Liverpool hit by travel chaos just hours before Wrexham friendly in New York as thunderstorms wreak havoc

LIVERPOOL’s pre-season trip to New York has been disrupted by travel chaos. The Reds were due to land in the Big Apple on Tuesday – the day before their friendly clash with Wrexham at Yankee Stadium. Andoni Iraola’s side will arrive in New York on the day of the Wrexham game Credit: Getty Liverpool beat Sunderland 4-2 in a pre-season friendly in Nashville on Saturday Credit: Getty But extreme weather conditions saw their flight from Chicago cancelled. So Andoni Iraola‘s players will take to the field just HOURS after landing from their pre-season base in Illinois on Wednesday. Sign up for the Football newsletter Thank you! The fiasco also ruined Liverpool’s plan to unveil their new away kit. Club media staff were forced to improvise, with the players due to turn up for the kit launch at Brooklyn’s Skylight still stranded in Chicago. Thankfully, Reds legends Robbie Fowler and Ian Rush were on hand to step in. Liverpool returned to their temporary pre-season HQ after beating Sunderland 4-2 in a friendly in Nashville on Saturday. The Merseysiders’ next assignment will pit them against the Championship high-flyers owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. New Liverpool boss Iraola called Yankee Stadium his home when he played for New York City FC at the very end of his career. Most read in Sport BEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UK So this should be an emotional return for the former Bournemouth manager. Iraola will be desperate to begin work with a full-strength Liverpool group after a gruelling 48-team World Cup. Ryan Gravenberch, Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak have now returned from their holidays but there are more players to follow. Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo and Alisson have all been instructed to begin their pre-season preparations at Liverpool’s home training ground, saving them the taxing trip abroad. Comment now