Liverpool gave a glimpse of its pre-season training at the AXA Training Centre, following a heartfelt tribute to Diogo Jota.
After the overwhelming show of support during Sunday’s pre-season game against Preston, Arne Slot’s side reopened the doors to their inner sanctum, with players reporting for their first training session.
In the first game against Preston, Arne Slot spoke in the morning on matchday when he said: “It’s very difficult to find the right words because we constantly debate what is appropriate. What is appropriate in our actions? What is appropriate [for] what we have to say?”
He continued: “Can we train again? Can we laugh again? Can we be angry if there’s a wrong decision? And I’ve said to them, maybe the best thing for us to do is handle this situation like Jota would have.”
“What I meant with that is that Jota was always himself – it didn’t matter if he was talking to me, to his teammates, to the staff – he was always himself. So let us try to be ourselves as well.”
And finally, he added: “If we want to laugh, we laugh. If we want to cry, we cry. If they want to train, they can train. If they don’t want to train, they don’t train. But be yourself – don’t think you have to be different than what your emotions tell you.”
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Which players were shown as Liverpool opened AXA doors?
The club has understandably kept a quiet tone in the early days of pre-season after the tragic passing of Diogo Jota. Players also looked emotionally reserved during training, as seen in the clips.
There’s no doubt the squad gave the green light for the cameras to return, with the first glimpse showing the players heading to the gym for their morning session.
Florian Wirtz, Cody Gakpo, and Giorgi Mamardashvili were the first spotted. New signings Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong also appeared shortly after.
Mohamed Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai, and others like Ibrahima Konate, Kostas Tsimikas, Curtis Jones, and Ryan Gravenberch were all shown in decent spirits, followed by Joe Gomez, Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, and Virgil van Dijk.
The outdoor session then took place, where players like Alisson, Andy Robertson, Federico Chiesa, Conor Bradley, Wataru Endo, Luca Stephenson, Jayden Danns, Ben Doak, Trey Nyoni, and Rio Ngumoha were also seen in action.
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