Kostas Tsimikas is named on the bench as Liverpool begin their pre-season campaign by taking on VfB Stuttgart in Austria this afternoon.

The champions have selected a strong starting line-up for the clash with the newly-promoted Bundesliga side, with Jürgen Klopp set to make wholesale changes at half-time.

Starting line-up: Alisson, Williams, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Keita, Jones, Mane, Salah, Firmino.

Substitutes: Adrian, Kelleher, Wijnaldum, Milner, Grujic, Minamino, Tsimikas, Brewster, Phillips, Hoever, Elliott, Van den Berg, Koumetio.