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Jurgen Klopp has seemingly received some positive news regarding the fitness of one of his senior squad members.




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Liverpool’s INCREDIBLE Trent Alexander-Arnold contract offer REVEALED

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Liverpool have had a spectacular start to the season, and Arne Slot’s side are already looking like title contenders.

The Reds currently sit five points clear at the top of the Premier League and are also the only team to have won every game in the UEFA Champions League this season.

Although Slot has got his team working excellently as a unit, some individual performers have been exceptional.

Ryan Gravenberch and Luis Diaz have both found another level since the arrival of their new head coach and Ibrahima Konate has also rediscovered his best form.

Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold have also all been excellent since Slot took over, but it is the future of these three players that has been the centre of much of the criticism aimed at Liverpool this season.


Trent offered record-breaking terms

Salah, Virgil and Trent are all out of contract in the summer, and negotiations are reportedly ongoing to secure the future of the trio.

Negotiations for Alexander-Arnold in particular are set to heat up over this international break as Liverpool present their latest contract offer.


According to a report from TBR Football, Liverpool have put in front of Trent a wage comparable to Salah’s, one that would make him the highest-earning English player in the Premier League.

It is interest from abroad that could derail the Reds attempts to tie down their vice-captain, and the report names Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and PSG as interested parties.

Trent’s season so far

Although the 26-year-old is currently out injured with a hamstring problem, he isn’t expected to miss too much game time after the international break.

The fullback, who has been so crucial for Liverpool’s attack for the past five years, has suffered a slight drop off in his creative numbers since his new head coach took over, but the improvement in his defending has been a joy to watch.

Trent has once again been a vital part of Liverpool’s early season success and is showing just how big a loss he would be were he to leave Anfield at the end of the season.

Arne Slot will no doubt have his eyes on some silverware with Liverpool in his maiden season and Trent Alexander-Arnold is sure to play a big part in any success that the Reds do have this season.

Supporters will be hoping that the offer of a huge wage will be enough to convince their hometown hero to stay at Anfield and usher in a new period of titles and trophies for his boyhood team.

 




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Liverpool has started the negotiations to sign the best forward in the world at the moment

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Liverpool’s board has officially started the negotiations on the signing of Omar Marmoush, Eintracht Frankfurt’s unbelievable striker who for the moment is having a fantastic season in the Bundesliga scoring 11 goals and providing 7 assists since the start of the season.

As reported by the German media, the Egyptian forward has decided to join the Reds even though a lot of European giants have shown huge interest on him.

One of the reasons for this move is his National team captain Mohamed Salah, who is a key player in Arne Slot’s squad and could be a big factor in the rise of another Egyptian player, which happened the same with Salah under Jurgen Klopp when he decided to join Liverpool in 2017/2018.

Marmoush’s incredible form has helped his team to secure the third spot in the Bundesliga before November’s international break. The player has also shown his great qualities in other competitions, scoring 14 goals and providing 10 assists in only 16 games.


The only player who has recorded 10+ goals and 10+ assists in the 24/25 season is Mohamed Salah, showing that the arrival of another Egyptian player in Liverpool could be huge for the team’s success.

In the latest reports, it’s been written that if Liverpool wants to convince Eintracht Frankfurt to let their star player leave the team, they have to pay around 50 to 60 millions for the player to arrive in Anfield.


The Reds’s summer transfer window was not the best compared to the other Premier League teams, but the signing of the 25-year-old would be fantastic in the eyes of all the football fans.

Omar Marmoush’s dream in Europe started in 2017 when he joined the German side Wolfsburg, spending around seven years at the club until his move to Eintracht Frankfurt in 2023. In his last season, the player scored 12 goals and provided 6 assists in 29 games, and he has not stopped impressing everyone since then.

The player has also shown great qualities in the recent Egypt games, starting in each of the matches for Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, preparing himself to be a big help for his nation’s success.

It’s expected that there will be more news about this transfer saga in the next weeks but for the moment Liverpool fans have already started on believing that they can secure a world-class player that could bring excitement to the Reds shirt.

 




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Gary Neville admits he’s shocked by what he’s heard about Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes this season

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After 11 Proemier League games, it’s safe to say even the most ardent Liverpool fan wouldn’t have predicted such a fantastic start to the new season.

