Transfer: Klopp ready to sell Salah

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Transfer: Klopp ready to sell Salah

 

Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp, would be willing to sacrifice Mohamed Salah, if it meant landing Lille forward, Nicolas Pepe, according to le10sport.

Pepe has been subject of one bid from Liverpool already, but the Ligue 1 outfit do not deem it enough.

It is believed that Lille have received two other offers for the Ivorian forward.

However, Klopp wants the player and due to an increasingly complicated relationship with Salah, would be willing to see the Egyptian sold if it allows the Reds to land Pepe.

Both men reportedly clashed last season, while Liverpool was trying to win both the Premier League and Champions League.

The Reds eventually won the latter, defeating Tottenham 2-0 in the final.

 

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Transfer: Klopp tells Liverpool board player to sign this summer

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Transfer: Klopp tells Liverpool board player to sign this summer

 

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has told the club’s board to sign Ajax captain, Matthijs de Ligt, in this summer’s transfer window.

According to Sport Bild, Klopp is eager to sign the defender this summer in a bid to bolster his squad ahead of next season after winning the Champions League last weekend.

De Ligt is the most wanted player in Europe after an outstanding season with Ajax.

The 19-year-old has been linked with a move to Liverpool, Manchester United, Juventus and Barcelona in recent weeks.

Meanwhile, speaking on De Ligt, Liverpool defender, Virgil Van Dijk, a fellow country teammate with the youngster, believes the centre-back deserves to join a top club in Europe this summer.

“I think Matthijs is a fantastic player and any decision he makes will be the right one for him,” Van Dijk was quoted by Mirror UK as telling reporters ahead of Holland’s UEFA Nations League semi-final fixture against England on Thursday night.

“His big quality is that he’s only 19 and, at times, he looks like he has the experience of a player who is 25.

“He’s a great professional, really clever. He can improve, of course – and he will be better. Hopefully he can choose a big club because he deserves that.

“I spoke to Matthijs about his future and that [his next club] is secret. The most important thing is to keep playing, getting minutes to develop your football.

“The way a club is playing is also an important decision in your choice,” De Ligt said.

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Guardiola emerges EPL Manager of the Year ahead of Klopp

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Guardiola emerges EPL Manager of the Year ahead of Klopp

 

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has been named League Managers Association (LMA) Premier League Manager of the Season, ahead of Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp, Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino and Wolves’ Nuno Espirito Santo.

The 48-year-old has picked up the award for the second year in a row, after he oversaw City’s successful title tilt against Liverpool.

Guardiola’s men amassed 98 points, the second-highest in Premier League, a total only beaten by City themselves the previous year.

The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss, is just the third Premier League manager to retain the title after Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho.

“It’s an honour to receive this award.

“I want to share it with my players because they are the artists of everything, to my staff because we fought a lot [against] all the managers in the Premier League, especially Jurgen Klopp, an incredible contender to face till the end.

“It was a pleasure to play against all of them and hopefully do big, big battles again to win an incredible title,” Guardiola said in a pre-recorded video shown at the LMA dinner on Tuesday.

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Guardiola vs Klopp: Klopp is a better manager - Del Piero

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Guardiola vs Klopp: Klopp is a better manager - Del Piero

 

Juventus legend, Alessandro Del Piero, has claimed that Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp is a better manager than Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola.

Del Piero believes Klopp is more a coach of the future than Guardiola.

According to him, Klopp’s attitude towards the media in more or less difficult situations proves he is a better manager.

Asked to pick between Klopp and Guardiola who is better, Del Piero told Sky Sport Italia: “Klopp or Guardiola? Let’s take both of them to Italy. Guardiola has taught many, he has inspired so many players.

“We are talking about two managers with different personalities, let’s say Klopp is more a coach of the future.

“His attitude towards the media in more or less difficult situations proves it. I remember how he faced the post-Champions final. Usually one is always quite angry after losing a final, but he dealt with it all everything differently.

“I must say that this attitude has given a different freshness and his team proves it. They have energy and enthusiasm. With all due respect to Liverpool, there are not only big stars, we can certainly say that Klopp has improved many of them”.

