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Fabio Carvalho, the 20-year-old Liverpool attacker, finds himself in a predicament as he struggles to secure game-time since the World Cup, according to a recent article by Neil Jones of GOAL.com. Despite these challenges, Jones argues that Liverpool should maintain their confidence in Carvalho's potential. In the whirlwind of excitement that followed Carvalho's signing from Fulham last year, expectations were high. Jurgen Klopp spoke highly of the youngster's talent, claiming that he could "bring a stadium to its feet" and …

Today, it was announced that Liverpool had agreed a deal with Bournemouth to loan out Nathaniel Clyne until the end of the season. The deal will not come with an option to buy for the south coast club – with the deal merely understood to be put in place for the 27-year-old to play more first-team football. Clyne joined Liverpool in July 2015, who were then managed by Brendan Rodgers. Joining from Southampton for a fee worth £12.5million, many Reds …

Different paths, same direction. No matter which road Mario Balotelli decides to take, the finish line full of praise and success always seems to end up as an unreachable target for much maligned forward. To reach there, all he had to do was follow the signs and the instructions of others who have experienced it and reaped the rewards from it, but Balotelli simply never did. He created obstacles for himself on that road and managed to stumble on them …

It’s easy to look at the United fans with their radically pre-emptive Mourinho scarves, and their Sharpie covered kitchen-towl signs, and to forget that Liverpool fans can be pretty stupid too. Jurgen Klopp alluded to one element of the idiocy, or at least childish impatience, in Reds fans, when he said of Liverpool’s inconsistent performances that “of course, there are explanations for this, but nobody wants to hear these explanations”. There are swathes of football followers who you can rely …