Liverpool received a major boost on the squad selection front ahead of the Leicester clash with Thiago, Fabinho, Curtis Jones and Virgil van Dijk returning from their COVID-19 absences.
The first-team quartet has been on the sidelines of late after registering positive tests for the coronavirus which came as a bloc to Jurgen Klopp’s side during the crunch fixture list in the festive period.
Klopp reported no fresh injury concerns for his team in the build-up to the away league game at Leicester City on Tuesday night just days after the two sides met in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.
In his pre-match remarks, the Liverpool manager confirmed that Thiago Alcantara was back in the Anfield fold with the midfield maestro taking part in training for the first time since his testing positive for COVID-19 prior to the game against Tottenham Hotspur.
One youth player and two staff members are currently in isolation, sounded out Klopp, with Van Dijk, Jones and Fabinho also returning to team training over the weekend.
“Yeah, the boys who had to isolate, or had COVID, are back.
“That means Fab, Virgil, Curtis and Thiago. Thiago was the latest, he came back and trained yesterday for the first time with the team.
“We have one young player who is now isolating and two staff. It’s really tricky, every morning when you come in it’s a little bit like a lottery. You hope it’s all fine and then one case… that’s the situation, but apart from that we are fine.”