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EPL: Klopp speaks on Man City’s title win, reveals what Liverpool must do next season

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EPL: Klopp speaks on Man City’s title win, reveals what Liverpool must do next season

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp has revealed that his side must need to be very close to perfection to win the Premier League title ahead of Manchester City next season.

Klopp stated this while congratulating Pep Guardiola’s side for winning their second successive English top-flight league title on Sunday.

Klopp’s side finished runners-up to Guardiola’s men with a point separating the two teams, but Klopp believes the Reds must be near perfect to beat Man City next term.

Speaking to reporters after Liverpool defeated Wolves 2-0 on Sunday, Klopp was quoted by Mirror UK as saying: “First of all I have to say congratulations to City. “They played an incredible season, we did too.

“As long as City are around with the quality they have, the financial power and all that stuff, it’s not like any other team will pass them easily.

“That’s clear. So we need to be very, very close to perfection to win the Premier League.

“But we have made unbelievably big steps and I really expect there’s more to come.”

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Champions League: Am Confident Liverpool Will Finish The Job At Roma - Henderson

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Champions League: Am Confident Liverpool Will Finish The Job At Roma - Henderson

Liverpool captain, Jordan Henderson is confident that the club can ‘finish the job’ and reach the Champions League final next week following Tuesday’s exciting 5-2 win over AS Roma in the semi-final first leg clash at Anfield.

Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firminho scored two goals each, while Sadio Mane made it 5-0 within 75 minutes.

However, Roma pulled 2 back giving the visitors hope ahead of the second leg in Rome next week.

Late goals from Eden Dzeko and Diego Perotti ensured the visitors left Anfield still in the game.

Henderson feels Jurgen Klopp’s men can upset the Italian giants in Rome and qualify for the Champions League final scheduled for next month in Kiev.

“I think we’ll obviously be disappointed with the two goals because it felt as though we were in full control and we basically gave them two goals, [which] you can’t really do at Champions League [level],” Henderson told BT Sport.

“But at the same time we’ve played well, we’ve won the game and we’ll go there with a three-goal advantage.

“It’ll be difficult because as you’ve seen in the last round, they came back against Barcelona, who are one of the best teams in the world, and they managed to knock them out so it’ll be a really tough challenge for us, but we’ve got to be confident after the performance. We’ve got to go there and put a solid display on and hopefully get us to the final.”

“I thought some of the runs and some of the balls in behind were brilliant. It’s probably disappointing to not score more, to be honest, but overall we’ve got to stay positive,” the midfielder continued.

“It was another huge game, we knew it wouldn’t be easy tonight, we knew it wouldn’t be easy over there, it’s really tough as Barcelona found so we need to be on our best.

“But I fancy us to go there and score as well, with the forward players we’ve got. It’ll be a challenge, but one we’ve got to look forward to and hopefully we can finish the job off.”

                                                  

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Champions League: Klopp Reveals Why Liverpool Won't Flop Against Roma Like Barcelona

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Champions League: Klopp Reveals Why Liverpool Won't Flop Against Roma Like Barcelona

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has insisted his side won’t fall apart like Barcelona did, when they take on Roma in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final clash.

The Reds travel to the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday with Barcelona’s quarter-final capitulation in mind, after Roma came back from a 4-1 first-leg defeat to win the tie on the away goals rule.

“Now we have to work again in Rome. That’s no problem. There would have been work for us to do if we’d won 5-0 because Roma would have tried everything to strike back anyway.

“And what I learned tonight is that we can win the second game as well, even when it will be different. Roma need to score goals against us. I said it a few times and it should not sound like a warning or whatever, but we are not Barcelona.

“They are one of the two or three best teams in the world and they won so many things in the last few years. We didn’t.

“So we will fight with all we have for that result again. It’s much better than I could have expected before the game, but now in the moment of course I feel the two goals we conceded still,” Klopp told the media on Tuesday night.

                                                  

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Champions League: Klopp Reacts To Salah's Part In Liverpool 5-2 Win Over Roma

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Champions League: Klopp Reacts To Salah's Part In Liverpool 5-2 Win Over Roma

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has hailed the “outstanding” Mohamed Salah after his match-winning performance against Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Salah scored the two opening goals against his former side during the 5-2 victory at Anfield and assisted the following two for Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.

