Liverpool could hand Nathaniel Clyne a first league outing of the season against Manchester United this weekend.
The current Premier League leaders head into Sunday’s Anfield showdown with a host of injury concerns with several defenders either sidelined or doubtful.
Both Joel Matip and Joe Gomez have been ruled out for up to six weeks while Trent Alexander-Arnold is set to be assessed before the visit of Jose Mourinho’s side.
With such a heavily depleted back line, Jurgen Klopp has hinted that Clyne, who has been beset by injury problems over the past two years, may be called upon.
He said: “Clyney was unfortunately injured in the last two or three weeks.
“It was nothing serious but serious enough that he couldn’t be a part of training. Luckily, for [the past] four days he is in full training again so that’s good.
“Is he ready for 90 minutes? I don’t know. Is he ready? Yes.”
Clyne would make his 100th appearance for the Reds in the clash with United but Klopp pointed to alternatives in his squad, including Lloyd Jones and Rafael Camacho.
“Clyney is a very experienced player. Is it perfect? No. Is he experienced enough to do it? Yes, 100 per cent,” he added.
“We have other options as well, so we will not push Clyney through now after not the longest spell of training.
“We still have young guns. We have Rafa Camacho, who played outstandingly well in pre-season. Even Curtis Jones played, I think they both played against United [in the summer].
“We have other options as well and as long as we have options, everything is fine. If we don’t have the obvious option anymore, then we need to be creative.
“Hopefully we don’t have to be creative too often because it’s never a good sign for the depth of the squad. But all fine for the moment.”