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Nothing is ever predictable with Darwin Núñez. He first crossed paths with Liverpool in early 2022, when his Benfica side faced the Reds in the Champions League. He scored in both legs and looked a menace throughout. Jürgen Klopp was in love from that point on. You can imagine him watching footage of Benfica games to prepare for the tie, watching Núñez’ erratic moments of brilliance and stupidity, and thinking “I can fix him”. He knew exactly the attacker he wanted to add to Liverpool’s forward line that summer. Can you create a more structured and positionist system around Núñez,…
Liverpool linked Joey Veerman admits that a Premier League side did come calling for him in the summer, but PSV Eindhoven’s asking price did not help matters. The Dutch pass-master was a target for several sides during the summer transfer window and Liverpool, under new boss Arne Slot, were credited with keen interest. PSV however were not keen to lose Veerman and stuck a €50m asking price on his head, scaring clubs off. The midfielder admits the price did not help matters, but says a Premier League side did still explore a deal. “It’s their right, but PSV went very…
The Reds are back in Premier League action this weekend but Arne Slot may have one or two fitness issues to deal with following the first international break of the season Liverpool return to domestic duties on Saturday with the visit of Nottingham Forest as Arne Slot searches for a fourth consecutive Premier League win. The Reds have been relatively injury-free in the early part of the 2024-25 campaign, allowing the new manager to remain unchanged for the last two fixtures, although there is a chance that luck could run out ahead of this weekend. With some players returning as…
Arne Slot’s tenure at Liverpool might only be three games old, yet there’s been enough to suggest that the Reds have landed themselves a perfect Jurgen Klopp successor. The Dutch coach is perfect in the Premier League with three wins from three and zero goals conceded, with Slot already getting the best out of the likes of Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz and midfielder Ryan Gravenberch. With a Premier League title charge firmly on for Liverpool this season, Slot’s appointment at Anfield has been an inspiring move for the Reds, who have evolved on already from Klopp and what the German…
One Liverpool youngster has received glowing praise from a Manchester City counterpart on social media after his most recent international performance. Tyler Morton helped England’s under-21s to a 4-1 win over Austria in a friendly at Kenilworth Road on Monday night, after which he posted a series of images from the game to his Instagram profile, captioning the post with salute and lion emojis. The Reds midfielder was swiftly lauded by several of his Young Lions teammates, including James McAteee, who commented: ‘The best’. The 21-year-old can be very pleased with his contribution to the victory, having completed 88% of…
Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni last week said the midfielder had turned up with a fitness problem at the start of the international break. At the time it was reported Mac Allister had an overload in a right adductor muscle. Despite that, Scaloni started him against Chile. He had to come off after 79 minutes in that match, after ‘alarm bells rang’ when he dropped to the pitch and held the affected area. After missing the start of training, which prompted ‘fear’, the Liverpool player then took part with the rest of the squad, something Ole suggest he needed to so…
Arne Slot has made few changes to his Liverpool side since the season kicked off last month. A few of his substitutions may have grabbed the headlines, but largely he’s reaped the rewards of sticking with the tried and tested. Since Ibrahima Konate replaced Jarell Quansah at half-time in the Reds’ opening day triumph over Ipswich Town, Slot’s preferred starting XI has taken shape, with the back five virtually picking itself. Ryan Gravenberch has claimed the number six role as his own, while Dominik Szoboszlai has so far held off competition from Harvey Elliott and Diogo Jota has emerged as…
Liverpool stars on international duty After Slot’s perfect start to the Premier League season, the majority of his players headed off on international duty to represent their nations. As usual, Mohamed Salah impressed for Egypt despite not finding the back of the net in his side’s 3-0 win over Cape Verde. Japan international midfielder Wataru Endo also starred in a 7-0 thrashing of China, with the Liverpool man kicking off the scoring in the rout. Liverpool-Salah-Lovren-Robertson-Emre-Can Related Liverpool struck gold selling Anfield sensation for stunning 1570% profit Dutch trio Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch and Cody Gakpo all impressed against…
Kyle Walker has recalled how one heavy defeat to Liverpool once left him and his team-mates in tears after it resulted in an unwanted managerial sacking. Manchester Man City captain was still at Tottenham Hotspur when he was on the wrong side of a 5-0 loss at White Hart Lane in December 2013. Luis Suarez scored twice for Brendan Rodgers’ side that day as further goals from Jordan Henderson, Jon Flanagan and Raheem Sterling clinched the most emphatic of victories in North London. Spurs finished the match with 10 men after Paulinho was sent off just after the hour mark…
Liverpool’s already slim hopes of signing Rodrygo in the future have taken yet another blow. Fabrizio Romano now confirms once again that the Real Madrid man has no intention of leaving the Spanish capital for the wonders of the Premier League. The 23-year-old Brazilian ‘only’ wants to stay with Los Blancos and is just as committed to the club even after the arrivals of Kylian Mbappe and Endrick. “We spent the whole summer with mentions of Rodrygo for Manchester City, with mentions of Rodrygo for Premier League football, maybe Saudi, many different stories. But Rodrygo always and only wanted to…