Martin Skrtel is in "a better state of health" and hopes to make his return from injury earlier than expected.
The Liverpool defender was told he would miss two months after the suffering a broken metatarsal in Europa League win over Unirea Urziceni in Romania, ruling him out until late April.
However, the 25-year-old has reported his recovery to be progressing faster than was anticipated providing him with hope that he will be able to return to action sooner rather than later.
"I must say, I'm in a better state of health now," he said on his official website.
"I have been undergoing regular treatment on the injury at our Melwood training centre, along with getting massages and doing various exercises so that the muscles in my foot don't weaken.
"The foot is not swollen any more and it doesn't hurt as much as before. Naturally, I still have to use the crutches but on Thursday I went for a check scan which will determine how the treatment process will continue."