Overview
- Andoni Iraola has started on‑pitch work at Liverpool’s AXA Training Centre with a group of early returnees and players in rehab, including Wataru Endo, Giovanni Leoni, Stefan Bajcetic and new signing Jeremy Jacquet.
- Liverpool will begin formal pre‑season at Kirkby on July 14 and will tour the United States with friendlies in Nashville (Sunderland), New York (Wrexham) and Chicago (Leeds).
- Iraola has brought several trusted coaches from Bournemouth into his backroom team, with Tommy Elphick, Shaun Cooper, Pablo de la Torre and Tom Webber joining his staff.
- Long‑time specialist Xavi Valero has stepped down as head first‑team goalkeeper coach; Colin Stewart will cover the role on an interim basis while Liverpool assess permanent candidates.
- The compressed schedule leaves little margin for error, so early fitness, youth performances and leadership showings—notably Dominik Szoboszlai’s expected pre‑season captaincy audition—are likely to shape transfer moves and the matchday squad before the season starts.