The England striker was restricted to just nine appearances in his debut season at Anfield, suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury in one of his first training sessions under manager Jurgen Klopp.
No injury ever comes at a good time, but it was only a matter of days after the Winchester-born forward had scored for the Reds against arch-rivals Everton in the Merseyside Derby.
Ings is currently enjoying pre-season with the Kop giants and is expected to be back and raring to go again come the start of the season.
1953: Graham Gooch – former England and Essex cricket captain (63).
1963: Andy Townsend – former Chelsea, Aston Villa and Republic of Ireland midfielder, now a television and radio pundit (53).
1974: Maurice Greene – American sprinter who won 100 metres and 4x100m relay gold in the 2000 Sydney Olympics (42).
1978: Stuart Elliot – Former Hull and Northern Ireland winger (38).
1981: Jarkko Nieminen – Finnish former Wimbledon quarter-finalist (35).
1983: David Strettle – Clermont Auvergne and England winger (33).
1983: Aaron Peirsol – American five-times Olympic gold medal-winner swimmer (33).