Liverpool line-ups vs Wrexham as Ryan Gravenberch changes position and Trey Nyoni starts
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SportFootballLiverpool FCLiverpool take on Wrexham in their second pre-season friendly of the summer in New York on Wednesday night Liverpool Content Editor - Sport and Richard Garnett Central Audience Sport Content Editor12:19, 29 Jul 2026Liverpool are used to being the main attraction pretty much wherever they go in pre-season, but things might be different at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night.Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's Wrexham will provide the opposition in the Big Apple, with the Welsh club gearing up for another attempt at reaching the Premier League, having just missed out on the Championship playoffs last season.The cameras are sure to be trained on the pair as they take in the action, but what sort of Liverpool side will we be seeing on the pitch after the 4-2 win over Sunderland in their first pre-season friendly of the summer?Our Reds writers have picked the teams that they would like to see.Mark JonesCentre-back is obviously the area in which Liverpool are desperately short, and so someone is going to have to be pressed into service there who might not want to be. Ryan Gravenberch, you've just spoken about wanting to be a 'leader', so step right up.The Dutchman can get his first 45 minutes of pre-season as an emergency defender alongside Mor Talla Ndiaye, with Jeremie Frimpong building up his fitness again at right-back and Milos Kerkez on the left.With Gravenberch needed elsewhere, Trey Nyoni can come into midfield alongside captain Dominik Szoboszlai, while I'd be tempted to see what Josh Abe can do off the right-hand side.Lewis Koumas then gets a start against his fellow Welshmen on the left, and Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak return to the fold.My team (4-2-3-1): Mamardashvili; Frimpong, Ndiaye, Gravenberch, Kerkez; Nyoni, Szoboszlai; Abe, Wirtz, Koumas; Isak.Get Liverpool's new 2026/27 away kitThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.
Ifeanyi Ndukwe replaced Liverpool's longest-serving current player and he can have a start against Wrexham alongside 18-year-old Mor Talla Ndiaye. Everyone's getting a game anyway so non-starters shouldn't panic!My team (4-3-3): Mamardashvili; Frimpong, Ndiaye, Ndiaye, Kerkez; Nyoni, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch; Ngumoha, Isak, Morrison.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE!
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