Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita has been included in Guinea’s provisional Africa Cup of Nations squad, despite ongoing concerns about his fitness.
Paul Put’s 26-man squad was revealed by the Guinea Football Federation on Saturday, with Keita the most high-profile inclusion .
Jurgen Klopp described the midfielder's adductor injury as “very serious” when he was replaced during his side’s Champions League semi-final first-leg defeat by Barcelona on May 1, with the Liverpool coach predicting that the 24-year-old would face two months on the sidelines.
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A disagreement between the Guinea Football Federation and Liverpool over the midfielder’s fitness ensued in the subsequent days; with Klopp coming denying accusations by the federation that the midfielder’s accelerated recovery was being kept under wraps.