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Let's take a quick look at how the Liverpool players got on in recent days on international duty at the Euros and Copa America. Shaqiri's Swiss Delight Xherdan Shaqiri has to be the happiest of LFC players right now. Liverpool and Switzerland's number 23 played 73 minutes of his team's pulsating 3-3 draw with France in Monday night's last-sixteen clash in the Euros. His side went on to win on penalties and will now face Spain in Friday's quarter-final. Shaqiri …

"Curiouser and curiouser!" Cried Alice. She was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English."

An apt start to an article for a player who raises a lot of questions. Liverpool have a great track record of producing some fine young talents, with Jurgen Klopp no stranger to giving players a chance in the first-team. Alexander-Arnold is a testament to that, occupying a key role at right-back this season both domestically …

To describe teenage Liverpool forward Ben Woodburn as a promising youngster with a great deal more to learn might seem an understatement following his exploits for Wales - but that is exactly how he will see it himself, according to one of his first and most recent coaches. Liverpool Under 23s manager Neil Critchley, who gave Woodburn his debut for the Reds U18s and also worked with him as a seven-year-old at Crewe, says the forward will know he’s only …

Late to the party, as ever, it was only last night that this columnist had the joy of seeing Denis Villeneuve's Arrival. Obviously, the beauty of the cinematography and profundity of the film's themes were the things that continued to resonate on this morning's drive to work, but yesterday, as I watched Amy Adams' linguist try to decipher the complex language and symbology of the visiting heptapods, I was struck by how disappointing it is to see former interpreter, Jose Mourinho, still …