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EXTRA TIME: Guinea star Naby Keita hits the gym in a bid to recover fully for Afcon

Naby Keita has taken to the gym as he looks to garner top fitness before the start of the Afcon finals in Eygpt.

The Liverpool midfielder suffered a groin injury in the first leg of the Red’s Champions League semi-final first-leg clash against Barcelona, ruling him out of the remainder of the just-concluded campaign.

However, after what seemed as an accelerated recovery from an injury that was supposed to last for two months, the 24-year-old was included in Guinea’s provisional Africa Cup of Nations squad.

Coach Paul Put will now hope his captain attains full fitness as he looks to trim the 25-man squad to 23 in the coming days.