Jurgen Klopp is "hopeful" that Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez will be back in time for Liverpool's pre-season preparations.
Both of the defenders have been out for the majority of the season having suffered major injures.
The Reds boss looks to have put pay to any hopes of them returning for the latter part of the season.
Van Dijk had been added to Liverpool's Champions League squad for the knockout stages, but it seems unlikely to that he will feature.
Klopp did state that the Dutchman and Gomez "look better" that Joel Matip, who is in an earlier phase of his rehab.
He said: “We all hope that they (Van Dijk and Gomez) will be ready to start the pre-season with us. That is what we hope.
“But we should not forget these are really serious injuries.
“The two of them look at the moment better than Joel does because he is still in something like a ski boot, but he is here as well.
“Joe is starting running, Virgil is already running but this is really a tough one.
“We are completely over the moon when they are ready to train with us for the start of pre-season."
Van Dijk and Gomez would both feature in this summer's European Championships were they fit enough.
Klopp though was not concerned about his player's international prospects.
“The Euros, I didn’t think about it," he said.
"When do you have to be back to be able to play in the Euros, the week before, the day it starts? I don’t know.
“I understand maybe the need of that but we can not make this decision and we will not. It is just when they will be fit. That’s how it is.”
