5 Liverpool first-team players who could leave in January

#4 Danny Ings

Ings could be on his way out in January if he doesn't get assurances of regular playing minutes

Ings can be labelled as a player with immense potential, but one who failed to reach the astronomical heights expected of him due to a number of injuries. Since joining from Burnley two and a half seasons ago, the Englishman has only made a handful of appearances for the 18-time top division champions.

The Englishman returned to the first-team picture in the Merseyside derby on the 12th of December. He struggled to keep up with the fast-paced nature of the game, particularly because he had spent several months on the sidelines with a career-threatening knee injury sustained in Klopp's first training session at the club way back in October 2015.

Since then, he's only gone on to make 14 appearances for the Merseyside outfit and is fourth in the pecking order of central strikers - with Roberto Firmino, Dominic Solanke and Daniel Sturridge ahead of him.

Klopp is extremely demanding of his players and also expects his attackers to be the team's first line of defence. This means that there is a lot of running to do, and Ings may not be cut out to play the way the German wants to. Thus, he could be on his way out in January with clubs such as West Brom and Newcastle reportedly interested in securing his services.