Your Liverpool morning headlines for Wednesday, May 4
Premier League have let Liverpool down yet again after controversial West Ham decision
As Liverpool prepared for their Champions League semi-final second leg away at Villarreal on Tuesday night, they knew if they were to reach their 10th European Cup final it would have been without the help of the Premier League.
The Reds came through the last week unscathed as their push for an unprecedented quadruple continues, beating the La Liga outfit 2-0 at Anfield last Wednesday night before defeating Newcastle United 1-0 in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off. However, given their trip to St. James’ Park fell just two and a half days after their Champions League semi-final first leg, they had asked the Premier League to push back their trip to Tyneside.
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The Premier League belatedly rejected Liverpool’s request, with confirmation the game would go ahead as planned coming a week after Klopp’s public criticism. As a result, the German made five changes to his side that faced Newcastle, and was expected to rotate against Villarreal on Tuesday night.
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Fabio Carvalho transfer fee explained as Porto option emerges for Liverpool
Liverpool are closing in on what is likely to be another shrewd piece of transfer business.
The Reds have been trailing the 19-year-old Fulham winger for some time and were close to getting a deal over the line for the Portuguese at the very end of the January transfer window but the clock ran out. But the two parties reached an agreement in the weeks that followed and it now looks like one of the most exciting young talents in English football will join the Reds ranks for next season.
A fee of around £7m has been mooted for Carvalho, with the soon to be out of contract winger, with Liverpool keen to avoid a tribunal route, especially with the stock for the teenager having risen considerably already this year, with Carvalho having been a key part of Fulham's Championship title winning charge under Marco Silva, as well as earning his under-21 stripes with Portugal having previously represented England at U16, U17 and U18 level before switching allegiances to the country of his birth at the start of the year.
