Liverpool’s pre-season plans see Arne Slot‘s aspect pitted in opposition to 4 completely different golf equipment on two completely different continents, however how does it evaluate to their Premier League rivals?
Summer season plans can tackle a myriad of varieties, from a give attention to coaching camps to abroad excursions and a handful of friendlies.
For Liverpool, they’ve 4 fixtures confirmed forward of their Premier League opener at Ipswich, whereas Aston Villa have seven locked in, for instance.
It’s removed from a clean pre-season for Slot, with worldwide tournaments robbing him of greater than 10 gamers for a lot of his summer time programme.
He’ll take the squad to the US for 3 video games earlier than a return to Anfield, a schedule that’s removed from overwhelming – not like a few of Liverpool’s league rivals.
Liverpool’s pre-season fixtures
- July 26 – Actual Betis – Pittsburgh
- July 31 – Arsenal – Philadelphia
- August 3 – Man United – South Carolina
- August 11 – Sevilla – Anfield
Chelsea, for instance, have six pre-season video games deliberate and 5 of them happen in numerous cities throughout the US – they are going to be frequently on the transfer with a mean of three days between matches.
Tottenham are simply as busy, with six friendlies, three of which take them to Japan on the finish of July – including to the miles the squad ate up on a post-season journey to Australia.
Arsenal have 5 within the books – which features a conflict in opposition to Slot’s aspect – as do Crystal Palace, Man United and Newcastle.
Rivals Man Metropolis are taking in 4, identical to Liverpool, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Everton, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, West Ham and Wolves.
Clearly, 4 friendlies is a well-liked selection!
However simply as those that have a busy schedule catch the attention, so do these with few lined up, and that features newly-promoted Leicester (three) and Ipswich (two).
Although Fulham take the prize for having solely one sport within the books, scheduled for August 10, however the expectation is they are going to add extra quickly – one would hope so, anyway!
What does Slot make of it?
With solely 44 days from the beginning of pre-season till the league kicks off at Ipswich, Slot is conscious that he could have time to increase preparations into the marketing campaign.
He informed reporters on Friday: “The nice factor is after the primary sport we now have a number of regular (free) weeks so pre-season can proceed into the pre-season.
“Not in the best way of outcomes – don’t get me fallacious it’s not an excuse to not win the primary ones – however there may be some coaching time afterwards.
“Ideally I’d have began in a season when there have been no Euros and no Copa America however that’s not the state of affairs and it’s important to take it the best way it’s.”
