Liverpool News - Weekend Summary
After a busy few days for the club, let's take a look at all the latest Liverpool FC news as The Reds made it six points from six at Chelsea on Sunday.
Jota signed
Liverpool confirmed the signing of Portugal international Diogo Jota on Saturday afternoon. The former Wolves forward left Molineux after three seasons at the club. Jota scored 16 goals in 67 Premier League appearances for Nuno Espirito Santo's team since helping them to promotion from the Championship.
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Will this be Liverpool's starting eleven to face Chelsea on Sunday?
Liverpool travel to London this weekend as they prepare to face Chelsea in the Premier League. We've had a look at what starting lineup Jürgen Klopp might go with.
The Reds began their season with a 4-3 home win over newly-promoted Leeds United last Saturday evening. It was an end-to-end clash at Anfield with Mohamed Salah (x3) and Virgil van Dijk scoring Liverpool's goals. As the score would suggest, however, Liverpool's defence didn't perform to a great standard on the …
Thiago to Liverpool - it's happening!
Liverpool finally look like they're going to secure the signature of FC Bayern's world-class midfielder Thiago Alcântara after one of the most drawn-out transfer sagas in recent years.
This morning, news reports broke claiming that the deal was just about completed with Liverpool agreeing to pay the €30 million price-tag FC Bayern had put on Thiago.
The Reds had hoped to bring the figure down seeing as Thiago was entering the final year of his contract with the Bundesliga champions. …
Liverpool news - Midweek roundup
With Liverpool's domestic season back underway since last weekend, let's take a quick look at all the news regarding our club so far this week.
Goalkeeper to sign
As reported by us yesterday, Liverpool expect to complete the signing of young Brazilian goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga this week. The Fluminense stopper is due on Merseyside to complete his medical in the coming days. He will then join up with Barry Lewtas' Liverpool U23s squad. Pitaluga comes highly recommended by Liverpool's Brazil …
Liverpool expected to complete signing of young Brazilian goalkeeper this week
Young Brazilian goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga is expected to sign for Liverpool this week as he leaves his boyhood club, Fluminense.
Pitaluga, 17, will be a part of the Liverpool U23s squad this season where he will battle it out for the number one spot with Irish youngster Caoimhin Kelleher.
As reported in Neil Jones' piece for Goal.com, Pitaluga holds a German passport which enables him to move from Fluminense before he turns 18.
Pitaluga has played for Brazil at underage …
"He's hungry" - Liverpool star ready to shine again according to Alisson
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah started the new season in scintillating form in The Reds' 4-3 win over Leeds United on Saturday. Alisson Becker believes the Egyptian forward is hungry for more success this season.
Salah scored a hat-trick, including two well-taken penalties, to help Jürgen Klopp's men see off the newly-promoted visitors and take all three points.
Liverpool didn't play great overall but Salah was one of the hugely positive points that Reds fans could take from the game.
Speaking to …
Will this be Liverpool's starting lineup to face Leeds on Saturday?
Liverpool start their 2020/21 Premier League campaign this Saturday evening against Leeds United. We've had a look at what starting lineup Jürgen Klopp may go with.
The Reds will begin the defence of their league title - or their attack on this season's title, as Klopp likes to consider it - by welcoming Marcelo Bielsa's newly-promoted Leeds side to Anfield.
Liverpool come into this game in generally good shape. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (knee injury) and Kostas Tsimikas (COVID-19) are the only …
"Thiago would be another step" - Gary Neville believes Reds will struggle to retain title if they don't add more top-class talent to the squad
Liverpool will need a "superhuman effort" to achieve the same performance levels again this season according to Gary Neville.
Former Manchester United defender Neville believes that the achievements of this Jürgen Klopp team over the past three seasons means The Reds must bring in more top-level talent before the transfer window closes to maintain that standard.
In 2017/18, Liverpool reached the Champions League final before losing 3-1 to Real Madrid in Kyiv. The following year, Klopp's men won Europe's premier …
Trent Alexander-Arnold wins PFA Young Player of the Year while four other Reds join him on PFA Team of the Year
Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool side has had five players named in the PFA Team of the Year for the 2019/20 campaign.
Following the news yesterday that Trent Alexander-Arnold had won the PFA Young Player of the Year award, The Reds also had four other players named on the PFA Team of the Year alongside the 21-year-old defender.
Liverpool finally ended a 30-year-wait for the club's 19th league title success this summer and their efforts have been recognised with Klopp's men making …
Young star delights in first Liverpool goal
Liverpool's Harvey Elliott declared it was the fulfilment of a dream to score his first goal for Jürgen Klopp's side last weekend at Anfield.
The tricky young winger replaced Mohamed Salah in the 62nd minute against Blackpool on Saturday. Elliott scored just five minutes later after a great through ball from Divock Origi.
Fourth goal of the game, first Reds' goal for Harvey Elliott 🙌 That Origi through ball 🤩 pic.twitter.com/0ub0LXoaXc — Liverpool FC (@LFC) September 6, 2020…