Mohamed Salah included in Liverpool squad for Sparta Prague first leg
The 31-year-old has not featured for Jurgen Klopp's side since suffering his second muscular injury of the year in February's 4-1 win over Brentford, where he made his comeback from a previous hamstring issue.
Salah sustained his first injury of the year while representing Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations, after which he immediately flew back to England for treatment but was brought off the bench at the Gtech Community Stadium earlier than planned due to Diogo Jota's knee injury.
Liverpool navigated the EFL Cup final without the services of Salah — as well as a multitude of other stricken players — but the winger was spotted back in team training with the Reds on Wednesday morning ahead of their trip to the Czech Republic.
Now, the Merseyside giants have confirmed that Salah is among 23 players to make the journey to Prague, and Klopp revealed that the attacker was «full of energy» in his pre-game press conference ahead of a possible comeback in midweek.
However, with a blockbuster top-of-the-table Premier League clash against Manchester City on the menu this weekend, the German has unsurprisingly urged caution over his fitness, and Salah is certainly not expected to start at epet Arena.
«Yeah, Mo travelled. He is with us, he trained two days, so full of energy. We have to see. But it is so good that he is back, that is really good for us and you can see in his face he is very happy,» Klopp said.
«A very unlucky situation with being that long out and in for a moment, if you want, at Brentford, played an incredible game there and was out again. That's how it is.
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