Jürgen Klopp has suffered another grievous setback in his first week as the Liverpool manager after Danny Ings suffered a knee injury that will rule him out for the rest of the season and effectively ends the striker’s hopes of playing at Euro 2016.  Ings twisted the knee during his first training session with Klopp in charge and tests have shown the former Burnley forward ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament, meaning that a player who has just broken into England’s senior team will be out for a minimum of six months.  Related: Jürgen Klopp tells Liverpool players: ‘I want more bravery, more fun in your eyes’  Klopp was already reeling from the news that one of his left-backs, Joe Gomez, had suffered the same injury playing for England Under-21s in the 3-0 defeat of Kazakhstan and he will now have to plan for his first season in charge without two of the club’s summer signings. The seriousness of their injuries came one after another on Thursday morning, leaving a considerable shadow over Klopp’s first week in the job.  In the short term, Klopp is also without Christian Benteke and Roberto Firmino for his first game in charge at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, meaning the former Borussia Dortmund coach will be relying on Daniel Sturridge and Divock Origi for the forward positions.  Sturridge’s recurring issues with injuries are still a worry at Anfield and Ings, with three goals for Liverpool so far this season, had elevated himself into the England squad on the back of his recent form, making his debut for Roy Hodgson’s team as a substitute in the 3-0 win in Lithuania on Monday. Hodgson had identified Ings as a possible contender for the European Championship in France next summer but the 23-year-old will now have a long period of rehabilitation and could be out for up to nine months.  Gomez has a similar prognosis but Klopp has promised the former Charlton Athletic player that Liverpool will be patient and stand by him while he is out. “We have to make a further diagnosis and we will see when he gets operated on but from this point on he can count the days until he comes back,” Klopp said. “It was not the best day in his life but he is a young guy and I am pretty good at waiting for players, young players especially. This is his home and we will do everything to help him come back as soon as possible.”  The same applies to Ings and the absence of the 23-year-old increases the importance for Liverpool of keeping Sturridge fit for the remainder of the season. Benteke, who has been having treatment for a hamstring injury, hopes to be back for the home game against Southampton on Sunday week and Firmino, with a back problem, has a similar timescale.  “Benteke and Firmino are on their way back,” Klopp said. “They are back on the pitch but not team training. I do not know exactly when they come back but next week [it will be with the team] and then we can see how fit they are.”
Jürgen Klopp has been hit by a new injury blow after the striker Danny Ings was injured during training