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| Liverpool target Grosskreutz (bottom right) could team up with Lovren (left) and Sturridge |
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Daniel Sturridge's latest injury set-back is not as bad as first feared, Jurgen Klopp has revealed.
Sturridge suffered a hamstring strain in Liverppool's 2-0 defeat at Newcastle last weekend.
The England striker had only just returned after a series of problems which have kept him out for over a year.
But Liverpool boss Klopp provided a hopeful update on the timeline for his striker's recovery.
“The injury is not that serious," the German said.
"The last time he trained, he got 60 minutes at Southampton, which was quite good, and then another 30 at Newcastle, which was not that good because in one of the first moments when he had a shot at goal, he felt something in the muscle.
“It’s not that serious, but it’s not possible to play. Now we have to build up his resistance.
"It is like it is. We have to help him be more resistant for all the games we have.”
Dejan Lovren has been nominated for the Premier League's Player of the Month award.
Liverpool played just three games in November and Lovren, 26, started only two of those.
He was a 40th-minute substitute in the Reds' 2-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace in early November but was instrumental in their 4-1 victory at Manchester City after the international break.
He earned his sixth clean sheet of the season in all competitions during the Anfield side's 1-0 triumph over Swansea before the month was out.
Everton's Ross Barkley and Romelu Lukaku, Watford forward Troy Deeney, Leicester frontman Jamie Vardy and England star Harry Kane make up the six-man list.
In transfer news, Liverpool's pursuit of Germany international Kevin Grosskreutz is likely to go through because of a paperwork error.
Grosskreutz, 27, used to play under Klopp at Borussia Dortmund but left the Bundesliga outfit this summer for Galatasaray.
However, FIFA announced the paperwork had not been completed in time, thus leaving Grosskreutz in limbo.
The defender has not yet played for Gala and The Telegraph claim he will not be able to do so until next season.
It is claimed a three-year deal with Liverpool has been agreed and that Grosskreutz only needs to convince Gala to let him depart.
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