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Sadio Mane is on schedule for a return from the knee injury which has kept him out since the Merseyside derby in April.

The Senegalese winger is expected to return to full training with the Liverpool squad when they return from their current trip to Hong Kong for the Premier League Asia Trophy.

Mane is then expected to join his colleagues on the trip to Germany where Liverpool will take on Hertha Berlin before taking part in the Audi Cup.

The 25-year-old scored 13 goals in 29 appearances in his debut year at Anfield but was forced to sit out the last eight games of the Premier League season after undergoing knee surgery after being substituted during the Anfield derby.

Mane has been working at Melwood while the the squad travelled to Asia and Jurgen Klopp has revealed the latest on his progress.

“Sadio is on the way back. The plan is he will come with us to Germany," the Reds boss told Liverpoolfc.com

“The plan is he trains completely normally with us when we are back in England.

“We have been waiting long enough for him now! He is around all of the time and is in pretty good shape.

“Unfortunately he was not ready to train, but he looked good, it (njury) looks good and so now he should be fine when we get back.”

Liverpool badly missed Mane last January when he travelled with his country to the Africa Cup of Nations and Klopp will be hoping he can form a dangerous partnership with new signing Mohamed Salah , with Mane likely to switch to the left side to accommodate the Egyptian's arrival.