Liverpool boost as Adam Lallana closes in on return to fitness

Adam Lallana remains on track for a return to the Liverpool side next month.The attacking midfielder is yet to play for the Reds this season after suffering a thigh injury in a pre-season clash with Atletico Madrid.Lallana spent time in Qatar last week as part of his recovery programme but returned to Melwood on Monday.And now Jürgen Klopp has discussed a potential return date for @officialAL20.Full story: https://t.co/AgpwVkMnec pic.twitter.com/d6w2wKwRyq— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 16, 2017Boss Jurgen Klopp told liverpoolfc.com: “It’s absolutely good news. I cannot say now, but maybe after the next international break he could be back. “It would be fantastic for us, of course. Everybody knows what kind of a quality player he is.”Klopp saw his attacking options limited further last week by the loss of Sadio Mane to a hamstring injury.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-72310761-1', 'auto', {'name': 'pacontentapi'}); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'referrer', location.origin); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension1', 'By PA Sport Staff'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension2', '12b9fcc2-4e3c-4ac7-a910-089a93bb78d9'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension3', 'paservice:sport,paservice:sport:football'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension6', 'story-enriched'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension7', 'composite'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension8', null); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension9', 'sport:football'); ga('pacontentapi.send', 'pageview', { 'location': location.href, 'page': (location.pathname + location.search + location.hash), 'title': 'Liverpool boost as Adam Lallana closes in on return to fitness'});

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