Mohamed Salah hands Liverpool huge injury boost
Mohamed Salah is in contention for a Liverpool return at Brentford on Saturday after resuming team training.
The Reds' 18-goal top scorer hasn't played since the New Year's Day win over Newcastle United, when he registered twice in a 4-2 victory, due to Africa Cup of Nations duty with Egypt, where he suffered a muscle injury against Ghana.
The Pharaohs' captain was flown back from the Ivory Coast after suffering the injury last month and has been rehabbing and working toward an individually tailored training programme ever since at Liverpool's AXA Training Centre base in Kirkby.
Salah was part of the Reds contingent who trained at the facility on Tuesday as Jurgen Klopp put the Premier League leaders through their paces ahead of the visit to Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday lunchtime.
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Klopp will provide an update on the fitness of the No.11 in his Friday press conference but Salah could make his first Premier League start in six weeks at the weekend as the leaders attempt to go five points clear ahead of Arsenal's visit to Burnley and Manchester City's hosting of Chelsea later that day.
The news will be viewed as a significant boost for a Liverpool side who will meet Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley a week on Sunday. Klopp's men also host Luton Town on February 21.
Alisson Becker and Joe Gomez were also involved in the session after both missed Saturday's 3-1 win over Burnley with what Klopp described as the "flu" while Conor Bradley also declared himself ready to take part after compassionate leave following the death of
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