Keep calm, football fans. There is just one week to go until the Premier League begins again.
But until then, we have a few more friendlies to get through. And as they go - this one is a biggy.
Barcelona travel to Wembley to take on Liverpool as Jurgen Klopp gets another look at his side before next weekend's big kick-off at the Emirates.
So - when does the action get underway? And where can you see it unfold?
Here is all you need to know ahead of Liverpool vs Barcelona, courtesy of our colleagues at the Liverpool Echo...
What time does it kick-off?
It’s a Saturday tea-time 5.15pm start … which is fine if you’re settling down in front of the TV at home or popping into the local to watch, but desperate if you’re actually going to the match.
The late kick-off – coupled with “essential maintenance work” means just one already “very busy” train service is available back to Liverpool after the final whistle.
And even that departs at 8.11pm. Don’t hang around to wave to the players afterwards.
So it IS on TV then?
Sky Sports 1 are showing it live, coverage kicking-off at 5pm. It’s also on LFCTV if you have a subscription. Alternatively, you can buy a day pass at NowTV for £6.99 and watch the match online.
If you can't do that, you can log onto the Echo’s Live Match blog with Neil Jones and Ian Doyle bringing you all the news, reaction, atmosphere and comment from Wembley, with Andy Kelly updating you back here at Old Hall Street.
But is there an actual International Champions Cup?
One? There are actually three! One for the winner of the USA/Europe tournament, one for the tournament staged in Australia and another for the Chinese version.
Obviously Liverpool are in the USA/Europe competition alongside Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Celtic, Barcelona, Leicester, Chelsea, Real Madrid and PSG.
What channel is Liverpool vs Barcelona on? All you need to know as the two sides clash at Wembley
The International Champions Cup continues under the arch at Wembley as the Catalans face off against Jurgen Klopp's red men
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Keep calm, football fans. There is just one week to go until the Premier League begins again.
But until then, we have a few more friendlies to get through. And as they go - this one is a biggy.
Barcelona travel to Wembley to take on Liverpool as Jurgen Klopp gets another look at his side before next weekend's big kick-off at the Emirates.
So - when does the action get underway? And where can you see it unfold?
Here is all you need to know ahead of Liverpool vs Barcelona, courtesy of our colleagues at the Liverpool Echo...
What time does it kick-off?
It’s a Saturday tea-time 5.15pm start … which is fine if you’re settling down in front of the TV at home or popping into the local to watch, but desperate if you’re actually going to the match.
The late kick-off – coupled with “essential maintenance work” means just one already “very busy” train service is available back to Liverpool after the final whistle.
And even that departs at 8.11pm. Don’t hang around to wave to the players afterwards.
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So it IS on TV then?
Sky Sports 1 are showing it live, coverage kicking-off at 5pm. It’s also on LFCTV if you have a subscription. Alternatively, you can buy a day pass at NowTV for £6.99 and watch the match online.
If you can't do that, you can log onto the Echo’s Live Match blog with Neil Jones and Ian Doyle bringing you all the news, reaction, atmosphere and comment from Wembley, with Andy Kelly updating you back here at Old Hall Street.
But is there an actual International Champions Cup?
One? There are actually three! One for the winner of the USA/Europe tournament, one for the tournament staged in Australia and another for the Chinese version.
Obviously Liverpool are in the USA/Europe competition alongside Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Celtic, Barcelona, Leicester, Chelsea, Real Madrid and PSG.
Can Liverpool win it?
The team with the most points wins – and as Liverpool have already lost to Chelsea and AS Roma, that looks very unlikely.
Will Suarez and Mascherano play?
Both are likely to be playing for Barca, provoking a wistful, bitter/sweet kind of reaction.
Yes, both are fondly remembered, but how we’d love to see them still playing at Anfield.
Why do Barca wear red and blue?
In pictures: Leicester vs Barcelona
It’s all down to a pair of Scousers. Yes, really.
Arthur and Ernest Witty were old boys from Merchant Taylors’ School in Crosby – and they have been credited with organising Barcelona’s first international match, copying the school’s sports colours for Barca’s strip – and even introducing a style of play which combined both physicality and deftness of touch!
FC Barcelona was founded by Hans Kamper (later Joan Gamper), a Swiss commodities trader.
But the Witty brothers were also an early driving force at the club.
Legend has it that the Witty brothers modelled the legendary Barcelona colours, the blaugrana, after the original colours used by Merchant Taylors’ rugby team.
It’s all there in black and white (sorry) in Jimmy Burns’ history of Barça, called, er, Barça.
Burns writes: “In correspondence with Arthur’s son Frederick in 1975, the school’s then-headmaster Reverend H M Luft reinforced this claim.
"In a letter, which I have seen, Reverend Luft states: ‘I think it is very likely that the present colours of FC Barcelona are ultimately derived from our original colours here.’”
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