Liverpool are planning to commemorate the Heysel tragedy this Wednesday by installing a permanent memorial at Anfield.
Thirty-nine supporters died in Brussel's crumbling Heysel Stadium after a wall collapsed amidst ugly scenes between English and Italian fans.
Christian Purslow and Philip Nash will head a delegation of Liverpool officials flying to Turin this week ahead of Saturday's 25th anniversary to meet Juventus officials to mark the event that shadowed the 1985 European Cup final between the two sides.
Since the tragedy, both Liverpool and its supporters have attempted to atone for the mistakes made on that night by offering an olive branch to their Serie A counterparts with a series of bridge-building initiatives.
But tensions ran high when the two sides were paired together in the quarter final of the Champions League in 2005, as Juventus fans turned their back on a mosaic at Anfield designed to offer an apology for the horrors of Heysel.
A plaque is set to be unveiled outside the Centenary Stand at Anfield to commemorate the lives of the 39 victims with Phil Neal, the Liverpool captain on that fateful night, being joined by Juve legend Sergio Brio and Gianluca Pessoto, the club's director of youth development.
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