Not only are the 1st team back in pre season but the Academy are as well with a few good games and a mini tour to kick start their season.
Liverpool FC Academy youngsters heading on tour to Germany
17:42, 4 Jul 2016
Updated 17:42, 4 Jul 2016
By James Pearce
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Liverpool Academy youngsters are going on tour to Germany as part of their pre-season preparations.
Both the U21s and the U18s squads will fly to Munich next Sunday for two matches against Bundesliga 2 and Bundesliga 3 clubs.
They face Sonnerhoff on Saturday, July 16 with another game against Erzgebirge four days later.
On their return the young Reds will play a prestigious friendly against Celtic U21s at their Glasgow Academy base on Wednesday, July 27 before taking on Morecambe’s first team on Saturday, July 30.
Liverpool U21s boss Michael Beale said: “We fly to Munich for 12 days and play against a Bundesliga 3 first team followed by a match against a Bundesliga 2 first team.
“We will have a very young U21s group but it will be a fantastic experience for these young players.
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“The Celtic game will be a great challenge for the boys as we had a very good game against them last season in the Premier League U21 International Cup.
“We also get the chance to play against Morecambe’s first team, which is a week before their season starts, so that will be another test for us as well as we get ready for the start of another season.
“These are all varied challenges for the boys but it’s brilliant because we get to play against first teams, which you don’t get during the season, so we have to grab every opportunity we get to do that.”
Liverpool U21s pre-season schedule
Sonnerhoff (A) - Saturday July 16, 7pm
Erzgebirge (A) - Wednesday July 20, 7pm
Rhyl (A) - Sunday July 24, 2pm
Celtic (A) - Wednesday July 27, 5pm, at Celtic FC Academy
Morecambe (A) - Saturday July 30, 3pm, at the Globe Arena
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