Loris Karius ready for competitive debut after training return

The German stopper suffered a broken hand in preseason, forcing him to wait to take his bow for his new club since joining from Mainz during the summer transfer window.

It seems a very shrewd move by the 49-year-old, in terms of monitoring his squad far more closely, and avoiding crossed wires with their national sides. Though it is unlikely that the former Germany Under-21 global will make his debut against Leicester City upon the Premier League resuming after the worldwide break he admits he is raring to go and needs no extra time to prepare.

“It’s the most interesting Premier League in a long time with a lot of new managers”, Rush told The Liverpool Echo.

“I think he is showing here at Liverpool another level to which he showed at Tottenham”, Beale told LFC TV. I think it’s an OK beginning. I am well prepared and looking forward to it, so there’s nothing I am scared of or unsure of.

“If he doesn’t want to talk to me then I can say to my player: “he doesn’t want to talk to me, you can choose another agent or go with a lawyer”.

Chilwell has emerged as one of the most highly-rated defenders in English football and is tipped to become a full England worldwide having already represented his country at every youth level so he would have been an excellent signing if Liverpool were able to pull it off.

The Reds will be keen to build a solid foundation at the start of this season in order to aim as high as possible when it comes to the latter stages of the league, and when the prizes are handed out in other competitions.

Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has allayed fears about an injury sustained on global duty with Senegal by returning to the club’s Melwood training base fit and well.

There was cause for concern when Mane was withdrawn from Senegal’s match against Namibia after 60 minutes at the weekend.