Joel Matip is in contention for Liverpool’s clash with Manchester United.
Matip has not featured for the Premier League champions since suffering an adductor injury during last month’s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion.
But the Cameroon international could return to the fold in Sunday’s highly anticipated top-of-the-table clash after preparing to resume full training.
Jurgen Klopp will take a late call on whether Matip is drafted into defence again or if Jordan Henderson is again utiliised as a makeshift centre-back.
He said: “Joel is close.
“Does it now make sense to throw him into a game with one or two sessions, which he didn’t do yet, but today and tomorrow he might be involved?
“To bring him [in], I don’t know. We have to see, we have to decide, we have to look at him and how he will train, how he looks in training and these kind of things.
“But we have still different solutions. Hendo is very important in midfield for us as well, so we just have to see. It’s not decided yet, why should I?”
Liverpool will, however, be still without Naby Keita for the visit of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side this weekend as he continues to recover from an ankle issue.
“Naby is not ready for involvement,” added Klopp.
“It’s not a big thing; it’s a little bit like with other players in the past when they came back from injuries and then because of the amount of games and situation in the squad they had to play.
“Then a little injury happened again. Now we just had to put on the brake and say, ‘Let’s settle it properly.’
“In the moment we have alternatives in midfield, so we really try to give him all the time he needs to get 100 per cent fit. That’s the situation.
“So, no – he is not in contention for Sunday.”