Jurgen Klopp names Liverpool player who’s likely to leave in January

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Liverpool sent Nathaniel Phillips out on loan to Stuttgart over the first half of the season.

Jurgen Klopp has admitted to the Liverpool Echo that Nathaniel Phillips is likely to leave Liverpool again this month.

Phillips played for Liverpool against Everton in the FA Cup last weekend, soon after being recalled from his loan at VFB Stuttgart.

The 22-year-old impressed in the heart of Liverpool’s defence, but it seems his first-team chances at Anfield could be limited again now.

And Klopp has suggested that Phillips is likely to leave Liverpool on loan again in the coming weeks.

“It was just nice to have him around again because he’s such an exceptional person. .. Probably he will go back [on loan]. We have to see but yes, probably,” Klopp said, when asked if Phillips would be leaving Liverpool again.

Liverpool are set to welcome Dejan Lovren back to training next week, with their injury problems at centre-back improving.

Phillips can still feel proud of the performance he put in against Everton though, which showed he may still have a future on Merseyside.

The youngster had done well in loan in Germany over the first half of the campaign, and will want to continue to impress if he is relocated this month.

Liverpool’s next match comes against Tottenham Hotspur tomorrow, but it seems unlikely that Phillips will be involved, with Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk set to start.