3 h. ago Liverpool news: Slot 'wants former player back' as double deal close to being agreed

A closer look at some Liverpool headlines as the Reds are linked with bringing a player back ahead of the January transfer window and other deals are claimed to be in the works

Economics

3 h. ago Six players could miss Man City vs Liverpool amid injury questions

Manchester City face Liverpool in a seismic Premier League showdown at the Etihad today as both teams aim to keep pace with leaders Arsenal.

Sport

12 h. ago Overhauls on hold as fixture squeeze sees has Liverpool and City playing it safe | Jonathan Wilson

With time limited by a packed calendar, only incremental change is possible, pausing transitions for Slot and GuardiolaTime is the enemy of all modern managers. There simply isn’t enough of it. The calendar is too packed, the demands on players too great and, just because there is something almost hypocritical about managers moaning about the number of games they have to play when the fixture list is a direct result of the greed of the clubs they work for, that doesn’t mean their fundamental point is not a valid one.Transition is always difficult, particularly when it involves not only a change of players but of style. Arsenal may have brought in more players than Liverpool this summer, but it would require a particular obtuseness to think that bolstering and finessing a system that already fundamentally works is a source of greater disruption than implementing an almost entirely new style. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Overhauls on hold as fixture squeeze has Liverpool and City playing it safe | Jonathan Wilson

With time limited by a packed calendar, only incremental change is possible, pausing transitions for Slot and GuardiolaTime is the enemy of all modern managers. There simply isn’t enough of it. The calendar is too packed, the demands on players too great and, just because there is something almost hypocritical about managers moaning about the number of games they have to play when the fixture list is a direct result of the greed of the clubs they work for, that doesn’t mean their fundamental point is not a valid one.Transition is always difficult, particularly when it involves not only a change of players but of style. Arsenal may have brought in more players than Liverpool this summer, but it would require a particular obtuseness to think that bolstering and finessing a system that already fundamentally works is a source of greater disruption than implementing an almost entirely new style. Continue reading...

Politics

14 h. ago Everton boss David Moyes praises striker Thierno Barry after beating Fulham

Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane got the goals for the Toffees but Barry impressed Moyes.

Events

15 h. ago Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane on target as Everton sink Fulham

The onus is not only on Everton’s goal-shy strikers to turn promising play into points, David Moyes had insisted before Fulham’s visit. “I want more goals from my centre-halves and midfielders as well,” the Everton manager said. Idrissa Gana Gueye and Michael Keane duly obliged to deliver a deserved victory over Marco Silva’s toothless side.Everton’s second win in nine matches was relatively comfortable as Fulham demonstrated why their leading scorer this season is opposition own goals. A brief flurry in the second half aside, the visitors were subdued throughout by Everton’s greater urgency and quality. Moyes’ team had three goals disallowed for offside too, but a poacher’s finish from Gueye in first-half stoppage time and Keane’s late conversion ensured there would be no reprieve for the former Everton manager. Continue reading...

Events

21 h. ago Middlesbrough stand Edwards down from game; Spurs v Manchester United Q&A – matchday live

⚽ News, discussion and previews before the day’s action⚽ Fixtures | Premier League team news | Mail matchday liveIs it harder than it used to be to adapt physically to the Premier League? Beto didn’t have a great start to his Everton career (3 goals in 30 league games in his first season) but looked like a good fit at times last season.Different type of player but Florian Wirtz is finding the going tough at Liverpool despite proving himself as one of the best players in Germany. Continue reading...

Sport

22 h. ago Middlesbrough stand Edwards down from game; Spurs v Manchester United buildup – matchday live

⚽ News, discussion and previews before the day’s action⚽ Fixtures | Premier League team news | Mail matchday liveIs it harder than it used to be to adapt physically to the Premier League? Beto didn’t have a great start to his Everton career (3 goals in 30 league games in his first season) but looked like a good fit at times last season.Different type of player but Florian Wirtz is finding the going tough at Liverpool despite proving himself as one of the best players in Germany. Continue reading...

