Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says Danny Ings is in his thoughts after a successful playing return with the U23s.
The striker hasn't featured since making his comeback from a knee injury in September's League Cup exit at the hands of Leicester City.
“We don't have a problem with Danny," Klopp said.
“He is not far away. He played in the inter-squad game (on Tuesday). He was lively and the best news is he is really fit.
“But the problem is we have strikers who have been training for four or five months and he has been in and out. In his position we have Roberto, Daniel and Dominic and they were always involved, more or less. I cannot make the squad bigger. Danny looks really good, sharp, everything."
Ings has been linked with a loan move away from Liverpool in January with Newcastle United among a host of clubs keen to secure his services for the second half of the season.
Klopp added: “There's nothing to say on that at the moment.
“When we have decided about things like this, 20 minutes later we'll call you."