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Liverpool’s first pre-season game vs Preston live on free-to-air TV with Diogo Jota tributes planned
Liverpool’s friendly against Preston North End will go ahead as planned on terrestrial TV this weekend. The Premier League champions’ first pre-season match this summer had been in doubt following Diogo Jota’s tragic death last week. Digital tributes to Diogo and Andre will be displayed across pitchside LEDsGetty Jota died in a car accident in Spain, aged 28, last Thursday, in a devastating incident that also killed his brother, Andre Silva. Among the outpouring of grief, Liverpool delayed the return of their other first-team players to attend the Portuguese’s funeral. The Reds have since slowly begun their preparations for next season, with senior training held for the first time on Tuesday. Following consultation with players and staff, the decision has now been made to fulfil the club’s opening friendly against Preston. The pre-season fixture will take place at the Championship’s Deepdale stadium on Sunday, July 13. The match will be broadcast on free-to-air TV in the UK on ITV1, which had been the case prior to Jota’s death. Their coverage will get underway ten minutes before kick-off, which has been scheduled for 3pm. Preston have already asked fans to be seated by 2:45pm to pay respects to Liverpool’s No. 20 and his brother Andre. As part of the tributes, Claudia Rose Maguire – wife of ex-PNE striker and Reds fan, Sean Maguire – will sing ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’. Anfield anthem ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ will then follow, with Lilywhites captain Ben Whiteman also laying a wreath alongside the away supporters. The match at Deepdale will be broadcast on terrestrial televisiongetty Diogo Jota and Andre Silva will be commemorated with several tributesFC Porto Both sets of players will wear black armbands, Liverpool have confirmed. A minute’s silence will follow prior to kick-off, with tributes to be displayed on the big screen and across pitchside LEDs. The home side will also offer a free 16-page matchday programme to fans with a ticket, dedicated to Diogo and André. In addition to ITV’s coverage, the friendly will be streamed globally on Liverpool’s All Red Video, with coverage starting at 2:15pm. The Merseysiders’ social media channels and YouTube page will also broadcast a live pre-match programme from the stadium. Speaking to LFC TV this week, CEO Billy Hogan said: “It has only been a couple of days but, as we all know, it has been just absolutely devastating. We’re a club in mourning. We have all been completely shocked by the situation and, again, can only think of what this has meant to their family. The Reds will take to the pitch for the first time since their No.20 passed awayGetty “What we see behind us and the overwhelming outpouring of support and emotion and grief and love – having a chance to walk down the row here and read the cards and read the messages, our anthem, You’ll Never Walk Alone, it does mean something. “In this case, I think everybody just feels so passionately about making sure that we remember the two boys but also that we support their family, and we’re going to work through this together.” He added: “As a club, there’s been lots of ideas and certainly, within the supporter base, lots of ideas,. That’s something we’ll take forward with the family and we want to have those conversations at the appropriate time. “Obviously they have gone through an unimaginable situation over the course of the last several days. We certainly will, obviously, remember both Andre and Diogo and at the appropriate time we’ll make those plans clear. “We’ve got the match on Sunday at Deepdale and we’ll of course remember them at that match. Then the tour, then we come back to Anfield and then the season starts, so we’re thinking about all of those moments. Of course, we want to make sure we do the right thing and appropriately remember both Andre and Diogo.” It remains to be seen whether Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez and Giorgi Mamardashvili will make their unofficial debuts. Harvey Elliott and Tyler Morton are the only two players who definitely won’t play any part this weekend. The pair were granted an extended break following their success with England at the U21 Euros in June.
Liverpool’s friendly against Preston North End will go ahead as planned on terrestrial TV this weekend.
The Premier League champions’ first pre-season match this summer had been in doubt following Diogo Jota’s tragic death last week.
Jota died in a car accident in Spain, aged 28, last Thursday, in a devastating incident that also killed his brother, Andre Silva.
Among the outpouring of grief, Liverpool delayed the return of their other first-team players to attend the Portuguese’s funeral.
The Reds have since slowly begun their preparations for next season, with senior training held for the first time on Tuesday.
Following consultation with players and staff, the decision has now been made to fulfil the club’s opening friendly against Preston.
The pre-season fixture will take place at the Championship’s Deepdale stadium on Sunday, July 13.
The match will be broadcast on free-to-air TV in the UK on ITV1, which had been the case prior to Jota’s death.
Their coverage will get underway ten minutes before kick-off, which has been scheduled for 3pm.
Preston have already asked fans to be seated by 2:45pm to pay respects to Liverpool’s No. 20 and his brother Andre.
As part of the tributes, Claudia Rose Maguire – wife of ex-PNE striker and Reds fan, Sean Maguire – will sing ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’.
Anfield anthem ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ will then follow, with Lilywhites captain Ben Whiteman also laying a wreath alongside the away supporters.
Both sets of players will wear black armbands, Liverpool have confirmed.
A minute’s silence will follow prior to kick-off, with tributes to be displayed on the big screen and across pitchside LEDs.
The home side will also offer a free 16-page matchday programme to fans with a ticket, dedicated to Diogo and André.
In addition to ITV’s coverage, the friendly will be streamed globally on Liverpool’s All Red Video, with coverage starting at 2:15pm.
The Merseysiders’ social media channels and YouTube page will also broadcast a live pre-match programme from the stadium.
Speaking to LFC TV this week, CEO Billy Hogan said: “It has only been a couple of days but, as we all know, it has been just absolutely devastating. We’re a club in mourning. We have all been completely shocked by the situation and, again, can only think of what this has meant to their family.
“What we see behind us and the overwhelming outpouring of support and emotion and grief and love – having a chance to walk down the row here and read the cards and read the messages, our anthem, You’ll Never Walk Alone, it does mean something.
“In this case, I think everybody just feels so passionately about making sure that we remember the two boys but also that we support their family, and we’re going to work through this together.”
He added: “As a club, there’s been lots of ideas and certainly, within the supporter base, lots of ideas,. That’s something we’ll take forward with the family and we want to have those conversations at the appropriate time.
“Obviously they have gone through an unimaginable situation over the course of the last several days. We certainly will, obviously, remember both Andre and Diogo and at the appropriate time we’ll make those plans clear.
“We’ve got the match on Sunday at Deepdale and we’ll of course remember them at that match. Then the tour, then we come back to Anfield and then the season starts, so we’re thinking about all of those moments. Of course, we want to make sure we do the right thing and appropriately remember both Andre and Diogo.”
It remains to be seen whether Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez and Giorgi Mamardashvili will make their unofficial debuts.
Harvey Elliott and Tyler Morton are the only two players who definitely won’t play any part this weekend.
The pair were granted an extended break following their success with England at the U21 Euros in June.
