The Reds have started their pre-season preparations in full flow with a training camp in Germany.
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Liverpool will be eager to bounce back from last season’s disappointments when the new campaign begins next month. A lot was expected from the Reds in the 2022-23 season, however, things did not turn out the way many anticipated it to be. Jurgen Klopp’s side missed out on Champions League football after failing to finish in the top four positions in the Premier League table. They also suffered early exits in cup competitions.
The Reds have started their pre-season preparations in full flow with a training camp in Germany. Left-back Andy Robertson, who has been among the 32-man Liverpool squad, gave an insight into the training camp. “It’s always competitive, especially in pre-season. You have more chance to play small-sided games and against each other. Probably during the season, especially when you get three games a week, it’s a bit more tactical and a bit more trying to prepare the next game,” he told Liverpoolfc.com.
“Pre-season is always competitive; it always brings out the competitive nature in all of us and if we didn’t have that competitive nature we wouldn’t be where we are. That’s what gets you to clubs like this. It’s that competitiveness – it’s that not wanting to lose. We’ve all had that since a very early age. It always comes out pre-season, no matter what age we are. It always brings out a bit of fun as well. Of course, we get competitive and you want to be on the winning side, and thankfully last night I was. There’s no problem with getting beaten and being angry about it. It’s about being angry and trying to make sure it doesn’t happen the next time.”
Andy Robertson believes pre-season provides the necessary basis for the new campaign, however, he wants his Liverpool teammates to be fully ready when the official matches kick starts next month. “It gives you a basis, that’s all it can give you. You work hard here so the games, when we start, become easier, because your fitness is pretty much where you left it last season. That’s what we’re obviously trying to do. But whether it lays foundations or anything like that, I’ve been in the game long enough I’m not so sure about that, it all comes down to when the real fun starts,” he stated.
He added: “Then we have to be 100 per cent ready and we have to go with everything we’ve got. These training sessions and everything we’re doing off the pitch and stuff is mentally preparing us for that. Then when it comes to the first game of the season, we need to be ready to attack the season.”
The left-back then went on to explain how tough the sessions have been till now. “Incredibly tough, it’s early morning rises, tough sessions during the day and then obviously when the sun comes out and we train a lot harder with that heat – everything makes it a lot harder. The three days have been incredibly tough. There’s been no kind of easing our way into it. It’s been pretty full on but the lads have reacted to it and it’s important that in these moments we all stick together and we try to enjoy the hard work and push each other through it,” he elaborated.
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