Liverpool is back in education as he prepares for the 2020/21 campaign, with Jurgen Klopp appearing with a new look and a series of familiar faces for the preseason.
The Reds will begin their new season against Arsenal in the Community Shield on 29 August, after which their defence of the Premier League name will begin on the weekend of September 12.
Given the vanquished end of 2019/20, this leaves them little time to get back to the pace, with less than two weeks before the first competitive crash.
Klopp opted for a pre-season educational camp, with Liverpool travelling to Saalfelden, near Salzburg, Austria, for a 10-day team stay.
On Saturday, the Reds’ first day back, they took part in a consultation shortly after arriving at the Brandlhof hotel, with the team making their way and the rest traveling in combination from Melwood.
Here are 10 things we saw when Liverpool returned to pre-season training.
The start of a new season brings the return of several players on loan, and Klopp has welcomed Loris Karius, Nat Phillips, Marko Grujic and Rhian Brewster into their ranks in Austria.
At least one of them, Karius, will most likely be leaving in the near future, but Phillips and Brewster can expect to play a role in Anfield this season.
There, Chris Morgan is also seen backstage backstage, with the first-team physio returning to the club after a four-year absence.
While Karius, Phillips, Grujic and Brewster were present, Harry Wilson excelled in his absence, despite his loan era with the end of Bournemouth.
Yasser Larouci also did not participate, as he observes the exit, along with Ben Woodburn, Sheyi Ojo, Herbie Kane and Taiwo Awoniyi.
Interestingly, neither Paul Glatzel, Leighton Clarkson or Jake Cain were included, although the trio was part of the normal first-team education during the final months of last season.
Dejan Lovren’s season at Zenit St Petersburg has opened, at least temporarily, a position in Liverpool’s defensive ranks as a fourth-choice centre-back.
While Klopp would possibly move to another defender in the play market, this time in Saalfelden, several players have a chance to claim, Phillips, Sepp van den Berg and Ki-Jana Hoever beg.
The pre-season gives Klopp a chance to take a look at some of Liverpool’s young talents, and this time the player is Billy Koumetio.
The 17-year-old central defender has joined Austria’s first team and hopes to make its mark on their passage there.
Can we have Klopp see Peaky Blinders in his spare time?
The manager walked through the Brandlhof like a mob boss on a golf holiday, and that suits him!
While Lovren now excels at Zenit, Mo Salah temporarily locates a new, more productive friend on the team.
Possibly a surprise, but it comes in the form of the new signing of Kostas Tsimikas, the duo who travel combined to Saalfelden after the 11 million pound move to left-back Olympiakos.
While joining the team for a strength education and a Happy Birthday performance on the 27th, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain left the consultation for individual paintings in a time later.
Instead, the midboxer ran into the box with physical trainer Tom King, which is the case for players returning from injury.
Ox returns to the ball on Sunday, however, the hope is that he will get a more cautious schedule by 2020/21.
It’s going to be a workout without Bobby showing up one way or another.
No. nine adopted a skilled technique for Reds dribbling training and controlled the ending without looking under andreas Kornmayer’s gaze.
Liverpool is a Premier League champion and it’s no wonder morale is at the top of the team, with laughter flowing in their early days in Austria.
A Topless Sadio Mane paid the penalty for Virgil van Dijk, who told him that “no one needs to see this” while cycling around the house from the hotel.
The Reds had originally planned to go to Evian for their education camp, only to replace their plans at the last minute due to updated British quarantine regulations for those returning from France.
Saalfelden, sitting in the Austrian Alps, is not a bad choice at the moment. Look at those views!