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Did he ever leave?
A silver bullet will do the trick
Expecting very similar to last year. Some kind of Austrian training camp and maybe a couple of games against Austrian/German sides and then a handful of friendlies against the Tranmere's, Bolton's etc.
I can tell you miss him
Training in Austria is definite, some staff back 12 July, some before/after don't know dates just some been told to return 12th so they can have a holiday - be like two weeks in Taleacre this summer tho. Not expecting any medicals until after that date but could call in a locum if needed.
I read the same thing but United dropped out because they wanted to play a better side.
Any updates of our friendlies? Is the date for the start of pre-season confirmed?
They came back four weeks before the first Premier League game last season, but obviously that was a bit of a strange season. Expect some of the players would be back by the end of next week?
July 12 is the opening day of training. Not everyone will be there at that point, as you mention. It will be less than a week after the conclusion of international duty for Hendo, Bobby, Fab, Ali, Thiago. We'll see how long these players need for a break, probably close to four weeks (which takes us nearly to the start of the league schedule).
Henderson and Thiago both did not play that much, at least Hendo was brought back to match fitness. Alisson needs a rest not physically but mentally and he will be back immediately for our starting XI.
Liverpool will return to pre-season in a week’s time on July 12, which is in line with the rest of the Premier League‘s top five from last term – but later than the other 14 clubs.The Reds will report back to Kirkby next week, with Jürgen Klopp expected to welcome 27 players for initial tests and exercises.New signing Ibrahima Konate will be part of the group, while there are hopes all four of Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip will be passed fit to train as normal.Among the others to take part from July 12 are Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and James Milner, with those at the Euros and Copa America to rejoin the squad at a later date.Liverpool are yet to confirm their schedule of warmup friendlies, but the announcement is likely imminent as the UK government is slated to announce a July 19 end-of-lockdown date on Monday.It is a later-than-usual return date for the Reds, with Klopp mindful of the physical and mental toll of the last two seasons as he hands his players an extra week off.But the majority of the Premier League hasn’t followed suit, with 14 other clubs having already returned for pre-season or doing so in the coming days.The only clubs not back by Thursday – when Burnley will resume training – are Liverpool, Man City, Man United, Chelsea and Leicester.Interestingly, those are the five sides to finish highest in last season’s Premier League, and five of the six sides guaranteed European football in 2021/22.West Ham also qualified for the Europa League, but "The Chosen One" has already begun pre-season with his squad, who were back at Rush Green from July 1.The only clubs whose plans are as yet unknown are Man United and Man City, though United’s first friendly of the summer is scheduled for July 18, suggesting they will be back either in line with Liverpool or even earlier.
The possibility of Liverpool being without a number of star men on the opening day of the season has been raised by their progress to the latter stages of international tournaments this summer.Roberto Firmino, Alisson Becker and Fabinho are part of the Brazil squad that secured a place in the Copa America final with victory over Peru on Monday.And the Reds are likely to have representation in the showpiece fixture of this summer's European Championships, too.Jordan Henderson and Thiago Alcantara will be hoping that England and Spain can get through their respective semi-finals to keep hopes of lifting the trophy alive.But, while Jürgen Klopp is sure to relish his players' success this summer, it also means he faces an impending selection headache.The ECHO understands that players featuring for their countries will be given at least three weeks off before they are expected to return for pre-season.But that break is considered an absolute minimum, with Klopp keen for his squad to take a more prolonged rest as they recover from a gruelling 2020-21 campaign.With the finals of Copa America and the Euros set to be played on July 10 and 11 respectively, players involved would only report back around August 9 in the event they are given four weeks off.And that is just five days before Liverpool kick the new Premier League season off against Norwich City at Carrow Road.It is unlikely Klopp will consider that enough training time for his late-returning internationals to be involved, with Alisson arguably the most probable exception.As such, he will be forced to name a slightly makeshift team as the Reds start off the new campaign.
from the echo... I agree with klopp BTW. players need a proper rest after these summer comps.
"The Echo understands"There may not be a more inaccurate statement uttered.
Hearing it mentioned we will be playing a game at Anfield at the end of July - possibly against another Premier League side.