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Liverpool are handed a major boost to next season's Premier League title defence with Africa Cup of Nations put back until 2022... leaving Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Naby Keita free to play the full campaign

Liverpool's Premier League's title defence has been given a huge boost heading into next season after the Africa Cup of Nations was postponed, meaning they are now set to keep many of their key stars for a full campaign.

The international tournament was originally planned to be held from early January 2021 for a month in Cameroon and was set to cause a severe disruption to Jurgen Klopp's squad.

Key forwards Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah were set to represent Senegal and Egypt respectively, while Naby Keita would have been on duty with Guinea.