Liverpool FC News 2017
Liverpool will receive a timely
double boost on Thursday with captain Jordan Henderson and defender Joel
Matip both set to return to full training.
Jurgen
Klopp's squad will regroup at Melwood as they begin their preparations
for Sunday's pivotal Premier League showdown with Manchester United at
Old Trafford.Liverpool flew back to Merseyside late on Wednesday night following their 1-0 defeat to Southampton in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-final.
Neither Henderson nor Matip travelled to the South Coast as they remained at Melwood to build up their fitness levels.
Brendan Rodgers departure as Liverpool manager provoked a whole host of different reactions but few were more memorable than those of Thierry Henry and Jamie Carragher. The duo were part of Sky Sports' Super Sunday team at the Emirates Stadium in London for Arsenal's 3-0 thumping of Manchester United when the news broke Liverpool had parted company with the Ulsterman in the wake of the 1-1 Merseyside derby draw at Goodison earlier that afternoon. Presenter Ed Chamberlain interrupted the analysts' post-match dissection of the Gunners' win with the news emerging from Anfield , leading the shocked Frenchman to instinctively squeeze Carra's left thigh.
£90 Million Naming Rights Deal
Liverpool FC 2016 News: Football Club Liverpool FC league are looking to tie up a lucrative £90million naming rights deal for Anfield's new Main Stand. The Reds' chief commercial officer Billy Hogan has been in Asia this week holding talks with three interested parties. No
agreement is imminent but Anfield officials have been delighted by the
level of interest and a naming rights partner for the £120million
development is expected to be confirmed before the summer. Liverpool are seeking a 10-year contract which would be worth £7million to £9million per season. Earlier it is expected
to name former Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp as their new manager on
Thursday. The 48-year-old is set to arrive on Merseyside for further
negotiations with the Anfield club before signing a three-year contract. The German would replace Brendan Rodgers, who
was sacked on Sunday following the 1-1 Premier League draw at derby rivals
Everton.
Alerts:James Pearce assesses the futures of the Liverpool squad and looks ahead to possible summer transfer activity. Daniel Sturridge of Liverpool in action during a training session at Melwood Training Ground on December 24, 2015 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Joe Rimmer and the rest of the team will be with you today from 7am to ensure constant coverage of all things LFC, including news, great photos, nostalgia, live interviews and much more....
The German boss has arrived at Anfield on Thursday, signing a three-year contract to become Brendan Rodgers successor at Anfield, and, according to reports on the internet, he's already got a couple of players in his sights............
Alerts:James Pearce assesses the futures of the Liverpool squad and looks ahead to possible summer transfer activity. Daniel Sturridge of Liverpool in action during a training session at Melwood Training Ground on December 24, 2015 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Joe Rimmer and the rest of the team will be with you today from 7am to ensure constant coverage of all things LFC, including news, great photos, nostalgia, live interviews and much more....
The German boss has arrived at Anfield on Thursday, signing a three-year contract to become Brendan Rodgers successor at Anfield, and, according to reports on the internet, he's already got a couple of players in his sights............
Klopp wants former assistants Zeljko Buvac and Peter Krawietz as
coaches…………
Bosnian Buvac, 54, and German Krawietz, 43, were key members of
Klopp's backroom team during his time at Dortmund. Former Barcelona boss Guardiola
was appointed as Bayern Munich boss ahead of the 2013-2014 season and was
subject to a biography which covered his first season in the Bundesliga; In the
book called ‘Pep Confidential’, author Marti Perarnau reveals just how much
admiration Guardiola had for Klopp’s Dortmund team,,.
Depsite winning 3-0 at the home of Dortmund in November 2013, the
former Barcelona boss reveals his admiration for how Klopp’s side play.
Guardiola told Perarnau: “They’re like a steamroller, unstoppable.
There are other teams who counter-attack brilliantly, like Madrid for example,
but Dortmund are unique………
Jurgen Klopp is expected to travel to Merseyside on Thursday
afternoon ahead of his imminent appointment as Liverpool manager.
Klopp, who led Borussia Dortmand to 02 German league titles in
his seven years at the club, has spoken personally to the club's American
owners, Fenway Sports Group, and those talks have now reached an advanced
stage.
Liverpool’s non-international players returned to training
yesterday as the club continue their pursuit of Jurgen Klopp to become the new
manager.
After Brendan Rodgers’s sacking on Sunday assistant boss Sean
O’Driscoll, first team coach Gary McAllister and development coach Pep Lijnders
have been tasked with taking care of sessions at Melwood in the interim.
They all attended yesterday to put the small group not selected
for their national teams through their paces.
However, the futures of O’Driscoll, a former England Under-19
manager, and ex-Reds midfielder McAllister at the club look to be short-lived.
The pair were brought in this summer as part of a backroom
reshuffle which saw Rodgers’s close friend Colin Pascoe and another former player
Mike Marsh jettisoned after a robust end-of-season review.
With Rodgers now gone and Klopp being lined up
as a replacement the German is certain to want to bring with him Zeljko Buvac
and Peter Krawietz – his trusted assistants who worked with him at Borussia
Dortmund.
