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And as they continue to mourn the loss of a friend and colleague, here is the team we think Slot will pick in Lancashire.

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Liverpool’s goalkeeping department has overseen some vast changes this summer.

Giorgi Mamardashvili is one of three new keepers, with the coaching personnel also changing massively.

However, while Mamardashvili is likely to play some part against Preston, we think Slot will initially stick with Alisson Becker to begin Sunday’s game.

There could be another new face at right-back, with Jeremie Frimpong now available for Slot.

Joe Gomez has not played since February, which makes a Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate partnership seem likely.

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Meanwhile, the defence has seen another new addition in Milos Kerkez.

But, with Kerkez having spent less than a week training with his new teammates – and a very strange week at that – we think Andy Robertson will begin this one.

If most of the new arrivals this summer have come in defence, then perhaps the most exciting has been in the forward areas.

There has been some debate over where Florian Wirtz will play, and it must be said that any prediction right now is a stab in the dark.

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In our opinion, however, Wirtz has been signed to play as Liverpool’s most advanced midfielder, and we think that’s what he’ll be deployed as here.

Ordinarily, that would mean Dominik Szoboszlai is out of the team.

On Sunday, though, we think he’ll drop deeper to take Alexis Mac Allister’s position.

Ryan Gravenberch will surely complete a new-look three.

There looks likely to be a few changes in the Liverpool attack before the transfer window closes, but none have happened yet.

As a result, the front three is likely to have a similar flavour to last season.

But, for now, Diaz is still in place and we think he’ll go through the middle.

Plenty of changes should be expected from the bench, with Mamardashvili, Frimpong and Kerkez all likely to get on at some stage.