ahead of Napoli clash
Liverpool have received a major injury boost ahead of their Champions League clash against Serie A side Napoli
The Liverpool Echo claimed that ahead of the team’s journey to Naples, midfielder Thiago Alcantara had resumed full training.
Thiago Alcantara scored his first Liverpool goal in the 2-0 victory over Southampton. ( Photo by Getty Images)
The Reds’ Premier League season opener against Fulham saw the Spanish international leave the field in pain with a hamstring injury.
The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich midfielder was substituted six minutes after the break as the Cottagers held the Merseysiders to a 2-2 draw.
Last week, manager Jurgen Klopp said Thiago was close to a comeback and had been given the all-clear to resume training this week.
According to the source, the midfielder might make the matchday roster for the Champions League match against Napoli after returning to full training on Monday.
The news of Thiago’s comeback will cheer up Liverpool fans who have missed him in the middle of the field.
Early in the season, the Reds experienced an injury crisis, with the midfield taking the brunt of the damage.
Jordan Henderson, the team captain, recently joined Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Naby Keita on the sidelines due to extended absences.
After suffering a dead leg in the scoreless draw against Everton on Saturday, versatile teenager Fabio Carvalho, who can also play in the middle, is another question mark for midweek (September 3).
day of the loan’s deadline In the midweek match against Napoli, Arthur Melo and Curtis Jones, who has recently returned from injury, will both be options for Klopp.
Jones sat on the bench against Newcastle United while Arthur was an unused substitute against Everton.
