Emre Can set for Reds return in Berlin
Liverpool will welcome Emre Can back into the squad for Saturday's friendly encounter with Hertha BSC.
The midfielder will travel to the German capital for the pre-season fixture, which Jürgen Klopp is eager for his players to use as an opportunity to impress.
Can was the last member of the squad to begin preparations for 2017-18 having been afforded an extended break due to international commitments.
Asked about a possible return for the No.23, Klopp told Liverpoolfc.com: “Yes [he will be in the squad]. After this long time, of course he is keen to play, that’s how footballers are.
“There are a lot of interesting things to see. I was a player too and I used to look at the line-up, ‘Am I involved from the beginning? If not, do I come on in the second half?’ I told the boys before the game, if you think the wrong things after I made a decision in pre-season, I can’t change it but I haven’t made my line-up for Watford now, so why are you making it?
“When I give a line-up for pre-season, [players] must use the opportunity and play as good football as you can. We will hopefully have a few difficult choices to make in the next season and we can only get the benefit from it if they all stay confident.
“But if they think, ‘Oh no, I am not in the line-up’ then go into the game with 60 per cent it would not make sense. I need a really mentally strong side and so now we start mixing it up a little bit.”
Saturday's friendly clash with Hertha BSC will be shown live on LFCTV and LFCTV GO.