Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson hopes new signing Danny Wilson is just the first of many young players with "exceptional talent" he will be able to bring to the club.
While the focus, naturally, has been on assessing the strengths of the first team, bringing in players of the quality of Joe Cole and working to secure the commitment of senior players, Hodgson is well aware he has to have one eye on the future.

At long last, Liverpool have a match that means something. Buckle up.

Who: FK Rabotnički
What: Europa League Third Qualifying Round
Where: Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia
When: Thursday, July 28th 20:45GMT, 2:45EST
Why: Because it's fun to play matches that are an ongoing reminder of the failures of the 2009-2010 season.

Van a decir ¡Y a este de donde lo sacaste! , por lo que les explicaré brevemente.

Durante mi recorrido por los diferentes programas deportivos del fin de semana me tope con el programa "La Afición" , conducido por Rafael Ocampo.

Su contenido es muy variado y hay notas de todos colores y sabores para los diferentes equipos del futbol mexicano , y ahora más centrados en la Selección Mexicana.

Roy Hodgson has spoken warmly about the favourable impression made by 17-year-old Tom Ince during the training camp in Switzerland.
A product of the Academy, Ince has found himself promoted from the U18 squad straight into training with the first team, and he could see some action in our first pre-season game against Swiss outfit Grasshoppers on Wednesday.

Cavalieri
Degen Kelly Ayala Darby
Amoo Lucas Spearing Eccleston
Aquilani
Ngog
Subs:
Gulasci for Cavalieri 46'
Shelvey for Lucas 62'
Ince for Aquilani 62'
Dalla Valle for Ngog 62'
Palsson for Kelly 70'
Irwin for Degen 70'
Robinson for Amoo 82'
Thankfully, I'm more interested in the formation and fringe players than the actual performance or result when watching preseason friendlies.

Following this evening's draw with Grasshoppers of Zurich, Roy Hodgson was quizzed about the future of key Liverpool striker Fernando Torres.
Hodson revealed that:
"Christian Purslow has been talking to Fernando Torres for the last two days so I think there has probably been lots of words from Fernando Torres but I haven't actually spoken to him,"
Its obvious to the Word and his wife that Torres is seriously concerned about his future at Liverpool,
he saw the club have its worst season in several years last season.

UPDATE: According to Liverpool's official website, Liverpool have sold midfielder Albert Riera to Olympiacos. Riera signed a four-year deal with the club.

** Apologies for this update being a day late. I thought I had posted this but I must have forgotten **

July 21st, 2010 According to Liverpool's official website, Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson admitted that midfielder Albert Riera did not play in the past friendly against Grasshoppers because the club is negotiating his departure with Olympiacos.

Liverpool made a low-key start to life under Roy Hodgson, with new signing Joe Cole looking on from the sidelines as his team-mates drew 0-0 in the friendly with Grasshoppers in Zurich.

According to the Daily Post, Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson admitted that the club needs more quality young talent like Danny Wilson. Hodgson said,

"In tandem with what we're doing with the first team, we've got to have our eyes and ears alert to any young talent that could be future stars .

Yet another trip into far, foreign lands...
Neither one of these Europa League qualifying rounds has been good for Liverpool's carbon footprint, racking up the air miles. With Grasshoppers (SUI), Utrecht (NED), AIK (SWE), FK Qarabag (AZE) and Trabzonspor possible, Liverpool drew the Turkish opposition.

La Fiorentina corre al riparo.
Il rischio, sempre più reale, di una (pesante) squalifica ai danni di Mutu, positivo ai test antidoping in due occasioni (con il Bari in campionato e con la Lazio nei quarti di Coppa Italia) ha obbligato i toscani a muoversi velocemente sul mercato.
E, in poche ore, è arrivato il nuovo colpo dei viola.

Reto Ziegler could be poised for a surprise Premier League return with Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez seeing the Sampdoria man as a solution to his problems at left-back.
Benitez reportedly covets the former Tottenham Hotspur player's versatility since Ziegler is also an effective attacker who can be deployed as a left winger.

Liverpool's pre-season preparations step up a gear today when the squad flies out to Switzerland for a ten-day training camp.
Based at a resort in the Alps near to the Austrian border, the Reds' squad will combine intense daily training sessions with a series of warm-up matches as they start to work towards the big kick-off next month.

Liverpool has agreed a fee with Fiorentina for the sale of defender Emiliano Insua and the player is travelling to Italy to discuss personal terms.
The Argentinian had a difficult season as injury to Fabio Aurelio meant he was first-choice left-back for most of the campaign and that eventually took its toll on his performances.

New Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson kicked off his tenure at the helm of Anfield with a tough draw in Switzerland against Grasshoppers.
After what should have been his first game in charge against Al Hilal in mid-week was called off, Hodgson took his place on the sidelines and saw his side battle for a well earned draw.

A couple pieces of news to go along with yesterday's opener...

Which turned out to be the prototypical preseason friendly in nearly every aspect.

Don't get me wrong, it was great to see the squad in action, and some of the younger squad members were plenty impressive, but you'd be hard-pressed to provide anything that really knocked you over with excitement.

Jay Spearing insists the prospect of catching Roy Hodgson's eye was a driving factor behind the impressive performance of Liverpool's starlets in the friendly draw with Grasshoppers.
A youthful Reds side, with an average age of just 20, played out a goalless encounter with the Swiss outfit in the new manager's first game on Wednesday following a week of intense training in Bad Ragaz.

Liverpool FC has confirmed that they are in talks with Greek side, Olympiacos over the sale of winger Albert Reira.

Reira played no part in Wednesday night's friendly draw with Grasshoppers as discussions has been on-going with the Greek outfit. Riera had failed to establish himself as a first-team regular at Anfield and was left out of Spain's winning World Cup squad, which included Liverpool teammates Fernando Torres and Pepe Reina.

O técnico Ottmar Hitzfeld convocou a seleção da Suíça para o amistoso contra a Áustria com uma grande renovação. Entre as novidades, Nassim Ben Khalifa e Francois Affolter, campeões mundiais sub-17 em 2009.
Ben Khalifa, de 18 anos, é a nova contratação do Wolfsburg para a temporada, depois de começar a carreira profissional no Grasshoppers na última temporada.

3:05pm ET, live in the US on DirecTV channel 481 (and should be in HD on 481-1).
Last 3 matches:
Liverpool: 0-0 Birmingham (a); 1-0 West Brom (h); 2-1 Trabzonspor (a)
Steaua: 0-1 Unirea (a); 1-1 Timisoara (h); 0-1 Grasshoppers (a)
Qualifying Rounds:
Liverpool: 2-1 Trabzonspor (a); 1-0 Trabzonspor (h); 2-0 Rabotnicki (h); 2-0 Rabotnicki (a)
Steaua: 0-1 Grasshoppers (a); 1-0 Grasshoppers (h) [Steaua wins tie on penalties 4-3]
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (ESP)
Guess at a line-up:
Reina
Kelly Kyrgiakos Agger Konchesky
Meireles Spearing
Maxi Cole Babel
Ngog
This is tomorrow's team according to one of the "in the know" posters on RAWK – one that's almost always correct.

Liverpool will face competition from several European clubs, but have their eye on Swiss left-back Reto Ziegler, who has just turned down a new deal with Sampdoria.
Liverpool was linked with Ziegler over the summer, but in the end Roy Hodgson brought Paul Konchesky to Anfield. Nonetheless, should Liverpool's off-field problems be ironed out, Italian website Tuttomercato reports that Hodgson will renew his interest in Ziegler.

... It's been the question on everyone's minds (maybe not everyone's) for a week now.
Where is Wayne Rooney going to take his talents?
Chelsea?
Manchester City?
Real Madrid?
Arabe Unido?
... and it turns out, at least for now, that the answer is .

Here is a list of the funniest football club names:Grasshoppers- How unbutch is this team? It's bad enough their Swiss and their army knife has a cork screw on it. Now they have a football team be named after this delicate green insect that essentials skips around to move. Top that off, they are at the bottom of the table.

Liverpool record breaker Jack Robinson has revealed how he dreams of starring as a first-team regular at Anfield.
The tough-tackling full-back became the Reds' youngest ever player when he appeared as a substitute on the final day of the 2009-10 Barclays Premier League season at Hull City, aged just 16 years and 250 days.

Valentin Stocker agent Marco Balmelli has confirmed Liverpool's interest in the FC Basel midfielder.
The versatile 21 year-old has been attracting a plethora of interest around Europe this season with Liverpool, Wolfsburg, Roma and Juventus all reportedly keen in his services.
Roy Hodgson knows all about Swiss talent, having successfully managed the national side and a season with Grasshoppers and it appears he has got his eyes firmly on one of Switzerland's brightest prospects.