Dejan Lovren remains doubtful for Liverpool’s friendly with Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium on Friday night (7.30pm kick-off).

The £20million centre-back sat out Wednesday’s 4-0 victory over Tranmere Rovers due to tightness in a leg muscle.

The Reds are confident that it’s only a minor issue but the Croatia international continued to work away from the main squad at Melwood on Thursday.

Jurgen Klopp will take no chances with Lovren and may opt to hold him back for next week’s Asia Trophy games in Hong Kong.

Klopp will put his players through their paces at Melwood on Friday morning before deciding on his line up for the clash with the Latics.

The Reds boss must decide whether Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana are fit enough to feature - three days after they returned to pre-season training.

Sadio Mane remains out as he continues to build up the strength in his knee but record signing Mohamed Salah is likely to make his debut after belatedly getting his work permit.

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Klopp is set to adopt the same approach as against Tranmere by fielding a different XI in each half.