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Ibrahima Konate Conor Bradley closing in on comeback for Arne Slot’s leaders

Jonathan Gorrie55 seconds ago

Ibrahima Konate is closing in on a comeback for Liverpool but the centre-back is not ready to return against West Ham.

Konate has been out for a month with a knee injury.

He is still not back in training but both he and Conor Bradley are set to be available early in the New Year, with some big games on the horizon.

“They will not be back for West Ham, but then there is a week in between [before the game against Manchester United] so let’s see how close they are then,” said Slot.

“It’s difficult for me to tell you at this moment because they don’t train with the group yet, but hopefully in the upcoming days they come closer to that situation.”

Slot could make a few changes when Liverpool play West Ham in what will be their eighth and final game of a busy December.

Diogo Jota came off the bench for the fourth match in a row in the 3-1 win against Leicester at Anfield on Boxing Day, after his two-month injury lay-off.

Asked how close Jota is to starting again, Slot said: “We’re still managing his fitness.

He has been out for quite a long time and he couldn’t train that much.

“Sometimes if a player has an injury he can do a lot, but he couldn’t do a lot for quite a long time.

Since this league is so intense, it’s not so easy if you are almost two months out to come in and play from the start again.

You need to have some minutes to build this up.”

Dominik Szoboszlai could come back into midfield, while Luis Diaz could get a start in attack.

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