Latest Liverpool transfer news and gossip as the Reds continue to be linked with several new signings during the summer transfer window

It is time for Liverpool’s first of four pre-season friendlies, the Reds are in the United States and will meet Adrian‘s Real Betis. Here’s how to watch on TV and online.

Arne Slot‘s first match in front of fans takes place against La Liga opposition, now the home of recently departed goalkeeper Adrian.

Pittsburgh is the first stop of the Reds’ pre-season tour and they are playing at Acrisure Stadium, which has a capacity of 68,400 and is home to the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers.

Liverpool named an initial 28-man squad for the tour, and Diogo Jota has just been added to the list after his arrival on Thursday.

Check This Is Anfield for the latest team news ahead of kickoff.

You can also follow the games by downloading the This is Anfield app, including lineups, live coverage and all the reaction and analysis.

The game gets underway at 12.30am Saturday (BST) – or 7.30pm in Pittsburgh, 7.30pm in New York, 4.30pm in Los Angeles, 9.30am (Saturday) in Sydney, 3.30am (Saturday) in Dubai and 2.30am (Saturday) in Nairobi.

UK Viewers

Liverpool vs. Real Betis is being shown live on LFCTV in the UK, which is available to live stream here.

Live audio commentary of Liverpool vs. Real Betis and a full match replay and highlights will also be available on LFCTV GO here.

This Is Anfield will also be providing live text commentary throughout on our website and full match reaction and analysis on the This Is Anfield app for iPhone and Android later.

Download free here.

US Viewers

Liverpool vs. Real Betis is being shown live on ESPN Deportes and fuboTV in the US, which is available to live stream here.

Live audio commentary of Liverpool vs. Real Betis and a full match replay and highlights will also be available on LFCTV GO here.

This Is Anfield will also be providing live text commentary throughout on our website and full match reaction and analysis on the This Is Anfield app for iPhone and Android later.

Download free here.

Worldwide

Fans outside of the UK can watch Real Betis vs. Liverpool on LFCTV GO here, with a full match replay and highlights also available after the game.

Check our Rest of the World TV guide below for a list of TV broadcasters showing the match live.

This Is Anfield will also be providing live text commentary throughout on our website and full match reaction and analysis on the This Is Anfield app for iPhone and Android later.

Download free here.

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Supporters can find the Reds’ first pre-season fixture on the following channels worldwide:

Cytavision on the Go, Cytavision Sports 7, ESPN Deportes, beIN Sports Connect Hong Kong, LFCTV, VG+, Betis TV, ESPN+, fuboTV, ESPN App

You can follow all the action tonight and throughout pre-season with us by downloading the This is Anfield app for iPhone and Android for free.

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Liverpool have welcomed back two key figures to pre-season training ahead of their first friendly on their US tour, while a fresh Anthony Gordon claim has surfaced.

Player and coach land in the US

Liverpool have operated this summer without some key names, but Diogo Jota and goalkeeping coach Claudio Taffarel have touched down in Pittsburgh after their respective summer breaks.

Jota is the first of three Reds to report back during the US tour and, after arriving on Thursday evening, told the club website that “I’ll try to catch up [fitness-wise] with the team, do my physical work first to be ready to start doing my tactical work.”

The forward will first undergo pre-season testing before rejoining team training.

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— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 26, 2024

As for Taffarel, who was working with Brazil at the Copa America, he was straight back to work on the training pitches alongside new lead goalkeeping coach Fabian Otte.

With Alisson still absent, they led a group that included Caoimhin Kelleher, Vitezslav Jaros, Harvey Davies and Marcelo Pitaluga.

Slowly but surely, it is all coming together.

5 things today: Jones’ exciting insight and loan deals

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• Liverpool have agreed their second loan deal of the season, sending goalkeeper Fabian Mrozek to Sweden – more deals are to be agreed in the coming weeks

• Owen Beck is among the young players who could find a temporary home this summer, he’s attracting interest from clubs in Germany, the Netherlands and the Championship

• It is hard to believe, but the club’s ex-goalkeeping coach has revealed Liverpool would not have signed Alisson if the Nabil Fekir transfer didn’t collapse – lucky, eh!

• John Heitinga is the recent addition to Slot’s backroom staff, and his “Premier League experience” is a valuable quality ahead of the Dutchman’s debut season

Latest Liverpool FC news

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• Liverpool journalist David Lynch has suggested a deal for Anthony Gordon could be “revived” under the right circumstances – and that would likely hinge on Luis Diaz‘s future (Anfield Agenda)

• The club have been on the lookout for a set-piece specialist to join their backroom staff, and one is reportedly “close to joining.” We’re intrigued to find out who it is! (Echo)

Across Stanley Park and overseas games?

• The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, anticipates Premier League games will be played abroad and he didn’t really speak against it – can we please think of the fans, this isn’t the move (LBC)

• Danish midfielder Jesper Lindstrom is a Reds fan and was a reported target for Liverpool last year, but he’s now signed for Everton – please have red Christmas ornaments, Jesper!

• Bordeaux have relinquished their professional status and have declared bankruptcy days after FSG’s takeover talks were confirmed to have collapsed

What we’re reading…

Jones projected a lot of energy when he spoke to the press, and This Is Anfield‘s Jack Lusby has taken a look at why fans should be just as excited as the midfielder.

Counting down to friendly vs. Real Betis

For the first time, Slot will line up a team in front of fans as the Reds face La Liga’s Real Betis in Pittsburgh, here’s all you need to know:

• Kick off: 7.30pm local time; 12.30am (Saturday BST)
• Where: Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh
• How to follow: TIA’s liveblog from midnight

We will have all our regular post-match analysis on Saturday morning. If you’re staying up for the match, enjoy!

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With Liverpool playing Real Betis in the first friendly of their pre-season tour, it gave Adrian a chance to say goodbye to Mohamed Salah and Kostas Tsimikas.

After the season ended with no decision over his future, Adrian was not given the same farewell as the likes of Thiago and Joel Matip at Anfield.

Instead, with Liverpool having offered the goalkeeper a new contract, his free transfer to Betis meant for a quiet exit while his team-mates were away.

But as the two sides face off in Pittsburgh on Friday night, there was an opportunity for Adrian to say goodbye to those he grew close to.

That included Salah and Tsimikas, two of his closest friends in the squad, with the pair greeting their former team-mate at their hotel on Thursday.

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Adrian presented both players with Betis shirts, printed with their name and number on the back, in a cheeky token of their friendship.

Salah was all smiles as he posed with Adrian holding his No. 11 shirt, while Tsimikas joked “I’m leaving!”

The Reds duo are expected to start in Arne Slot‘s first official friendly as head coach, while Adrian will be hoping for his first minutes since joining Betis.

“To be honest, it’s been really intense, the last few weeks, month I would say,” the 37-year-old told reporters at a press conference on Thursday.

“A lot of conversations with Real Betis and with Liverpool as well, because they offered me an extension of my contract.

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“So first of all, I just say thank you to [Liverpool] for giving me that opportunity to continue at the club, but that opportunity came to come back home and I had to use that opportunity.

“As we say, the train passes one time, I have to catch that train; the train is running, so here I am.

“Obviously I tried to express myself to the Liverpool fans with as well, because I had a great five seasons there.”

Adrian signed a two-year contract with Betis, having spent 15 years with the club before his move to England in 2013.

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The ECHO touches down in the United States ahead of Liverpool's three-game tour, starting with Real Betis

The ECHO touches down in the United States ahead of Liverpool's three-game tour, starting with Real Betis