Last updated on July 22
Injuries
Stefan Bajcetic and Wataru Endo
Bajcetic did not play in the 2025-26 season and Endo was forced to miss this summer's World Cup with Japan. Both are, however, expected to train during Liverpool's pre-season tour of the United States.
Head coach Andoni Iraola on July 21: "We have Stefan and Wataru that are close to training with the group. They will start in this during this tour, training not fully maybe but partially with the group."
Conor Bradley, Hugo Ekitike and Giovanni Leoni
The trio have been out with long-term injuries and remain sidelined.
Bradley underwent surgery on a significant knee injury he suffered away at Arsenal in January.
Ekitike ruptured his Achilles tendon back in April and Leoni is recovering from the anterior cruciate ligament tear he sustained during his debut early on in the 2025-26 campaign.
Iraola on July 21: "In terms of order, I think the closest one to returning is Leoni. After will be Conor and Hugo. But especially the last two are still way off, we are talking about months and still a lot of time out."
Availability
Ryan Gravenberch, Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz
Following their participation at the World Cup, these players are set to link up with the Liverpool squad in the United States to begin pre-season.
Iraola on July 21: "The three players that are going to join us are going to be [in the] second week fully with us. The ones that were [eliminated] from the World Cup, they all – because of different reasons – have individual days for their arrivals, but I think the sooner we can start working with them and they can understand what we want from them the better.
"Individually I talked with the three of them, they know the main things, but I am looking forward to having them here with the group and to go slowly, slowly with recovering bodies [to the squad]."
Alisson Becker, Cody Gakpo and Virgil van Dijk
Their preparations for the 2026-27 season will begin at the AXA Training Centre.
Iraola on July 21: "They will, in terms of dates of training, be very similar but they will start training at the AXA in Liverpool. Because of different reasons, especially Virgil because he has been the player with most minutes in Europe I would say, and Cody for other reasons, they are going to start training basically in the same week as the others but instead of making them come here with the team, we considered that it was sensible with them to start the first week training with a small group or even with younger players that are at the AXA and join us when we [return]."
Alexis Mac Allister and Victor Munoz
Both players' World Cup campaign went the distance as Munoz's Spain overcame Argentina in the final.
Iraola on July 21: "In the end, I think the most difficult situations logically will be Alexis and Victor because they played until the end of the tournament, so I think they deserve their holidays and some rest also.I hope they have time to at least train with us a little bit, but it is true that it will probably affect the beginning of the season a little bit.
"We cannot only think in the short term and the first game against Newcastle; we have to also understand, especially in the case of Alexis, who played a lot of minutes during the season and a lot of minutes in the World Cup, that they deserve this rest."
