Liverpool haven’t any video games, no new harm issues, no complaints aimed our approach from rival managers and no press conferences – what a wierd week in comparison with the remainder of the season!
New contract provide “sure” for Salah
Liverpool are “sure to supply” Mohamed Salah a brand new contract within the coming months, in line with a well-placed journalist.
Purpose.com’s Neil Jones says the Reds know the complete worth they get from the Egyptian King and can reward him with an prolonged keep accordingly, regardless of the latest headlines which have been made a few potential departure.
Salah continues to be the Reds’ major aim menace and is the Premier League‘s high scorer this season, after scoring twice off the bench on the weekend.
He has over a century of targets for Liverpool already and is the highest earner on the membership, reportedly incomes £200k-a-week, with two-and-a-half years left on that contract.
If the information is confirmed, it means we are able to possible count on to see the renewal within the first half of 2021, as Liverpool gained’t wish to threat his worth and contract lowering in the way in which that Gini Wijnaldum‘s has been allowed to.
Three gamers on the January hit-list!
Or not, maybe. The January switch rumours are even more durable to imagine than the summer time ones, just because there’s so hardly ever any massive motion which fits on. Van Dijk and Coutinho was very a lot an outlier 12 months, with the standard strategy being a low-key, shock integration – as with Takumi Minamino a 12 months in the past – or nothing in any respect.
That hasn’t stopped the hearsay mills from churning out Liverpool’s supposed curiosity at present, with three pretty high-profile, various prospects put ahead.
First and most ludicrous is the Mirror saying the Reds now have “come to the desk” with their curiosity in Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish. After signing a brand new contract in summer time he’s rated at over £100 million, however we apparently hope “the prospect of Champions League soccer” may tempt him and we’re “monitoring” him amid “claims Mo Salah is sad.”
So, excluding the above-mentioned new deal for Salah, we’re taking a look at a £100m artistic participant who performs on the left or as a ten to exchange our right-sided goalscoring ahead who scores round 4 instances as many? Is smart.
Then there’s discuss over a Divock Origi-Ozan Kabak swap deal, with Schalke completely garbage, needing a striker and needing to lift funds, plus the Belgian striker having wiped his LFC-related social media accounts.]
And eventually, one which makes extra sense than most: Lille are underneath stress to promote senior gamers and Liverpool are eager on Sven Botman. That’s from FootMercato which makes it much less dependable than Harry Maguire clearing a cross, however Lille will promote a number of gamers subsequent 12 months, he’s a wonderful younger defender, he’s completely huge and may very well be out there for round €30m.
Lille solely paid €8m in the summertime, however nonetheless.
Christmas and Covid
The place are you on this planet? A tier 4 city, a secure haven? Caught by yourself or lucky with household? We’re all in it collectively this 12 months and the Reds are doing their half.
Quickfire LFC information
- Listed here are all of the stats and numbers round our Academy groups to date this time period (TIA)
- The Reds will add a flexible teenager to the Academy set-up from Birmingham within the new 12 months (Occasions)
- Jason McAteer says accidents are par for the course due to how profitable Liverpool have change into (Purpose)
- And the Reds have banked the complete £142 million for Coutinho now (Echo)
Across the Prem
- John Stones might be given a brand new Man Metropolis contract within the quickest turnaround of opinion on the membership since Carlos Tevez would ‘by no means play for them once more’ (Telegraph)
- Chelsea, PSG and Actual Madrid will discuss with David Alaba in January after he opted towards a Bayern renewal (Mail)
- Arsenal intention to unravel their goalscoring woes by signing Maxi Gomez in January, a number of months on from agreeing to shell out £600k-a-week on Willian and Auba to do precisely that (Mirror)
- And Sheffield United will use the lure of their two-point Premier League haul to persuade Jesse Lingard and Omar Colley to check in January (YL)
Silly ‘pundit’ of the day
How dangerous is Garth Crooks? He’s been garbage for ages however selecting Joel Matip in his Group of the Week for a efficiency towards Spurs – the place he didn’t even play – is a brand new low!
You assume you’ve seen all of it in 2020 however then Garth Crooks describes the scary moments Joël Matip had throughout a sport he didn’t play in. No context, certainly. pic.twitter.com/Kf5INEAX2P
— Andrew Beasley (@BassTunedToRed) December 21, 2020
Video of the day
There’s one thing that the Kop desires you to know…!
What we’re studying
Diego Maradona: Wild tales and untold tales from those that knew him finest, on the Athletic.
And a dialogue on ‘soccer intelligence’ and whether or not gamers can develop that trait, on the Guardian.
Value watching tonight
Arsenal v Man Metropolis at 8 in order for you home motion within the cup or Juve v Fiorentina in Serie A quarter-hour earlier in case you don’t.