Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has included Lazar Markovic in his US tour squad.

Klopp has picked 29 players to impress in during the tour of the United States - and Lazar Markovic is among them.

This is after the Serbian - left out of his country's World Cup squad - made a strong return to pre-season, and even netted in a recent match at Blackburn.

The Reds depart for America in the early hours of Saturday morning and will visit Charlotte, East Rutherford and Ann Arbor during an eight-day trip.

But there is no place for want-away striker Danny Ings who is nursing a minor ankle injury.

He's missed several pre-season training sessions with blisters - but is also looking for a move away from Anfield for first team-football, says the Mirror.