Sport

24 h. ago Tottenham v Manchester United buildup, Premier League and WSL news – matchday live

⚽ News, discussion and previews before the day’s action⚽ Fixtures | Premier League team news | Mail matchday liveFirst, let’s do the news. There are a couple of lines coming out of yesterday’s Premier League press conferences, including Mikel Arteta on Granit Xhaka and David Moyes on Thierno Barry.Get your questions in for the Guardian’s European sports correspondent, Nick Ames, our man at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the 12.30pm (GMT) kick-off. He’ll be on hand from the press box just after 11am to discuss how Tottenham and Manchester United are getting on and what may lie in store when they meet in the Premier League today. Continue reading...

Politics

24 h. ago Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?

Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protestsHow would you feel if the owner of the football club you support was implicated, even as those implications are repeatedly denied, in famine, ethnic cleansing and the deaths of 1,500 men, women and children?Compare this with the more familiar list of bad things football club owners do, the real sack‑the‑board stuff. Failure to buy a striker. Inadequate Showing Of Ambition. The hiring and/or firing of David Moyes. Mike Ashley was pretty annoying. He had shops full of quilted coats hung really high up close to the ceiling. Continue reading...

Politics

39 h. ago Jack Grealish given clear advice as latest England snub puts World Cup dream in doubt

Jack Grealish has 39 senior England caps and played at the 2022 World Cup but hasn't featured for his country since before Thomas Tuchel took over as manager in January

Politics

48 h. ago Teenage picks: the young players lighting up the Premier League

Some of them are not old enough to drive to training but they are driving results for the biggest clubs in the countryBy WhoScoredWhen Max Dowman came off the bench for Arsenal against Leeds earlier this season, he became just the third 15-year-old to play in the Premier League. A few days later, when 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha scored Liverpool’s winner against Newcastle, it felt like a confirmation of a trend: teenagers are not just filling gaps in squads, they are driving results.At a time when clubs can spend more than £100m on a player – Liverpool did it twice in the summer – the Premier League is witnessing a quiet revolution: the rise of the teenagers. Teenagers made 430 appearances in the league last season – the highest in 19 years – and they have already made 130 appearances this season. Continue reading...

Sport

3 d. ago Liverpool icon Graeme Souness fights back tears as he supports girl, 13, with 'cruel' condition

Former Liverpool player and manager Graeme Souness appeared on Good Morning Britain to raise awareness over epidermolysis bullosa, alongside Jasmine Ritchie, who suffers from the condition

Politics

3 d. ago Wayne Rooney 'bares his teeth' at Virgil van Dijk as body language expert weighs into row

Virgil van Dijk confronted Wayne Rooney over the ex-Manchester United striker's recent comments about Liverpool, with an expert analysing the players' body language

Politics

4 d. ago Liverpool player ratings vs Real Madrid as 10/10 star steals the show for Arne Slot

Liverpool secured a famous victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League as Alexis Mac Allister scored the only goal of the game at Anfield on Wednesday night

Sport

5 d. ago Regis Le Bris hails Granit Xhaka influence as midfielder earns Sunderland point

Xhaka’s equaliser cancelled out Iliman Ndiaye’s opener for Everton.

Politics

5 d. ago Granit Xhaka pegs back Everton to deny Moyes winning return to Sunderland

David Moyes, the manager who oversaw a disastrous relegation for Sunderland eight years ago, found a very different club on his first return to the Stadium of Light. Back then, Sunderland were on a downward slope. Now, things are on the up.Régis Le Bris’ impressive Sunderland moved up to fourth place ahead of Saturday’s home game against Arsenal after a 1-1 draw against Moyes’ Everton side. A deflected strike from the impressive Granit Xhaka cancelled out Iliman Ndiaye’s brilliant opening goal. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago Liverpool women star rushed to hospital as match halted due to horror injury

Liverpool women's player Mia Enderby had to be stretchered off and rushed to hospital after a neck injury as a mammoth 22 minutes was added on for the match against Tottenham following the lengthy stoppage

Events

7 d. ago Arne Slot salutes Mohamed Salah after scoring 250th Liverpool goal

Salah became just the third Liverpool player to score 250 goals for the club, following in the footsteps of Ian Rush and Roger Hunt.

Politics

7 d. ago Liverpool player ratings vs Aston Villa: 9/10 helps fire Reds to crucial win

Liverpool returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa at Anfield on Saturday evening, with Mohamed Salah and Ryan Gravenberch on target

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