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Liverpool name surprise inclusion in squad for Marbella training camp

Liverpool have named Naby Keita as a surprise inclusion in their 26-man squad for a training camp in Marbella.

The Reds will spend the next six days on the Spanish coast preparing for the Champions League final against Tottenham in Madrid on June 1.

They set off from John Lennon Airport on Monday afternoon - with Keita travelling with the squad despite his groin injury.

The midfielder has been ruled out for two months by manager Jurgen Klopp after sustaining a groin injury in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final success over Barcelona .

He is expected to continue his rehabilitation work in Spain alongside his team-mates - but his Guinea manager Paul Put recently sparked speculation he is still in contention to feature in Madrid.

Naby Keita has been included in Liverpool's training camp squad (Getty Images)

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Put told Foot 224 : "He consulted his doctor in Switzerland, as I said at the beginning. He is in treatment with his doctor.

"He has started on the bike there [in Liverpool ] and it is said that he will maybe in two weeks resume with the squad.

"It is even possible that he is in the squad for the Champions League final, if what I have been told is true. We will see."

There were no other surprises in Klopp's squad as they set off for Spain (PETER POWELL/EPA-EFE/REX)

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There are no other real surprises in the Liverpool squad heading to the Andalusian coast.

Youngsters Rhian Brewster and Ben Woodburn are both involved, along with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who has recently returned from a lengthy lay-off.

They will meet up with striker Roberto Firmino, who travelled to Spain early and spent the weekend in Marbella.

Liverpool's training camp squad: Alexander-Arnold, Alisson, Brewster, Fabinho, Firmino, Gomez, Henderson, Jones, Keita, Kelleher, Lallana, Lovren, Mane, Matip, Mignolet, Milner, Moreno, Origi, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Robertson, Salah, Shaqiri, Sturridge, Van Dijk, Wijnaldum, Woodburn.

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