Player boost: Four Liverpool players back in training and more on Darwin Nunez, Ibrahima Konate, Luis Diaz & Cody Gakpo ahead of Saturday’s match against Brighton

When four Liverpool players who are facing injury concerns are ready to play for their countries this month, it seems to be generally positive news.

As it stands, Liverpool have seen 26 players called up for international service in the last break of the season, including most of Jurgen Klopp‘s first team.

But after their efforts against Man United on Sunday, the boss expressed worry about Carlos Diaz, Darwin Nunez, and Cody Gakpo.

“Darwin felt his hamstring, Lupo felt his groin, and Cody twisted his ankle.” It’s insane, they play again in four or five days,” Klopp said to BBC Sport.

And it was uncertain if Ibrahima Konate would play after being left out of the team for the FA Cup quarterfinal loss.

But as the players begin to report for training ahead of various friendlies over the next fortnight, there seems to be mainly positive news.

The only ongoing concern is for Nunez, with Uruguay yet to release their final squad list for friendlies against the Basque Country (March 23) and Ivory Coast (March 26).

Initial reports in Uruguay claim that the 24-year-old has, however, been left out of Marcelo Bielsa’s selection as a result of the hamstring injury.

left out of Marcelo Bielsa’s selection as a result of the hamstring injury.

Whether it is a major concern for Liverpool though remains to be seen.

Per journalist Julien Froment, France manager Didier Deschamps told reporters on Monday that there were “no worries” over Konate following medical checks at Clairefontaine.

Meanwhile, Colombian outlet Noticias Caracol reports that Diaz’s groin issue was “nothing serious” and he reported to Colombia’s base in London as normal on Monday.

An update from the Dutch FA, confirming the withdrawal of Ajax striker Brian Brobbey from the Netherlands squad, also suggests that Gakpo has no major injury.

A statement on Monday afternoon explained that manager Ronald Koeman “does not call up a replacement, so the Dutch selection now consists of 25 players.”

If Gakpo was also due to pull out, Koeman would almost certainly be required to add at least one more forward to his ranks, but that does now appear to be the case.

Speaking in his post-match press conference on Sunday, Klopp expressed his hope that national team managers wouldn’t overburden his players this month.

“I think most of them have friendlies, Wataru, I think, has qualifiers but I cannot make these decisions for the managers, most of them we don’t speak the same language,” he told reporters.

“They want them in the best possible shape for the summer, most of them play [in summer tournaments], so I hope they don’t have to play two games, 90 minutes.”