Joel Matip is feeling positive and hopes a full programme of pre-season training will enable him to regain peak fitness.
An ankle ligament injury sustained in January saw the Liverpool centre-back’s 2020-21 campaign cut short.
However, he has stepped up his recovery by being re-integrated into team training in the opening week of the Reds’ camp in Austria and is upbeat about his condition.
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