Before that, Liverpool are again in motion towards Aston Villa on Sunday at Anfield. Salah will probably be anticipated to play and Klopp will seemingly deal with his winger's future as soon as once more at his pre-match press convention.

The German coach gave a definitive response to questions over Saudi Arabia's curiosity in Salah final week, insisting nothing would make Liverpool promote up. “We don’t have an offer, Mo Salah is still a Liverpool player, obviously for all the things we do, he’s essential and will be," he said.

"There’s nothing there. If there would be something, the answer would be no. My life philosophy is I think about a problem when I have it. At the moment, there’s absolutely nothing. I said already if there is something, the answer would be no.”