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Preston North End FC vs Liverpool FC preview, team news, betting tips & prediction
Liverpool will look to book their place in the next round of the League Cup with a win over Preston North End this week. The two sides will meet on the 27th of October at 19:45 pm BST. Liverpool are in exceptional form right now and they are coming into this game on the back of a 5-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford. The Reds are unbeaten across all competitions this season. Meanwhile, Preston have won just once in their last six outings and they will be massive underdogs heading into this contest. Preston North End vs Liverpool team news The home side will be without Connor Wickham, Isaiah Brown, Ched Evans and Matthew Olosunde due to injuries. Alan Browne is suspended. The Reds are without Harvey Elliott, Thiago, Naby Keita, James Milner and Fabinho due ...
Report: Everton keen to sign midfielder who was released by Liverpool in 2018
Everton are one of a handful of Premier League clubs keen on signing Preston North End youngster Lewis Leigh, according to a report from football.london. Toffees boss Rafa Benitez has a lot of work to do at Goodison Park this summer. Aside from signing top-class players, Benitez will be keen to bring in some young talented starlets with potential. Everton have an ageing squad, and that is something that needs addressing. And the Preston teenager could very well be an exciting signing for the future for the Merseyside outfit. Everton chasing Lewis Leigh Benitez wants to bring the 17-year-old to Goodison Park from Preston this summer. West Ham United, Arsenal and Leicester City also reportedly want to sign the central midfielder. Leigh was released by Everton’s fierce rivals Liverpool a...
Liverpool complete loan deal for Schalke defender
Liverpool have completed the deadline-day signing of Ozan Kabak from Schalke, subject to international clearance. The 20-year-old defender will move to Anfield on loan until the end of the season, with the Reds having the option to make the move permanent in the summer for a fee of £18 million ($25m). Kabak, a Turkey international who moved to Schalke from Stuttgart in 2019, will be the first of two signings on a busy day on Merseyside. He will be joined by Preston centre-back Ben Davies, who finalised his switch earlier on Monday. Goal understands that Liverpool will pay an initial loan fee of around £1m ($1.4m) for Kabak, while the deal for Davies could be worth in excess of £1.6m, should all performance-related add-ons be triggered. The Reds had been insistent that it would be a quiet w...
Shkodran Mustafi joins Schalke from Arsenal
Arsenal’s squad trimming has continued, with Shkodran Mustafi joining Schalke on a deal until the end of the season. Gunners boss Mikel Arteta said prior to the January transfer window that he was keen to trim some flab from his squad. Mesut Ozil has been the highest-profile departure, with the former Germany international joining Fenerbahce and in so doing the club cleared a sizeable chunk of wages from the monthly bill. Sokratis Papastathopoulos joined Olympiakos earlier this month after being released from his contract, William Saliba, Sead Kolasinac and Matt Smith have left on loan, while Matt Macey joined Hibernian on a permanent basis. World Cup winner Mustafi emerged as a possible departure towards the end of January, and he was linked with a shock move to Liverpool. Premier League ...
Premier League set to reject requests to postpone games due to Covid outbreaks
Premier League officials are set to reject requests to postpone games in the event of Covid outbreaks amongst top-flight sides, with clubs required to fulfil fixtures unless they have fewer than 14 players available. The 2020/21 season is set to begin this weekend with the division’s authorities determined to finish the rescheduled and congested campaign on time ahead of next summer’s European Championships, with clubs having been informed that fixtures will need to be fulfilled even in the event of significant coronavirus outbreaks amongst top-flight squads. According to the Mail, Premier League clubs will be required to fulfil fixtures unless they have less than 14 players available for selection, including U21 players, who they will be obliged to play in the event of such circumstances....
Britain secures early access to promising vaccine candidates
The British government on Friday announced that it had secured early access to 90 million doses of two new promising vaccine candidates. British citizens will receive early access to 90 million doses of the two COVID-19 vaccine candidates should they prove safe and effective. By far, the British government has secured access to six different vaccine candidates as part of the government’s strategy to build a portfolio of promising new vaccines should any be found to be safe and effective. The government has also agreed in principle to co-fund a global clinical trial with the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson to establish how effective their vaccine could be in providing long-term immunity against COVID-19. The next phase of Janssen’s clinical trials is expected to begi...
