This Monday, Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool began its preseason, in Austrian lands (on the outskirts of Salzburg) and for the fans the great joy has been the images of Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip exercising with their teammates. Trent Alexander-Arnold, meanwhile, is recovered from the injury that left him unable to participate in the European Championship.
It remains to be seen whether Van Dijk and Matip, who have been recovering from serious injuries, will be able to participate in all the full training sessions of the preseason, but for now the two defenders ran alongside the rest and carried out the physical tests at each start of the course . Joe Gomez also participated.
Van Dijk has lived a real ordeal since a tackle by Jordan Pickford caused a serious knee injury in the derby between Everton and Liverpool on October 17, 2020. The Dutch defender, one of the pillars of the 'red' team, is he lost the remainder of the season, including the European Championship with his team, the Netherlands, of which he was captain. An ankle injury left Matip inactive for the remainder of the season as well, as announced on February 2.
Alexander-Arnold was injured playing for England on June 2 in a European Championship friendly against Austria. The ailment suffered in the quadriceps left the winger “red” without participating in the European Championship, for which Gareth Southgate had called him up and in which England was runner-up after losing on penalties against Italy on Sunday.
Among the new faces, that of the recently signed Ibrahima Konaté. Liverpool will play their first games (but lasting 30 minutes) on July 20, against FC Wacker Innsbruck and Stuttgart, behind closed doors.
