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So, it will take a bit of time... we will make sure we do the right thing in terms of building him up."Mohamed Salah is one player who could be involved from the off at Etihad Stadium after Slot delivered a positive update after he missed the defeat to Brighton and international duty with Egypt.READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE: Dominik Szoboszlai on Liverpool life, 'dream' final and becoming a dressing room leaderREAD MORE: Alisson Becker out until 'towards end of season' as Mohamed Salah and Alexander Isak returnThe Liverpool head coach said: "He is [fit]. He trained with us yesterday, he will train with us today and is available for the game tomorrow."It was also good news on Federico Chiesa and Jeremie Frimpong after their exploits with Italy and the Netherlands, respectively.
The former returned to Liverpool early while Frimpong was taken off within 13 minutes of coming on against Ecuador because of a potential injury, but Slot confirmed that both players trained on Thursday.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE! All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageThe 47-year-old was unable to provide a positive update on Alisson, however, with the goalkeeper set to miss Liverpool's next four games at the very least with a hamstring injury.Slot said: "He will not be part of the Paris Saint-Germain games as well.
Towards the end of the season, we expect him to be fit again."Alisson had only just returned from a small absence but is now back on the sidelines with several other long-term Liverpool injury absentees. Thomas Tuchel issued an injury verdict following his return to Man City.He said: "John was gutted he had this minor incident, not a big injury.
