Liverpool right-back confirms he's ready for new season

Liverpool have been in the off-season for almost six weeks.

Recruitment decisions have been made in the transfer market, allowing some fringe assets to leave and replacements have been brought in accordingly. The team looks primed to compete once again.

READ MORE: At a time of tragedy Liverpool stands strong

The last few days have been a lot to process with Diogo Jota passing away, and players' minds will be elsewhere for the next few weeks while they deal with the grief of losing their friend.

But preseason is still set to take place on Tuesday and in time, the players will be back in training ahead of the new season, although they will obviously be playing with a lot on their minds.

The environment they will be returning to will feel completely different to the one they left, with Jota no longer playing by their side, but slowly and surely they will find a way to adapt and move forward.

Frimpong looks ready

Of course, the situation the new signings find themselves in is going to be particularly difficult to get to grips with.

But Liverpool are known to be incredibly welcoming and Arne Slot will be doing his utmost to make sure they feel like valued members of the team, and the players' professionalism won't be in doubt.

READ MORE: Diogo Jota - He was one of us

On the Red side of Merseyside, we are all a big family and the support network that the newcomers will be joining when pre-season takes place will only be getting bigger.

Before he makes the step to join the rest of the Liverpool squad, Jeremie Frimpong has been pictured working hard on his fitness, completing a variety of training drills to get up to speed.

This is extremely positive news because adapting to Premier League football and to the intense playing style that Arne Slot operates with is going to be challenging initially, so getting a head start is going to be key for any of the new recruits if they want to bed themselves into the team from the off.

The weeks before the season starts and the pre-season games will be integral bonding experiences for the group, be it on a sporting level to develop that team chemistry, or on a personal level, so that everyone feels comfortable around each other as they will be working in close proximity all the time.

Of course, it can be easy to get over excited and at a time where everything still feels sombre, so soon after Jota's passing, this optimistic update is valued, but there will be a long way to go until everything starts to feel somewhat normal again, although for some, that is still tough to imagine.