Liverpool line-up vs Wrexham predicted as Florian Wirtz starts and new captain named

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Liverpool takes on Wrexham in New York in the second game of its preseason tour of the United States, with three more players becoming available for Andoni Iraola to take a closer look atFlorian Wirtz could start his first game of the preseason for Liverpool against Wrexham(Image: Getty Images)Liverpool will make its way to New York — hopefully — for the second game of its preseason tour of the United States later, with Andoni Iraola getting the chance to take a look at more of his new squad as it takes on Wrexham.The Reds’ preparations for the game have been hit by travel chaos, with their flight from Chicago being canceled due to adverse weather conditions, with a heavy thunderstorm in the NYC area on Tuesday.They’ll therefore aim to travel on matchday, which will be far from ideal for Iraola and his players as they look to build upon their opening win against Sunderland at the weekend.Liverpool’s head coach will be forced into at least one change from that game after Joe Gomez’s withdrawal just 10 minutes into the summer’s opener. The midfielder will be a contender to become the club’s new vice-captain, and he took on the armband during the second half against Sunderland, with this next game offering the perfect opportunity to stake his claim to become Virgil van Dijk’s eventual successor.Speaking of Van Dijk, while the 35-year-old begins his training back on Merseyside, it will be left to Ifeanyi Ndukwe and Mor Talla Ndiaye to continue at center-back, with Liverpool looking to ease Jeremy Jacquet into action after his shoulder surgery earlier this year.Dominik Szoboszlai could captain Liverpool against Wrexham(Image: TIM VIZER / AFP via Getty Images)That is maybe the easiest area of the team to predict at the moment, with the rest of the side something of a guessing game.

Giorgi Mamardashvili will likely retain his spot in goal, while Milos Kerkez may come in to start at left-back as Jeremie Frimpong continues on the right.Ryan Gravenberch, Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak are all available after reporting for duty earlier this week. They obviously don’t have many sessions in their legs following the World Cup, so you wouldn’t expect all three of them to start against Wrexham.We’ll give Wirtz the chance to impress from the off though, with Gravenberch and Isak to come off the bench later in the game.Get Liverpool's new 2026/27 home kitThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.

Further forward, we’ll stick with the young duo of Rio Ngumoha and Kieran Morrison on the wings, with the latter deserving another run-out after scoring against Sunderland.Will Wright continues up front, giving the Reds a genuine No.9 option to work with as Isak works his way back into action.Liverpool predicted line-up vs. Wrexham: Mamardashvili; Frimpong, Ndukwe, Talla Ndiaye, Kerkez; Jones, Szoboszlai, Wirtz; Morrison, Wright, Ngumoha.Liverpool squad for U.S. tour: Gomez, Endo, Jacquet, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Bradley, Chiesa, Leoni, Jones, Elliott, Tsimikas, Ekitike, Mamardashvili, Woodman, Frimpong, Abe, Nyoni, Bajcetic, Chambers, Ramsay, Scanlon, McConnell, Jaros, Koumas, Morrison, Ngumoha, W.