Arne Slot has enjoyed the best start of any manager in Premier League history and has won 15 of his 17 games in charge of the club, with their only loss coming against Nottingham Forest at Anfield last month.

The Dutchman has imprinted his philosophy at the club and his diligent work on the training ground seems to be paying dividends, with a lot of players improving considerably under his tutelage.

Team MP W D L GD Pts
1 Liverpool 11 9 1 1 15 28
2 Man City 11 7 2 2 9 23
3 Chelsea 11 5 4 2 8 19
4 Arsenal 11 5 4 2 6 19

Naturally, expectations among the Anfield faithful have grown over the past few weeks as they find themselves at the top of the Premier League and UEFA Champions League standings.

And Gary Neville has had his say on Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes as he went on to admit that he’s been taken aback by their chances of being crowned champions.


Liverpool given nearly 60% chance of winning the Premier League.

With Liverpool five points clear of second-placed Manchester City and nine clear of Arsenal, they find themselves in a fantastic position after 11 games.

The previous Premier League matchday saw the Reds secure a 2-0 win against Aston Villa, while Man City were beaten 2-1 by Brighton and Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw against Chelsea.


Amid the ongoing international break, an Opta Supercomputer gave Liverpool a nearly 60% chance of winning the league this season, which just goes to show how good their start to the season has been.

Gary Neville shocked by probability of Liverpool winning the Premier League

Neville isn’t a popular man at Anfield and has always been skeptical about Liverpool, more so after Jurgen Klopp’s departure.

After initially predicting them to finish outside the UEFA Champions League spot this season, Neville admitted last week that Liverpool will finish in the top four, although he played down talks of them potentially winning the title.

And now, the Manchester United icon can’t believe just how high Liverpool’s probability of winning the league is, with Man City given a 34% chance of doing so and Arsenal, 4%.

“Last night I got stopped in my tracks because I was on Instagram and I saw Sky Sports post out a title probability percentage,” said Neville on Stick to Football.

“It blew my mind actually. I was mesmerised. Liverpool 60% most likely to win the title, City 34%, Arsenal 4.9% chance. I was like there is no way that’s right.

“Arsenal at 4% and Liverpool at 60%, I just don’t feel that probability is right at this moment in time. I know it’s been different in the last few years but that’s because of Pep and we are not talking about a Pep season here.

“15 or 20 years ago, we would have been saying chill out everyone, everyone is writing Arsenal off, saying they have a must-win game and City are out of it. I just thought wow.”

“Then I saw another stat that there are only five teams who have ever been this far in front at this stage of the season and they have all won the league.”




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Everything Jurgen Klopp said about David Coote during his time as Liverpool boss

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David Coote has found himself in hot water after a video was leaked in which the English referee bad-mouthed Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp.

Soon after the rant appeared on social media, PGMOL suspended Coote pending a ‘full investigation’ which will now take place.

Coote and Klopp have had their run-ins with one another over the years and we’ve gone back throughout Klopp’s time as Liverpool boss and have found everything that he’s said about the controversial referee.

Physical Burnley

Coote first officiated a Liverpool game during the 2019-20 season as the Reds played out a 1-1 draw with Burnley at Anfield.


While Liverpool weren’t at their firing best on the day, Klopp was somewhat irked by Coote’s lenient attitude towards Burnley’s physical game plan.

“The ref let all these challenges today happen. When the ball comes in the box, Burnley are always dangerous,” Klopp told reporters after the game.


No VAR against Man City

Coote also officiated Liverpool’s 3-2 loss against Manchester City in the 2022-23 EFL Cup fourth round at the Etihad.

As VAR is not used in the opening rounds of the EFL Cup, the officiating team was in charge of all of the big decisions on the night.

Along with the linesman missing a few offside calls, Klopp felt as though Coote and his team were uncomfortable throughout the evening as they didn’t have VAR to fall back upon.

 

“I would say if we had VAR, the referees are used to VAR, and all of a sudden you tell them not today,” Klopp said after the game.

