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The 2018-19 Premier League season kicks off on 10 August, but before then clubs will travel the globe for a host of high-profile and intriguing friendlies. From the United States to Australia via mainland Europe and Asia, the 20 top-flight clubs will be involved in more than 100 fixtures this summer. Among the things on the agenda are building fitness, helping new players and managers settle in, and a bit of brand promotion too. Who plays where? Defending Premier League champions Manchester City travel to the US for a tour that includes matches against Premier League rivals Chelsea and Liverpool. Those three clubs will be joined by top-flight runners-up Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham in the International Champions Cup. The annual competition also features the champions of Spain, Italy, France and Germany - Barcelona, Juventus, Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich - and Benfica and Atletico Madrid. Liverpool face both Manchester clubs in the space of three days, ...

The Brazilian has signed a six-year deal at Anfield and becomes the most expensive goalkeeper in history Liverpool have completed the £65million (€73m/$85m) signing of Alisson Becker from Roma. The Brazilian has signed a six-year deal at Anfield and becomes the most expensive goalkeeper in history by doing so. He is the Reds' fourth signing of what is becoming an impressive summer for Jurgen Klopp's side, joining Naby Keita, Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri in moving to Merseyside. Liverpool identified the 25-year-old as their preferred choice to be the club's No.1 last season, and worked hard this summer to thrash out a deal with Roma, who were reluctant to lose one of their star men to the Reds for the second year in a row. Indeed, the £36.9m deal which took Mohamed Salah to Anfield last summer was discussed during the clubs' negotiations for this deal. The Italians' initial asking price of £90m, quoted to Liverpool back in January, was seen as excessive b...