Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is counting on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain having an injury free season.

Oxlade-Chamberlain missed the majority of last season with a knee injury but battled back to fitness to play a minor role in the closing weeks of the campaign.

“It's up to Alex," says Klopp. “Life can sometimes be about luck, and he has had a really unlucky time with the injury.

“Two seasons ago, when he got injured, he was in the shape of his life, looking so positive.

“I'm so happy with how it looks at the moment, but of course we are going to have to see.

“But Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain... come on. Fit... if that's not a new signing, then I don't know.

"To buy him, after the impression we got when he played for us, what do we think the price would be to buy that level of player?!?

“Rhian Brewster, Joe Gomez, Adam Lallana, it's all clear. We have these players, now we have to use them.

“If they are playing, then good. If not, then they have to push the others. That's how it should be. That's how good squads work, and that's what we believe in."