Author: Soccerhuz
Liverpool fended off interest from “every top club” for young midfielder Trey Nyoni, according to reports, with the teenager making a strong start. Nyoni, 16, was one of three youngsters to make the move to Liverpool over the summer, arriving from Leicester alongside Amara Nallo (16, from West Ham) and Harvey Owen (14, from Wolves). It continues the focus on recruiting the best talents from clubs across England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland following the UK’s departure from the EU. Calum Scanlon was the first such arrival, but was followed by Ben Doak, Kaide Gordon, Bobby Clark and Trent Kone-Doherty, among others. This approach is…
We are eight games into the 2023-24 Premier League season, which means it is high time to make wildly speculative predictions about what’ll happen over the next seven months. According to Sky Sports commentator Peter Drury, Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Manchester City has “blown the title race wide open”, but is this true? Here’s i‘s analysis of the current top four and their chances of securing the trophy come May. Tottenham Fire up the air raid sirens and get underground, Tottenham Hotspur will be top of the Premier League for at least the next two weeks. They’re an eminently entertaining side managed by the avuncular, agonisingly likeable Ange…
The chaos of the summer transfer window has settled down, with the jury now out on just how wisely Premier League teams splashed their cash. England’s top-flight outfits clubs spent a record-breaking £2.36billion on new additions, with Moises Caicedo topping the bill after transferring to Chelsea from Brighton for a £115million fee. But now, talk is already turning to the January window, with the likes of Manchester United currently learning the hard way that areas of their squad still need strengthening. Gary Neville has also stoked the fires among Liverpool fans, as per usual, by arguing the Reds would be favourites for the title…
The likes of Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea may reportedly struggle to seal the transfer of RB Leipzig striker Lois Openda, as his club are keen not to lose more top players after seeing the likes of Dominik Szoboszlai and Josko Gvardiol leave in the summer. Openda only recently joined Leipzig from Lens, so it remains to be seen if he’d be ready to move again just yet anyway, but it seems there has been some interest from the top clubs in the Premier League. Links with Liverpool, Man Utd and Chelsea are mentioned in Football Insider, though their report…
With Thiago yet to feature this season and set to leave Liverpool on a free transfer next summer, the midfielder is considered a target for Barcelona. Thiago‘s time at Liverpool has been plagued by injuries, but his current layoff is proving the most frustrating for all involved. The veteran midfielder underwent surgery to correct a hip problem in May, and despite reports he would be fit for the start of the season, he is yet to be involved. A series of setbacks in his recovery have limited Thiago to a handful of training sessions with the rest of the squad, with involvement on matchdays…
Liverpool defender Luke Chambers was expected to depart the club on loan over the summer, with interest from Bayer Leverkusen and Swansea. Chambers spent the second half of last season on loan at Kilmarnock, featuring in 16 of a possible 17 games and starting 15, in a variety of roles. That attracted wider interest heading into the summer transfer window, including reported offers from Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen and Championship side Swansea. But the 19-year-old remained on Merseyside beyond deadline day, with there a confusion around his situation given the suitors. His absence throughout pre-season for both the first team and…
Luiz Diaz has spoken for the first time about his controversial disallowed goal against Tottenham Hotspur earlier this month. At 0-0 and with the Reds a man down, Liverpool winger Diaz saw a goal ruled out following an unusually quick video assistant referee check by Darren England, in which the customary offside line graphic was not shown. However, it later emerged that England mistakenly believed the on-field decision had been to award the goal, leading him to tell Simon Hooper, the referee, that the check was complete. The PGMOL admitted after the game that ‘a significant human error occurred’ and…
Luis Diaz has given his side of the story after the uproar over his disallowed goal against Tottenham, admitting the VAR decision “hit him very hard.” Largely overlooked in the fallout of Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat to Tottenham was the sheer quality of Diaz’s finish for the goal controversially ruled out. Rightly, the focus in the aftermath was on the error of VAR Darren England and the team of officials, with PGMOL forced to announce major changes moving forward. But on a basic level, Diaz was denied an excellent third goal of the campaign that would have galvanised 10-man Liverpool towards a potential…
Why no red card for Pascal Gross? It was all rather bemusing when Gross was not sent off or cautioned after tugging Dominik Szoboszlai back by his shirt collar and conceding a penalty. There was no double jeopardy in play as he was not making a genuine challenge for the ball and with rules suggesting a red was in order, VAR specialist Dale Johnson of ESPN has looked to explain why that did not occur. When assessing ‘obvious goal-scoring opportunities’, the distance, direction of play, likelihood of keeping or gaining control of the ball and the location of defenders are considered. To the naked…
With Ryan Gravenberch left out of both the Netherlands senior and U21s squads despite a host of injuries, it has been confirmed as a “signal.” Ahead of Euro 2024 qualifiers against France and Greece this month, the Netherlands have seen eight players pull out of duty due to injury. Along with the likes of Cody Gakpo, Frenkie de Jong and Steven Berghuis no longer being available, the U21s are also without two players originally called up for their own qualifiers against Georgia and Gibraltar. Despite this, Gravenberch was not considered for a late inclusion, after turning down a call for the September break…