Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has returned to training after a month out with an ankle injury.
The right back has missed the Reds’ last four matches, which included a Carabao Cup final defeat by Newcastle, after being forced off in their Champions League exit to PSG.
The 26-year-old was pictured with his team-mates at the club’s AXA training complex on Wednesday, but Sunday’s trip to Leicester may come too soon for his return to action.
Alexander-Arnold potentially has only six matches remaining at his boyhood club with the continuation of his 20-year association in doubt as he has been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid when his contract expires at the end of the season.
Striker Darwin Nunez is likely to be available for the Leicester game, having missed the weekend win over West Ham with illness.
Arne Slot’s side go in search of the first of two wins which will guarantee the Premier League title – although an Arsenal defeat at Ipswich would mean three points at the King Power would clinch a record-equalling 20th top-flight championship.
Trent Alexander-Arnold returned to Liverpool training on Wednesday after missing a month
The 26-year-old is close to a return but is unlikely to be rushed back into action vs Leicester
Liverpool must win just two of their remaining six Premier League games to win the title
Alexander-Arnold has been the subject of intense speculation for much of this season, with the defender out of contract at the end of the campaign.
The England international has been heavily linked with Madrid throughout the saga over his future, and the Spanish giants had a £20million bid rejected for him in January.
And last month, Mail Sport reported Madrid remain confident of signing Alexander-Arnold this summer on a free – with sources in Spain suggesting the move is ‘all set and done’.
Alexander-Arnold has been at Liverpool since joining their youth academy back in 2004.
After breaking into the first-team in 2016, he has represented the Reds in 349 senior games and helped bring seven different pieces of silverware to Anfield.
