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title: "Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp is prepared to rotate his squad as busy schedule approaches"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2019-09-15T17:40:19Z"
modified: "2019-09-15T17:40:19Z"
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# Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp is prepared to rotate his squad as busy schedule approaches

**Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said that he is prepared to utilise the depth of his squad over the coming weeks, with the Reds facing a busy schedule of games.**

The [Liverpool Echo](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jurgen-klopp-ready-rotate-liverpool-16916579) reported that Klopp is likely to rotate his squad plentifully over the next few matches, with the manager saying: “[Rotation? Absolutely, they know it.](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jurgen-klopp-ready-rotate-liverpool-16916579)”

”The situation we spoke about last time, we said OK, the first four match days, we had twice a week to prepare, so there is no reason \[to change\]…you won the games.”

The Reds won all four of their Premier League matches in August, having had only one midweek game during the month, and kept their 100% record going with this weekend’s 3-1 win over Newcastle. \[[via liverpoolfc.com](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/match/2019-20/first-team/fixtures-and-results)\]

However, they now face four successive away games before the end of September and will have six matches in 19 days prior to the next international break in October. \[[via liverpoolfc.com](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/match/2019-20/first-team/fixtures-and-results)\]

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png)

Liverpool’s next fixture is [Napoli away in the Champions League](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/match/2019-20/first-team/fixtures-and-results) on Tuesday night, having [lost on their last visit to the Italian club in the competition nearly a year ago](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/bilanzdetail/verein/31/wettbewerb_id//gegner_id/6195/saison_id//heim_gast//datum_von/-/datum_bis/-/day/0/land_id/75).

They then have successive Premier League trips to Chelsea and Sheffield United over the next two weekends, with a Carabao Cup visit to MK Dons sandwiched in between, before two home games in four days in the first week of October against Red Bull Salzburg and Leicester. \[[via liverpoolfc.com](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/match/2019-20/first-team/fixtures-and-results)\]

Seven players featured in all of the Reds’ first six matches of the season, with a further six missing only one game so far this term. Klopp used 19 players altogether in August. \[[via TransferMarkt.co.uk](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-liverpool/leistungsdaten/verein/31)\]

Nine players have been involved in each of their Premier League games so far in 2019/20, with defenders Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold ever-present and four more playing for more than 300 minutes. \[[via TransferMarkt.co.uk](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/leistungsdaten/verein/31/plus/0?reldata=GB1%262019)\]

The match against MK Dons is likely to see Klopp utilise players who have had little or no game time this season – in last season’s Carabao Cup third round clash against Chelsea, he made [eight changes from the team which started their previous Premier League fixture](https://www.skysports.com/football/liverpool-vs-chelsea/401814).

Of the players who have had [fewer than 300 minutes of gametime this season](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/leistungsdaten/verein/31/plus/0?reldata=%262019), Divock Origi already has [one goal to his name in 2019/20](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/leistungsdaten/verein/31/plus/0?reldata=%262019) and [scored seven last term](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/leistungsdaten/verein/31/plus/0?reldata=%262018), [as did James Milner](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/leistungsdaten/verein/31/plus/0?reldata=%262018), while Xherdan Shaqiri [hit six goals last season](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/leistungsdaten/verein/31/plus/0?reldata=%262018).

Klopp could give some players a first competitive appearance of the campaign in the next few games, with young striker Rhian Brewster showing his promise with [four goals in pre-season](https://www.thisisanfield.com/2019/08/rhian-brewster-harry-wilson-catch-the-eye-liverpool-fcs-2019-pre-season-in-numbers/), Andy Lonergan and Caoimhin Kelleher [both taking to the bench as backup goalkeeper](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/leistungsdaten/verein/31/plus/0?reldata=%262019), and Dejan Lovren an experienced defender with [170 Liverpool appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/dejan-lovren/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/37838) to his name.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)

Liverpool have players like Origi, Shaqiri and Milner who could come into the team and who have shown that they can get goals, while the Reds have already experienced a few injuries this season even with a relatively mild schedule thus far. However, the [Belgium striker](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/divock-origi/profil/spieler/148368) [limped off in the first half of the win over Newcastle](https://www.skysports.com/football/liverpool-vs-newcastle/teams/408024).

Alisson injured his calf in the opening day win over Norwich, as per [Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/liverpool-vs-norwich/407981), while Naby Keita has been out since mid-August with a groin problem, as reported by the [Daily Express](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1175397/Liverpool-team-news-Injury-Alisson-Naby-Keita-Nathaniel-Clyne). The duo are joined in the treatment room by long-term injury victims [Paul Glatzel](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-tranmere-match-transfer-news-16572339) and [Nathaniel Clyne](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/358081-nathaniel-clyne-injury-update), who both incurred cruciate ligament injuries in pre-season.

Klopp has understandably kept faith with players who have ensured a perfect start to the Premier League season, but now that the Reds face three multi-match weeks in a row, he is likely to need his squad players to come in and allow established figures a rest – especially with the added commitment of the [Club World Cup in December](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49124621).

***Liverpool fans, what players would you like to see come into the team as part of Klopp’s planned rotation and who needs a rest? Share your views in the comments section below!***