Liverpool are back in the rumour mill this week, with two names linked who have been so previously: one a years-long saga and the other a more recent claim.
One from Italy, one from Spain
New one first? Ok then: Franck Kessie again.
The AC Milan midfielder is out of contract next summer and the Reds are increasingly heavily linked with him in the European press. Mundo Deportivo said we were very keen recently and now Gazzetta dello Sport say we’ve got a free run if we’ll give him the £160k a week he wants, because Milan won’t.
Another free transfer target is a much longer-running link: Ousmane Dembele.
He’s injured again at Barcelona and the club apparently won’t play him if he won’t sign a new deal – and while Klopp is an admirer, Mundo Deportivo say Michael Edwards is already putting a financial plan in place to sign the France international next summer.
Hold your horses though, as that rumour circles back around to English outlet reports (not great ones either) who in turn cite their Spanish counterparts…on and on it goes. Don’t hold your breath.
Fitness and team news
- Trent Alexander-Arnold is back in training and available for the trip to Watford, a huge and important boost for the Reds
- Diogo Jota is back on Merseyside, meanwhile, after struggling with injury with Portugal. Not so good.
- Curtis Jones had also been a doubt but he played for England U21s so all looks good there – and he clocked up a fantastic assist, too
Latest Liverpool FC news
- The Reds won’t have Alisson and Fabinho for Watford but they should be able to for the Champions League game at Atletico, even if they fly to England first apparently
- Stand-in stopper Caoimhin Kelleher is set for two games in less than a week, as he’s set for his Ireland full debut before also facing Watford
- And LFC Women went top of the Championship table at the weekend – in front of a record crowd
Latest Premier League chat
- Donny van de Beek is in talks with Juventus over a January move, because when you can’t get a game in midfield where better to go than to the club which just signed Weston McKennie permanently and Manuel Locatelli
- Wilf Ndidi is the latest defensive midfielder linked with Man United for Ole to ignore and persist with Fred and McTominay for all eternity
Tweet of the day and match of the night
Need a bit more of this Mane magic!
Sensational from Sadio ?
#GoalOfTheDay | @LFC pic.twitter.com/OTAaE3PFZI— Premier League (@premierleague) October 12, 2021
World Cup stuff: Pious England face Racist Hungary, Cristiano Ronaldo is stat-padding against Luxembourg, Kostas Tsimikas will be chasing Dejan Kulusevski all night and Scotland are set to undo all their hard work in qualifying with a 1-1 draw against Faroe Islands.
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