Montenegro defender Andrija Vukcevic joins up with Preston North End for a week-long trial at their training camp in Valencia.

Our writers take a look at some of the Liverpool players who could be in action at Deepdale this afternoon in the pre-season friendly opener with Preston North End

Liverpool kicked off their preseason slate of action without a bevy of their high profile players, including Virgil van Dijk and Florian Wirtz. With the late and disjointed start to training after the death of Diogo Jota,

Liverpool began their 2025/26 pre-season with a 3-1 win over Preston North End, but the football was only part of the story at Deepdale. Just ten days after the tragic deaths of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva in a car accident, the afternoon became a poignant tribute as much as a sporting contest.

The brand new shirt for the Preston North End FC 2025/26 Home Kit has taken the recognisable image of the floodlights that tower over Deepdale and turned them into a bold geometric print, in tribute to the stadium. An AerTek fabric base ensures it stays breathable whether you're playing football in the garden, or watching the match with a pint.

Jordan Storey and Daniel Iversen kick-started the summer business in May, before Lowe’s former Sheffield Wednesday team-mate Pol Valentin also completed a switch to Deepdale. Thierry Small followed soon after, making the move from newly-promoted Charlton Athletic.

Milutin Osmajic – the man at the centre of the race row with Burnley’s Hannibal – has given his version of events of last season’s incident.