Trent Alexander-Arnold is on the verge of returning to help Liverpool’s quad bid.
What did Klopp say?
The Reds are encouraged by the news that the England international will resume full training ahead of Saturday’s PL game against Watford. Trent Alexander-Arnold suffered a hamstring injury in a win at Arsenal last month that ruled him out of an FA Cup trip to Nottingham Forest ahead of the international break. However, the injury was not as serious as first feared and after spending the past two weeks working closely with Liverpool’s medical team, the youngster is now shutting down on the return of the first team.
Reds manager Klopp said in his Friday press conference that Trent Alexander-Arnold trained yesterday and will be in full practice today – and they should see what to do with it. According to Jurgen Klopp he knows and heard how obvious it is in this country – it’s more than in other countries, Klopp can tell you – Trent Alexander-Arnold wanted to go to the national team, just to make sure everyone was in the know. Trent couldn’t.
They can see the scans, with these images they can’t go anywhere. But sometimes injuries, thank God, are not so serious that they go out for five or six weeks; sometimes it’s two weeks, and that’s the case with Alexander-Arnold. Tomorrow will be crowded, but it’s possible after everything Klopp hears. Another thing is if they are involved in team training, it depends on what they could do before, and he was really with their rehab and fitness department, it was very intense what he did before he trained with them. So according to Klopp physically he should be fine, now Klopp has to make a decision about rhythm and things like that.
A little about the topic
Trent’s imminent return to fitness is a huge boost for the Reds as they resume their search for a historic quad. The full-back has more assists than any other Reds player this season with 16 of 35 appearances. Asked if Trent would be ready for the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Benfica in the middle of the week if he missed Saturday’s game against Watford, the Liverpool boss added that he thought so. It’s not all good news on the injury front for the Reds. Midfielder Naby Kieta has not fully recovered from an injury that has ruled him out of international duty with Guinea and is a doubt for Saturday’s game.