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The £79million striker is poised for his first minutes as a Red

Debut loading: Hugo Ekitike could feature for Liverpool for the first time

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Alex Young@alexwsyoung1 minute ago

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Hugo Ekitike will make his Liverpool debut as the club take on Yokohama FM in Japan this morning.

The new £79million striker watched on at the weekend as the Reds were comfortably beaten 4-2 by AC Milan in Hong Kong, but is now set to get his first minutes in Liverpool colours.

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Fellow new signings Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez should get the nod from head coach Arne Slot.

Virgil van Dijk has shaken off any fitness scare, after going down in the first half of the loss to Milan, and will start again in Yokohama.

Allison is replaced by Giorgi Mamardashvili after he was forced to leave camp due to a personal issue,.

Dominik Szoboszlai scored a beauty last time out and has earned himself another start, but Trey Nyoni misses out on the starting XI.

Fellow youngster Rio Ngumoha was, arguably, Liverpool's best player against Milan and had hoped for a longer run out in attack alongside Mohamed Salah and Ekitike, but misses out on a starting berth again.

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Fit again Alexis Mac Allister returns to the bench, while injury saw Joe Gomez left at home.

Liverpool XI: Mamardashvili; Bradley, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo, Ekitike

Injured: Joe Gomez

Unavailable: Allison

Time and date: Wednesday July 30, 11.30am BST

Venue: Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan

How to watch: LFCTV and All Red Video

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