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Bryan King believes Everton and Manchester United will reach a £50million agreement for Jarrad Branthwaite. The ex-Goodison scout claims the Toffees had every right to reject the Red Devils’ opening offer for the centre-back. As reported by The Athletic (14 June), Erik Ten Hag’s side submitted an initial bid worth £35million for Branthwaite. The bid was viewed by Everton as “unacceptable”, and the Liverpool Echo reported that same day (14 June) that the bid had already been turned down. However, King – speaking exclusively to Goodison News – feels a deal will get done. No one would have expected Everton…
Colombia boss Nestor Lorenzo has called for more protection for Luis Diaz after the Liverpool winger was on the end of a horror tackle. The Tricolour are one of the favourites heading into the Copa America, which starts on Friday. They have been drawn in Group D along with Brazil, Paraguay and Costa Rica. Colombia’s final warm-up friendly ahead of the tournament kicking-off in the USA was a 3-0 victory over Bolivia. Diaz was at the fulcrum of his country’s performance and netted their third goal in the 41st minute. But on 68 minutes, he was hacked down by a…
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.…