Liverpool have added Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to their Champions League squad for the knockout rounds of the competition.
The England international hasn’t featured for the Reds since their 5-2 Champions League semi-final first-leg win over Roma back in April 2018 in which he suffered a cruciate ligament rupture, but he is believed to be recovering ahead of schedule and nearing a return to fitness.
When will Oxlade-Chamberlain make Liverpool comeback? Five things to know…
- Oxlade-Chamberlain hasn’t featured for Liverpool since suffering a cruciate ligament rupture in April 2018.
- The England international returned to light training in December 2018.
- Manager, Jurgen Klopp, said at the time that his aim was to have the midfielder back in full training in February 2019.
- Oxlade-Chamberlain has been added to Liverpool’s Champions League squad list for the knockout rounds.
- The Reds face Bayern Munich in the last-16 but it is not yet clear whether the 25-year-old will be fit for the tie.
Manager, Jurgen Klopp, was required to submit a revised squad list by midnight on Friday, with the German allowed to register three new eligible players.
Liverpool face Bayern Munich this month in their round-of-16 tie, with their updated squad list as follows:
Goalkeepers: Alisson, Simon Mignolet, Caoimhin Kelleher
Defenders: Virgil van Dijk, Dejan Lovren, Joe Gomez, Joel Matip, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson, Alberto Moreno, Rafael Camacho, Ki-Jana Hoever, Nathaniel Phillips, George Johnston, Conor Masterson
Midfielders: Fabinho, Naby Keita, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Adam Lallana, Curtis Jones, Ben Woodburn
Forwards: Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, Xherdan Shaqiri, Daniel Sturridge, Divock Origi, Rhian Brewster
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Klopp addresses Oxlade-Chamberlain fitness
In December, Klopp delivered a positive update on Oxlade-Chamberlain’s fitness, confirming that the 25-year-old had ‘started going on the pitch’ with the aim to be back in ‘normal training in late February’.
“[It’s the] best news, best news,” Klopp told reporters. “He started going on the pitch and from the first step he did it looked completely normal, not like sometimes when a player is coming back from an injury and he starts running and then you see them still, not really limping, but it’s not the picture you have in your mind.
“With Ox, from the first step it looked like Ox and that was really nice. Then we had to wait for the reaction – and there was no reaction, which is even nicer. No pressure put on him, but it looks like he could maybe be back in normal training in late February – maybe, I am not sure, [maybe] March. So that gives us hope he will be back in the season.
“That’s the moment; we are usually not that excited about something like this but a lot of things can happen, it’s true it still can happen a lot after being out for that long time, but it looked so positive.
“It is just nice to have him around with a smile on his face again. He very often has a smile on his face, but now with good reason. He is obviously happy and we are very happy.”
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