Fairly reasonable chance he would have played for us this season given that we no longer have any pace in the CB positions.
The unfortunate thing about Hoever is that he's a bit on the short side. If he was 5cm taller or had a good leap he'd have absolutely everything as a CB, but as it is he's a bit of an aerial vulnerability. On the other hand if he were a tad faster or better at crossing he'd probably also be a very good RB.
But as it is he's not quite got the verve to be a right sided Robbo nor the aerial dominance to be a CB, so he's left just short in both positions.
Yeah, height was always the issue at centre back as he's got the natural ability to play there. Klopp tends to favour centre backs who are very tall, which would have been a big part of why Koumetia and Rhys Williams were fast tracked there instead. Barring a late growth spurt Hoever will stay under 6 foot.
He can make a good right back, but missed the boat last season having to go to the under 17 World Cup IIRC and Neco Williams took his chance. Then I think he missed the Derby with injury and Neco stepped up again.