Four first-team players missing from Liverpool squad for Singapore tour including pre-season star

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has named his squad for their pre-season tour of Singapore, with several big names missing.

Liverpool travel to Asia on Thursday to continue their preparations for the 2023/24 campaign.

Klopp's side take on Championship club Leicester City at the Singapore National Stadium on Saturday before facing Bayern Munich at the same venue on Wednesday.

Jordan Henderson will not be on the trip after completing his move to Saudi Pro League side Al Ettifaq.

He joined the Saudi club on a three-year deal, worth a reported £700,000 per week, on Thursday.

Henderson could be joined in Saudi Arabia by former Liverpool teammate Fabinho.

At Ittihad are in negotiations to sign the Brazilian after offering Liverpool £40m for the midfielder.

Fabinho was left out of Liverpool's squad for the tour of Singapore along with fellow first-team players Thiago Alcantara, Stefan Bajcetic and Conor Bradley.

The Times journalist Paul Joyce confirmed Thiago and Bajcetic are staying on Merseyside to continue their rehabilitation from injury.

Bradley has featured twice in pre-season for Liverpool but was also missing from the squad.

The Athletic report the full-back is set to sign a new three-year deal with Liverpool after impressing Klopp and is expected to be in his senior squad for the upcoming campaign.

"Everybody speaks positively about him," Klopp said. "I think one-and-a-half years ago only a few football nerds would have known about him and now everybody knows him. That’s cool and that's the first step.

"Our plans are bring him back, go in the pre-season and enjoy the steps he's made, then we will decide together what we are doing from that moment on. Conor will be our player, but we have to see if it makes more sense for him going on loan after pre-season or not."

Liverpool squad for Singapore tour

Alisson, Gomez, Van Dijk, Konate, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Nunez, Mac Allister, Salah, Adrian, Jones, Gakpo, Elliott, Jota, Tsimikas, Robertson, Matip, Clark, Scanlon, Doak, McConnell, Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Koumas, Quansah, Mrozek, Frauendorf.

Topics: Liverpool, Football, Fabinho, Premier League, Thiago Alcantara

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