The international games are over, finally, thank you. The players can finally have a bit of a very well-earned vacation. However, some might spend a fair part of it nursing injuries as Robertson, Jota, and Neco have suffered during their respective NT campaigns.
The training for the new season will start on July 4. However, players with lengthy NT campaigns will be afforded a longer break than others. So far just three preseason games have been confirmed:
July 12: Manchester United at Bangkok
July 15: Crystal Palace at Singapore
July 30: Manchester Cheaty at Leicester
The second part of the training session, after the ASEAN tour, will be based in Austria where they are likely to play two more games against Salzburg and Leipzig.
⢠Manchester United: July 12
⢠Crystal Palace: July 15
⢠RB Leipzig: July 2022
⢠Red Bull Salzburg: July 2022
⢠Manchester City (Community Shield): 31st July
We have on average 8 pre season games (non-covid). We have the community shield to battle also but Iâll count it as pre season. So definitely a few more games to be announced Tranemere, Red Bull teams? Then we rumoured to have started a link with a Spanish side, perhaps them aswell.
Of course itâs nice to play some sides we donât play against very often, but we need quality opponents, itâs normal that we play them if weâre in the same area.
Itâs been 5 years since we visited Asia, itâs time to give them a bit of attention.
Klopp will still get his âleave us alone nowâ period in Austria/France.
Just would prefer us to play any other team than United, Everton and this year Chelsea, City or Real.
Theyâre preseason âfriendliesâ but for me you canât have friendlies against teams that you are supposed to maintain a competitve or historic rivalry. At least from a fan pov.
For all the abuse footballers take thatâs really not much of a break. Considering they get basically no time off all year, including weekends.
Yes, I know itâs hard to feel sorry for them given the wage they earn, and theyâre not working full days, but it must be hard mentally for those at the very top like our lads
So Klopp isnât going to have the intense training sessions he likes to have. Doesnât bode well for the newcomers who need this period to gel with the team.
July 4 â First day back at Kirkby July 9 â Fly to Far East TBC â Open training in Bangkok, Thailand July 12 â Man United (Thailand), 2pm July 14 â Open training in Kallang, Singapore July 15 â Crystal Palace (Singapore), 1.35pm July 16 â Leave Far East â likely head straight to Germany July 21 â RB Leipzig (Germany), 6.15pm TBC â Fly to Austria TBC â Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) July 30 â Man City (Community Shield), 5pm July 31 â Strasbourg (Anfield), 7.30pm August 6 â Premier League starts â Fulham (A), 12.30pm
All times BST.
Too much travels and too little time for intensive coaching, specially with three new faces in the squad.