Klopp: Liverpool will wait for Ings after successful surgery

Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool will give Danny Ings all the time he needs after the striker underwent successful knee surgery on Tuesday.

Ings sustained an impact injury to his right knee during the Reds’ recent 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the EFL Cup, and went under the knife earlier this week in London to repair the cartilage.

The 24-year-old faces at least a seven-month spell on the sidelines as he undergoes rehabilitation on his injury, but Klopp was quick to point out that Ings, who switched to Anfield in 2015 from Burnley, would ‘100 per cent return as a Liverpool player’.

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“It’s not nice, but it is part of football and from yesterday onwards, it is already a positive story because the surgery was very positive and the rehab has started already,” he said.

“It’s a moment when the club and the team really has to show how strong we are and we will wait for him.

“We will give him all the time he needs and then he will be back again and will be a Liverpool player, 100 per cent. That’s the only thing we are working on from this moment on.”

Klopp added: “He was very, very close in the last few weeks to the team; he’d already helped us and in each session he helped us on his way back into his best shape.

“Everything will be good at the end but now it’s time to work on the comeback.”