Liverpool predicted XI vs Tranmere: First preseason game

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 13: Jurgen Klopp, manager of Liverpool and player salute The Kop after the Barclays Premier League match between Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion at Anfield on December 13, 2015 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 13: Jurgen Klopp, manager of Liverpool and player salute The Kop after the Barclays Premier League match between Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion at Anfield on December 13, 2015 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 04: Danny Ings of Liverpool celebrates after scoring a goal to make it 0-1 during the Barclays Premier League match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park on October 04, 2015 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Matthew Ashton - AMA/Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 04: Danny Ings of Liverpool celebrates after scoring a goal to make it 0-1 during the Barclays Premier League match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park on October 04, 2015 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Matthew Ashton – AMA/Getty Images)

ST Danny Ings

In Liverpool’s injury ridden and fixture congested season post-Danny Ings ACL tear, he missed out on huge opportunities.

The biggest, of course, was that he couldn’t work with Klopp. Other than in trainers rather than cleats. This was also before Klopp could bring in any players in the transfer window, so an incumbent Ings would’ve had the chance to take a Divock Origi-type leap from the periphery and cement himself in the starting team.

Ings would have had a ton of chances and everything about him screams a perfect Klopp player. We’ll just have to wait and see if his quality matches his intangibles.