Liverpool pre-season 2026: Inside Andoni Iraola’s summer plans

More incomings, as well as outgoings, are expected, with Iraola keen to assess the current squad in the coming weeks. Academy players have already returned, while highly-rated 15-year-old Josh Abe will also travel to America for a pre-season tour.

from LiverpoolOf the eight-man World Cup squad, only Alexis McAllister (Argentina) and Munoz (Spain) are still at the tournament – so Iraola will benefit from having a full squad at his disposal for most of pre-season.

Dominic Soboszlai, Joe Gomez, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Curtis Jones, Milos Kerkez, Jeremy Frimpong and Kostas Simikas will all return next week.

Harvey Elliott, after a dismal debt spell Aston VillaAlready returned and met Iraola on Tuesday.

jeremy jacket, That Liverpool signed a £60m deal from RennesJoined this week to help her cope. The French centre-back has successfully completed a rehabilitation program following a shoulder injury and is expected to play a role in pre-season.

The likes of captain Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenburch, Cody Gakpo, Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak were all omitted in the round-of-32 and are expected to join the squad after their time is up. Liverpool They leave for a pre-season tour of the USA on July 20 – a day after the World Cup final.

With Brazil losing to Norway in the round of 16, Alisson Becker is also expected to join later, while some players on rehab, such as Giovanni Leone, Connor Bradley and Wataru Endo, are already on the training ground in the summer.

Hugo Ektic, another long-term absentee, has spent time working with a physiotherapist in Los Angeles as he makes progress towards recovery from his Achilles injury. Frenchman plans to report for the session as well LiverpoolIts medical department before the start of the season.

One of Iraola’s priorities will be to determine whether Jaquet or Leoni is ready to start regularly alongside Virgil van Dijk once the season starts. Liverpool The 20-year-old is a firm believer in Jacquet and 19-year-old Leoni’s potential but it will be a huge ask for them to become immediate regulars at Premier League level.

Leoni’s debut at Anfield last season was marred by an anterior cruciate ligament injury and while no date has been set for his return, it is believed he could feature at some point in pre-season.

As it stands, Iraola has a press conference scheduled to take place in Chicago on July 21, with LiverpoolFirst friendly then being held against Sunderland Before playing against Wrexham in New York on July 25 in Nashville and Leeds in chicago

The Reds will then finish their pre-season with two matches at Anfield, hosting AS Monaco from Serie A and Como 1907 from Serie A, who are managed by Cesc Fabregas.