Liverpool's [fixtures with Newcastle United and Arsenal](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/breaking-liverpool-fixtures-newcastle-arsenal-32026816) have both been rescheduled in August after being selected for television, while the Reds' opening weekend clash with Bournemouth was already confirmed as taking place on Friday 15.
After facing the Cherries at Anfield, Arne Slot's men will travel to St James' Park to take on Newcastle. That game is now slated to take place at 8pm UK time (3pm ET) on Monday, August 25. It will be broadcast on Sky Sports in the UK.
The following weekend, Arsenal will come to Anfield in an early clash of last season's top two. That game will be played at 4.30pm UK time (11.30am ET) on Sunday, August 31, and will also be shown live on Sky Sports.
Slot and his players have begun to regroup for pre-season this week, with the game against Preston North End this weekend seemingly set to go ahead. It will be the first time the Reds' stars take to the field [after the tragic loss of Diogo Jota](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-makes-decision-preston-north-32024697).
"What to say? What can anyone say at a time like this when the shock and the pain is so incredibly raw? I wish I had the words but I know I do not," Slot said in a statement last week.
"All I have are feelings that I know so many people will share about a person and a player we loved dearly and a family we care so much about.
"My first thoughts are not those of a football manager. They are of a father, a son, a brother and an uncle and they belong to the family of Diogo and Andre Silva who have experienced such an unimaginable loss.
"My message to them is very clear – you will never walk alone. The players, the staff, the supporters of Liverpool Football Club are all with you and from what I have seen today, the same can be said of the wider family of football.
"This is not solely a response to tragedy. It is also a reaction to the goodness of the people involved and the respect that so many have for the boys as individuals and for the family as a whole.
"For us as a club, the sense of shock is absolute. Diogo was not just our player. He was a loved one to all of us. He was a teammate, a colleague, a workmate and in all of those roles he was very special.
"I could say so much about what he brought to our team but the truth is everyone who watched Diogo play could see it. Hard work, desire, commitment, great quality, goals. The essence of what a Liverpool player should be.
"There were also the parts that not everyone got to see. The person who never sought popularity but found it anyway. Not a friend to two people, a friend to everyone. Someone who made others feel good about themselves just by being with them. A person who cared deeply for his family.
"The last time we spoke, I congratulated Diogo on winning the Nations League and wished him luck for his forthcoming wedding. In many ways, it was a dream summer for Diogo and his family, which makes it all the more heartbreaking that it should end like this.
"When I first came to the club, one of the first songs I got to know was the one that our fans sing for Diogo. I had not worked with him previously but I knew straight away that if the Liverpool supporters, who have seen so many great players over the years, had such a unique chant for Diogo, he must have special qualities.
"That we have lost those qualities in such terrible circumstances is something we have not yet come to terms with. For this reason, we need everyone at the club to stand together and to be there for one another. We owe this to Diogo, to Andre Silva, to their wider family and to ourselves."