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Liverpool Gives Up On Xabi Alonso Replacing Jurgen Klopp

Mar 28, 2024 9:56 PM

Liverpool has given up plans to pursue Xabi Alonso to replace Jurgen Klopp as manager. Alonso has Bayer Leverkusen on the verge of winning its first-ever Bundesliga title.

Bayern Munich are also interested in Alonso, but they expect him to remain with Leverkusen for at least one more season. Alonso could wait to become manager of Real Madrid in 2026 when the contract of Carlo Ancelotti expires. 

Brighton's Roberto De Zerbi and Sporting CP coach Ruben Amorim are considered the leading candidates for Liverpool. 

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Tags: Bayer Leverkusen, Liverpool, Misc Rumor

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Liverpool Hires Bournemouth's Richard Hughes As Sporting Director

Mar 20, 2024 10:37 AM

Liverpool announced the appointment of Richard Hughes as their new sporting director. Hughes will leave his post with Bournemouth at the end of the season.

"I am incredibly proud to be offered this opportunity," Hughes said in a Liverpool press release. "Liverpool FC is a unique club and I'm grateful to be given a chance to serve it in this capacity.

"People rightly talk about the rich history this organisation can boast, but it is the present and future which really excites me. Jurgen Klopp is leading an outstanding team and squad and alongside that the commitment to young players and their pathway to the first team is also outstanding."

Liverpool also recently hired Michael Edwards as CEO of football.

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Tags: Bournemouth, Liverpool

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Arsenal Ahead Of City, Liverpool In xPTS For 23-24 EPL Season

Mar 12, 2024 2:45 PM

The 23-24 Premier League title chase is coming down to Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City with just one point separating the three clubs.

Arsenal currently has the best xPTS mark with 60.26 ahead of City at 59.8 and Liverpool at 55.0, according to data from Understat.

Arsenal has a xG of 61.2 against xGA of 22.9 while City is at 62.0/28.0 and Liverpool is at 65.6/35.2.

Since just January 1st, Arsenal's xPTS  is at 21.0 compared to 19.2 for Liverpool and 19.0 for City. Arsenal has scored 33 goals while allowing just four during their eight Premier League matches during the timeframe. 

Betting markets, however, give City the best odds of winning the league followed by Liverpool and then Arsenal.

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Tags: Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City

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Liverpool Hires Michael Edwards As CEO Of Football

Mar 12, 2024 10:42 AM

Liverpool has been appointed Michael Edwards as CEO of football.

Edwards was previously Liverpool's sporting director and was credited with overhauling the club's recruitment strategy and identifying Jürgen Klopp for the manager's role in 2015.

FSG struggled to replace Edwards after he left, with both Julian Ward and Jorg Schmadtke lasting less than 12 months in the sporting director role.

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Tags: Liverpool, Misc Rumor

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Jurgen Klopp Announces He's Leaving Liverpool After Season

Jan 26, 2024 7:32 AM

Jurgen Klopp has announced he will step down as manager of Liverpool at the end of the season.

Klopp will take a break from management and said he will not manage a club or country for at least a year. He also said he will never manage another club in England other than Liverpool.

"I can understand that it's a shock for a lot of people in this moment, when you hear it for the first time, but obviously I can explain it, or at least try to explain it," Klopp said in a video statement released by Liverpool.

"I love absolutely everything about this club, I love everything about the city, I love everything about our supporters, I love the team, I love the staff. I love everything. But that I still take this decision shows you that I am convinced it is the one I have to take.

"It is that I am, how can I say it, running out of energy. I have no problem now, obviously, I knew it already for longer that I will have to announce it at one point, but I am absolutely fine now. I know that I cannot do the job again and again and again and again."

Klopp was hired in 2015 and led the club to the Premier League title in 2020 and the Champions League in 2019.

"It would be cool if you can accept my decision as a hard one, but the right one," Klopp said. "I need to find a different purpose and look for it."

"I told the club already in November," he added. "I have to explain a little bit that maybe the job I do people see from the outside, I'm on the touchline and in training sessions and stuff like this, but the majority of all the things happen around these kind of things. That means a season starts and you plan pretty much the next season already.

"When we sat there together talking about potential signings, the next summer camp and can we go wherever, the thought came up, 'I am not sure I am here then anymore' and I was surprised myself by that. I obviously start thinking about it.