“It looked like in a couple of situations they were waiting for it, or thinking there was still VAR. But there were a couple of offside decisions, where everyone in the stadium was convinced they were offside.”

Allowing Marcus Rashford’s goal

Coote was on VAR duty during Liverpool’s clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford back in October 2019.

The Red Devils took the lead in the first half via Rashford, although Klopp was adamant that the goal should have been chalked off because of a foul in the build-up.

VAR did check the goal and Coote ultimately allowed it to stand, despite the protests from Liverpool on the day.

“They were better than us and defended well, but in the end they scored a goal that shows all the problems with VAR,” Klopp said.

“Mr Atkinson let the game run on because that is the protocol of VAR, and VAR shows there was contact and it was a foul. But we couldn’t change that. They still had 60 or 70 yards to run to score the goal, but it’s not cool.

“We then scored a goal that was disallowed. Pretty much everything went against us today, but we still didn’t lose.”

Jordan Pickford v Virgil van Dijk

This was undoubtedly the biggest controversy that Coote was involved in regarding Liverpool as he was on VAR duty when Pickford left Van Dijk with a season-ending ACL injury in 2020.

Klopp was baffled that Pickford didn’t receive any punishment for the tackle by the on-field referee and he was even more enraged that Coote didn’t intervene as the video assistant referee.

“First, the ref doesn’t see it, so it is Michael Oliver who doesn’t see it and he is an excellent referee usually, but why he couldn’t see it I don’t understand as he had the best view. And the VAR forgets the rules!”

On the back of the Merseyside derby controversy, Coote was removed from VAR duty for Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Leicester City later that season.

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Martin Odegaard handball

During Liverpool’s clash with Arsenal at Anfield last December, Coote was on VAR duty and found himself in the middle of a storm after he failed to overturn one of Chris Kavanagh’s decisions.

 

Despite the ball touching Odegaard’s arm in the penalty box, Coote didn’t recommend an on-field review after Kavanagh had waved the play on.

Howard Webb later admitted that Liverpool should have been awarded a spot-kick and it’s fair to say that Klopp wasn’t best pleased after the game.

“Yes I have seen it,” Klopp said in a post-match interview. “I am pretty sure someone will come to explain it to me why it was not a handball but I don’t know how?

“I don’t say that the ref can see it because I don’t know where he was in that moment.

“But how can a guy in an office [Coote] see that and not come to the conclusion that maybe, possibly it could be worth the referee having another look?”




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Mikel Arteta grabbed ex-Arsenal star and shouted ‘you betrayed me’ ahead of acrimonious exit

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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang says he “felt hurt” by the way in which he left Arsenal and claims the tipping point was when Mikel Arteta ‘grabbed me and shouted: “You’ve betrayed me.”‘

Aubemeyang left Arsenal in January 2022 having scored 92 goals in 163 games for the club; 38 of them under Arteta.

But his relationship with the Gunners boss deteriorated sharply at the end of their time together at the Emirates.

The striker’s punctuality became a source of significant tension between the pair, and eventually led Aubameyang to leave the club for Barcelona on a free transfer.


Aubameyang told the Colinterview podcast that Arteta was initially “respectful”.

“I arrived late to a training session because I had an accident on the way to Colney (the club’s sports city),” he narrated. “Arteta did not choose me to play against Tottenham. Then he came to my house after the game and we had a frank conversation. It was respectful of him.”


The striker insists he takes his share of “responsibility” for the breakdown in the relationship but then revealed Arteta’s reaction to Aubameyang delaying his return after his mother suffered a stroker was the point of no return.

He said: “I never wanted to hurt Arteta or the club with my behaviour. I share the responsibility for what I’ve done. I felt hurt and it’s a shame I couldn’t continue being part of this project.

“My mother suffered a stroke and I delayed my return because I took her to her medical appointments,” he revealed. “When I arrived, Arteta finished his meeting. He grabbed me and shouted: ‘You’ve betrayed me. You can’t do this with everything we’re going through.’”

Aubameyang returned to the Premier League briefly, but flopped at Chelsea before 30 goals in 51 games for Marseille last term.

He is now with Al Qadsiah in the Saudi Pro League and has scored four goals in nine games, and will next be in action against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr after the international break.

