Why the Academy will mirror Jürgen Klopp's training programme this pre-season

Members of Neil Critchley's side reported to a sun-drenched Kirkby complex on Wednesday for the first day of the 2019-20 campaign.

And the hard yards have now started for the Reds' Academy prospects as they attempt to mirror the same methods of working as the current champions of Europe.

"We try to follow their programme as much as possible – the training times, the amount of training they do," Critchley explained to Liverpoolfc.com. "That's what we're preparing our boys for, the next step.

"Maybe some of our players will get the opportunity to go to Melwood and train. If we are not working closely to how they work – in terms of the loading and the training – then we're setting our boys up to…