Another friendly against Strasbourg has been pencilled in on July 31 for those fringe players to get important game time ahead of the new season. The Reds also face Crystal Palace, RB Leipzig and RB Salzburg before the Community Shield against Manchester City at the end of the month.

Even if Liverpool suffer another injury crisis like the 2020/21 campaign, those three players are adequate replacements to come in. Nat Phillips, Sepp van den Berg and Rhys Williams have also travelled for the pre-season training camp but the trip are not expected to be in Klopp's first team plans for the new season.

With Van Djik only returning to training for the tour of Thailand, the German could explore and try out a number of different combinations at centre-back. Klopp will get to see his side in action for the first time since the Champions League final when they take on Manchester United in a pre-season friendly in Bangkok. Gomez, in particular, was the one to suffer most last term and even came in at right-back in Alexander-Arnold's absence when he was either injured or unfit. This is another option for Klopp, but it is more likely that he will stick to the 4-3-3 shape, leaving just one place with Van Djik set to start in almost every game. There has been hints that Klopp could adopt a back-three with Gomez or Konate on the right side to cover Alexander-Arnold when he goes forward with Matip and Van Djik alongside them. However, with Matip and Konate also in top shape, Gomez could find his game time hard to come by once again this season. We had a few weeks off and when I returned to AXA I saw him and my first thought was 'Wow!' Physically, he is in such a good place and now all he needs is a good pre-season and the rhythm that comes from this.' In terms of right now, Joe is in phenomenal shape. 'But the best thing of all is that his best years are still to come and I could not be happier that this will happen with us. He has not long turned 25 but he was at the club before I was and I think after Hendo and Millie he is our longest-serving player. He said: 'One of the many wonderful things about Joe is he has experience and youth – that’s not a bad combination.

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