In order to accommodate Oxlade-Chamberlain within that plan, Klopp must make the tricky call of phasing Henderson into the next part of his Liverpool career: a deputy in the number six role.
Newly engaged to Perrie, Oxlade-Chamberlain will now need a commitment from Klopp if this plan is going to work.
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Another campaign of warming the bench would do nobody any good.
If Klopp does both of these things, Oxlade-Chamberlain can play a useful role for Liverpool in 2022/23.