Liverpool Pre-Season Camp Protest Cancellation

Liverpool had planned to take in a pre-season training camp in Tegernsee this summer, but reports in Germany claim they were not welcomed back due to concerns from the community over the conditions the club left the area in following their previous visit. Locals are said to have been unhappy with the state of their facilities and the training pitches after Jurgen Klopp and his players’ trip to the resort town, and Liverpool were also fined €3,000 for damages to a press tent during their stay, following a hearing before the district court in Munich. As a result, Liverpool have been forced to reroute their pre-season plans to the Black Forest, where Jurgen Klopp was raised as a child. They are expected to play 2.Bundesliga side Karlsruher SC in a friendly on July 19, while another warmup fixture is pencilled in for July 24. Pre-season begins at the AXA Training Centre on July 8, with the training camp to follow before a long-haul flight to Singapore to play Leicester (July 30) and Bayern (August 2). The new Premier League campaign begins on the weekend of August 12/13, with the fixture list for next season to be released on June 15.