Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is happy to give Philippe Coutinho a free role this new season.

Coutinho spent much of last season operating from the left of the Reds' front three, his position described as “a wing 10" by Klopp back in May.

But the manager now says: “He is not fixed and he should not be fixed.

“Look against Leicester. Gini (Wijnaldum) and Hendo couldn't play together because we have these two players for the No 6 at the moment. Either one or the other.

“Of course they can play together but you couldn't do it (against Leicester)

“Then with Adam (Lallana) and Phil and Gini it was really offensive. We need to have these different options.

“Systems are not that important. They are important of course but not as much if you can play different systems. You can play every system that you know, as long as they make sense. This at the moment is how we have to work with the players.

“So it makes for us the most sense like this and Phil can play every day in about five positions - in all these different systems. It's cool. You have to do the right thing at the right moment.

“Which position we play, I don't care."