Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp details first days of preseason

Football
17 Aug 2020 • 7:09 PM MYT
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has spoken about his team resuming training in Austria.

The short turnaround for the 2020/21 season means Klopp's side are already preparing for their title defence.

And the German says his team will skip the usual endurance testing that takes place during preseason training.

"We never start with pure running, but of course the boys didn't lose a lot," Klopp told the club's website. "The plan for them was really rest for two weeks and then start with physical work for five days, so they didn't lose anything pretty much.

"So we don't do testing, like an endurance test or whatever which we usually do, it's not necessary. We don't have time for it on the other side because we play, meanwhile, in 13 days, our first competitive game [against Arsenal].

"It's, of course, different because the status, the level is different, so the ball will be involved pretty much all the time but some running sessions will be there as well."

Klopp added that he was delighted to be back on the training pitch.

"That's the best part of my job, to be honest; I'm surrounded by people I really, really like," he said.

"So it's like meeting friends again if it's players, if it's you all, it's just nice to come back and do what we are actually all best in. If I'm 100 per cent honest, I would have had not a massive problem if this break would have been a week longer or so, but absolutely no problem.

"When I left the holiday space and arrived here, in this moment it was like it always was since I'm here – just beautiful and just brilliant to meet all the people again. I'm completely happy and it's always like coming home, even when we are not at home in the moment."