Liverpool injury update as Hugo Ekitike, Conor Bradley and Federico Chiesa edge towards key returns
Liverpool head into the first international break of the season in decent shape where it matters most, on the pitch and on the table. The 1-0 win over Bournemouth was not art, but it was enough. Alexander Isak scored the...
Liverpool Youth Round-Up: Will Wright Shines as Isaac Mabaya Faces Another Injury Setback
Liverpool’s academy programme delivered a bit of everything on Saturday, goals, momentum, loose defending and one worrying setback. The headline act was clear enough. Will Wright kept scoring, Liverpool U21s thrashed Brighton 5-1, and the striker now has five goals in five...
Liverpool Predicted XI vs Bournemouth as Van Dijk, Alisson and Wirtz Return
Liverpool should go strong at the Vitality Stadium on Sunday, and there is no mystery about the main changes. Virgil van Dijk, Alisson Becker and Florian Wirtz are all expected to come back into the starting side after being held back in midweek.
That...
Liverpool Team News and Bournemouth Test as Andoni Iraola Eyes Freshness Edge
Liverpool head to the Vitality Stadium on Sunday with no new injury concerns, which is the first box Andoni Iraola needed ticked before discussing anything else. The squad situation is unchanged, the schedule has offered a small opening, and the opponent is one...
Liverpool Injury News: Ekitike, Chiesa, Bradley and Leoni Return Timelines
Liverpool’s injury list is finally shortening, and that matters. Andoni Iraola needs continuity, repetition and a stable core if this rebuild is going to move at proper speed. Getting one centre-back back for 45 minutes against Spurs was a start. After a muscle injury at...
Liverpool Team News: Giorgi Mamardashvili Set for Tottenham as Conor Bradley Recovery Continues
There is always a different feel to a League Cup night at Anfield. The air changes, the team sheet carries a few surprises, and the competition offers a chance for fresh faces to make a mark. That looks certain to be the...
Liverpool Injury Update: Joe Gomez Pushes for Return Ahead of Tottenham
Liverpool have an availability problem, and right now that matters as much as tactics. The 0-0 draw with Fulham at Anfield underlined it. Cody Gakpo and Milos Kerkez both made the bench after fitness concerns, which helped. Another return could follow quickly, with Joe...
Liverpool v Fulham Team News: Cody Gakpo Doubt, Bradley Barcola Boost
Liverpool go into Saturday’s Premier League meeting with Fulham waiting on Cody Gakpo’s fitness. The forward missed the midweek win over Atletico Madrid at Anfield because of what Andoni Iraola called “adductor issues”, and there is still no certainty over whether he will be...
Andoni Iraola Confirms Bradley Barcola Fitness After Liverpool Debut Scare
Liverpool have no Bradley Barcola injury problem. That is the short version, and for now it is the important one.
The £123million summer signing was forced off an hour into his full debut against Atletico Madrid, prompting the usual anxiety. Team-mates gathered around him, medical staff...
Federico Chiesa and Liverpool, why an Italy return now feels inevitable
There is a sadness to this story because Federico Chiesa has always carried himself like a footballer supporters want to believe in. He has the energy, the warmth, the sense of commitment that makes people warm to a player long before he has truly...
