With Liverpool playing Real Betis in their first pre-season friendly, it provided Adrian a chance to bid farewell to Mohamed Salah and Kostas Tsimikas. Following a season that ended without a decision on his future, Adrian did not receive the same farewell as Thiago and Joel Matip at Anfield.

Instead, with Liverpool offering the goalkeeper a new contract, his quiet exit on a free transfer to Betis occurred while his teammates were away.

However, as the two sides met in Pittsburgh on Friday night, Adrian had the opportunity to say goodbye to those he had grown close to.

This included Salah and Tsimikas, two of his closest friends in the squad, who greeted their former teammate at their hotel on Thursday. Adrian gave both players Betis shirts, each personalized with their name and number on the back, as a playful gesture of their friendship.

Salah beamed as he posed with Adrian, holding his No. 11 shirt, while Tsimikas humorously remarked, “I’m leaving!” The Reds duo are anticipated to start in Arne Slot’s first official friendly as head coach, while Adrian will be looking forward to his first minutes since joining Betis.

“It’s been really intense, to be honest, the last few weeks, or month, I would say,” the 37-year-old shared with reporters during a press conference on Thursday.

“There were a lot of conversations with Real Betis and with Liverpool as well, since they offered me a contract extension.”

“So first of all, I just say thank you to [Liverpool] for giving me that opportunity to continue at the club, but that opportunity came to come back home and I had to use that opportunity.

“As we say, the train passes one time, I have to catch that train; the train is running, so here I am.

“Obviously I tried to express myself to the Liverpool fans with as well, because I had a great five seasons there.”