Ronald Koeman says Maarten Stekelenburg could return to the starting line-up for Southampton against Liverpool this weekend.

The Dutch goalkeeper missed last Saturday’s 2-2 draw with back problems, but Koeman says he is in line to return at Anfield on Sunday.

“He’s looking good,” Koeman told youtube.com/southamptonfc. “He did Thursday, on a day off, a session with Dave Watson.

“He was training normally on Friday and he’s fit for the weekend.”

Koeman also says that Cédric, who came off with a nasty injury to his eye against the Foxes, will be available at Anfield, while striker Jay Rodriguez has been struggling this week.

“It’s not looking good (Cédric’s eye), because it’s still all the colours you can get on your eye, but he can train normally and that’s no problem,” he added.

“We still have the same injuries what we had last week, with Shane Long. Jay is a little bit struggling with his foot at the moment and we have to wait for the weekend.”

Saints had two days off during the week in preparation for Sunday’s game, and Koeman feels it was important for his players to get some rest.

“It was a good week. We had two days off, Monday and Thursday. We needed that to be fresh for the weekend,” Koeman explained. “Friday and Saturday we will have good sessions.

“We had some players with some physical problems, but it looks like most of them are available for the weekend.”



