Liverpool are set to be without at least four players when they travel to Southampton on Sunday.
However, the Reds have been boosted by the return of Harvey Elliott to team training during the November international break.
The England Under-21 international has been sidelined since fracturing his foot during the September international break.
But after rejoining team training at the start of last week, the 21-year-old is now on the brink of making his return.
“Harvey is training with us again so that’s the positive thing, he has been out for many weeks but he is on the training ground again with the team. So, that’s a positive thing for him,” said the head coach on Friday.
“But that is different than being on the top of your game immediately again. So we have to give him time for this as well, but I am very fortunate that he is back, especially with the amount of games coming up in the upcoming two, three or four months.”
Meanwhile, Virgil van Dijk has also been passed fit after returning early from international duty due to ‘medical grounds’.
However, manager Arne Slot will still be without several players ahead of the trip to St. Mary’s, with their availability for next week’s fixtures against Real Madrid and Manchester City also in doubt.
If Elliott is deemed fit enough to be included in Liverpool’s travelling squad for the trip to the South Coast, Slot will have to leave one senior player out of his matchday squad, as the Reds will have 21 fit players to choose from.
“[Alisson] is back in training with the goalkeeper coach. He is not training with the team yet, but that is expected to be done soon, and then let’s wait and see where he is in terms of match fitness,” said Slot during his pre-match press conference.
“But he is getting better and better, but not ready to play [on] Sunday.
“Trent isn’t training with us yet, but he is getting there so we expect him to be back with us soon. Jota is still apart from the group, same as Federico, who is coming back into the session maybe in one exercise today.
“They are all expected to be back within now and a few weeks, but the last part of the recovery is always the most difficult one. So, let’s wait and see.”
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