Liverpool
Report: Klopp identifies 24-year-old ‘sensation’ who is at the top of Liverpool ‘summer hitlist’
Liverpool will be looking to bolster their attacking options in the summer. The likes of Adam Lallana and Xherdan Shaqiri are expected to leave, and Jurgen Klopp will be looking to bring in new faces to fill the void. According to reports from The Sun, Liverpool have made Wolverhampton Wanderers star Adama Traore their number one target for the summer. The report claims that Klopp has placed the Spanish attacker at the top of his transfer wishlist in the summer. The Reds have been heavily linked with a move for RB Leipzig’s Timo Werner but it seems Klopp wants to bring Traore to Anfield instead. Traore has improved immensely under Nuno Espirito Santo at Wolves and has enjoyed a phenomenal 2019-20 campaign for the Premier League side. The 24-year-old winger has scored six goals an...
Report: Everton eye move for in-demand £100k-per-week int’l, face competition from West Ham
Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana is expected to leave the club at the end of the season and several Premier League clubs are vying for his signature. According to reports from Daily Star, Everton are among a number of clubs keen to sign Lallana this summer. However, the Toffees are likely to face competition from rival Premier League clubs like Leicester, West Ham and Arsenal. The 32-year-old, who won the Champions League title with Liverpool, will be a free agent at the end of the season. Although Liverpool have an option to extend his deal by another year, Jurgen Klopp is likely to let him go. Lallana has dropped down the pecking order at the club and has just managed a handful of starts this season under Klopp. The former Southampton midfielder, who is on £100k-a-week wages, has b...
Chelsea, Manchester United, Leicester contact Philippe Coutinho’s agent over summer move
Premier League clubs Chelsea, Manchester United and Leicester have all reportedly contacted Philippe Coutinho’s agent ahead of a summer transfer. According to Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo claims Chelsea remain Coutinho’s preferred choice but Newcastle have also unofficially registered an interest. Coutinho is currently on a season-long loan at Bayern Munich from Barcelona but faces a fight to return before the end of the season following ankle surgery. Bayern have the option to make Coutinho’s move permanent but have been unwilling to meet Barceline’s £100million price tag. Recent reports claimed Bayern manager Hansi Flick had been hoping to extend the Coutinho’s deal until the Champions League is completed later this summer. Yet according to Mundo, Barcelona aim to have Coutinho sold by...
Bayern Munich confirm €120 million Philippe Coutinho purchase option has expired
Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has revealed that the Bundesliga champions have not activated their purchase option for Philippe Coutinho. Barcelona’s Brazilian midfielder joined on a season-long loan last summer, but has failed to fulfil his potential in Bavaria and Rummenigge says the clause has now expired. Coutinho, 27, arrived with the option to buy for €120million last August, but Bayern have opted not to exercise the deal, though Rummenigge did not totally close the door on a future for Coutinho in Germany. “The option expired and we haven’t activated it,” Rummenigge told German magazine Der Spiegel. “We’re going to plan our squad for next season and we’ll see if he still has a role to play with us or not.” The former Liverpool star has failed to hit the heights he did ...
‘Quality player’: Kevin Phillips fancies West Ham United to sign 29-year-old Liverpool star
In an interview with Football Insider, Kevin Phillips has fancied West Ham United to land the signature of Nathaniel Clyne on a free transfer, once his contract with Liverpool expires during the summer. The right-back has been with the Reds since the summer of 2015 but he has barely featured for the first-team in recent years due to long-term injury setbacks and the emergence of Trent Alexander-Arnold. The 29-year-old has played no part for the Reds this term after rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament in pre-season but he could make his injury comeback when the campaign resumes after the coronavirus shutdown. His current deal could be extended for a couple of months beyond June 2020 due to the delayed end to the season but it appears likely that he could become a free-agent thereafter. ...
BBC pundit reacts as player announces he’s leaving Rangers
Chris Sutton has taken to Twitter to mock Sheyi Ojo, as the winger prepares to leave Steven Gerrard’s Rangers for his parent club Liverpool. The former Celtic striker, who now works as a pundit for BBC Sport and BT Sport, has stated that Ojo – who joined Rangers on a season-long loan deal from Premier League club Liverpool in the summer of 2019 – talked a good game, but he could not perform on the pitch. The 22-year-old winger has bid farewell to Rangers on Twitter, as he leaves for his parent club Liverpool. Talked a good game before he kicked a ball… https://t.co/IYwqEGVB75 — Chris Sutton (@chris_sutton73) May 21, 2020 Stats According to WhoScored, Ojo made nine starts and 10 substitute appearances in the Scottish Premiership for Rangers this season. The Liverpool-owned winger also made ...
