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Sam Carroll

Trent Alexander-Arnold and Naby Keita return as Liverpool get Oxlade-Chamberlain boost

Jurgen Klopp confirmed Trent Alexander-Arnold and Naby Keita could be included in the Liverpool squad to face Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday but suggested some of his squad are carrying 'niggles' after the win over Ajax in midweek.

Klopp also cast doubt over whether Alexander-Arnold and Keita will be fit enough to start the game as he admitted Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is 'really close' to a full return.

Liverpool are dealing with a lengthy injury list after a series of blows - Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez could miss the rest of the campaign - while Thiago Alcantara remains sidelined until the New Year.

"I don't know yet, we will see," Klopp replied when asked about the injury status of his entire squad.

"Trent and Naby will do their first steps in team training today. Whatever we can do with that depends with how it looks.

"We had some niggles after the game with Ajax, obviously. We have to see how that develops, I don't know in the moment.

"Apart from Naby and Trent, nobody is coming back.

"Ox looks really promising, but he is doing a lot of stuff. He's warming-up with the team now and doing some ball-work. We will see how that develops over the coming days, weeks, days and see which moment makes sense to throw him in. He is not far away.

"There is a chance Naby and Trent can be in the squad. Can they [start] or play 90 minutes? I don't know."

Alisson Becker, James Milner and Xherdan Shaqiri also look set to miss the visit of Wolves.

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