Ryan Gravenberch has returned to training ahead of Liverpool’s Premier League showdown with Aston Villa.
The midfielder could make his comeback in Saturday night’s 8pm GMT kick-off at Anfield after missing the Reds’ last three matches through injury.
However, Curtis Jones and Alexander Isak are expected to remain sidelined as they continue their respective recoveries.
“Ryan trained with us yesterday. The other two didn’t yet,” head coach Arne Slot told his pre-match press conference on Friday morning.
On possible return timescales for Isak and Jones, he replied: “As I said many times, in the end phase of the injury things can slow down a bit or things can go faster. Let’s wait and see where they are.
“Like I said, Ryan trained with us for the first time yesterday, will train with us today. Then we are going to make the call if he is able to start, yes or no.
“The other two are probably 99.9 per cent sure not in the squad [on] Saturday.”
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