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Liverpool returns to action today with a glamor friendly game against AC Milan, two decades on from the sides meeting in Istanbul in arguably the best Champions League final of all time.
Arne Slot's men are continuing their preparations for the new campaign, which is now less than three weeks away. After taking on Milan, Liverpool will also face Yokohama Marinos in Japan next week.
In today's match, Florian Wirtz could make his first appearance in a Liverpool shirt. New signing Hugo Ekitike, who was confirmed as a new player just a couple of days ago, could also feature.
The game is set to kick off at 12.30pm UK time (7.30pm local time in Hong Kong; 7.30am ET in the US) and will be streamed live via the official club channels.
The match will represent another opportunity for the new signings — not just Wirtz, but the likes of Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong too — to continue to get used to the demands placed on them by Arne Slot.
"When you look at the four older players or the leaders, with me, Ali [Alisson Becker], Virg [Virgil van Dijk] and Mo [Salah] then we take that upon ourselves to try to let them settle in as easy as possible, try to integrate them into the squad as quickly as possible," Andy Robertson told the Reds' official website this week.
"You know how important that is, especially when they’re coming from different countries, different cultures and things like that. It’s just about trying to get them up to speed as quickly as possible.
"We take great pride in that. We were all young before, we’ve all needed help going into squads. We still help the young lads as much as we can.
"When it is new players, helping them settle in — finding houses, even just getting them settled with their family, because we know how important that is — it’s so important.
"On the pitch, they kind of look after themselves — they’ve got so much quality and they’re so good. That’s the pleasing thing. Off the field, it’s about making sure they’re not sitting alone, making sure they’re getting to know each other.
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"These trips are so important; we’re in the hotel, we’re all away from our families, away from our kids and it’s important that we spend a lot of time getting to know each other and things like that. And we’ve done a lot of that.
"The lads already have settled in really well. Obviously Hugo has just come in so we’ll have our first dinner with him tonight. But Jeremie, Milos, Gio, Flo have all really settled in quite quickly and it’s as if they’ve been here for months now, which is pleasing.
"It’s just up to them to then understand the standards of playing with Liverpool, and I think they’re getting to grips with that already."
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