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Liverpool will play games at both Tranmere Rovers and Wigan Athletic as part of their pre-season schedule.

The Reds are planning a packed summer, taking in games in Hong Kong, Berlin, Munich and Dublin.

But their journey will start on the Wirral, the ECHO understands, as they return to Prenton Park to take on Mickey Mellon’s Tranmere.

Jurgen Klopp’s side will also visit the DW Stadium to take on Wigan, with those games to take place before the squad flies to the Far East to take part in the Premier League Asia Trophy.

A third north-west based friendly is also under consideration, with Preston the likeliest opponents if that goes ahead.

Liverpool’s squad will return to Melwood for pre-season training in the first week of July, and will fly to Hong Kong for the week commencing July 17. There, they will take on Crystal Palace before facing either Leicester or West Brom three days later.

The Reds will then travel to Germany to take on Hertha Berlin in a specially-arranged friendly to mark both clubs’ 125th birthdays.

After that it’s on to Munich for the Audi Cup, where they will take on two from Bayern, Atletico Madrid and AC Milan.

The pre-season schedule will then be completed by a game against Athletic Bilbao in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on August 5, with the new Premier League campaign starting away at Watford the following weekend.

Liverpool visited both Tranmere and Wigan last summer, winning 1-0 at Tranmere before beating the Latics 2-0 at the DW.