Author: Soccerhuz

Real Madrid do not have the deepest of squads. But they have been very successful this season despite that. Exceeding all expectations, they might be the best team in all of Europe right now. One of the key reasons behind that is because the players currently at the club have stepped up to the plate and delivered. Perhaps no player in Europe has stepped up to the plate more than Antonio Rudiger this season. The German centre-back did not have a great debut campaign at Santiago Bernabeu but has looked like a player transformed this time around. Many believe that he has been…

Liverpool could be set to welcome several players back from injury ahead of their next Premier League fixture, but one official announcement pertaining to that game against Chelsea on 31 January won’t please Reds fans. The league’s website confirmed the appointments of match officials for the next round of fixtures, and the man in the middle for the Blues’ visit to Anfield will be Paul Tierney. Andy Madley, who took charge of the 4-0 win at Bournemouth on Sunday, is fourth official, with John Brooks on VAR, assisted by Sian Massey-Ellis. James Mainwaring, Scott Ledger will be the assistant referees running either touchline. Tierney…

Liverpool have reportedly stepped up their interest in Genk rising star Bilal El Khannouss, inviting the player’s agent for “talks” over a possible move just as Spanish giants Atletico Madrid named him as a priority target for this January window. According to reports coming from Belgian outlet Het Laatste Nieuws, the player’s agent, Karima Ben Aissa, who is also his mother, has been “invited” by several clubs, including Liverpool, to discuss a potential move. “We’re in contact with a few clubs,” she said last week, but pointed out that her son’s next destination “doesn’t necessarily have to be a big…

Days after he overlooked a studs-up challenge on Luis Diaz, Paul Tierney has been appointed referee for Liverpool’s next Premier League game against Chelsea. While the end result was an overwhelming positive for Liverpool, there were two questionable moments during their 4-0 win at Bournemouth on Sunday. First, Cherries winger Justin Kluivert lunged into a studs-up challenge on Diaz which forced Virgil van Dijk to stop play, while later Diogo Jota was denied a clear penalty shout. It was later explained that Kluivert’s tackle was deemed ‘reckless’, and not ‘dangerous’, therefore warranting only a yellow card with VAR unable to intervene. No explanation was given for ignoring a…

Andrew Robertson, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dominik Szoboszlai are all set to return to action for Liverpool ahead of their big games against Chelsea and Arsenal. Liverpool currently sit first in the Premier League, five points ahead of Manchester City, Arsenal and Aston Villa although Pep Guardiola’s side have a game in hand. The Reds returned to action last weekend after their winter break as they comfortably beat Bournemouth 4-0 without some of their most important players. And assistant Pep Lijnders has offered an update on the impending returns of Robertson, Alexander-Arnold and Szoboszlai ahead of Liverpool’s Carabao Cup semi-final second…

Robbie Keane believes that Darwin Nunez can help fill the void left by Mohamed Salah to guide Liverpool to the Premier League title. The Reds will be without Salah for the next few weeks as he looks to help Egypt succeed at the Africa Cup of Nations, which is being held in the Ivory Coast. As a result, Jurgen Klopp will be forced to make adjustments to his starting line-up to accommodate the loss of Salah for the next few games. Klopp will have Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo and Nunez to call on while Salah is on international duty. Keane believes that…

Egypt manager Rui Vitoria has seemingly hit out at Jurgen Klopp and Mohamed Salah’s agent ahead of the forward returning to Liverpool. The 31-year-old suffered a hamstring injury in Egypt’s second group game at the Africa Cup of Nations and will return to Merseyside for treatment on Wednesday after the Pharaohs reached the knockout stages of the tournament. Klopp would reveal such a decision on Sunday after the Reds’ 4-0 thrashing of AFC Bournemouth. Meanwhile, Salah’s agent, Ramy Abbas Issa, posted on social media on Monday evening, ahead of Egypt’s decisive final group game against Cape Verde, that his client’s injury…

Liverpool will have Andy Robertson and Curtis Jones available for their Carabao Cup semi-final second leg against Fulham. The Reds take a slender lead to Craven Cottage after a thrilling comeback win at Anfield earlier this month, with Jones and Cody Gakpo scoring quick-fire goals after Willian had given the Cottagers lead. Robertson has not featured since undergoing shoulder surgery on a problem picked up while away on international duty with Scotland in October. While assistant manager Pep Lijnders has confirmed the defender will travel to west London, it seems unlikely he will start both because of how long he’s…

Mohamed Salah suffered a hamstring injury early on at the Africa Cup of Nations, initially ruling him out of Egypt’s next couple of games. The winger was originally touted for a return around the quarter-final stage, which coincides with Arsenal’s match against Liverpool. As a result, there were plenty of Liverpool fans hoping for Egypt’s elimination, to allow the winger to return for that game. But further testing on Salah’s injury has revealed bad news. The player’s agent confirms the injury “is more serious than first thought”, with Salah set to miss 21-28 days. Salah is still hoping to play…

Liverpool’s star forward, Mohamed Salah, could potentially miss several crucial matches for the club and country due to a recent injury update. Salah sustained a hamstring injury while representing Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations, leading to his substitution during the game against Ghana and the 31-year-old will now undergo rehabilitation in Merseyside to recover. Jürgen Klopp was asked about the issue before Liverpool beat Bournemouth at the weekend and confirmed that Salah was set to have scans to determine the severity of the injury. Salah’s agent, Ramy Abbas Issa, provided an update on it yesterday, stating that it is “more serious…