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Liverpool kick of their 2025/26 UEFA Champions League marketing campaign towards Atletico Madrid at Anfield on September 17.
It comes because the third time the perimeters have met on Europe’s largest stage within the final six seasons after Diego Simeone knocked the defending champions out in 2020.
Jurgen Klopp secured some revenge within the 2021/22 group levels with wins in Liverpool and Madrid for the previous Reds boss.
Nevertheless, lots has modified since then on Merseyside, with Klopp’s successor Arne Slot profitable the Premier League title in his debut 2024/25 season.
Slot has spent huge over the summer time with Liverpool twice breaking the Premier League switch document to herald Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak.
A £125m blockbuster deal to land Isak was accomplished as a part of a dramatic deadline day as Slot missed out on Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi.
Regardless of the fanfare surrounding Isak’s arrival, Reds followers have been advised to anticipate a staggered begin, after three months of inaction.
Amid his strike at Newcastle, the previous Actual Sociedad star didn’t function within the Magpies preseason or their first three Premier League video games of 2025/26, earlier than heading off on worldwide responsibility with Sweden.
Jon Dahl Tomasson opted towards utilizing him within the 2-2 draw with Slovenia and he performed 17 minutes off the bench within the 2-0 loss to Kosovo.
Isak may see some debut minutes towards Burnley this weekend, however his possibilities of beginning towards the Clarets – or when Simeone’s expenses go to Anfield – are slim as per Slot’s newest replace.
“Tomasson deserves an enormous praise as a result of he will get perhaps the most effective striker on the planet, and desires him for his nation, however understands enjoying him may lead to harm, so he took care of the participant,” as per the Liverpool Echo.
“We’ll deal with Alex the identical, don’t anticipate 90 minutes each week, he missed preseason and group periods so we have now to construct him up progressively. That can be a problem, however we signed him for six years, that is what followers have to remember.”
