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Chelsea captain Reece James has made his return to first-team training as he steps up his recovery from injury, offering a huge boost to Blues boss Enzo Maresca. Chelsea captain Reece James has returned to first-team training after a long spell on the sidelines due to injury. The right-back has yet to feature under new head coach Enzo Maresca, but his return to training is a significant step forward. James has had a difficult couple of years, playing just under 800 minutes in the last 18 months due to multiple injuries. The Cobham academy graduate’s involvement for the West Londoners…
Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has reacted on social media to Uruguay’s shock 1-0 defeat vs Peru on Saturday. Miguel Araujo’s late goal was enough to condemn Nunez’s nation to a surprise loss in their World Cup qualifier. Peru’s victory in Lima was their first in 10 qualifying matches and moves them off the foot of the table in South America. Uruguay, meanwhile, sit third despite defeat and remain on course to qualify for the 2026 tournament hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the United States. To qualify in CONMEBOL, each country has to face-off against the other nine, both at home…
Former Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has called for Trent Alexander-Arnold to repeat his England exploits against Chelsea. The 25-year-old was on target for the Three Lions in their 3-1 win over Finland on Sunday. The Reds defender doubled the lead for Lee Carsley’s side as they bounced back from their shock 2-1 defeat at home to Greece in midweek. Alexander-Arnold, who played left-back in Helsinki, was pinpointed by Roy Keane for his part in the stoppage-time winner for the 2004 European Championship winners. Liverpool face Chelsea on Sunday with the visit from Enzo Maresca’s side marking the start of a…
Former Liverpool defender Jason McAteer believes the “chips are stacked against” Trent Alexander-Arnold remaining at Anfield beyond the end of his current contract. And while the ex-Ireland international tipped Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk to sign extensions, he feels the vice-captain might believe he has achieved all he can with his boyhood club as Real Madrid continue to be linked. Alexander-Arnold, Salah and Van Dijk are all inside the final months of their respective deals and have been the subject of constant speculation as a result, particularly the former who has been routinely named in connection with current Champions…
If Jarell Quansah’s new contract was understandably great news for the Liverpool defender himself, there might have been a handful of others who will have been privately enthused by developments too. The rise of the Warrington-born centre-back has been well documented since he made his senior debut in a smash-and-grab victory for 10 men against Newcastle United in August of 2023. A full debut arrived the following month at Wolves and from there, Quansah has never really looked back in the Premier League. But if the 21-year-old is not casting too many glances back to the time when he was…
Dominik Szoboszlai revealed how a frank exchange in the dressing room at half-time helped Liverpool continue their impressive start to the season. Goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah were sufficient to earn a 2-0 Champions League win over Bologna at Anfield on Wednesday evening. It moved the Reds on to eight wins from their opening nine games of the campaign to give Arne Slot the best-ever start of any Liverpool boss. However, Bologna hit the woodwork twice shortly before half-time with Alisson Becker also required to make good saves either side of the interval before Slot’s side were…
Jurgen Klopp’s decision to pitch up with the Red Bull group caught the attention this week. And, when there is an international break void that needs to be filled with content and column inches, the legendary Liverpool boss has been firmly in the firing line as a result. “Dead to me” screeched one apparently irate Borussia Dortmund fan on a post from one prominent Reds-related social media account , while back in Germany, the 2020 Premier League winner was, somewhat unfairly, labelled as being “as fake as his teeth”. Fans of Liverpool’s rivals, meanwhile, viewed this apparent defection as the…
Darwin Nunez was given welcome game time while Virgil van Dijk was sent off as Liverpool players suffered a frustrating evening during the latest round of international matches. Nunez has struggled for minutes under new Reds boss Arne Slot so far this campaign and was initially expected to still be suspended for Uruguay for his part in the Copa America controversy in the summer. But a successful appeal from his country meant he is now available to play, and he featured for the full 90 minutes in Uruguay’s surprise 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat in Peru. The Uruguay media, though,…
Liverpool are just a week away from a return to Premier League action when they host Chelsea at Anfield in what is shaping up to be an intriguing match. The Reds sit top of the table, having won six out of their seven games so far under Arne Slot, while Chelsea have also started well under new coach Enzo Maresca. The Londoners are currently fourth, having gone unbeaten since an opening day defeat to Manchester City at Stamford Bridge. In the meantime, both clubs will be hoping to steer clear of any injury problems for the rest of the international…
Two international breaks into his Liverpool tenure and Arne Slot has done little to suggest he is part of the domestic managerial brigade who are uncomfortable sitting through the best part of a fortnight away from their key players. Slot has cut a relaxed figure whenever the prospect of international fixtures has been brought up at his AXA Training Centre press conferences and has appeared, on the surface at least, as someone who is more than accepting of the fact that regular national games are part and parcel of elite-level football. Quite how his mood will change if one of…