Having been sidelined with foot and groin problems all season, the Australian winger hopes to be involved from the start against relegated Charlton -- Liverpool's final game before facing AC Milan in Athens on May 23.

Kewell has not started a game for the Merseyside club since limping out of last season's FA Cup final yet insists he has had no reaction since making his long awaited return as a substitute in last Saturday's single goal defeat at Fulham.

"I've been working hard over the last eight weeks," said Kewell. "We did testing the other day, everything went well.

"The manager's happy, the assistant manager's happy, the fitness coaches are happy, so it's literally down to the manager.

"I'm feeling as close to 100 per cent as I've ever felt before in my life, the only thing I'm missing is competitive games."

With their title challenge long gone, Liverpool's final league game promises to be an emotional affair as Fowler and Jerzy Dudek get ready to leave Anfield.

Former England striker Fowler was informed by Benitez earlier this week that his one-year contract will not be renewed when it expires next month.

Fowler has scored 183 goals in 368 games in two spells with the club, establishing him as the fifth most prolific forward in Liverpool's history.

Benitez will definitely start the 32-year-old against Charlton and may also make him captain-for-the-day.

The player will explore his options and Bolton, whose manager Sammy Lee coached Fowler at Anfield, could represent one potential destination. Jerzy Dudek will also bid goodbye to Liverpool, with the Polish goalkeeper out of contract next month.

But the hero of Istanbul in 2005 has had his hopes of one last appearance in front of the Kop dashed by a groin injury.

With first-choice keeper Jose Reina also out with a shoulder problem, Daniele Padelli, who is on loan from Sampdoria, will make his Liverpool debut as Benitez's side attempt to pip Arsenal to third place in the table for the second successive season.

Charlton's fight against relegation ended last Monday, a tame home defeat to Tottenham bringing seven seasons of top-flight football at The Valley to a close.

Yet winger Darren Ambrose insists the team owe their loyal supporters a performance at Anfield.

"The fans have been fantastic during this fight we have had and we are going to do our utmost to try to get a good result at Liverpool," said Ambrose.

"We have still got to go up to Liverpool and play another game and we are going to work hard in training and try to produce a result that we want and the fans need.

Behind the scenes, talk of a Middle East-based takeover continues and it remains to be seen whether or not the likes of England duo Darren Bent or Luke Young remain at The Valley.

Manager Alan Pardew knows "sacrifices" will have to be made throughout the club as they look to make up an estimated £20million shortfall in basic income next season.

Charlton will have defender Ben Thatcher available following his one-match suspension.

With on-loan goalkeeper Scott Carson ineligible to play against his parent club, young Irishman Darren Randolph, who turns 20 on Saturday, could well make his debut.