Keita was restricted to 33 appearances across all competitions during a first campaign at Anfield that was disrupted by injury.
However, Klopp has been encouraged by the way in which the Guinea international has progressed following a fitness issue sustained during the summer and believes Keita can be a consistently influential figure for his team in 2019-20.
“For all of us and for him as well,” the boss replied, to a question about whether the upcoming campaign represents a ‘big opportunity’ for his No.8.
“He was unfortunately injured again after the Africa Cup of Nations so he is training now for two weeks.