A host of Liverpool players returned for pre-season training on Monday as Jurgen Klopp‘s side begin to step up preparations for the new Premier League season.
The Premier League runners-up will soon fly to Thailand for the first leg of their global pre-season tour, taking on rivals Manchester United in Bangkok on July 12.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson was accompanied by some of the club’s star players including Luis Diaz, Fabio Carvalho, Harvey Elliot and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Those players who represented their respective countries in post-season matches, including Mo Salah who recently signed a new long-term contract with the club, will return from extended breaks on July 9.
It was smiles all round for players returning for club duties after previously parting ways for the summer following Liverpool’s agonising Champions League final defeat against Real Madrid.
Individual fitness tests were performed at Liverpool’s AXA Training Complex with the Carabao Cup and FA Cup champions required to undergo observation on the treadmill and in the gym.
New summer signing Carvalho reported for his first day as a Liverpool player after joining from newly-promoted Fulham this summer.
The Portuguese attacker was introduced to some of his new teammates and underwent a series of tests during the fitness-focused training session.
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