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Jurgen Klopp has revealed Fabinho has made “big steps” towards the Liverpool first team with the midfielder primed for his long-awaited debut after the international break.

Fabinho has yet to make a competitive appearance since completing a £39.3million move from Monaco in May.

The 24-year-old was an unused substitute for the season opener against West Ham United but has since failed to make the bench.

The defensive midfielder will now link up with the Brazil squad for their forthcoming friendlies against the United States on Saturday and El Salvador four days later.

And Klopp expects Fabinho to be thrown into the thick of the action on his return from international duty with Liverpool facing a hectic imminent schedule.

When asked what was wrong with Fabinho, the Reds boss said: “Nothing. The team is good and he needs time.

“He could have been in the squad, of course, but it's quite difficult to make the squad at the moment because they are all fit.

“It's good to have the situation as one might need a bit of time, or the others are more used to it. That's the only reason.

“But he will come back. And now we have games every three days, and he has made big steps in the last few weeks. He could even play at the moment.”

Inside the space of 22 days, Liverpool have Premier League games against title rivals Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City and Chelsea, along with a League Cup tie against the Stamford Bridge side and Champions League games with Paris Saint-Germain and Napoli.

And Klopp added: “Hopefully now Fabinho has games with Brazil, and then after he comes back we have games, games, games.

“We have the whole of September a lot of games, only against top teams. We need all of the players, that's good.

“We have come through the period where it looked like we didn't need all of them because we played quite a consistent line-up and the level in training was high. That's all cool. Hopefully they all come back healthy as we have to use them all because of the number of games.”