The Egyptian winger now has 43 goals in 47 games for Liverpool this season.

“In that shape, [he was] outstanding – pretty much not to defend, to be honest.

“In the first 15 minutes, we needed to learn a little bit, to adapt to the formation of the opponent. Then we played how we played. He has a massive impact on that, of course.

“The first goal is just a genius strike. He’s already scored a few like this – that makes it even more special. It makes it clear it is no coincidence. The second goal was brilliant play… Then he makes the other two goals.

“If you think he’s the best in the world, write it or say it. He is in outstandingly good shape, in world-class shape, 100 per cent. That’s good.

“To be the best in the world you need to do that over a longer period, I think. There are a few others who are not too bad. He is a fantastic player and I’m really happy to have him,” Klopp told reporters after the game.

                                                  

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Champions League: Klopp Reaction To Barcelona 3-0 Defeat By Roma

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Champions League: Klopp Reaction To Barcelona 3-0 Defeat By Roma

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has said he thought it was a prank, when he heard that Barcelona had been eliminated from the Champions League on Tuesday night.

Klopp masterminded a 5-1 aggregate win over Manchester City in their quarter-final clash, but will not be facing Barcelona in the last four.

Lionel Messi and co were dumped out of the competition, after Roma beat them 3-0 in Roma, winning the tie on away rules.

“I walked up the stairs and somebody told me. I thought it was a joke.

“Not to disrespect Roma. They lost Salah and are in the semis. That’s something else.

“This competition is quite fair and I really think a normal final would have been Manchester City against Barcelona, and now they are both out.

“But there will still be two other really strong teams in there plus Roma and us. We will see what happens but that’s not the thing I have to think about right now,” Klopp told reporters after their game at The Etihad Stadium.

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Champions League: What Klopp Did That Led To Liverpool 2-1 Win At Etihad

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Champions League: What Klopp Did That Led To Liverpool 2-1 Win At Etihad

Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp, has revealed what he told his players at half time that led to their 2-1 win over Manchester City at the Etihad on Tuesday.

Liverpool beat Man City 2-1 in the second leg of the Champions League quarter final to book their place in the semifinal 5-1 on aggregate.

Gabriel Jesus’ goal after two minutes gave City even more confidence to push forward.

City were unable to find a second by half-time, although they were unlucky to have Leroy Sane’s goal ruled out by an incorrect offside decision.

In the second half, Liverpool equalised as Mohamed Salah finished a swift counter-attacking move.

Roberto Firmino made it 2-1 for Liverpool with 13 minutes remaining. Klopp admits his players needed a strong message at half-time.

He said, “I said at half-time, if we score a goal it will change the atmosphere. That was clear.

“You saw the City line-up, they took all the risk. But there was always a chance for us.

“I would have been nervous at 3-0 down at half-time, but we would still have had a chance.”

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Champions League: What Klopp Want His Players To Do Against Manchester City

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Champions League: What Klopp Want His Players To Do Against Manchester City

Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp has warned his players to prepare for a Manchester City ’thunderstorm’ ahead of their Champions League quarter final second leg on Tuesday.

Liverpool look to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League having 3-0 advantage over City.

The Reds stunned Pep Guardiola’s men 3-0 at Anfield in the first leg but Klopp is taking nothing for granted against the Premier League champions-elect.

He said, “I saw the City v United game at the weekend. It was one of the best first halves I ever saw. It was like a thunderstorm.

“Then, in the second half, they change the game. After the first goal, one team gains rhythm, another team loses rhythm. The game changes.

“We can go through all scenarios: they score early, we score early and all that stuff. It is not to plan like this. I cannot tell the boys, ‘Boys, score early’. Well, I can, but I am not sure that it really helps. It is all clear.

“We have to think about football, what we have to do, where we have to do it. The boys knew after the [first] game. This is half-time. The game is not over.

“We are in the lead, nothing else. Being in the lead is not winning. We need a little bit more from this game.”

