If history is any guide, Liverpool’s recent friendly with Salzburg will have seen them face a team stocked with Premier League stars of the future. Their line up may even have contained players who will join the Reds further down the line
Three years ago, Liverpool hosted Salzburg in the Champions League. Current Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch was in charge of the visitors, and his starting XI included Patson Daka (now of Leicester), Hwang Hee-chan (Wolves) and Enock Mwepu (Brighton).
He also fielded Takumi Minamino, whose impressive performance no doubt contributed to him joining the Reds a few months later. But the jewel in Salzburg’s crown was Erling Haaland, whom Liverpool can expect to face with Manchester City in the Community Shield tomorrow.
