Michael Owen was impressed by the fitness levels of Liverpool star Mohamed Salah despite the winger walking for much of their win over Ipswich on Saturday.
Arne Slot got off to a winning start as Reds boss as second-half goals from Diogo Jota and Salah secured all three points for the Dutchman on the opening day of the Premier League season.
Salah became the first Premier League player in history to reach the total of nine opening day goals and also assisted the first on an afternoon in which he confirmed his importance to Liverpool as he enters the final year of his contract at Anfield.
The Egyptian has been heavily linked with a move to Saudi Arabia for the last year and looks set to depart as a free transfer at the end of this season.
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Liverpool will definitely make two more signings following the arrival of Federico Chiesa from Juventus as transfer expert Fabrizio Romano hailed the perfect addition.
The Reds have agreed a £10m fee with Chiesa, who will become the second signing of the Arne Slot era following the addition of Giorgi Mamardashvili from Valencia, assuming the Italian winger completes his medical at Anfield.
But the Red have further irons in the fire according to former Everton CEO Keith Wyness, who now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs.
He told Football Insider: “If I was a Liverpool fan, I would be concerned.
“But my sources are telling me that there will be two definitely coming in.
“There’ll be two incomings at Anfield, they’ve had a g…
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk was pleased with the team s return to the Champions League after they beat AC Milan 3-1 at the San Siro.
went behind early through a goal from former Chelsea man Christian Pulisic, and it seemed for a moment that Arne Slot s side may have been staring at two defeats on the trot having lost last weekend at home to Nottingham Forest.
The Reds were resilient, and Van Dijk was impressed with how they quickly turned it around.
He said: “We stayed calm, played how we wanted to play rather than running around looking like we have absolutely no plan like we did especially in the last 20 to 30 minutes in the second half of the last game when you can play for another hour and you won’t score.”
Slot and his men went into the…
Man City boss Guardiola ‘motivated more’ by Rodri loss, but double silverware tilt floored by injury
Kevin Nolan feels Pep Guardiola will be motivated more by losing Rodri, but thinks Manchester City will win only one of the Champions League and Premier League, not both.
City saw Rodri go down injured in their 2-2 Premier League draw with Arsenal. The following week, they drew again, this time 1-1, to opponents Newcastle.
Between those games, Guardiola confirmed that the Spaniard would be out for the season as a result of his injury.
Former Premier League midfielder Nolan feels that will hurt City s chances of winning the Champions League, but it will motivate Guardiola for yet another Premier League title.
I think this will galvanise the squad a bit because they have lost one of their top, top men, Nolan said on BBC Radio 5 Live.
I think Rodr…
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Erling Haaland is reportedly close to a new deal at Manchester City that will see him replace Kevin De Bruyne as the club’s highest-paid player.
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- Haaland has a contract with City until 2027
- Club want to hand him a pay raise along with extension
- Guardiola has already given the green light
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Rodrygo has joked that a teenage team-mate with Brazil and Real Madrid is “not Endrick anymore”, with a Bobby Charlton nickname beginning to stick.
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