Guinea
Guinea and Liverpool forward Naby Keita has been named in a 25-man preliminary squad for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations finals despite currently nursing a thigh injury.
The winger hurt his adductor in the early stages of Liverpool’s semi-final first leg clash at Barcelona on May 1 with manager Jurgen Klopp saying the injury would keep him out for eight weeks.
ALSO READ: Guinea’s Naby Keita impresses in Liverpool debutThat effectively ruled him not only out of the last month of Liverpool’s season but also seemingly participation for Guinea at the Cup of Nations in Egypt, which starts on June 21.
Guinea are entitled to call up Keita a fortnight before the tournament and have their own medical team examine him and will be hopeful that the 24-year-old has made a sufficient recovery to be able to compete at the finals, where Guinea are in Group B with Burundi, Madagascar and Nigeria.
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