Jurgen Klopp explains Liverpool coronavirus testing as Melwood training plans explained

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The Liverpool squad were back at Melwood on Monday as the Reds geared up to return to training for the first time since March. The European champions were given the all-clear to start training in groups of up to five at a time.

Throughout the break, the squad have been keeping active with yoga via zoom while following tailored fitness programmes.

Nothing quite compares to being back with a ball in your normal surroundings though, particularly when the Premier League title is within touching distance.

Just two wins would see Liverpool crowned champions, ending their 30-year wait for Premier League glory.

The players were tested for COVID-19 at the start of the week and are currently awaiting the result.

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“We had to do the testing this week – the COVID testing – and we have to still wait for the results. If they are all negative – which would be positive – then we can start with the full group, pretty much.

“It’s a great day when they finally decided to do so, I always said we don’t want to rush anything, but I don’t think it is rushed.”

The Premier League announced this afternoon that six Premier League players tested positive for coronavirus out of the 748 that were tested.

It’s a result that suggests the Premier League could be the next major European league to return following in the Bundesliga’s footsteps.

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Klopp and his staff have already been carefully planning sessions to coincide with the government’s social distancing guidelines.

“It is for the first step, for this kind of social distancing training and we have five players,” he added.

“Everybody knows how big a football pitch is and there will probably be four players and a goalkeeper, or five players and a goalkeeper in a separate group on different days, that’s possible as well but then you can imagine how much space they have to do what they have to do.”