Liverpool receives orders to sign £100m-rated attacker

The transfer window has seen several clubs linked with big money transfers but Liverpool have been unusually quiet so far. The Reds have spent big in previous windows bringing Van Dirk last year January and Alisson last summer.

 

One area where the Reds are particularly weak is in the midfield. Liverpooldepends solely on their front three of Mohammed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.  While the midfield id workmanlike in nature.
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LIVERPOOL SET TO LOSE TALENTED YOUNGSTER ON A FREE

Liverpool just like most big have one of the best youth setups in the world. but the demands of the Premier League means that several of these youth players fail to get the first team exposure they want and elect to leave the club for first team opportunities.

The Reds are set to lose another talented youngster as Dutch prodigy Bobby Adekanye has revealed that he is leaving the club in the summer. The Nigerian born winger is set to leave the club as a free agent after refusing a new three-year deal offered by the Anfield outfit.
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Liverpool favorite for the title

Former Liverpool striker Peter Crouch believes that Liverpool can win the title this season. He said that the team is in a good position in the league and that their fate is in their own hands. He said that the Anfield side has been really consistent so far and that they only have to continue what they are doing if they want to be champions.

He believes that Jurgen Klopp has made a great job with the team and that the players have successfully adapted to the way he wants them to play. He said that he has also made some good signings that have allowed Liverpool to become strong in some areas where they were previously weak.
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Klopp refused to say anything on referee’s decisions

Jurgen Klopp admitted that he did not agree to a couple of decisions that was made by the referee in the all-important European clash where his team took on Paris Saint-Germain and ended up on the losing side.

There were a couple of occasions in the game when eyebrows were raised at the referee’s call. First when he didn’t award the Reds a penalty towards the end of the first half when a foul was made by PSG in Liverpool’s box and then on another occasion, Marco Verratti was not shown the red card when a lot of people thought that his challenge was worthy of a red card and not a yellow which the referee showed. These two decisions, if they had gone Liverpool’s way, might have changed the entire complexion of the game, but it wasn’t the case to be.
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Crooks Says Virgil Dijk Deserves An Oscar

The ex Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur forward named the team of the week once again. As per Garth Crooks, Virgil van Dijk is worth and Oscar due to this outstanding performance shown against Spurs in 15th September. Liverpool was leading as it successfully defeated Tottenham in 2-1 on Saturday at Wembley. The Dutch defender did put in his best performance to stop Harry Kane from achieving scores. The outcome made the Liverpool show its 100 percent in the season’s beginning.

Virgil Dijk post starting his career with Groningen shifted to Celtic in the year 2013. There he achieved the Scottish Premiership and was also nominated in PFA Scotland Team of the Year in al two seasons. He also won the Scottish League Cup. Dijk became a part of Southampton in the year 2015. Liverpool decided to choose him as a part of the club in 2018 for £75 million. This was indeed a world record free of transfer for a defender.
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Steve Nicol Asked Christian Pulisic To Stay At Borussia Dortmund

Christian Pulisic has been informed to snub Liverpool and also stay at Borussia Dortmund this season by Steve Nicol. The Reds have basically tried to be very active in this transfer window, but rumors also suggest that they are not finished with this.

Xherdan Shaqiri, Fabinho, Alisson and even Naby Keita have all been arriving for around Euro 170m. Jurgen Klopp has thereby made Premier League his priority during this season and will also aim to wrestle control from Manchester City. Pep Guardiola’s men had walked the league in the last season. Considering the windows are set to slam shut next week, German manager is not yet done for deals during this summer. Nabil Fekir was all set to be becoming the club’s next purchase but due to problems in the medical the transfer had to fell through.
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Klopp Angry At Penalty Decisions

Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp is unhappy with the penalty decisions when they played Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on Sunday. The Premier League fixture started slowly but the second half was heated especially in the final ten minutes.

Referee Jon Moss gave Spurs two controversial penalty decisions that helped them play out a 2-2 draw. Dele Alli was booked for simulation in the first half as the youngster sought to help his side equalize a Mohammed Salah opener. Read more

Mane appeal failed

Sadio Mane appeal for his red card has been rejected by the Football Association (FA), and the player would miss three games.


The Liverpool forward was sent off in the match against Manchester City after he kicked Ederson in the face.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said that he is not disappointed as he was sure that the appeal would be rejected by the FA and for him, it was just a waste of time.

Liverpool said that the foul was not intentional and that there was no malice in the way Mane kicked the keeper. However, the FA rejected the appeal and said that the ban has been reviewed by an independent committee and that the player will have to miss three games in total. Read more

Coutinho not for sale

Liverpool’s manager Jurgen Klopp has stated that Brazilian midfielder Coutinho is not for sale. He made this statement amidst increasing rumors that the midfielder might be the target of Barcelona. Indeed the Spanish club is looking for a replacement for Neymar who has just left the club in a record deal.

The German manager said that Coutinho is an important member of the team and that he has no intention of allowing him to leave the club. He said that he is building a team around him and that he is a valuable member of the team. Read more

DIRK KUYT RETIRES AFTER TWO DECADES

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Dutch soccer superstar Dirk Kuyt has retired from football.


He helped his boyhood club Feyenoord to this season’s Eredivisie title then he decided to call time on football.

His farewell was an emotional and worthy one. Kuyt scored a hat trick in the win over Heracles that secured the title by a point over a young Ajax side.

This is the first time the Dutch side would win the Eredivisie title since 1999. He inspired the team to the title in his second spell at the club, writing his name in gold in the annals of the club’s history. His final hat trick earned him a new record. OptaJohan claims Kuyt has scored more goals in 147 and more hat trick in 9 than any other Eredivisie star this century.

His first spell with Feyenoord was a successful one. He exited in 2006 to move to the Premier League. He scored in the 2-1 defeat of AC Milan to help Liverpool to the UEFA Champions League final. He impressed in his time at Anfield, winning the Carlings Cup in 2012.

He returned to his native in 2015, teaming up with his Giovanni van Bronckhorst. The 36-year old would later captain the side to the league title despite the odds. He said winning the title was “the best moment of [his] career.”He said he was always optimistic of winning the title even though he was laughed at. He retires a legend in Dutch football.