Tour 2018: Day one

Talking of pictures, Andy Robertson fancied himself as something of a snapper today. The Scot took the reins from club photographer Andrew Powell during the trip to Roush Fenway...

Open training in Charlotte

The Reds held a workout in the sunshine at Bank of America Stadium, with a crowd of local supporters in the stands to watch their team up close. Check out the full photo gallery here.

Earlier today, the Liverpool squad visited the base of NASCAR team, Roush Fenway Racing.

And after taking a tour of the facilities, they went head-to-head in a tyre-changing speed competition.

View the full gallery here.

Klopp's key points

The manager discussed a wide range of subjects during his press conference earlier. Read our reports on the key points from his chat with the media...

• Team news update for Dortmund match
• Mohamed Salah fitness latest
• Verdict on Alisson, Fabinho, Keita and Shaqiri
• 'We want to give back on these trips'

That's it from the manager's press conference.

Training is next up at the Bank of America Stadium. You can watch a portion of the session live and free via the YouTube video above, from 9pm BST.

Klopp: “I want to win all pre-season games but I have to accept it’s not always possible. 

“Pre-season games, you take what you get and work with it, that’s it. Football is about winning, that’s true, but we do pre-season to face problems and find solutions. 

“The ICC tournament I really like because it gives you the opportunity to play against the best teams.”

Klopp: "I’m really happy that we can be here and give these people a little something back. We want to be as close to the people as possible, it’s really special."

The boss on Mohamed Salah's fitness: "We were constantly in contact [during the World Cup] - he was fine, shoulder-wise he has no probelems. 

"He looks full of joy, really happy to be back, it was nice to see him yesterday. Same for Sadio, they had an intense year but they’re really looking forward to the season already."

Klopp: "Pre-season is a summary of challenges. The season is not waiting for us, it starts on August 12 and we need to ready."

Klopp: "So far we trained a lot, big intensity, long sessions, we came through quite good. Now we want to involve the three new players [Salah, Mane, Grujic] and Gini Wijnaldum, who couldn’t train much yet. We want to show our 100 per cent available in the game."

Jürgen Klopp has arrived for his press conference...

"I’m looking forward really to the game tomorrow night - it’s against my former club, of course, but for sure the best team we’ve played so far," says the boss.

The Bank of America Stadium looks in great shape on the eve of the game. As we mentioned earlier, temperatures have risen sharply as the day has progressed. Very humid conditions await the players for their training session.

Andy Robertson: "We'll hopefully be competing with the two Manchester clubs [in the coming season], and Borussia Dortmund are a top, top side. It'll be three big games and it's a bit more tasty; they're games you want to play in and ones that will step up our pre-season and get us ready for the first game of the season."

Last time against Dortmund

The Reds' upcoming activities are all geared towards tomorrow's opening International Champions Cup match against Borussia Dortmund.

Last time these two sides met it was, shall we say, interesting...

Training update

Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Marko Grujic will take part in the full session with their teammates when Liverpool train at the Bank of America Stadium tonight.

Pedro Chirivella is the only Reds player on tour who won't participate in the main workout; he'll instead undertake a bespoke fitness routine due to a sore back.

You can watch the session in full live via our YouTube page at 9pm BST.

Click here for the full update.

In Charlotte or nearby today? Massive Red? Fancy hearing from four Liverpool legends?

If you're answering 'yes' repeatedly, we have just the thing for you...

We can reveal that there was a very close finish to the aforementioned competition, with Mo Salah involved in a neck-and-neck race against Nathaniel Clyne and Kamil Grabara. But you'll have to wait for the video to discover the conclusion!

Nuts and bolts

Competitiveness comes naturally to the players, of course, and their trip to Roush Fenway could not have passed by without some sort of challenge.

But what exactly? Well, changing the nuts on tyres in teams of two. Of course. Stay logged on to Liverpoolfc.com to find out who won later on today.

Touchdown

Watch the moments after Liverpool landed in Charlotte earlier today in our clip below...

Sturridge on social

Daniel Sturridge has taken control of our Instagram Stories feed and is currently populating it with content.

You can see what he's up to over at www.instagram.com/liverpoolfc.

Robbo behind the camera

Andy Robertson is wasting no time in getting involved on his first pre-season tour with the Reds and as the players have been visiting the Roush Fenway Racing Museum, the defender has grabbed control of our photographer's camera...

Andy's inflight chat

As mentioned earlier, we caught up with Andy Robertson during the flight over to Charlotte earlier today.

And you can see what he had to say in full in our video below...

Here's Dejan!

After his World Cup exploits, Dejan Lovren isn't part of the tour squad in America... but he has made an appearance. Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah had a video call with their teammate upon arrival...

Liverpool have arrived at the team hotel in the centre of Charlotte. The players will take a short rest before beginning the day's activities.

The players and staff are through airport security in Charlotte and a familiar vehicle awaits to take them to the hotel.

The entire squad will attend a NASCAR event later in the day before turning their attentions to training at the Bank of America Stadium.

Alisson checks in

Away from tour for a moment, you can now go behind the scenes of Alisson Becker's first day as a Liverpool player with our YouTube clip below.

As ever, it's a fascinating insight into the final hours of a transfer.

Inside track

Klopp and co began their journey in the early hours of Saturday morning - and our cameras were at Manchester Airport to capture it. 

Take a look at a selection of shots below, or click here to check out the full gallery.

Squad confirmed

First things first - who has headed out to the US? Here's the 29-man squad that flew to the States last night...

Karius, Clyne, Fabinho, Van Dijk, Wijnaldum, Milner, Keita, Mane, Salah, Gomez, Sturridge, Grujic, Klavan, Moreno, Lallana, Shaqiri, Robertson, Origi, Solanke, Matip, Phillips, Jones, Markovic, Ojo, Woodburn, Kelleher, Camacho, Chirivella, Grabara.

And we're off

Hello and welcome to Liverpoolfc.com's live blog for day one of the Reds' pre-season tour of the United States.

Jürgen Klopp and his squad headed Stateside in the early hours of this morning and are expected to land in Charlotte, North Carolina around 12pm BST (7am EDT).

We'll let you know as soon as the lads land in the US and will be providing updates throughout a day that features a training session as well as a Klopp press conference. Stay tuned!