Sky Bet Championship clubs Hull City and Leeds United could look to take Liverpool striker Danny Ings on loan in the New Year.

The 25-year-old Winchester born goal machine has endured a dismal period at Anfield which has seen the player struggle for match fitness and suffer with a catalogue of injury problems.

With Ings now back to fitness, The Mirror recently reported that Liverpool could loan Ings out to gain the benefit of regular first team football. The striker is likely to want to remain in the English Premier League with Ings holding hopes of forcing his way into the England international reckoning however improving his overall fitness and match sharpness may need to be his top priority and a return to the Sky Bet Championship is not a forgone conclusion.

English Football League sponsors Sky Bet have Hull City listed as the second favourites to sign Ings on a permanent basis while rivals Leeds United are the third favourites. It is highly unlikely that the striker would favour a permanent move back to the second tier however both clubs could try to take the player on a temporary basis in January when Liverpool look to send Ings out on loan.

Ings has featured just once for The Reds this term with that outing coming in the EFL Cup. His previous Liverpool appearance came in the same competition 12 months ago.