Australian footballer Kewell set for Liverpool return

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2007

LIVERPOOL, England (AFP) — Harry Kewell is set to make his belated seasonal return for Liverpool's first team in Wednesday's League Cup clash with Cardiff.

The Australian winger has been sidelined since suffering a groin injury while playing for his country in the Asian Cup in the summer.

But he made a goalscoring return to action for the reserves at the weekend and now looks set to start his campaign to prove he has a future on Merseyside following the summer acquisition of Dutch winger Ryan Babel and Israeli playmaker Yossi Benayoun, both of whom offer Liverpool the kind of creative spark that Kewell provides.

Liverpool are expected to rest a string of first-choice players, including goalkeeper Jose Reina, who has branded the injury crisis threatening to...