The Liverpool Gazette
Market6 Feb 2034
Gonzalo Petit asks to leave Liverpool
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market6 Feb 2034
Liverpool turn down Sporting CP for Gonzalo Petit
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad6 Feb 2034
Tempers go at Liverpool
Miloš Kerkez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings6 Feb 2034
Loum Tchaouna runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad6 Feb 2034
Words at Liverpool training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Florian Wirtz is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market6 Feb 2034
La'more Lee-Forrester’s move to Preston falls through
The deal that would have taken La'more Lee-Forrester to Preston has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Liverpool with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Match4 Feb 2034
Hugo Ekitiké’s goal not enough for Liverpool
Hugo Ekitiké scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Tottenham, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad6 Feb 2034
Alexis Mac Allister gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market6 Feb 2034
The Mateus Mané conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Norwich City will make the call about Mateus Mané this week. Liverpool have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
In brief
- Squad Alisson knocks on the manager's door
- Boardroom $29.8M on the table at Liverpool
- Loan watch Daniel Watson wants to come home