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Arne Slot will discover his first Premier League matches as Liverpool’s fixture list is confirmed. The Premier League releases its fixtures at 9am, with the Reds welcoming a new era at Anfield as Slot takes over from Jurgen Klopp. A straightforward opening start to the season would appeal to Slot as he looks to acclimatise to life at Liverpool, but how would that look? Our writers have their say: Ian Doyle: One of the great myths of football is that the fixture list is random. It isn’t. That’s why you won’t ever have Liverpool facing Manchester United or Everton on…
Liverpool’s new manager Arne Slot will inherit plenty of questions, none more so than in the defense. He’ll no doubt be watching both Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate closely at Euro 2024. In the case of Van Dijk, the Liverpool captain is entering the final year of his deal. Slot won’t get the final say, but in collaboration with Michael Edwards, sporting director Richard Hughes and others, he will need to decide whether the soon-to-be-33-year-old warrants a new deal. Meanwhile, Konate is in a battle to be Van Dijk’s first-choice partner at club level. That’s been made more complicated…
New Liverpool manager Arne Slot could run the risk of upsetting a host of current first team players if the club pushes through their attempt to sign Lille star Leny Yoro. The 18-year-old burst onto the scene in France during the 2023/24 campaign, with his form rewarded by being named in the French footballers’ union Ligue 1 team of the season. The under-21 international played 44 times for his club in all competitions, earning him selection for his country’s squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, Yoro has since withdrawn from the squad for the games, underlining his importance to…
Portugal are ready to lock horns with Czechia in their opening Euro 2024 game of Group F on Tuesday and Diogo Jota might not start the game. One of the most promising goalscorers of Liverpool, Diogo Jota, has joined the Portuguese national camp for Euro 2024. As Os Navegadores start their Euro journey on Tuesday, fans are excited to watch the star players in action. Portugal have a pretty heavy star-filled squad with big names like Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, Rafael Leao, and Bernardo Silva to name a few. Among all these big names and Roberto Martinez’s two-striker formation, it…
Didier Deschamps had seemingly decided his centre-back pairing for Euro 2024. Dayot Upamecano has been undroppable, as has Ibrahima Konaté. However, the latter was a surprise omission from the starting line-up in France’s opener against Austria. There has been a clamour for Saliba to be included in France’s starting XI, especially from fans of the Premier League. However, he has long since been perceived differently on the other side of the English Channel and Deschamps even criticised the Arsenal centre-back in March, stating that he “sometimes does things [he] doesn’t like”. However, Saliba got the nod over Konaté in Les…
Liverpool will face a decision over defender Anderson Arroyo’s time at the club after the centre-back completed his EIGHTH loan spell away from Anfield. Arroyo has had a nomadic Reds career since being signed more than six years ago, having yet to earn a work permit and thus been unable to feature for any of the Academy sides despite having been only 18 when he arrived. Now the 24-year-old Colombian is approaching the final year of his contract having extended his deal in the summer of 2022, with the Reds having to move the player on this summer or run…
Jason McAteer claims Roy Evans was in tears before his Liverpool departure. While at a training camp in Spain, the Ireland international was about to leave for the coach before heading to play a game when he was interrupted by the phone ringing. Reserve goalkeeper and roommate, Tony Warner, picked up the phone and to his surprise was greeted by Liverpool’s joint manager, Roy Evans. “The phone goes and you think ‘I’m dropped.’ So Tony Warner picks the phone up and goes ‘It’s the gaffer.’ “Knocked on his door, he opened the door. I could see he was stressed. He…
There have been an array of centre-backs linked with Liverpool in the summer transfer window. It seems that it is a key position that the Reds are aiming to bolster. With Joel Matip departing, a void has been left in the squad Arne Slot will inherit. There are four current options but all have some questions marks around them. Virgil van Dijk is into the final year of his contract, while he turns 33 next month. Ibrahima Konate has had injury issues throughout his three years at Anfield while Joe Gomez largely served as a full-back in the 2023-24 season.…
Liverpool have been offered some clarity on next season’s UEFA Champions League with many new changes coming into play. Following a one-season break, where the Reds took part in the Europa League, they will be back in Europe’s top competition for Arne Slot’s first campaign in charge. Over the course of the last few months, talk of some major changes to the Champions League were in the works with UEFA now releasing an in depth slideshow explaining the new format. As opposed to the usual eight groups consisting of four participants to make 32 teams, another four clubs have been…
Fabrizio Romano has predicted the contest for Crysencio Summerville’s services this summer to become a lot clearer in the ‘next few days’. It remains to be seen whether Liverpool or any other linked Premier League suitor look to interfere with Brighton’s interest in the Dutch winger. “I have a sense that they hope to get close to a deal done for something around £35m/40m, so that could be the price. I think the next few days will be important to see how this contest will go because I think the timing of this deal will be really important,” the Italian…