While a winter World Cup is entirely uncharted territory for football, Liverpool are at least preparing to tread a familiar path next week.
The Reds will fly out to Dubai next weekend as part of a two-week long stay in the region where they will supplement their work on the training pitches with friendlies against Lyon and AC Milan as part of the 'Dubai Super Cup'.
While the likes of Everton and Celtic have flown straight to Australia as part of their mid-season preparations, Klopp has given his squad a couple of weeks off before they link up again ahead of the 3500-mile trip.