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Potential Liverpool XI: Klopp drops £7.2m player, recalls £40m star for first time since July

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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain of Liverpool celebrates the victory with his supporters following the UEFA Champions League group E match between KRC Genk ...
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain of Liverpool celebrates the victory with his supporters following the UEFA Champions League group E match between KRC Genk and Liverpool FC at Luminus Arena on… (Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)

Liverpool resume the defence of their Premier League title tomorrow.

The Reds are home to West Bromwich Albion and on paper, it should be a victory for Jurgen Klopp’s side.

Liverpool go into the game on the back of a 7-0 mauling of Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park last week.

But there’s at least two changes which Klopp could and probably will make.

Takumi Minamino started and opened the scoring against the Eagles last time around, but the Japan international, a £7.2 million signing a year ago, might struggle to stay in the side ahead of Mo Salah, who scored twice off the bench in London.

Elsewhere, Klopp has been singing the praises of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain this week after seeing the midfielder in training.

Oxlade-Chamberlain, a £40 million addition from Arsenal in 2017, could therefore come in for Naby Keita.

Rotation could be key for Liverpool over the coming weeks and Oxlade-Chamberlain – who hasn’t started a game for the Premier League champions since July due to injury – for Keita against the Baggies makes sense.

Here’s how Klopp could line up: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Fabinho, Robertson; Henderson, Wijnaldum, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Mane, Salah, Firmino

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain of Liverpool celebrates after scoring his team’s first goal during the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Southampton FC at Anfield on February 01, 2020… (Julian Finney/Getty Images)