SAN FRANCISCO, USA - Thursday, July 21, 2016: Liverpool players [in red] take a cruise to Alcatraz Island from Pier 33 to visit the prison on day one of the club's USA Pre-season Tour. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Liverpool players visit Alcatraz on day one of their US tour

Liverpool’s players enjoyed a trip to San Francisco’s famous Alcatraz Island on Thursday afternoon in California.

Having arrived in San Jose early Thursday morning local time, the squad went through a light training session in the morning and visited ‘The Rock’ – the former prison located on an island in the San Francisco Bay.

Departing from San Fran’s famous Pier 33 at Fisherman’s Wharf, Jurgen Klopp and his squad made the 2km trip by boat to the island – a location which meant it was one of America’s most difficult jails to escape up until its closure in 1963.

SAN FRANCISCO, USA - Thursday, July 21, 2016: Liverpool's manager Jürgen Klopp and new goalkeeper Alex Manninger wait as the team takes a cruise to Alcatraz Island from Pier 33 to visit the prison on day one of the club's USA Pre-season Tour. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Above: Trialist goalkeeper Alex Manninger chatting to Klopp

Below: James Milner shares a joke with the boss.

SAN FRANCISCO, USA - Thursday, July 21, 2016: Liverpool's James Milner chats with manager Jürgen Klopp and the team take a cruise to Alcatraz Island from Pier 33 to visit the prison on day one of the club's USA Pre-season Tour. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

SAN FRANCISCO, USA - Thursday, July 21, 2016: Liverpool's Mamadou Sakho takes a photo as he waits to board a cruise to Alcatraz Island from Pier 33 to visit the prison on day one of the club's USA Pre-season Tour. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Above: Sakho snapchatting away.

Below: New boy Ragnar Klavan.

SAN FRANCISCO, USA - Thursday, July 21, 2016: Liverpool's new signing Ragnar Klavan waits as the team takes a cruise to Alcatraz Island from Pier 33 to visit the prison on day one of the club's USA Pre-season Tour. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Below: The coolest man in the squad, new keeper Loris Karius, giving Xabi Alonso a run for his money.

SAN FRANCISCO, USA - Thursday, July 21, 2016: Liverpool's new goalkeeper Loris Karius waits as the team takes a cruise to Alcatraz Island from Pier 33 to visit the prison on day one of the club's USA Pre-season Tour. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

SAN FRANCISCO, USA - Thursday, July 21, 2016: Liverpool's new goalkeeper Loris Karius waits as the team takes a cruise to Alcatraz Island from Pier 33 to visit the prison on day one of the club's USA Pre-season Tour. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

More photos: Liverpool’s England players join first training session in America

SAN FRANCISCO, USA - Thursday, July 21, 2016: Liverpool's Mamadou Sakho takes a cruise to Alcatraz Island from Pier 33 to visit the prison on day one of the club's USA Pre-season Tour. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

SAN FRANCISCO, USA - Thursday, July 21, 2016: Liverpool's captain Jordan Henderson takes a cruise to Alcatraz Island from Pier 33 to visit the prison on day one of the club's USA Pre-season Tour. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

SAN FRANCISCO, USA - Thursday, July 21, 2016: Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge takes a cruise to Alcatraz Island from Pier 33 to visit the prison on day one of the club's USA Pre-season Tour. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

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