Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp eager to welcome back ‘our boy’ Danny Ings

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Liverpool have made just one addition in the January window, with Jurgen Klopp fully focused on delivering the Premier League title.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is relishing the opportunity to catch up with former Reds striker Danny Ings when Southampton visit Anfield on Saturday.

Ings’ time on Merseyside was ravaged by injury and he opted to relaunch his career at Southampton with a loan move in August 2018 which became permanent before the start of this season.

It has proved a shrewd move for Saints, with the 27-year-old scoring 14 times in 24 starts in 2019/20 to help Ralph Hasenhuttl’s men climb the table after a slow start and spark talk of an England recall.

Klopp was effusive in his praise for Ings but hopes he can be kept quiet this weekend with table-topping Liverpool looking to edge closer to their first league title in 30 years.

The Liverpool manager said: “Everybody here is so happy with the situation of Danny, he is still our boy.

“We celebrate the goals he scores, although that will be different tomorrow.

“Apart from the games against us, we cannot wish him any better. He is such a wonderful person.

“He didn’t have enough game time here for some good reasons and the decision he made to go Southampton was perfect. He needed time to get his rhythm back and now he is on fire, a bit like their whole team.

“We are happy to see him tomorrow, we wish him the best season of his life but not tomorrow obviously.”