Liverpool team news: Mohamed Salah ruled out of Nottingham Forest clash as two stars return
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has delivered an update on the fitness of Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, Dominik Szoboszlai and Wataru Endo ahead of their match against Nottingham Forest on Saturday. And one of them has definitely been ruled out of the clash.
Salah and Nunez have not played since Liverpool's 4-1 victory over Brentford two weeks ago, while Szoboszlai has been out since January with a hamstring problem. And Klopp confirmed that Salah would play no part against Forest, with the Egyptian due back in training next week.
The German said: «I don't think Mo is too far off, but he will not feature tomorrow. From there, we have to go. It's like what we said with the other two. Touch and go, unfortunately that stays the case with Mo for a little bit longer.
»But I think next week, at any point, it is possible. So he is on the way back, definitely, but not there yet.
«Darwin and Dom trained yesterday with the team. They looked good, we have to wait to see how they react.»
Klopp also said that Endo and Andy Robertson should be back in training on Friday after missing the FA Cup win over Southampton in midweek due to injury and illness. «Wataru and Robbo didn't (train yesterday), but the plan is they join in today,» he said.
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«That's the idea but we have to see if that really works out. „Ibou [Konate], it was nothing. Just time-sharing. Lucho [Luis Diaz] is fine. Macca [Alexis Mac Allister] is fine. They all look fine.“
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