The phoney war is over and Jurgen Klopp might just be heading into the new Premier League season with mixed emotions from his busy summer.
On the one hand, Klopp has been able to see the bulk of his charges get some vital pre-season work under their belts ahead of another sapping campaign, particularly during the long days and double sessions in Austria prior to their return to Merseyside on Friday.
From the largely commercial-driven jaunts of Thailand and Singapore across to the stamina-building opportunities near the Austrian mountains, it's been a few weeks much more in-keeping with a traditional pre-season schedule of a club the size of Liverpool after a couple of improvised, pandemic-impacted itineraries over the last two years.
