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Liverpool Echo
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Ian Doyle

Liverpool could be reunited with Sadio Mane as summer tour plan edges nearer

Liverpool could be reunited with Sadio Mane in the summer as they continue to assess their options for pre-season.

The Reds are yet to formalise plans for their preparations ahead of the next campaign with the club still to determine their schedule ahead of the Premier League starting on the weekend of August 12.

The ECHO reported last month they are unlikely to be heading back to the United States for the first time since 2019 having rejected an offer of a money-spinning trip to Las Vegas.

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Instead, the Liverpool are poised for a return to Asia as they weigh up the possibility of going back to Singapore, where they stopped for the second half of their Far East tour last year.

Reports in Singapore have this week indicated the Reds could be close to confirming their visit. And they have also claimed Jurgen Klopp's side are being lined up for involvement in a friendly tournament which could include Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur, Jose Mourinho's Roma, and Bayern Munich, who Mane joined last summer having spent six years at Anfield.

Any further overseas travel for Liverpool will most certainly come after a stint at a training camp in Europe. Earlier this year, reports emerged in Germany claiming Klopp was considering a stint near Donaueschingen, an area he previously visited while in charge of Borussia Dortmund. The Reds would most likely organise one or two friendlies during their stay.

Nothing has yet been finalised but, with the start of pre-season around three months away, Liverpool will soon settle on their schedule as they look to regroup after a disappointing campaign.

Summer plans will not be affected by a failure to reach the Champions League. Should Liverpool qualify for the Europa League by finishing fifth or potentially sixth, they would be go straight into the group stage which begins in September.

And if they instead are in the Europa Conference League by ending up sixth or seventh depending on who wins the FA Cup, they would start in the final play-off round which takes place during the last two weeks of August - after the Premier League season has already started.

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