Author: Soccerhuz
If you were hoping to see Andy Robertson return in January, there is little optimism that will be the case as his comeback from a shoulder injury continues. “Robbo still needs more range in his shoulder, obviously it was a big surgery; still not even close to team training,” Klopp revealed in his pre-Newcastle press conference. “He can do a lot without using the arm properly, which is good, but on the other side it shows we still have a long way to go. “For sure, I think the full January he will be [out]. He has to get closer and…
Liverpool and Chelsea are among the Premier League clubs who will benefit from the threat of a one-match ban being removed. Any player who accrues five yellow cards in the first 19 matches of the season automatically receive a suspension. But the passing of the 19th match-day of the Premier League, after Arsenal lost 2-0 at home to West Ham and Tottenham were beaten 4-2 at Brighton on Thursday night, means most players are no longer at risk. Players with four yellows for Manchester City and Brentford are the only exception. The two clubs still have to play their 19th…
Liverpool has been handed a warning by Pep Guardiola following Manchester City’s 3-1 win against Everton on Wednesday. Sean Dyche’s side took the lead in the first half thanks to a goal from Jack Harrison, but were ultimately undone after Phil Foden, Julian Alvarez and Bernardo Silva slotted their efforts past Jordan Pickford to secure all three points. Liverpool currently holds a five-point gap on last season’s treble winners. However, as City have so regularly shown in previous seasons, it is capable of hitting a rich vein of form in the second half of the season when it comes to…
Wrexham executive director Humphrey Ker believes the Welsh club can make similarly “financially irresponsible” decisions to those that Premier League title challengers Liverpool do thanks to Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Ker, 41, is credited with inspiring the Hollywood actors to buy Wrexham, approaching three years ago now. The California -based actor and writer is a lifelong Liverpool fan, first introducing McElhenney to English football by watching the club’s midweek matches while on set filming the television series ‘Mythic Quest’ in which they both played characters. He then recommended McElhenney watch the documentary series ‘ Sunderland ‘Til I Die ‘,…
January is a traditionally tough time for teams, buying clubs especially, to do business. Indeed, Jurgen Klopp often states that he prefers to do business in the summer and not mid-season. However, when he has of late, the transfers have often been statements of intent, with Virgil van Dijk, Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo all moving to Merseyside at the start of a calendar year. Before Klopp, Daniel Sturridge, Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho were all January additions that certainly showed the winter window can be very fruitful. Which position do you think should be a priority? MILLNE: This is a tough one because the obvious…
Liverpool supporters have been trying to keep their feet on the ground in the wake of an impressive first half of the campaign But those with their head in the sand regards one particular subject will now have to face the reality. Following Monday’s Premier League visit of Newcastle United, the Reds face the prospect of being without Mohamed Salah for up to six weeks during a pivotal part of the season. And the imminent departure of the winger to represent Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations – a tournament that starts on January 13 with the final on…
Jurgen Klopp has never really been a fan of the January transfer window. But even in his previous dismissal of the mid-season opportunity to rejuvenate his squad, the Liverpool boss offered a clue of when he would ultimately consider doing business. “We want to have players who are ready to develop and that’s not a message for the winter transfer window,” said Klopp back in December 2016. “If you don’t have the biggest injury issues in the world and you need players only for the line-up then you should only do things you would do in the summer too, because otherwise you…
Newcastle United captain Kieran Trippier has called for a response against Liverpool. The Magpies have picked up just six points in their last six games, winning twice and losing four. They visit Anfield bruised from their defeat at home to Nottingham Forest after Chris Wood came back to haunt his former club, netting a treble in a 3-1 win. It made it back-to-back disappointment after their narrow defeat away at relegation-battling Luton Town. The festive period has been gruelling for the North East club after being forced to deal with injuries and the added element of their Champions League campaign.…
Former Liverpool forward Dirk Kuyt has landed his next managerial job. Kuyt began his coaching career with Dutch second tier club ADO Den Haag at the start of last season. The 43-year-old was sacked in November 2022 after 16 games in charge, leaving the team 17th in the Erste Divisie, but has found his next opportunity in Belgium. Belgian side Beerschot have confirmed Kuyt’s appointment as manager until the end of the current campaign. The club sit 2nd in the Belgian second tier but were left hunting for a new head coach after manager Andreas Wieland informed Beerschot of his…
Michael Emenalo, the Saudi Pro League’s director of football, believes that it would be hard to convince Mohamed Salah to join the competition in January. The Saudi Pro League’s heavy spending was one of the key talking points from the summer transfer window this season, as several clubs from the country recruited some of the top names in European football with massive contracts. And there could have been one other big name plying his trade in the kingdom had Liverpool not rejected a £150million offer from Al-Ittihad for Salah during the summer transfer window. The offer was understood to have been £100m…