Jurgen Klopp 'is hopeful Thiago Alcantara will be fit for the Champions League final' against Real Madrid... revealing Liverpool star will take part in training today despite scan showing he had suffered an achilles injury
- Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara suffered an achilles problem on Sunday
- The 31-year-old came off at half-time injured in the Reds 3-1 victory over Wolves
- However, Jurgen Klopp has admitted he is hopeful Thiago will be enough to play
- He finished individual training on Wednesday morning before joining the team
Jurgen Klopp has admitted he is hopeful that Thiago Alcantara will be fit enough to feature in Liverpool's Champions League final against Real Madrid on Saturday.
The 31-year-old sustained an achilles problem on the final day of the Premier League season when Liverpool beat Wolves 3-1 at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
There were concerns he would be ruled out of Saturday's upcoming fixture at the Stade de France but scans on Monday eased fears that he had suffered significant damage.
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Jurgen Klopp admitted he is hopeful Thiago Alcantara will be fit enough for Saturday's final
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The midfielder underwent a scan which eased fears that he suffered significant damage
Klopp admitted he was hopeful Thiago would be available for the European clash and even revealed that the 31-year-old would be returning to team training on Wednesday afternoon.
Speaking at Liverpool's pre-match press conference, Klopp said: 'I only met him just now but he has a good chance [of playing the fixture]. He will be training this afternoon.
'He did some stuff this morning and he will doing a session later with the players. At the moment he looks like he can be part of training tomorrow. That would be pretty helpful, obviously.
'We will then go from there. It is surprisingly good. After the game I was not feeling very positive about it, but we got news that night that it didn't look that bad.
'We will see. As you can imagine, three days before a game and you can't train is not ideal but you just have to be sure and do the right stuff in the right moment.'
The 31-year-old, who came off at half-time on Sunday, has already missed one final this season after being hurt in the warm-up before the Carabao Cup clash with Chelsea.
As a result, Thiago will be eager to return to the squad to pick up some well-earned silverware against the LaLiga giants.
Thiago has also won the Champions League with both Barcelona and Bayern Munich in the past - therefore boss Klopp will be hoping to have his experience at his disposal.
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Klopp has already ruled Divock Origi out of the final after the striker damaged his thigh
As it stands, Klopp has already ruled Divock Origi out of the final after the Belgium striker, who is leaving Liverpool on a free transfer to join AC Milan this summer, damaged his thigh during training at Kirkby on Saturday.
However, Klopp remains confident in his team and said they 'deserve' to be in the final and bring the Champions League trophy 'home' to Anfield.
He said: 'We are not here by magic. We are in the final because we deserve it. We were in the group of death as you call it.
'This year we saw out the knockout stages away and then brought it home at Anfield. It shows that we have a different way to win as well.'
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