Your morning Liverpool digest on Monday, November 14.
Borussia Dortmund drop major Jude Bellingham January transfer hint amid Liverpool rumours
Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has revealed showdown talks will be held with Jude Bellingham over his future once the World Cup has reached a conclusion.
Bellingham has been strongly linked with a move away from the German giants within the last year, with Liverpool among the teams included in the conversation for the teenage sensation. Since signing for Dortmund, the midfielder's stock has continued to rise with every dominant performance put in.
It is no secret Liverpool are strong admirers of the 19-year-old, though are expected to face competition from the likes of Manchester City and Real Madrid in particular either in January or during the summer transfer window.
While Dortmund will be desperate to keep hold of the Birmingham City academy graduate, as is often the case, every player has a price and the Bundesliga side have history of cashing in on young talents in recent times. Christian Pulisic, Erling Haaland, Jadon Sancho and Ousmane Dembele all fall under this category, and history could well repeat itself in the case of Bellingham.
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Liverpool hold clear advantage over Man City and Arsenal as opportunity for change awaits in new unknown
Jurgen Klopp had long been an advocate of the mid-season break introduced by the Premier League in recent years to relieve some of the competition's relentless intensity.
But a near six-week shutdown before Christmas was undoubtedly not what the Liverpool boss had in mind.
For more than seven years since it was announced the 2022 World Cup would be shifting from summer to winter, the Reds - along with everyone else - have known this campaign would come to shuddering halt due to the controversial finals in Qatar.
That it has come after the pandemic-affected seasons of 2019/20 and 2020/21 and Liverpool's mammoth effort of last campaign means the disruption hasn't quite been as much a shock to the system as may otherwise have been expected.
However, the lack of preparation time going into the tournament for the respective national teams has meant the usual build-up, concerns and conjecture have spilled over into domestic endeavours. Players, whether subconsciously or not, have been affected by both their desire to prove they are worthy of a place in the finals, or an inevitable deep-rooted fear of picking up an injury that would rule them out of the tournament.
Ian Doyle has the full story, here.
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