Aubameyang previously explained what he experienced while he “stayed for a month while waiting for the move away” from Arsenal.

“I go home and the doctor calls me and says ‘Tomorrow, the coach doesn’t want you to be there’. I said okay, I knew the next match was coming and I said to myself: ‘Damn, once again everyone is going to talk about me, it’s going to be a mess, this is crazy’. I couldn’t understand it,” Aubemeyang added.

“The days pass and the doctor tells me: ‘Look, he doesn’t want you to be with the group anymore, but you will be able to come and train but separately’. I say to myself okay… And then afterwards, he calls me and we have a meeting so he can explain to me that firstly, he’s taking away the captain’s armband, and secondly, I’m no longer training with the group.

“Once again, he explains why he is against me during this period when it was complicated for the club. That I have to be an example and that I couldn’t do that. At that moment, I said: ‘I admit that I have my share of responsibility but the real cause I think you can understand if you are a little bit human. You can understand my move’.

“After that, it was over, I stayed for a month training on my own while waiting for the move away.”

 




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Private Mikel Arteta phone call revealed as Arsenal star lined up for fresh contract

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Mikel Arteta has kept one of his key players at the club this international break but has been warned he is at risk of losing another senior star this January.

Arsenal will perhaps welcome the breather that the international break brings given their recent form.

The Gunners have not won in the Premier League for more than a month with Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea keeping them nine points adrift of table-toppers Liverpool. The team has scored just once in three games despite welcoming a number of players back from injury.

Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka both recovered from knocks to feature in recent matches, although neither has joined up with their countries for international duty. Odegaard has only just come back from ligament damage while Saka picked up an issue at Stamford Bridge.

Norway boss reveals Arteta call

Norway head coach Stale Solbakken has revealed that he and Mikel Arteta held a phone call over Odegaard’s availability for the upcoming internationals amid his return from injury. He explained to native outlet VG: “He called me.


“We discussed the situation openly and honestly. He didn’t have much more information than what had come to light and what Martin had said to both the medical team at Arsenal and to us.

“Is a phone call with club managers common? No, it isn’t, but we have spoken a few times. It has something to do with the fact that he is captain and that I have visited there a few times.


“I can’t call everyone, but I can there, since I’ve been there. If there is one person in the whole world I can give everything I have to and trust one hundred percent in how he is, it is Martin Odegaard. That’s why I made him captain three or four years ago.”

Football.london says:It is not entirely surprising that the pair have spoken given Odegaard has returned for his club yet has not been called up for his country. Solbakken had indicated only a few weeks ago he thought he’d have his captain available.

Arsenal need as many of their stars fit and primed if they are to turn their form around and Arteta was clearly not wanting to risk another setback to Odegaard, who suffered his setback while on Norway duty in September. He missed 12 games as a result.

Saliba ‘in line’ for new deal

Arsenal are reportedly keen to tie William Saliba down to a new contract with the Gunners very aware of supposed interest from Real Madrid. Le10 Sport says Los Blancos have identified the Frenchman as a potential target albeit have yet to formally register an interest.

Saliba’s current deal does not expire until 2027 but the Gunners – who have just lost sporting director Edu – wish to ward off interest in any of their key stars and will do so by offering enticing renewals. Eder Militao suffered a serious setback before the international break, only intensifying Madrid links with Saliba.

The report indicates Saliba would find it hard to say no to the Spanish champions. It infers that he may face a crossroads if Arsenal fail to tie him down to fresh terms by January.

Football.london says:The bright lights of Bernabeu are tempting for any player, and Saliba is no exception. He would perhaps be afforded game time too given Madrid are wishing to future-proof their squad.

Antonio Rudiger is now 31 and David Alaba is 32. Arsenal’s only methods of shutting down links to Madrid are to indeed hand him renewal terms and, perhaps, to win a trophy.

Arteta can take it as a good sign that European big-hitters are after his players with his club now back within the realms of the elite – but he might be less confident of being able to find a replacement for his key men now that the reputable Edu has gone.




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Arne Slot’s faith isn’t enough: Liverpool star tells friends he wants EXIT

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Liverpool’s resounding success so far this season has come from some rather unexpected sources.

