Your Liverpool morning digest for Saturday, September 17.
Mohamed Salah's former club take aim at 'ignorant' Chelsea owner Todd Boehly
Mohamed Salah's former club in his native Egypt have responded to the claims made by Chelsea owner Todd Boehly that the Egyptian superstar was a product of the Stamford Bridge academy system.
Boehly, who acquired ownership of the Londoners in May after former owner Roman Abramovich was forced to sell the club due to his close ties with the Russian Kremlin, was speaking at the SALT New York conference and bizarrely made claims about the club's recent academy successes.
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“We have one of the best academies in the world," said Boehly. "If you look at what our academy has developed, our academy is Mo Salah, Kevin De Bruyne. More recently Tammy Abraham, Reece James, Mason Mount, Trevoh Chalobah.”
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Man City captain Ilkay Gundogan makes honest 'unstoppable' Liverpool admission
Manchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan has admitted Liverpool felt "unstoppable" for a period of time last season as the two teams battled it out for the Premier League title.
Liverpool were pipped by City to the title on the final day of the season as they came from 2-0 down at home to Aston Villa to eventually win 3-2 - winning them their second title in a row.
The Reds beat City in the semi-final of the FA Cup as they went on to lift the trophy at Wembley. Gundogan believes having Liverpool as competition has pushed his side on to be better.
Gundogan is one of the lucky few players to have played under both Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola and he said to The Telegraph : “It’s incredible to have a team like Liverpool who you have to compete with and who play with such intensity. They push every single game and for a period of time last season they felt unstoppable."
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READ NEXT:
- Liverpool plan for Arthur Melo is clear despite Jude Bellingham links and Thiago Alcantara return
- Roberto Firmino has played unseen role in helping Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez at Liverpool
- Chelsea sold the man who 'cost' Liverpool a Premier League title for £4.3m
- Liverpool urged to complete January transfer for midfielder and stop 'free' move to rivals
- Liverpool sent Jude Bellingham transfer warning as 'list of possible next clubs' emerges
