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Jurgen Klopp has praised the development of Lazar Markovic during Liverpool’s pre-season campaign.

But the Reds boss admits there is no guarantee that the Serbian will still be at Anfield come the end of the transfer window.

Markovic has featured regularly since returning to Merseyside after his loan spell with Fenerbahce.

The £20m man knows he faces a battle to play his way into the manager’s first-team plans, but Klopp has been true to his word in giving the 22-year-old the chance to do so this summer.

Speaking on Friday, Klopp said Markovic had overcome initial doubts about his fitness after a bad hamstring problem last season, and praised the winger’s attitude and work ethic.

“He has developed well,” he said. “When we started to train, you could really see that he didn’t trust his body 100 per cent.

“He had a serious injury. We spoke about this. Everybody knows that Lazar is a very quick player, but he was not at 100%. He had some doubts about how it would be, so he needed the first one or two weeks. And since then he has became better and better and better.

“He’s in good shape. I’m not sure where his 100% is, but he’s in a good way and he’s a nice lad, good boy, funny, works hard. That’s the truth.

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“But at the end we have to see how we will build our squad. We have time between now and 31 August where maybe something will happen. Maybe it will happen earlier, maybe it will happen on the 31st, or maybe it will never happen. That’s how it is.

“At this moment we need all these players for the games and for our training sessions, and he is part of it. That’s all for now.”