If you said that you thought Ryan Gravenberch and Ibrahima Konate were going to be arguably the two most crucial players in the side, you would be accused of lying. Actually, you would be lying.

One man who has become essential to the team once again, however, is Caoimhin Kelleher. His 26 appearances last season largely came in lieu of an injured Alisson, and the Irish international made more than a name for himself when the time came.

As a result, the early part of the season was rife with direct admittances by Kelleher that he wanted to become a full-time starter and, as a result, would want to leave Liverpool.

It’s understandable, given Liverpool’s signing of Georgian international Giorgi Mamardashvili to challenge Alisson for his place from the start of next season, whilst Kelleher is still on the books.


And who knows how Liverpool’s higher-ups must have felt when Alisson went down with an injury against Crystal Palace last month, resulting in Kelleher getting another bout of games in the league.

Kelleher admits he wants to leave Liverpool

Yet, despite another run in the side, his mindset hasn’t changed. Football Insider are reporting that the shot-stopper has informed his friends that he will try and leave Liverpool unless he is given direct assurances of the regularity of his appearances for the side.


Liverpool rejected a bid by Nottingham Forest for Kelleher’s services in the summer transfer window just gone, and they are expecting Celtic to make a run for him as a replacement for 38-year-old Kasper Schmeichel.

Yet Kelleher’s performances have remained outstanding as he fills in for Alisson again. He currently ranks fourth in the Premier League for post-shot expected goals minus goals conceded per 90, a stat which demonstrates how well a goalkeeper is performing in stopping shots you would reasonably expect to see a goal from.

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The only players with significant appearances ahead of him are Andre Onana, Nick Pope and, notably, Alisson.

It speaks to the level that Kelleher can perform at despite not having any consistency in play so far in his career. Liverpool have an embarrassment of riches at the position and only time will tell to see if they make the right move in letting him go.

 




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Howard Webb breaks silence on alleged David Coote video leak as Arsenal and Chelsea watch on

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PGMOL chief Howard Webb spoke publicly for the first time since referee David Coote was suspended.

Head of The Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOL) Howard Webb has broken his silence on the now-infamous video allegedly involving Premier League referee David Coote.

Appearing on Mic’d Up, the show in which Webb assess controversial referee calls, Webb addressed the footage involving Coote when speaking to former Everton midfielder Leon Osman.

Speaking about the incident, he said: “We became aware of a video that’s been circulated on social media that we are taking very seriously. We’ve instigated a full investigation.

“One of our referees David Coote has been suspended with immediate effect, pending the outcome of that investigation. And there’s not much more I can say at this stage until we work through that investigation.”


PGMOL and the Football Association have launched separate investigations into the video, in which a man is seen to make derogatory comments about Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp. Coote has been suspended with the investigations are carried out.

The footage shows a male call Liverpool “s***” and calling Jurgen Klopp a “German c***” while he at one stage holding up a photograph on a phone seeming to show Klopp, James Milner and an official with a mask on. It appears as though the video might have been recorded during lockdown.


Coote presided over Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Aston Villa at Anfield on Saturday evening. The official has taken charge of eight matches involving Liverpool, with a 15-month gap between his first encounter in July 2020 and second in October 2021.

Former Premier League referee Mike Dean said he had been in touch with Coote since the footage first emerged. He questions whether the 42-year-old will want to return to officiating, if the video is indeed verified.

“I texted him yesterday – he’s still a colleague in a way – just to see how he was. And he replied with a message that I wouldn’t disclose to anybody,” Dean told Sky Sports on Tuesday.

“But he’ll be devastated today, like most of the referees will be devastated that somebody has actually gone and done this video.” Dean went on to suggest: “I don’t think he’s damaged his career beyond repair.

“I’d like to think they [PGMOL] can come to some agreement and it also depends on what’s gone on with David, with all this media attention, would David want to still carry on refereeing?

“That’s the bigger picture you have got to think of. It doesn’t just affect David but his friends and his family as well, so does he want to put himself through it yet again?

“And obviously it will hard to come back and start his refereeing career again whether it’s in the Championship to start with then get back into the Premier League. It will be a hard step for him to come back.”




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