Liverpool confirm two Anfield friendlies as pre-season plan emerges
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SportFootballLiverpool FCLiverpool will conclude their pre-season programme with home games against Monaco and ComoLiverpool will conclude their pre-season preparations with Anfield friendlies against Monaco and Como on consecutive weekends in August.The Reds will entertain French side Monaco on Sunday, August 9 at 2.30pm before they face Italian outfit Como the following Sunday, August 16 at 6pm ahead of the Premier League season starting the following weekend.Liverpool's only previous competitive meetings with Monaco came in the group stage of the Champions League on the way to winning the competition in 2004/05, with the Reds triumphant 2-0 at home and losing 1-0 away. They also won a friendly in Paris against the French side in 1992.However, they have never before played a game at any level against Como, who are managed by former Arsenal and Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas and finished fourth in Serie A this season to qualify for the Champions League for the first time.The Reds have held Anfield friendly double-headers on the same day in the last two seasons, with this the first time since 2021 they have had two pre-season friendlies at home on separate days.Liverpool, who are in talks with Andoni Iraola over replacing the sacked Arne Slot as manager, will earlier spend two weeks in the United States on tour with games against Sunderland in Nashville on Saturday, July 25, Wrexham in New York on Wednesday, July 29 and Leeds United in Chicago on Sunday, August 2.Tickets for the two Anfield friendlies will go on sale on Wednesday with prices ranging from £35 for adults on general sale to £5 for season ticket, hospitality and All Red members aged 16 and under.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE!
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