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The international break hadn’t even started in earnest when Arne Slot received the injury news he had been dreading. Alisson Becker’s hamstring tear suffered at Crystal Palace last Saturday means the Liverpool goalkeeper will be sidelined for at least the next six weeks. Caomhin Kelleher, who has already deputised for Alisson twice this season and played 26 times last term, will again be expected to step in between the sticks in the Brazilian’s absence. Kelleher, though, was missing at Selhurst Park through illness, which meant third-choice shot-stopper Vitezslav Jaros stepped off the bench for his senior Liverpool debut in the…
Bayern Munich winger Leroy Sane reportedly wants to stay at the German giants despite transfer links with Liverpool. The Reds are being mooted with a host of wide players as contract uncertainty surrounds the future of Mohamed Salah. The Mirror reported last October that Liverpool ‘made’ the former Manchester City attacker their number one target to replace the Egyptian. It was claimed that the club were ready to ‘smash’ their £80million world-record, an accolade broken by Darwin Nunez’s arrival from Benfica. Salah will be able to speak to overseas clubs over a pre-contract agreement from January ahead of the expiry…
Jamie Carragher believes Chelsea star Cole Palmer would turn Liverpool into even more credible challengers for the title if he plied his trade at Anfield as the Reds legend rejected notions around the Premier League leaders enjoying an easy run so far this term. Arne Slot’s men host the Londoners on Sunday afternoon in what has been viewed as the first significant home fixture of the head coach’s time to date on Merseyside and the current leaders might find themselves needing to regain top spot by the time the game kicks off, with Manchester City in action earlier in the…
Alexis Mac Allister and Kostas Tsimikas are fitness doubts for Liverpool’s visit from Chelsea on Sunday after both missed full training at the AXA Centre on Friday. Mac Allister was not involved in the team session as he worked towards a Liverpool comeback having been brought off at half time of the win at Crystal Palace with an adductor complaint before the international break. The Argentina international was cleared for duty with the World Cup holders and started the 6-0 win over Bolivia in the early hours of Thursday morning after sitting out the clash with Venezuela earlier in the…
The Toffees make the trip to Portman Road to face the Tractor Boys on Saturday (19 October) as they look to get back to winning ways in their first game after the October international break. Although Seamus Coleman is fit and in contention for a starting role having recovered from injury, Liverpool Echo journalist Thomas still expects Dyche to start Young ahead of the Toffees’ skipper. Speaking on the Royal Blue YouTube channel (18 October, 6:00) he said: “Mykolenko is back, that’s big news. “It means that there’s less pressure on trying to find an answer to the right back…
Everton could go big in the winter transfer window in an attempt to reinforce their attack after a poor start to the new season. According to Gazzetta dello Sport via TBR Football, the Toffees are looking at AC Milan winger Samuel Chukwueze as an ideal fit for their system and could soon knock on the doors of the Italian giants. Chukwueze came up the ranks at Villarreal and made quite a name for himself while playing for their first team before making the move to Milan in the summer of 2023. In his debut season for the Rossoneri, he was…
It would be harsh to be overly critical of Arne Slot’s start as head coach of Liverpool when he has won nine of his first 10 games. The one blot on his copybook occurred in the first match back after an international break, though, the situation in which he finds himself this weekend. Should Slot freshen up his starting XI by bringing the likes of Federico Chiesa and Darwin Nunez in to it? One change which will definitely happen for the visit of Chelsea is Caoimhín Kelleher coming into the side to deputise for the injured Alisson Becker. There is…
In his first competitive match since announcing his retirement after the Davis Cup in November, Rafael Nadal was comfortably beaten by compatriot Carlos Alcaraz at the Six Kings Slam. The 22-time Grand Slam winner will face Novak Djokovic in Saturday’s third-place play-off, while Alcaraz takes on Jannik Sinner in the final. Nadal called Alcaraz an “animal” who does not need his advice. Rafael Nadal paid tribute to Carlos Alcaraz, calling his compatriot an “animal”, after losing 6-3 6-3 in the semi-finals of the Six Kings Slam. In his first competitive match since announcing his retirement from tennis, Nadal was comfortably…
Liverpool will be aiming to hold onto the Premier League top spot as they return to action. A number of Reds have jetted off to all corners of the globe over the past fortnight for the latest round of international fixtures. Luckily, it appears that Arne Slot’s men return with a clean bill of health. They will need it too with a testing fixture ahead of them this weekend. Liverpool take on a resurgent Chelsea side at Anfield on Sunday. And the Reds have already been hard at work ahead of the clash with Enzo Maresca’s side. Take a look…
The Italian is into the championship match after beating Daniil Medvedev on Wednesday, before outlasting Novak Djokovic on Thursday. The World number one will compete against Carlos Alcaraz in the final, a rematch from their epic China Open showdown on October 2. Whoever wins the exhibition event will take home an astonishing £4.5 million, on top of their guaranteed £1.2 million appearance fee. Jannik Sinner arrived at the Six Kings Slam fresh off beating Djokovic to win the Shanghai Masters. The exhibition event has a different format compared to the tournaments across the ATP Tour, which features a third place…