Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said the club wants to be careful with Mohamed Salah after the striker returned to training following a hamstring injury ahead of Thursday's Europa League match against Sparta Prague. .
Salah's return provides a timely boost for the Premier League leaders ahead of the last 16, the first leg in Prague and Sunday's match against Manchester City at Anfield.
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“Mo Salah has traveled with us, he has trained for two days and he is full of energy,” Klopp said at a press conference on Wednesday.
“We want to be careful, but this is a super intense period of the season. We want to use it. It's just good news.”
Salah, who has scored 19 goals for Liverpool this season in all competitions, was injured while representing Egypt in the African Cup of Nations. He has not played since February 17, when he came off the bench and scored in a 4-1 win at Brentford.
“It was an unlikely situation where he was out for so long, he played an incredible game [versus] “Brentford and then they got out, that's how it is,” Klopp said.
Klopp said it is not his decision whether Egypt captain Salah will join his national team during the international break later this month for a friendly against New Zealand.
“That will be decided by another department. Let's see how long he can play now,” he said. “It's not up to me, we're not involved.”
Also available will be midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai, who played his first league minutes over the weekend after more than a month out with a hamstring injury.
