Simon Mignolet believes Liverpool’s proposed pre-season preparations will ensure they’re in the best possible shape to execute Jürgen Klopp’s game-plans in 2016-17.

The Reds will contest a quartet of domestic friendlies in early July against Tranmere Rovers, Fleetwood Town, Wigan Athletic and Huddersfield Town before jetting out to the United States.

Across the Atlantic, they will take on Chelsea in Pasadena and AC Milan in Santa Clara, before returning to the UK to tackle Barcelona at Wembley – all three matches are part of the International Champions Cup tournament. In between, a head-to-head with AS Roma has been pencilled in for August 1.

And Mignolet feels this schedule will stand Liverpool in good stead ahead of the new campaign, which will be Klopp’s first full season at the Anfield helm.

The goalkeeper told Goal.com: “The gaffer wants us to work really hard in preparation for next season to make sure we are fit and can deal with the intensity and his demands.

“We weren’t able to train much with all the games we played - the matches were like our training - so this gives him a chance to spend more time working on everything he expects from us.

“In the gaffer’s seven months here we’ve seen that we’re heading in the right direction and in pre-season he can put his stamp more so on us and implement his thinking more.

“Those games in the ICC against such big teams is the best sort of preparation. It will be a great workout and something to look forward to.”

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