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Liverpool is being linked with a move for Mainz winger Brajan Gruda. The seven-cap Germany under-21 international would reportedly cost the Reds around $22m (£17m/€20m), and is under contract until the summer of 2026. The story comes from Sport Bild, who also reports that a host of clubs are interested in signing the 19-year-old. But what sort of player is he, and does he fulfil a need Liverpool has this summer? Gruda has just completed his first full season of senior football, playing alongside Reds loanee Sepp van den Berg. He scored four times and provided three assists in the…
Jurgen Klopp is heading back to Anfield sooner than might have been expected as his wife, Ulla, has scored them tickets to the Taylor Swift Eras tour next month. ‘Swifties’ will descend on Liverpool across three nights in June, from Thursday 13 until Saturday 15, with 150,000 fans expected to attend the gigs at the home of Liverpool Football Club. Klopp and Ulla will be among them, with James Pearce of the Athletic revealing that the outgoing Reds’ manager shared the news during his last week in charge and was also spotted singing one of Taylor’s biggest hits, “Shake it…
Liverpool are preparing to usurp Paris Saint-Germain’s plans to sign the highly-rated young Lille defender Leny Yoro, according to reports in France. The Reds are in the market for defensive reinforcements this summer with Joel Matip leaving the club and injury questions surrounding Ibrahima Konate. Lloyd Kelly and Tosin Adarabioyo are among the bargain names which were linked with an Anfield move but it looks like they will be on the move to Newcastle in free transfers instead. That represents a blow for Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes, who signed Kelly from Bristol City for Bournemouth when he was Technical…
When Jürgen Klopp reflected on his final season in charge of Liverpool, he insisted it had been one of progress. The quadruple had been an unlikely dream at one stage of the campaign but the Reds had to settle for one trophy and a return to the Champions League. Liverpool managed just three wins from its last eight matches and that run ultimately distinguished any faint title hope. In the final scoring, Klopp’s men finished up in third, nine points adrift of Manchester City and seven off runners-up Arsenal. There were some suggestions that Klopp’s decision to announce his exit…
A new dawn approaches for Liverpool Football Club in a multitude of ways ahead of Arne Slot’s arrival on June 1. FSG, for one, have made great pains to transform operations behind the scenes, rehiring Michael Edwards and Julian Ward in fresh roles with the club. A changing of the hands holding the reins going into the 2024/25 season also presents something of a serious unknown for fans after the relative comfort of Jurgen Klopp’s leadership since 2015. Will it be a smooth transition? Or will the boat be rocked by so many changes? The Dutchman has given enough of…
Real Madrid have held an interest in Benfica defender Antonio Silva but according to a report by Fichajes, the youngster will prefer to join a Premier League club in the summer. The 20-year-old has been one of the most discussed centre-backs this season and Benfica are ready to cash in on him however, they are demanding at least €100 million for him who still has three more years left on his contract. It’s a very steep price for someone whose current market value is only €45 million but that has not deflected interest from England because Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester…
Liverpool will have been rueing the fact that they didn’t make it to Wednesday’s Europa League final. The Reds were rightfully favourites for the competition, but were blown away by Atalanta in the quarter-finals. As the Italian side demonstrated in Dublin, there was no great shame in that. Gian Piero Gasperini is a top coach who has shown exactly why he was briefly tipped to be in the running for the Liverpool job. After the game itself, Gasperini was quick to highlight his team’s ‘extraordinary’ win at Anfield in April. It’s clearly a point of great satisfaction for him. And…
Real Madrid could approach Liverpool for midfield star following Toni Kroos’ retirement announcement As reported by Spanish outlet Fichajes, Real Madrid are interested in signing Liverpool midfielder, Alexis Mac Allister. The Spanish giants will be losing Toni Kroos this summer and plugging that hole will take a player of the highest quality. Kroos plans on hanging up his boots after the EUROs 2024 so Real Madrid needs to move fast if they wish to sign a capable replacement. Apart from Alexis Mac Allister, the team has scouted, Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz and Inter Milan’s Nicolo Barella. The Argentine midfielder was…
Jamie Carragher has labelled the new offside law changes as ‘terrible’ for football. The Sky Sports pundit has hit out at Arsene Wenger’s proposals, with the former Arsenal manager now FIFA’s chief of global football development. Wenger is set to pursue changes with football’s law-making body, the International FA Board (IFAB). According to the rule, a player is onside if any portion of their body that has the ability to score a goal is level with or behind the appropriate defender. In other words, for offside to be called, there must be “daylight” between the attacker and the defense. FIFA…
Brendan Rodgers has warned Liverpool are facing a transitional period after appointing Arne Slot. Slot has come in to replace Jurgen Klopp, who has left his post after nine years in charge at Anfield. Klopp actually took over from Rodgers back in 2015, leading Liverpool to the Premier League title, the Champions League, the FA Cup and two Carabao Cups. He leaves with the Reds having finished third in the top-flight in the season just gone. Slot faces a tough test building on his work, with this being his first job outside of his homeland of the Netherlands. And Rodgers…