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Xabi Alonso reportedly has a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ with Bayer Leverkusen which boosts Liverpool’s chances of landing him as Jürgen Klopp’s replacement. Klopp announced in January he will be leaving the club at the end of the season. Attention has quickly turned to finding his replacement, with former Reds midfielder Alonso among the contenders. Sky Germany reported earlier this week that Alonso has a $16.29m (€15m/£12.82m) release clause in his contract with his current club that will kick in in 2025. They also claimed initial talks had been held with Bayern Munich, who are also reported to be interested in Alonso…

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge believes Jürgen Klopp will change his plans after leaving Liverpool and return to management in the next year. Klopp will end his nine-year tenure this summer with Liverpool still in the mix to win an unprecedented quadruple. After announcing his exit, Klopp insisted he would not take up another job in the next year after ‘running out of energy’ and maintained he would never manage in England again. He said in a press conference: “Whatever will happen in the future I don’t know now but no club, no country for the next year. No other English club ever,…

While the main focus lies within the current 2023/24 campaign and securing as much silverware as possible to sign Jürgen Klopp off in style, the hierarchy at Anfield will also be planning for next season. With a fresh face set to take over the team following the German’s imminent departure, new additions to the squad will likely follow. Before any appointments or signings are made, Liverpool will need to appoint a new sporting director to oversee these decisions. Jörg Schmadtke — who only arrived at the club last summer — announced he would be leaving at the end of the…

Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp has big decisions to make ahead of the Europa League round of 16 clash with Sparta Prague on Thursday, with the crunch game against Manchester City looming on the horizon. Klopp vowed to take the Europa League seriously this season and he’s done that to a large extent, with the German fielding a mix of youth and experience throughout the competition, and this has seen Liverpool sail through the group stage and into the knockout rounds. Now, however, things could get tricky. Due to Liverpool’s deepening injury crisis, Klopp isn’t in a position to rotate as…

As Liverpool prepared to fly to Prague for their latest Europa League game, social media went into overdrive with unsubstantiated rumors of an injury for goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher. Understandably, it caused plenty of Liverpool fans a lot of worry. At this moment in time, losing Kelleher would be a disastrous turn of events. With Alisson Becker already ruled out due to a hamstring injury, Kelleher has stepped up and put in a tremendous performance in the Carabao Cup final. With Manchester City heading to Anfield on Sunday (March 10), losing Kelleher would leave Liverpool down to their third-choice goalkeeper, Adrian.…

It feels like one eye is already focused on the Manchester City game on Sunday for Liverpool. But before that there is a very important encounter in the Europa League. The Reds will take on Sparta Prague on Thursday in what is expected to be a tough clash. Sparta Prague are a good side, who knocked out the much more favoured Galatasaray in the last round. Meanwhile in the group-stages they finished above La Liga side, Real Betis, and even beat the Spanish team. Full of talented players. Sparta Prague plays an exciting attacking brand of football. The kind of…

Liverpool’s season so far has been punctuated with surprising success from their academy players. With Liverpool beset by injury problems, a number of young players have had to step into the breach. Aside from the headlines names like Jarell Quansah and Conor Bradley, the likes of Jayden Danns, James McConnell and Bobby Clark have all turned up impressively. But according to former Reds winger Steve McManaman, there are a couple of others who would also do well if given the chance. Unfortunately for them, they’re currently out on-loan, though. Discussing the youth team’s current importance with The Mirror today, McManaman…

Liverpool have received some good news ahead of facing Sparta Prague in the Europa League tomorrow. The Reds are still trying to navigate through a number of injury issues as they head to the Czech Republic on Thursday. With Manchester City to come on Sunday, they badly needed a positive day. Thankfully, according to journalist David Lynch on X this afternoon, they’ve been given it. Reporting on Liverpool’s open training session on Wednesday, Lynch writes that Mohamed Salah was fully involved. “Mohamed Salah is involved in training ahead of Liverpool’s trip to Sparta Prague,” says the reporter. “A major boost…

Mohamed Salah has handed Liverpool a welcome injury boost ahead of their blockbusting Premier League showdown with Manchester City by returning to full training. Salah was among those to take part in an open session on Wednesday afternoon at the AXA Training Centre ahead of Thursday’s Europa League round of 16 first leg at Sparta Prague. The Egyptian has been restricted to just one 46-minute substitute appearance for Liverpool in the last two months, initially due to Africa Cup of Nations duty and then a muscle injury picked up during the tournament. Salah missed seven games with the problem before…

As the Anfield faithful prepare for life without Jürgen Klopp, it seems that Liverpool have already faced a major set back in their quest for a new manager. Liverpool braced for rebuild this summer It appears that the sudden news of Klopp’s departure was the starter pistol for a mass exodus at Liverpool with a number of top talents now linked with a move away from the Premier League side. With rumours swirling about who will occupy the dugout from next season, Liverpool are also preparing for a slew of key players to also walk out of the door at…