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Liverpool person announced their 29-man squad for their upcoming pre-season circuit of Asia, with 2 notable omissions.
The Reds person played 2 friendlies truthful far, sweeping speech Preston and Stoke City with 8 goals scored and 1 conceded.
Arne Slot's men volition present measurement up their preparations for the caller play by jetting retired to Far East, taking connected AC Milan successful Hong Kong earlier facing Japanese broadside Yokohama F. Marinos.
The afloat squad was announced connected the club's authoritative website Sunday evening, with 2 large absentees.
Heavily courted by Bayern Munich, Luis Diaz volition not beryllium portion of the travelling party successful what would beryllium look to beryllium a wide denotation helium is connected the move.
Diaz was not included connected the teamsheet for the 5-0 behind-closed-doors triumph implicit Stoke City, with Bayern precocious having a £58.5 cardinal connection rejected.
But the Colombian isn't the lone Liverpool attacker not included connected the tour. Federico Chiesa was connected people successful the triumph implicit Stoke but according to Fabrizio Romano, the Italian has been near retired arsenic "he’s expected to permission this summer".
Luis Diaz looks acceptable to determination connected from Liverpool this summer. Image: Getty
Chiesa lone signed for astir £10 cardinal past summertime but lone featured 12 times successful each competitions, scoring once.
James Pearce from The Athletic reported that his exclusion is down to a "minor fitness" contented but plentifulness of Reds supporters judge some Diaz and Chiesa are connected the mode out.
One instrumentality said: "They tin perceive maine crying successful Liverpool with this quality ffs."
A 2nd commented: "I was good until I saw this."
A 3rd added: "We decidedly request an different attacker/striker if Chiesa is leaving arsenic well."
Another wrote: "Not Chiesa antheral I don't privation him to go."
The squad includes big-hitters similar Virgil van Dijk, Alisson Becker and Mo Salah, arsenic good arsenic caller signings Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez.
The usage of Dominik Szoboszlai volition beryllium peculiarly absorbing aft helium lined up arsenic a right-back successful the crippled against Stoke astatine the AXA Training Centre.
Liverpool's squad for pre-season tour: Alisson, Gomez, Endo, Van Dijk, Konate, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Nunez, Mac Allister, Salah, Jones, Gakpo, Elliott, Tsimikas, Robertson, Gravenberch, Doak, Woodman, Mamardashvili, Kerkez, Wirtz, Frimpong, Pecsi, Ngumoha, Misciur, Morton, Bradley, Stephenson, Nyoni.
