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Sadio Mane: I'm ready to start

The forward returned to Melwood last week following a 16-day summer break after helping Senegal reach the final of the Africa Cup of Nations last month.

The No.10 came on as a 74th-minute substitute in Friday night's Premier League opener against Norwich City, and now believes he's in a sharp enough condition to appear in Jürgen Klopp's starting XI.

"Yes, I think I'm ready [to start]," he told a pre-match press conference in Istanbul on Tuesday. "Tiredness, I think, is here [pointing to his head] – for sure.

"I've been playing professional football a long time [and] I think I never even have holidays more than 20 days [for the last] seven years now.