LIVERPOOL’S Mo Salah can face Atalanta in the Champions League on Wednesday after testing negative for coronavirus.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp today confirmed the Egyptian forward trained on Monday at the club’s brand new £50million Kirby base and would be available after getting the all-clear.
Jurgen Klopp confirmed Mo Salah can return for Liverpool against AtalantaCredit: PA:Press Association
He said: “Mo trained and looked really good, a negative test like the rest.
“He is available. We have to see what we can do with that.”
Salah missed the 3-0 win over Leicester on Sunday after contracting the virus on international duty.
He tested positive for Covid-19 three times in Egypt during the two-week international break after attending his brother’s wedding.
Salah missed his country’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Togo after initially testing positive on Friday November 13.
The former Roma star then flew back to England via private jet with Arsenal’s Mohamed Elneny on Friday before testing positive again.
Salah was free to return to training after observing a ten-day isolation period after his first positive test – in line with Prem protocols.
And he could now face Italian side Atalanta at Anfield as injury-hit Liverpool return to European action.
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Klopp is without a host of crocked first team stars including Virgil van Dijk, skipper Jordan Henderson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Thiago and Joe Gomez.
And when asked about the fitness of other players aside from Salah, he said: “All the rest, no news.
“One looks closer, the other not so, that is the situation. I don’t want to speak too much about it.”
Liverpool sit top of Group D in the Champions League with three wins from three.
Klopp’s men will be confident of extending their 100 per cent record despite their lengthy injury list after battering Wednesday’s opponents 5-0 in Italy at the start of the month.
Klopp discusses his players after Liverpool’s victory against Leicester
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