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LaLiga: Jurgen Klopp To Replace Real Madrid Boss, Zidane

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LaLiga: Jurgen Klopp To Replace Real Madrid Boss, Zidane

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, is attracting interest from Real Madrid.

According to The Sun, the club want him if they sack Zinedine Zidane at the end of this season.

Zidane is expected to remain at the club if he wins the Champions League, but the club’s poor league form has put his position under threat.

Klopp has become a target for the LaLiga giants, following his success with Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool in the European competition.

The Liverpool boss could still have a say in whether Madrid will retain the Champions League if both sides progress to the semi-finals.

Bayern Munich have also been linked with Klopp, but reports in Germany say Madrid hold the most interest.

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Champions League: Pep Guardiola Slams Liverpool Fans, Maintains City Will Sail Through

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Champions League: Pep Guardiola Slams Liverpool Fans, Maintains City  Will Sail Through

Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola has slammed Liverpool fans for attacking the club’s bus before the 3-0 defeat at Anfield.

Guardiola said they believe in their strength to turn the game around at the Etihad next Tuesday, insisting that he has no complaints with his players’ performance.

Mohamed Salah, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sadio Mane netted at Anfield.

He said, “We showed up from the beginning, we started with enormous personality but they scored a goal.

“We continued to play but they scored two more goals. It is tough. They had 10-15 minutes in the first half when they were better.

“In the second half, we tried everything but we couldn’t find a goal. The first two goals, we had control of the game but they scored.

“I don’t have too many regrets or complaints. Nobody believes but we have another game.

“They had two attacks and scored two goals. That was tough but for the rest of the game we were so, so good. We had to score a goal but they defended more.

“We have to accept it and now we have [Manchester] United at home and then Liverpool at home.

“We see what happens. Of course it is difficult but we believe.”

The Reds were forced to issue a statement apologising to City after the visitors’ team bus was damaged by their fans as they arrived at Anfield.

And Guardiola added, “Normally when the police know it is going to happen, they tried to avoid it from happening.

“So, I did not expect that from the Liverpool side, their people.

“One year ago something happened in Dortmund so we come here to play football and I don’t understand this kind of situation.

“The bus is destroyed but I did not expect a prestigious club like Liverpool doing this kind of thing.

“It is not Liverpool, it is the people, but hopefully it does not happen again.”

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EPL: Salah, Another Messi In Making - Klopp

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EPL: Salah, Another Messi In Making - Klopp

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp has compared winger, Mohamed Salah to Barcelona star, Lionel Messi.

Klopp admits that Salah’s progression has earned him the right to be compared to Messi.

“I think Mo is on the way (to Messi’s level),” Klopp told reporters after Liverpool 5-0 win against Watford in the FA Cup on Saturday.

“I don’t think Mo or anybody else wants to be compared with Lionel Messi – he is the one who has been doing what he’s been doing for what feels like 20 years or so.

“The last player I know who had the same influence on a team performance was Diego Maradona.

“But Mo is in a fantastic way, that’s for sure. As it always is in life, if you have to have the skills you have to show that constantly and consistently, and he is very good. He helps us a lot.

“The boys love playing together with him, he loves playing with them so it’s good.”

Meanwhile, Salah scored four times on Saturday in a scintillating performance as the Reds thrashed Watford 5-0 at Anfield in the FA Cup.

The 25-year-old has now scored 36 times for Liverpool since a switch from Roma.

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Champions League: I Don't Care Who Liverpool Meet Next - Klopp Boasts

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Champions League: I Don't Care Who Liverpool Meet Next - Klopp Boasts

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp has said that it doesn’t really matter to him who the Reds meet in the last 8 of the Champions League.

Klopp said this after his side cruised to the last 8 of the competition, beating FC Porto 5-0 on aggregate.

The German said he ‘doesn’t care’ who his side face after praising their performance in the 0-0 draw with Porto on Tuesday.

He told reporters after the match, “I don’t mind to be honest, I don’t care, you have to take it as it comes.

“There’s five English teams in, so at one point you will meet each other if you stay in.”

Liverpool can also move back up to second in the Premier League if they beat Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday.

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