Sadio Mane in contention for Liverpool trip to Burnley

Africa Cup of Nations winner Sadio Mane will return to training with Liverpool on Friday and is set to be in contention for the trip to Burnley on Sunday.

The Senegal international only landed back in England on Wednesday night and with the team playing Leicester 24 hours later there was no opportunity to rejoin the group.

Manager Jurgen Klopp is confident he will be ready with a couple of sessions behind him.

"Sadio will be available. He will come now this morning for training and will be in full training," he said.

"We make a decision after that. Emotionally he will still be high flying but we have to see how he is."

Klopp also confirmed captain Jordan Henderson will be back in the squad after being rested against the Foxes because of a back problem.

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