For many Premier League managers, long-haul pre-season trips are more a necessity than a desire.
Ahead of a gruelling Premier League campaign that sets off at a frenetic pace and never gives up, the peaceful tranquility of training at the foot of Austrian mountains or just outside a French spa town that straddles the shores of Lake Geneva has been something that Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has enoyed.
The pandemic forced the abandonment of any overseas trips in 2020, while in 2021 the Reds chose to keep things low key as the world continued to wrestle with the fallout of COVID-19 and varying restrictions by heading to Austria and France. This summer the Reds will get back to jetting far further afield with trips to both Thailand and Singapore, taking on Manchester United in Bangkok before facing Crystal Palace in the Standard Chartered Trophy at the National Stadium in Kallang.
