Liverpool are set to stage a ‘home’ pre-season friendly at Preston North End - with the Deepdale club subsequently asking for permission to play their first match of the season away.
Mail Sport has learned that Jurgen Klopp’s side have pencilled in a tune-up for Monday, August 7, ahead of the start of the top-flight campaign on the following Saturday, August 12.
However, the Championship season starts two days before the proposed friendly, which is against as-yet unknown opposition. And Preston, wary that they may be drawn at home in the Carabao Cup on the Tuesday, have made the request to avoid the prospect of three games in four days on their pitch.