Liverpool play their first game as Premier League champions on Sunday as they head to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
The Reds are expecting a guard of honour from their former title rivals as they drink in their four-game stretch as newly crowned winners.
For Liverpool supporters, it is a rare chance to enjoy matches without any peril at all. Those travelling down to west London will no doubt bring the party atmosphere from last weekend with them.
In terms of the Liverpool squad, it may be difficult to focus after what has been an incredible week celebrating.
Gary Neville has backed Chelsea to beat Liverpool as the Reds players try to re-focus having achieved their ultimate aim for the season already. But although there is technically nothing on the game for Liverpool, it is still a chance for some players to impress Arne Slot ahead of next season.
Conor Bradley is one of those who could do with getting out on the pitch, and after the right-back missed Sunday’s clash with Tottenham, Slot has given an update on whether he’s expecting Bradley to be back fit.
Conor Bradley back in training for Liverpool
Bradley missing Sunday’s game must have come as a real blow to the 21-year-old. He had surely been expected to start as Trent Alexander-Arnold continued to build upon his own return from injury.
Instead, he had to watch from the bench as Liverpool confirmed their status as champions.
With Alexander-Arnold playing a good minutes against Spurs, the Scouser should now be fully back up to speed. But as he’s expected to leave this summer, we still think Slot should play Bradley for the rest of the season.
The new injury looked to have robbed Slot of the chance to do that. But speaking in his pre-Chelsea press conference on Friday, the Liverpool head coach confirmed that Bradley is back in training.
“He will train with us today,” said Slot. “That’s the start and then let’s see how he does.
“We expect him to be available. I don’t know if that means he’s available to start but if all goes well today and tomorrow he will probably be in the squad.”
Any other injury worries for Liverpool?
While it is good news that Bradley has returned so soon, it sounds unlikely that he will be quite ready to start at Chelsea. Alexander-Arnold will likely go again.
Throughout his press conference Slot did not mention any other injury news for Liverpool.
That means that Joe Gomez is probably not yet ready to come back into action as he continues his recovery from a severe hamstring issue.
Elsewhere, there are seemingly no new problems for Liverpool as well, with the rest of the squad ready to go again.
For Liverpool to have so few issues so late in the season is a real rarity and speaks to how well Slot and his staff have managed the players this term. Long may that continue.
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