Player’s returning to Liverpool, describes Rangers fans as world’s ‘best’
Sheyi Ojo seems to have bid farewell to Rangers on Twitter, as the winger prepares to return to his parent club Liverpool. The 22-year-old winger joined Rangers on a season-long loan deal from Liverpool in the summer of 2019. The Scottish Premiership season has come to a premature end due to the coronavirus pandemic. Celtic have been declared champions on a points-per-game basis, while their bitter Old Firm rivals Rangers have finished second. Ojo is going back to his parent club Liverpool, and the English winger has sent a farewell message to Rangers fans on Twitter. Best fans in the world no doubt. You guys gave me love & some moments in my life i’ll never forget. Thankyou @RangersFC 💙 pic.twitter.com/TVCWoVAnNg — Sheyi Ojo (@sheyi_ojo) May 21, 2020 Stats According to WhoScor...
Bowen names Liverpool player as best defender he has played against… not Van Dijk
West Ham United star Jarrod Bowen has named Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson on Twitter as the best defender he has played against. Bowen, who can operate as a winger, midfielder or forward, made the comment about the 26-year-old Scotland international left-back during a Q&A session on West Ham’s official Twitter page. While many would have expected a different Liverpool player to be named by the former Hull City star – Virgil van Dijk – the 23-year-old has actually named Robertson. Andy Robertson https://t.co/8UQmjmr83E — West Ham United (@🏠) (@WestHam) May 21, 2020 Stats According to WhoScored, Robertson has made 27 starts and one substitute appearance in the Premier League for Liverpool so far this season, scoring one goal and providing seven assists in the process. During...
Report: Jurgen Klopp stance on £90k-a-week West Ham and Crystal Palace target
According to The Express, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is ready to let Nathaniel Clyne leave this summer, with West Ham United and Crystal Palace interested in the defender. Clyne is out of contract at Liverpool at the end of next month, and manager Klopp is reportedly ready to let him leave on a free transfer instead of offering him a new deal. The report has added that London clubs Palace and West Ham are interested in securing the services of the 29-year-old right-back, who earns £90,000 per week as salary. Disappointing Liverpool spell Clyne has been at Liverpool since 2015, but the former Southampton star has failed to make a massive impact at Anfield. There have been injury issues, and when the right-back has played, he has not been exactly great. The 29-year-old former Palace righ...
Report: Gerrard hopes to beat Hammers to striker’s signature a yr after Liverpool links
According to The Scottish Sun, Rangers are hoping to beat several English Premier League sides to the signature of West Bromwich Albion striker Rayhaan Tulloch this summer as manager Steven Gerrard looks to stop Celtic’s 10-in-a-row bid. West Ham United and Brighton are very much keen on the 19-year-old after he forced his way into manager Slaven Bilic’s plans this term, and the Baggies are looking to convince him to sign a deal as he is out of contract next month. Liverpool were one of the clubs linked with an interest in Tulloch last summer, but the speedy striker could be lining up for their former skipper at Ibrox if Rangers play their cards well. West Ham know the teenager well having watched him first hand during their FA Cup clash against Bilic’s side in January, and it appears he d...
‘Go and join them’ – Noel Whelan urges playmaker to join Rangers this summer
Noel Whelan has urged the Liverpool midfielder Pedro Chirivella to join Rangers this summer. The Spaniard has been a part of the club’s youth team for a while now and he has been given some first team chances this season. Chirivella has managed to impress in the cup games and he has been linked with a move away from Anfield this summer. The midfielder is out of contract in June and it will be interesting to see if he signs an extension with Liverpool. Whelan said to Football Insider: “You could be in a worse position. He could try and kick start his career at Rangers and if he does well he can come back to the Premier League as a ready-made player in a few years’ time. It is tough because it is difficult to turn down a five-year deal at a club like Liverpool but I am not sure if he is goin...
Tottenham star admits his Liverpool counterpart is the best in Europe
Tottenham Hotspur left-back Danny Rose has claimed that his Liverpool counterpart Andy Robertson is the best in the position in Europe. The England international is currently on loan till the end of the season at Newcastle United after falling out of favour with Spurs boss Jose Mourinho. In his heydays, Rose was the best left-back in the Premier League, making the PFA Team of the Year at the end of both the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons as Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs challenged for the title. The Tottenham star has most likely played his last game for the North London club as he is expected to leave permanently this summer with just a year left on his deal, but he is hoping to return to the top of his game someday, and has revealed that he aims to catch his Liverpool counterpart. “Andy Rober...
