Here are your Liverpool morning headlines for Thursday, April 7.
Liverpool could replace Mohamed Salah with forward who walked out on Arsenal
If you had to replace Mohamed Salah, how on earth would you go about it? The Egyptian is easily one of the world’s top three players, even if the voters for the Ballon d’Or haven’t yet woken up to this reality.
Liverpool and their supporters will be hoping the club is not looking for a new right forward any time soon. Jurgen Klopp declared he is happy with how contract talks are progressing when speaking ahead of his side’s Champions League match with Benfica.
But until a deal is agreed, the possibility will remain that the Reds’ number 11 leaves Anfield at some point in the next 14 months. Liverpool need to be prepared for the post-Salah world in case it starts sooner than they would like.
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Liverpool signing 'died' during Melwood fitness test before recommendation led to £65m transfer
Before Caoimhin Kelleher came along, Liverpool had a long-running problem when it came to back-up goalkeepers. Be it error-prone number ones who lost their spots or a lesser reserve unable to really challenge and push the first-choice, the Reds have discarded their fair share of number twos during the Premier League era.
Pegguy Arphexad, Scott Carson, Charles Itandje, Brad Jones, Adam Bogdan and Loris Karius are just some of the names to not quite deliver at Anfield, resulting in replacements quickly being sought as Liverpool manager after manager searched for an upgrade. Yet long before Kelleher broke through under Jurgen Klopp, the Reds thought they had found the answer to their reserve goalkeeping woes.
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Erik Ten Hag has already said what no Man United manager wants to admit about Liverpool
Ajax manager Erik ten Hag has already labelled Liverpool “the best team in the world”, amid new reports linking him with the Manchester United job.
The Dutchman is widely reported to be a serious contender to take over from Ralf Rangnick at Old Trafford this summer. Having been in charge of Ajax since 2017, the 52-year-old has won two Eredivisie titles and took the club to the Champions League semi-finals in 2019.
Liverpool faced Ten Hag’s side in the Champions League group stages last season and the coach was glowing in his assessment of the Reds. Speaking ahead of Liverpool’s eventual 1-0 win in Amsterdam - and just a few days after Virgil van Dijk ’s season-ending injury - the Ajax boss gave huge plaudits to Jurgen Klopp’s side.
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