Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has admitted that he is still unsure whether he will be opting for new signing Virgil van Dijk in the FA Cup fixture against Everton on Friday night.
The Dutch international completed his move to Anfield on New Year's Day and has been training at the Melwood training ground with his new team-mates.
However, the German manager still remains unsure about whether he can fit the new signing in to the back four so early as it requires a lot of tuning before it is finally done.
On the former Southampton man's match fitness, Klopp said that he continues to remain healthy and has no issues with regard to his fitness.
“With Virgil it is different, he is healthy and now I have to make a decision for this game", Klopp said at a press conference when asked about slotting in the new signing in to the team on Friday.
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“It is not finally done, so we will see what we do with him.
“It is clear centre-half is a position that usually needs to be tuned to the rest of the team, the kind of defending and stuff like that, but of course I can imagine everyone is desperate to see him on the pitch.
“But as I have said before, from our point of view there is no rush for us in this situation and it’s much more important how many good games he can play for us than how many and when it starts.
"It is not decided and how it always is in this period, we have to wait a little bit for last updates on each position and then we make the line-up."
The Reds paid a world record fee for a defender of £75m for Van Dijk, bringing him in to strengthen a defence which has leaked as many as 25 goals in 22 league matches, the highest among the top five.
