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Liverpool are set to announce the signing of veteran goalkeeper Alex Manninger on a one-year contract.

The 39-year-old has been training with the Reds at Melwood following his release from FC Augsburg, and is now set to be Jurgen Klopp’s third-choice ‘keeper for the new season, behind Loris Karius and Simon Mignolet.

The Austrian flew with the squad on Thursday for their US tour, and his signing should be confirmed in the next 24 hours. He could feature against Chelsea in Pasadena next week.

Manninger is familiar with the Premier League having played for Arsenal between 1997 and 2002. Indeed, he was part of the Gunners’ double-winning side of 1998 under Arsene Wenger.

He had a trial with Everton in 2012 before joining Augsburg, where he made 34 Bundesliga appearances in four years. He has 33 caps for Austria.

Liverpool have already allowed Danny Ward, Adam Bogdan and Ryan Fulton leave on loan this summer, and were keen to add an experienced back-up to Klopp’s squad.

Liverpool’s players trained at their Stanford University base having touched down in California on Thursday afternoon.

The club’s England contingent - Jordan Henderson, Adam Lallana, James Milner, Daniel Sturridge and Nathaniel Clyne – took part in the session, warming up with the main group before undergoing a separate session for ‘returning players’, which also included new £4.2m signing Ragnar Klavan.

The Reds take on Chelsea in Pasadena next Thursday before games against AC Milan in Santa Clara and Roma in St Louis.