It was May 2019 when the Barcelona superstar sat, inconsolable, in the bowels of Liverpool Stadium, a little unable to perceive what he had just witnessed.
While Jurgen Klopp and his Reds team were holding hands against Kop, stating that you will never walk after beating Messi’s Barca 4-0 to qualify for the Champions League final, the only football six times. Or the winner quietly suppressed his sadness while awaiting a test of regime detection.
Fifteen months later, Messi dropped a bomb that may mark the ultimate seismic movement in football history.
By sending a burofax to Barcelona on Tuesday, Messi showed his goal of leaving the club he joined from his local Argentina at the age of 13.
Messi would have a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave with a single play at the end of the season, provided he informed the Barcelona board in early June.
However, Messi and his advisers would be convinced that, given the prolonged and unprecedented nature of a season that ended in this 8-2 embarrassment at Bayern Munich on 14 August, he can still leave for nothing.
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Liverpool has reportedly had conversations with a Premier League club about an imaginable agreement with Rhian Brewster.
According to 90min, the Reds have started talks with Sheffield United about the young striker’s transfer for the season.
Brewster was in the most sensible form in the pre-season, scoring 3 goals in his two outings so far, and liverpool is also said to see the striker’s most productive option to be ceded.
The report adds that the Blades are a sign of this summer’s “forwards” Brewster, with interest in the Premier League.
Leeds, Newcastle, Fulham and Crystal Palace are the clubs accredited with interest.
The incident comes after Liverpool legend Phil Thompson was allegedly fired through Sky Sports, and Specsavers’ tweet refers to Charlie Nicholas’ return to Jeff Stelling several years ago.
Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool’s monetary scenario “have to think five times” before entering the movement market.
The Reds have so far brought only one player to the club this summer with the arrival of 11.75 million pounds from Olympiacos’ Kostas Tsimikas largely compensated for Dejan Lovren’s 10.9 million pounds outing at St. Petersburg’s Zenit.
Although they were affected by the lack of benefits from the Premier League football suspension between mid-March and the end of June, champions remain connected with a multitude of players across Europe.
Their greatest prestige is Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara, who has been named several times in connection with a move to Anfield in this movement window.
Despite reports of a four-year contract between the Champions League winner and Liverpool, the Reds have not yet reached a formal agreement with Bayern Munich.
And Klopp reiterated how the Reds’ movement strategy affected through the COVID-19 pandemic in an interview with ServusTV.
MORE HERE.
Lionel Messi has already felt Anfield’s, ” writes Paul Gorst.
It was May 2019 when the Barcelona superstar sat, inconsolable, in the bowels of Liverpool Stadium, a little unable to perceive what he had just witnessed.
While Jurgen Klopp and his Reds team were holding hands against Kop, stating that you will never walk after beating Messi’s Barca 4-0 to qualify for the Champions League final, the only football six times. Or the winner quietly suppressed his sadness while awaiting a test of regime detection.
Fifteen months later, Messi dropped a bomb that may mark the ultimate seismic movement in football history.
By sending a burofax to Barcelona on Tuesday, Messi showed his goal of leaving the club he joined from his local Argentina at the age of 13.
Messi would have a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave with a single play at the end of the season, provided he informed the Barcelona board in early June.
However, Messi and his advisers would be convinced that, given the prolonged and unprecedented nature of a season that ended in this 8-2 embarrassment at Bayern Munich on 14 August, he can still leave for nothing.
MORE HERE.
Liverpool would start negotiating with Bayern Munich “this week” over a signing for Thiago Alcantara.
The 29-year-old remains closely associated with a move to Anfield, while the Spanish foreigner has one more year on his current contract with the Bundesliga club.
According to SportBild, the Reds will speed up the negotiation procedure this week as they wait to take Thiago to Merseyside this summer.
The report adds that a Liverpool offer is “expected” this week, and Thiago himself wants to move to Anfield.
ECHO understands that Thiago is not an active target for the Reds at this time, despite rumors and hypotheses surrounding the midfielder.
Former Liverpool defender Phil Thompson would have been fired via Sky Sports.
According to The Mirror., Thompson and fellow Saturday football experts Matt Le Tissier and Charlie Nicholas have been fired.
More on this as we understand it.
See the latest questions/answers about Liverpool, through ECHO Reds correspondent Paul Gorst.
Young French central defender Billy Koumetio has inspired many others in recent weeks.
According to Goal, Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp organized individual educational sessions with the 17-year-old while attending the Austrian Reds educational camp.
They say Klopp has worked on his positioning and tactical understanding to make him more fit to play in a complex tactical system. This turns out to have been worth it with your recent progress.
He koumetio his career as a winger for Lyon, before joining Orleans FC in the department for now in France.
He signed for the Reds in January 2018 and recently signed his first contract at the club. Learn more about it HERE.
Is that right? Something about …
Rhian Brewster was named to the England U21 team earlier in the day.
And goalkeeper Kelleher joined him
Analysis of Liverpool’s adjustment against Red Bull Salzburg via Ian Doyle.
Thomas Gronnemark was making a consultation at Liverpool Academy prior to the day after running with the first team in the pre-season.
Be sure to check this if you haven’t already.
And if you missed it, Paul Wheelock interviewed the man himself the week.
