Monday 13 July 2015 17:10, UK
Premier League clubs are jetting around the world on their pre-season tours - but no club is travelling further than Liverpool this summer.
The Reds will travel 21,743 miles before returning home for the start of the new Premier League season.
Here we take a closer look at Liverpool's summer schedule and see how their rivals compare...
Liverpool
Liverpool arrived in Thailand on Monday morning. Brendan Rodgers’ team take on the True Thai All Stars before heading to the east and south coasts of Australia to face Brisbane Roar and then Adelaide United. On their way home, Liverpool stop off in Kuala Lumpur and play a Malaysia XI before finishing off their pre-season fixtures with a trip to face HJK Helsinki, completing a hectic 18-day schedule.
Total distance travelled: 21,743
Manchester City
Raheem Sterling will be saving himself a few pre-season miles by completing his move to Manchester City, who aren’t quite going as far as Liverpool, although it’s pretty close. Sterling will be joining up with his new team-mates, who are already out in the Gold Coast of Australia, for the International Champions Cup. Manuel Pellegrini’s side face Roma and Real Madrid in the friendly tournament before returning to Manchester ahead of the new season.
Total distance travelled: 21,116 miles
Arsenal
The Gunners are heading out to Singapore, accompanied by Everton and Stoke, with all three sides taking part in the Asia Trophy. Arsene Wenger’s men play a Singapore XI and, depending on the result, take on one of their Premier League rivals in either the final or the third-place play-off. From there, it’s back to London as they host the Emirates Cup to play Lyon and Wolfsburg ahead of the Community Shield on August 2.
Total distance travelled: 13,520 miles
Manchester United
Manchester United – including goalkeeper David de Gea – have flown out to the United States for the International Champions Cup. Louis van Gaal’s men first play Club America in Seattle’s CenturyLink Field, then they have two California-based matches against San Jose Earthquakes and Barcelona, before finishing off against PSG in Chicago.
Total distance travelled: 10,963 miles
Chelsea
The Premier League champions will also be playing in the International Champions Cup, but Jose Mourinho’s squad will base themselves over the border in Montreal. They will be clocking up the air miles to and from Canada, facing New York Red Bulls in New Jersey before matches against PSG in Charlotte and Barcelona in Washington.
They then return home to play Arsenal in the Community Shield before finishing their pre-season schedule with a final International Champions Cup fixture at home to Fiorentina.
Total distance travelled: 10,064 miles
Rest of the league
Tottenham had post-season friendlies in Malaysia and Sydney at the end of May, so Mauricio Pochettino’s men go on tour later than their counterparts. They face the MLS All-Stars in Colorado at the end of July, then take part in the Audi Cup in Munich, with a clash against Real Madrid followed by a meeting with either Bayern Munich or AC Milan.
Plenty of other sides have chosen to head across the Atlantic, with Newcastle, Sunderland, West Brom and new boys Bournemouth all playing friendlies in the US.
Ronald Koeman has taken Southampton to Austria before they head to the Netherlands, Aston Villa are currently in the Algarve, while Crystal Palace will be heading to Cape Town and Norwich have a training camp planned in Germany as well as a friendly in Austria.
Swansea and Watford are two others choosing to visit Germany, while West Ham have had to visit Andorra for Europa League qualifying. Managerless Leicester, however, have not arranged to go abroad in pre-season.
