Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp confirms World Cup quartet to return a week before Premier League season starts
The Reds' preparations for the new campaign have been affected by their players' World Cup success
Liverpool's World Cup semi-finalists will return to the club just a week before the Reds kick off their Premier League season.
Dejan Lovren, Jordan Henderson, Simon Mignolet and Trent Alexander-Arnold have been given three weeks off following their exploits in Russia.
Klopp said: “They are back as well at August 5, I think, then we have proper week to prepare the season.”
Lovren played 651 minutes as Croatia reached the final for the first time in their history.
The centre-back started the final but was unable to help his side to glory, with France clinching a 4-2 victory, while he grappled with a pitch invader.
Henderson played 428 minutes for England as the Three Lions reached the semi-finals for the first time since 1990.
Alexander-Arnold featured in just one game for England, playing 79 minutes in the final group stage clash with Belgium, while Simon Mignolet did not play a single minute as Belgium secured third place.
The other Liverpool players who were in World Cup action this summer will report back for duty earlier.
Marko Grujic, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane will link up with the squad when they fly out for their tour of the United States later this week.
Roberto Firmino will not travel to the US, and is scheduled to return later this month in the team's subsequent training camp in France.
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