Joe Gomez has flown home from Liverpool’s pre-season tour of Asia due to a minor Achilles injury. Gomez complained of discomfort following Thursday’s training session at Kai Tak Stadium.

Joe Gomez leaves pre-season tour injured to leave Liverpool with centre-back dilemma - The injury-prone England international has returned to England with a hamstring issue

Liverpool are set to allow James McConnell to depart Anfield this summer after leaving him out of their pre-season tour. The Reds flew out to Asia over the weekend ahead of games against AC Milan and Yokohama F. Marinos. They named a 29-man squad for the two fixtures but McConnell was omitted from the group.