The Shiro Copr -Liverpool has confirmed a squad of 29 players for their pre-season tour in Asia. There is one player who has been excluded from the list, Federico Chiesa.
Liverpool traveled to Asia after making a perfect start to their summer preparations. They defeated Preston North End and Stoke City in two opening friendly matches.
Liverpool has five full days to recover before their first match in the pre-season tour. The English Premier League champions will first face AC Milan in Hong Kong on July 26, four days before heading to Japan to play against Yokohama F. Marinos.
In a friendly match against Stoke, Darwin Nunez scored a hat-trick in the first half amid rumors of his transfer. Meanwhile, Federico Chiesa and promising young player Rio Ngumoha also scored at the AXA Training Centre.
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However, Chiesa is not part of the Liverpool pre-season tour group, amid strong speculation that the Italian player will move this summer.
Chiesa had a difficult debut season at Anfield after moving from Juventus last summer. He scored only two goals and two... assist In 14 matches, the injury issues resurfaced.
The 27-year-old player is predicted to be a substitute for Mohamed Salah if he remains at Liverpool this summer. A return move to Serie A has been strongly debated for the Euro 2020 winner.
Chiesa's absence from Liverpool's pre-season tour should have nothing to do with his uncertain future. The Italian national team player is known to be recovering from a fitness issue.
In better news, Alexis Mac Allister joined the flight despite recently suffering a muscle injury, which also kept him from playing against Preston or Stoke. Tyler Morton and Harvey Elliott also joined after their success at the Euro U-21 with England.
Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz Participate
While Chiesa was not brought, Darwin Nunez actually flew to East Asia, despite being linked to leaving Liverpool. Another South American player, Luis Diaz, also joined amid discussions about a possible move to Bayern Munich.
The squad has also included its six new players. Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Milos Kerkez, Armin Pecsi, and Freddie Woodman are preparing for two matches.
Some talented young players were also called up, especially Ngumoha, Trey Nyoni, and Ben Doak, whose futures have been questioned in recent months.
Besides Alisson Becker, Mamardashvili, Pecsi, and Woodman, Liverpool has a fifth goalkeeper in their ranks, 18-year-old Kornel Misciur, a young international player born in Scarborough, Poland.
Liverpool's Pre-season Squad in Asia:
Goalkeeper: Alisson, Mamardashvili, Woodman, Pecsi, Misciur
Bek: Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate, Kostas Tsimikas, Andy Robertson, Kerkez, Conor Bradley, Frimpong
Midfielder: Wataru Endo, Dominik Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Elliott, Curtis Jones, Ryan Gravenberch, Nyoni, Morton, Luca Stephenson
Striker: Diaz, Nunez, Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, Wirtz, Doak, Ngumoha
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