Football returns. You can’t beat a July start, can you?

Thankfully Roy has taken the advice of Peter Bruckner and co. – I don’t see the point of procuring the services of an elite Sports Science department – and then ignoring them. The Europa Cup has to be low on the list of club priorities, and it’ll be a nice chance to see some of the youngsters involved – although there’s almost an entire team of ‘senior’ Reds in the squad.

Liverpool squad: Cavalieri, Aquilani, Agger, Jovanovic, Kyrgiakos, Lucas, Wilson, Ngog, Spearing, Darby, Shelvey, Kelly, Skrtel, Eccleston, Ayala, Hansen, Gulacsi, Amoo, Dalla Valle, Ince.

29 Jul 2010, A, 19:45 Europa Cup.

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