Read this in CLIQUANT HERE. There is also a link to the podcast edition in this story if you need to pay attention to the full content.
According to Tuttomercatoweb, Liverpool is open to the chance of lending midfielders ”Marko Grujic’ to the Champions League quarter-finals, Atalanta.
They say Liverpool was inspired by the paintings of coach Gian Piero Gasperini in Serie A and would like to take advantage of it.
Having made Mario Pasalic one of the most promising midfielders in Europe while taking on his appearance for the final stages of the first European competition, Gasperini has a wonderful reputation.
Grujic Jurgen Klopp’s first signing for Liverpool and ECHO reported approximately 3 weeks later that he would only be allowed to pass a permanent contract.
Liverpool is understood to quote Grujic and Harry Wilson at least 20 million pounds and will only let them pass in the form of a sale, on loan.
Lionel Messi is one that, of course, city would like.
Liverpool’s protective rivals were reportedly in a position to explore an imaginable resolution after the massive news that the Argentine falls short of Catalonia last night.
This first report, in particular, may be interesting, as ESPN suggests an ambassadorial role and can also be considered a move to New York.
Inter Milan and Juventus are also among those who would have an interest in the player.
Philippe Coutinho is expected to tell the new Barcelona coach, Ronald Koeman, who will drop the Catalans this summer, according to Marca.
They say the Brazilian is unsure of his long ride, although he would return to the Premier League that would remain in Spain.
Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal allegedly asked about him.
It is the idea that Liverpool will be interested in locating the player after his forced evacuation in 2018.
Sheffield United is believed to have moved to pole position to signal Rhian Brewster for the 2020/21 campaign.
90Min claims Liverpool sees Brewster’s most productive option next season as a chance to play each and every week in the Premier League after scoring 11 league issues in part of a season with Swansea.
They say Leeds, Newcastle, Fulham and Crystal Palace have asked about their availability.
Chris Wilder believes Brewster is meant to be a selection for the Bramall Lane formula and also an update of the features he has lately.
Welsh extreme Wilson will not be allowed to return to loan this season, which may mean that one of his imaginable destinations is no longer on the table.
Wilson has yet to participate in Liverpool’s pre-season arrangements and, at 23, it’s possibly time to locate a Premier League club to call their permanent home.
But according to Leeds Live, Leeds United won’t tell Wilson the 20 million pounds the Reds will give the player.
This is because they come with a record contract with Valencia player Rodrigo. The Asturian will charge only about 30 million pounds, which will largely mean his summer budget.
Gini Wijnaldum will leave Liverpool next summer with a loose move, as things stand, to The Telegraph.
It is clear, of course, with his contract expiring after the 2020/21 season, and there are no discussions about a renewal.
Things can also change, but at the moment nothing is happening on that front, which at this level of your existing agreement can also be a sign that you’re possibly on your way.
Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman is a great fan who has worked with him for Holland, but would Wijnaldum leave Anfield for the Catalan team?
The Telegraph claims liverpool “can simply sacrifice” Wijnaldum to secure a deal for Bayern Munich’s Thiago Alcantara on the line.
Spanish is an active target at this stage, as ECHO understands the situation, once again, this can replace as the motion window progresses.
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Everything is allowed, even questions about whether Lionel Messi can also simply point out for the Reds (no less to spoil the surprise, but I think you should possibly answer for yourself …).
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Liverpool has collected a trophy to climb into its collection.
It’s been those 15 years!
Liverpool fan and Peterborough president Darragh MacAnthony said the Reds are expected to point to Ben White this summer, even though it costs 40 million pounds.
Leeds United, whom the Reds will face on the opening day of the new Premier League season on September 12, has been closely connected to the defender.
Brighton, meanwhile, I’d like to remain white. The south coast team had a summer window, in particular by hiring Adam Lallana on a loose transfer.
Arsenal chief Mikel Arteta reportedly spoke to Thiago Alcantara by phone the following week in an effort to convince him to move to the Emirates.
As mentioned above, Thiago is about to leave the Bayern Munich European Championship, but where to go? For now, it’s not clear.
ECHO understands that Thiago is not an active target for the Reds at this time, despite rumors and hypotheses surrounding the midfielder.
Manchester City will be the biggest rival for Liverpool to hold on to next season in the Premier League, and if they did, they would take a big step forward.
But as Jan says, is it economically viable?
And Rhian Brewster, wonder, wonder, is one of the names listed. He has already played six games for the England under-21 team.
I wonder, doesn’t Curtis Jones deserve a job too?
Since we’re on the subject of the attacker, it’s interesting.
Jurgen Klopp said last night that Brewster still needed to “worry more in the game” and a fuller striker, like Firmino, the guy he was looking to move.
It still has paints to be done, clearly, the symptoms are there that it is moving in the right direction.
The 20-year-old striker has inspired everyone this pre-season: a man.
Gini Wijnaldum told Liverpool’s official website: “I’m not” impressed “because I already know what kind of quality it has.
“We trained in combination for a few years and also showed in education that its end is amazing, so I’m not impressed!”
Previously, I asked him to send me a tweet with his comments about him and where it would happen next.
Here’s what John thinks:
And what Jurgen Klopp thinks: