Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool may not see the best of Virgil van Dijk until next season as the Dutchman readjusts to a different style of defending at Anfield.

Van Dijk was left out of the midweek win at Huddersfield and Klopp must decide if the £75 million defender is ready to face Harry Kane on Sunday.

“It is just exactly as it would be. A few ups and downs and we will see Virgil van Dijk at his best after the summer, but if we don't have the time to wait until then and why should we?” said Klopp.

“He can bring in a lot of things already. We've had a lot of talks already but it is quite difficult because our defending style – and I know how this sounds – is different to Southampton or to Holland so that's why it makes so much sense you get used to it.

“For example (against) Everton it was outstanding, City he couldn't play, Swansea was good – defensively we were really good – and he was involved in the three biggest chances we had, his own header and two passes for Mo and Roberto, West Brom was a bad game of the whole team and then we thought it made sense to rotate. At the moment it is like I expect to be honest, completely normal.”