Author: Soccerhuz
An unlikely name has emerged as a shock contender to replace Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager next season. The Reds boss confirmed on Friday his intention to step down from the role at the end of the season, after a glorious spell of nearly nine years. Attention immediately turned to which manager could replace the 56-year-old, who has won all the major honours on offer since arriving on Merseyside in 2015. The shock announcement was followed quickly by reports claiming Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso as the early frontrunner for the hotseat. Having played for Liverpool under Rafael Benitez, winning the Champions…
Welcome to our live coverage of Jurgen Klopp’s press conference to preview his Liverpool side’s Premier League match at home to Chelsea on Wednesday. It will be the first time that Klopp has sat in front of the media at the AXA Training Centre since his press conference to talk about his shock departure from Liverpool at the end of the season. Since then his quadruple-chasing Reds side have beat Norwich City 5-2 at Anfield to book their place in the FA Cup fifth round and keep up their fight for trophies on all fronts very much alive. But it’s…
Jurgen Klopp is facing a welcome selection headache, with Liverpool’s injury list starting to clear ahead of the visit of Chelsea to Anfield. The German’s options have been significantly boosted over the course of the last week, but the major question is how many returning stars go straight into his team on Wednesday evening. There is, at least, no doubt that Alisson will start in goal and that Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate will partner in defence, but it gets a little trickier around them. That is partly because Conor Bradley has been incredibly impressive since coming into the team at right-back, negating the need to take any risks with Trent…
Jurgen Klopp confirmed a huge boost on the injury front as Thiago finally made his return to full training on Monday, though he insisted “he needs time.” Thiago has largely been unable to train with the first team since undergoing surgery to correct a hip problem in April. Given the Spaniard’s contract is due to expire at the end of the season, a number of false dawns when it came to his return led to speculation over whether he had played his final game for Liverpool. But speaking ahead of the visit of Chelsea in the Premier League, Klopp revealed that, along with Alexis Mac Allister being fit, Thiago is…
Chris Sutton has made his score prediction ahead of Liverpool against Chelsea at Anfield. Liverpool and Chelsea face off twice in the next few weeks, starting with tomorrow night’s Premier League fixture at Anfield. Afterwards, they’ll meet on 25 February at Wembley Stadium in the Carabao Cup final. Liverpool would be the obvious favourites to beat Chelsea given they’re the side in a title race this season, but this has been such a tight fixture in recent years. BBC pundit Chris Sutton is predicting a “very close” affair between Liverpool and Chelsea, but he’s edging with the hosts to win on Merseyside.…
Liverpool returns to Premier League action this week in what could prove to be a decisive run of fixtures. The Reds welcome Chelsea to Anfield on Wednesday night before taking on title rivals Arsenal at the Emirates. Jürgen Klopp’s side has already won there in the FA Cup this season and another victory will put Liverpool in a great position to go on and win the title. Ahead of the fixtures, Liverpool sits five points clear at the top of the table. Champion Manchester City does have a game in hand and will look to close the gap when it hosts struggling Burnley, while Arsenal…
The 22-year-old is enjoying the best season of his short career, having been transformed by Eddie Howe since his move to Newcastle United. Anthony Gordon has been a Magpie for a full year now, and he has massively kicked on after a slow start. It was tough to begin with, but now Gordon is a difference maker in black and white. The winger is one of Newcastle’s most decisive players in the final third, adding goals and assists to his game at an alarming rate. He has got 15 goal contributions in all competitions, 14 of which have came in the Premier…
Mikel Arteta rubbished suggestions regarding his Arsenal future following reports that the Spaniard could be leaving the club in the summer. What has now been shown to be “untrue” certainly had the Gunners’ boss riled in his pre-match press conference ahead of the clash with Nottingham Forest on Tuesday. The reports had emerged late last night following the admission of Xavi Hernandez that he would be leaving Barcelona at the end of the season. In what was an emotional response, Arteta spared little detail in telling reporters and supporters his reaction to hearing the story. “Who, me? No. That’s totally fake news,”…
Referees chief Howard Webb admitted Liverpool should have been awarded a penalty for handball in their December meeting with Arsenal, but one of the officials at the heart of the decision will be on VAR duty again when the teams meet at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. The two Premier League title contenders played out a 1-1 draw at Anfield just before Christmas. Mohamed Salah equalised for Liverpool after Gabriel’s early opener for the visitors, but neither team was able to get a crucial second goal. One of the big flashpoints came between the two goals, though. Odegaard slipped and…
Liverpool fans have been, understandably, a little on edge since the bombshell news that Jurgen Klopp will step down at the end of the season dropped. And so the last thing they needed was Virgil van Dijk suggesting that his future, too, is uncertain with under 18 months remaining on his contract. Speaking after the FA Cup victory over Norwich on Sunday, the Dutchman was asked if he will be part of the post-Klopp era that is about to be ushered in, and offered a perhaps too honest reply in saying: “That’s a big question. I don’t know.” These words proved enough to send…