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Tags: Liverpool, Misc Rumor

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Kylian Mbappe Considering Offers From Real Madrid, PSG

Jan 25, 2024 4:13 PM

Kylian Mbappe has received an offer to join Real Madrid next summer as well as another extension with Paris Saint-Germain.

Mbappe has been asked by Madrid for a definitive answer in the coming weeks, but other sources say no deadline has been given.

Mbappe is out of contract with PSG at the end of the season.

Madrid is reportedly not willing to offer as much as they did in the past as the club doesn't want to pay him significantly more than their established stars such as Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior. Those players earn around $11.4 million net per season.

Mbappé earns €37 million per-season at PSG and he has been offered the same salary in the club's new contract offer.

Liverpool also remains interested and are monitoring the situation. 

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Tags: Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Misc Rumor, Transfer Rumor

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Trent Alexander-Arnold Out Several Weeks With Knee Injury

Jan 9, 2024 10:41 AM

Trent Alexander-Arnold will be out until mid-February with a knee ligament tear.

"Trent hyperextended his knee during the last game," Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders told Liverpool's website. "So he has a little tear in the lateral ligament of his knee and he will need time to recover.

Alexander-Arnold's injury means that Liverpool will be without their first-choice full-back due to left-back Andy Robertson still be sidelined as a result of shoulder surgery last October.

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Kylian Mbappe To Decide Future In Coming Weeks

Jan 8, 2024 10:58 AM

Kylian Mbappe plans to decide his future within the next few weeks with Real Madrid and Liverpool considered the most likely options.

Mbappe's contract with Paris Saint-Germain expires in June and he will not trigger his option for a one-year extension.

Mbappe has lone been linked with Real Madrid and came close to joining the club in May 2022.

Mbappe is also an admirer of Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp and has not ruled out a move to the Premier League. Liverpool, however, is considered unlikely to afford his current wage of approximately $712,000 per week.

Mbappe could accept less money in his next contract should he leave PSG, but there will also be a significant signing fee for him to join as a free agent. 

PSG remains interested in retaining Mbappe.

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Tags: Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Misc Rumor, Transfer Rumor

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Mohamed Salah Remains With Liverpool As Saudi Transfer Window Closes

Sep 7, 2023 11:24 PM

Mohamed Salah will remain at Liverpool as the Saudi Pro League window has closed.

Liverpool recently rejected a $190 million bid from Al Ittihad for Salah.

It was reported that the Saudi club would attempt to make a higher offer for Salah on their transfer deadline day but that failed to materialize.

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Liverpool Rejects $190M Bid From Al Ittihad For Mohamed Salah

Sep 1, 2023 1:09 PM

Liverpool has rejected a $190 million offer for Mohamed Salah from Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia. Al Ittihad had been keen to pair Salah with Karim Benzema.

"The player is not for sale," a Liverpool source said.

Salah is under contract at Liverpool until June 2025.

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Tags: Al-Ittihad, Liverpool, Misc Rumor, Transfer Rumor

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Chelsea Agrees To $73.7?M Transfer With Saints For Romeo Lavia

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Liverpool Agrees To $141 Transfer With Brighton For Moises Caicedo

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Mohamed Salah 'Committed' To Liverpool Despite Al-Ittihad Links

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Jordan Henderson Accepts Contract Offer With Al-Ettifaq

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Liverpool Signs Dominik Szoboszlai From RB Leipzig

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Liverpool Signs Alexis Mac Allister For $44M

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Liverpool Close To Transfer With Brighton For Alexis Mac Allister

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Liverpool Hires Jorg Schmadtke As Sporting Director

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Liverpool Confirms Roberto Firmino, Three Others Will Leave Club

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Jurgen Klopp: I'm Not Angry Liverpool Can't Sign Jude Bellingham

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Liverpool, Chelsea, United Interested In Alexis Mac Allister

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Liverpool Abandons Pursuit Of Jude Bellingham

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Jurgen Klopp 'Not Afraid' Of Being Fired, 'We Have Smart Owners'

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City Confident They Can Sign Jude Bellingham From Dortmund

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Jurgen Klopp: I Will Not Leave Liverpool

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Real Madrid Prepared To Spend Over $100M On Jude Bellingham

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Liverpool Signs Cody Gakpo From PSV For $45M

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Liverpool, Juventus Monitoring Availability Of Chelsea's Mason Mount

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Agent: Jurgen Klopp Has No Interest In Leaving Liverpool

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Harvey Elliott Signs Long-Term Deal With Liverpool

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