Author: Soccerhuz
Premier League clubs are seriously interested in Todibo because of his performances this season, as the 24-year-old centre-back has been among the best players in Ligue 1. Todibo has been heavily linked to moves to Liverpool and Tottenham in January. The French defender is also reportedly being pursued by Chelsea and Manchester United. Nice are optimistic that they can now get a club record price for Todibo, as per Telefoot. The French team is rumored to be asking as much as €60 million (£52 million) for the defender. Todibo’s performances this season and the fact that now he plays for the…
Jurgen Klopp highlighted the tactical change for Darwin Nunez as the inspiration behind Liverpool’s 4-0 win over Bournemouth. And the Reds boss also reserved a word for Alexis Mac Allister’s “exceptional performance” in midfield as the visitors went five points clear at the top of the Premier League at the Vitality Stadium on Sunday. After a drab first half Diogo Jota scored twice in between a brace from Nunez as the Reds swatted aside their hosts in what was their first Premier League game since Mohamed Salah flew out to be part of Egypt’s Africa Cup of Nations squad in…
Liverpool’s past signings from Sporting Lisbon haven’t always worked out, with Joao Carlos Teixeira’s £830k move in 2012 being a prime example. Despite being hailed as the ‘New Deco’, his time at Liverpool was marred by injuries and underwhelming loan spells, eventually leaving the club in 2016. Liverpool received £250k when Teixeira moved to FC Porto after making only eight appearances and scoring once for the Reds. This was still more impact than another player from Sporting Lisbon who joined Anfield. In August 2013, former manager Brendan Rodgers made a double deadline day swoop, landing Mamadou Sakho from Paris Saint-Germain…
Diogo Jota insists he’d “rather put the ball in the net” than win a penalty after being criticised by Newcastle legend Alan Shearer. The row between Jota and Shearer started following Liverpool’s 4-2 win against Newcastle on New Year’s Day. Jota won a late penalty in the thrilling Premier League contest after going round Magpies goalkeeper Martin Dubravka and eventually hitting the deck. Referee Anthony Taylor pointed to the spot, but the decision divided opinion among pundits. There appeared to be minimal contact between Dubravka and Jota – and it took a second for the latter to go down. “F******…
The Egyptian was injured in his country’s last match at the Africa Cup of Nations, and is likely to rehabilitate back on Merseyside. It was later revealed the 31-year-old would miss the Pharaohs’ next two fixtures, if they progressed to the knockout stages of the competition in the Ivory Coast. However, he will now attend Egypt’s final Group B against Cape Verde on Monday, where victory will secure their place in the last 16, before flying back to Liverpool for rehabilitation. An Egyptian FA statement, posted on Liverpool’s official website on Sunday evening, read: “After additional examinations were conducted on…
Diogo Jota was the star as Liverpool produced a brilliant performance to beat Bournemouth and re-establish their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League table. Arsenal’s 5-0 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday had fired a warning shot to Jurgen Klopp’s side and they were more than ready to return fire. After a tricky first half, Darwin Nunez opened the scoring with a confident first-time finish into the bottom corner from Jota’s pass. The Portugal forward then took centre stage, rifling in via the near post to make it 2-0 and then inadvertently setting himself up for another with…
Liverpool swept Bournemouth aside on Sunday to extend its lead at the top of the Premier League to five points. Diogo Jota and Darwin Núñez were both on target twice for the Reds in a fine second-half display. The 4-0 victory came despite Liverpool missing a host of its key players with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dominik Szoboszlai both out through injury while Mohamed Salah and Wataru Endō are away with their international sides. Salah has been with Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations but raised concerns at Anfield last week when he was forced off with an injury. The full extent of the problem is yet…
Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola admitted that his side could not cope with Liverpool in the second half at the Vitality Stadium. Two goals each for Diogo Jota and Darwin Núñez gave Jürgen Klopp’s team the three points. The first period was a closely-fought affair but Klopp said at full-time that he told his Liverpool stars that they needed to up the ante after the interval. Fortunately for the Reds boss, they duly did, going ahead just a few minutes after the restart with a nicely worked goal that set them on their way. “We were really good to keep the game level for 45 minutes,”…
After starting his Liverpool career as a makeshift holding midfielder, it appeared a matter of time before Alexis Mac Allister would be shifted forward into a more attacking role. The Argentine had become one of the Premier League’s most effective playmakers at Brighton and played a similar role as his country won the World Cup in Qatar. With Fabinho and Jordan Henderson leaving — and Liverpool failing in its pursuits of Roméo Lavia and Moisés Caicedo — the need for a holding midfielder appeared evident. Yet Mac Allister, signed for a fee of $44m (£35m/€41m) during the summer, was often…
Reds top scorer Salah is set to miss his country’s next two games at the tournament in Ivory Coast after suffering the injury in Thursday’s 2-2 draw with Ghana. Premier League leaders Liverpool initially struggled to create in the absence of their talisman during Sunday’s game at Bournemouth, but moved five points clear at the top thanks to a crushing 4-0 win earned by second-half doubles from Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota. Klopp feels it “makes sense” for Salah to fly back to Merseyside from AFCON. “That’s the plan,” the German said following victory at Vitality Stadium. “If that’s already…