Here are your Liverpool evening headlines for Thursday, February 16.
Virgil van Dijk hands Liverpool injury boost
Virgil van Dijk has handed Liverpool a major injury boost ahead of next week's visit from Real Madrid after stepping up his return on Thursday.
The Reds centre-back hasn't played since he was withdrawn at the half-time mark of the 3-1 loss to Brentford on January 2 with a hamstring concern but returned to light duties at the AXA Centre last week.
As a result, Van Dijk was fit enough to be included as part of the substitutes for Monday's 2-0 win over Everton but was left on the bench as goals from Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo gave Jurgen Klopp's side a much-needed victory at Anfield.
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The Netherlands captain has since been cleared to return to full team training at the Kirkby facility and took part in the session on Thursday ahead of Saturday's trip to Newcastle United in the Premier League.
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'We'll see what the future holds' - FSG chief Sam Kennedy makes 'extraordinary' Liverpool admission
Fenway Sports Group chief executive Sam Kennedy says he does not know whether investment into Liverpool will arrive.
Back in November it was revealed that FSG had engaged US investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to facilitate the search for inward investment into the Reds, also preparing a sales deck and putting FSG's eyes and ears at Liverpool, Mike Gordon, to lead the search as they opened themselves up to a potential full sale of the club if someone were willing to come at the valuation the Liverpool owners have on the club, understood to be close to the £4bn mark.
Since then there have been plenty of parties linked with either a minority investment or a full takeover plan, although well-placed sources in the US have maintained throughout to the ECHO that, as yet, there have been no concrete offers made to FSG or expressions of 'real' interest.
Speaking on the Private Equity Deals Podcast with Capital Allocators, FSG CEO Kennedy revealed he did not know what would happen with the 'investment' into the club and that it would be a case of seeing what the future held.
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