Jurgen Klopp had to talk Jordan Henderson into taking a full summer holiday after the Liverpool captain asked to report back to training early.

Henderson has three weeks off following the World Cup, which means he is not due back to work until August 5.

He has effectively been ruled out of the opening Premier League weekend fixture with West Ham as Klopp wants his players to complete a full pre-season.

Trent Alexander-Arnold may be given permission to return a week earlier, partly due to the fact he did not play much in Russia, but also because of his age making fatigue less of a concern in the season ahead. But Klopp insists Henderson have maximum recovery time.

“It was a hard fight to convince him that he needed a holiday,” said Klopp. “I knew it would happen. On the phone I said 'crazy'. Jordan needs a holiday so that means August 5 he will be back. Dejan (Lovren) had a party in Croatia and played a day later so he will be back on August 6. That would mean five days training after three weeks holiday.