Kewell’s return would provide a welcome boost to Liverpool after they rekindled hopes of chasing down the Premiership pacesetters with their 2-0 win oversecond-placed Chelsea on Saturday.
Liverpool’s fine league form has prompted talk of a possible championship challenge from Anfield in the final months of the season.
But Jamie Carragher believes Rafael Benitez’s side must simply concentrate on closing down the gap to Chelsea from five points.
“We’ve got to just focus on winning as many games as we can and keep the pressure on the top two,” said the centre-back, who played his 450th game for the club at the weekend.
“The target now is to catch Chelsea. That’s what Saturday’s result has done for us. We’ve given ourselves a chance of doing that, and if we can push ourselves into second, then we can have a look where we are.
“We’ve done well over the last few months and all the press coverage has been talking about Manchester United and Chelsea rather than us.
“It’s nice that some people are talking about us as well now, but sometimes it’s better when you can just quietly go on a run like we have.
“Everyone was asking whether Arsenal beating Manchester United was good for us, but for me we’ve still got to think it’s Arsenal and Chelsea we’re closest to and think we’re in a battle for second at the moment.”