Sepp van den Berg admits he may have to leave Liverpool this summer
Fringe Liverpool defender Sepp van den Berg has conceded that he may be forced to seek out an exit from Anfield this summer due to his limited opportunities under Jurgen Klopp.
The 22-year-old departed PEC Zwolle in the Netherlands to join up with Klopp's team in the summer of 2019, but he has only racked up a paltry four appearances for the Reds' senior squad.
All four of those matches came during Van den Berg's debut campaign, where the Dutchman made three appearances in the EFL Cup and also started an FA Cup fourth-round replay win versus Shrewsbury Town.
Van den Berg has not made another senior appearance for the Reds since the first COVID-19 lockdown, and the closest he has come to a Premier League debut is four successive games as an unused substitute at the start of the 2022-23 campaign.
The Dutchman is currently in his third loan spell away from the club, previously turning out for Preston North End and Schalke 04 before returning to Germany with Mainz 05, with whom he boasts two goals in 23 matches.
Owing to his strong form in the Bundesliga, Mainz may choose to pursue a permanent move for Van den Berg in the summer, but there is no option or obligation to buy the defender in the terms of his loan deal.
As a result, Van den Berg is due to return to Merseyside at the end of the campaign and is under contract at Anfield until 2026, but several centre-backs are already ahead of him in Klopp's pecking order.
The Netherlands Under-21 international is therefore under no illusions that his time with Liverpool could soon come to an end, telling Voetbal Nieuws: «If I go back to Liverpool, they might want me to stay. If I see that I won't get much game time, then I might choose to leave. It's really important to me that I
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