Jack Lusby
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🔴✍️ Editor @thisisanfield, writer @fourfourtwo, @fotmob.
Joined December 2020
Darwin Nunez sees fan begging for his shirt, gives it to the ball boy instead. They're learning.
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🇺🇾 Darwin Nunez now has more assists (10) than any other #LFC player this season. Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mo Salah both have nine.
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The suggestion that Liverpool’s midfield wouldn’t be a strength because the names aren’t ‘attractive’ is exactly why Man United are where they are.
“He’s gone supernova!” 🌟. Could Liverpool’s midfield three unlock their success this season? 🔑
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Big hug from Jurgen Klopp debutant Jayden Danns. Luton manager Rob Edwards joins them and tells Klopp: "I played against his dad!".
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Conor Bradley ends 2024 with the most assists of any Liverpool right-back.
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This is brilliant. Just happens to catch the reaction to Bobby’s second.
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Pascal Gross SHOULD have been sent off for shirt pull leading to #LFC penalty, IFAB laws for 2023/24 suggest.
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The Fabinho, Thiago, Keita midfield has only started twice: Benfica away and City on Saturday. They helped produce two of the most devastating performances we’ve seen under Klopp. Should be the go-to midfield whenever possible.
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🇳🇱 Ryan Gravenberch left out AGAIN for Netherlands senior & U21s squads next month. Pulled out of September, dropped for October and November. Ronald Koeman: "We have a certain opinion about players who opt out.". Bizarre treatment of a player showing elite form at #LFC.
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Now-deleted tweet from @Camila_Cabello. Self-absorbed, moronic, tasteless. Nobody in that stadium cared and I can measure those outside being tear-gassed cared even less.
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Nov 2020: Stuart Attwell awards Brighton a penalty after VAR review. Mar 2022: Stuart Attwell overlooks red-card challenge from Brighton goalkeeper Robert Sanchez. 🤡
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🙌 Harvey Elliott is back doing ball work at Kirkby!. On course to return for #LFC in January.
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The first #LFC player Jurgen Klopp (/kloppo) has followed on Instagram is…Dominik Szoboszlai.
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🔴 Liverpool have appointed Clare Farrell as their new lead performance nutritionist. She joins from Munster Rugby. Previous roles in football at West Ham Women. Believe head of nutrition Mona Nemmer is still with #LFC having been one of Jurgen Klopp’s core hires.
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Mo Salah has four goals in his last five games for #LFC. But he's also been one of their worst players in that run.
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#LFC in 2023/24 ⬇️. GOALS.🥇 Mo Salah - 25.🥈 Darwin Nunez - 18.🥉 Cody Gakpo - 16. ASSISTS.🥇 Mo Salah - 14.🥈 Darwin Nunez - 13.🥉 Harvey Elliott - 11. MINUTES.🥇 Virgil van Dijk - 4,072.🥈 Luis Diaz - 3,613.🥉 Alexis Mac Allister - 3,500.
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Doesn't get better than seeing Caoimhin Kelleher, Conor Bradley and Curtis Jones as three of the best players in a complete domination of Real Madrid. The fruits of #LFC's academy and their outstanding youth recruitment.
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#LFC are currently advertising for a new 'Player Care Administrator' for the men's first team. The job description shows how weird the life of a Premier League footballer is.
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Tyler Morton showed tonight why he shouldn't just be riding the bench at his age. Outstanding footballer and really showed his intelligence after switching to right-back.
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👑 Mohamed Salah is now Jurgen Klopp's most-used player 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, with 26,337 minutes on the pitch to date. 1️⃣ Mo Salah - 26,337.2️⃣ Roman Weidenfeller - 25,156.3️⃣ Nevan Subotic - 25,107.4️⃣ Roberto Firmino - 25,095. Salah moved from fourth to top earlier this season with #LFC.
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More ball work for Van Dijk in Dubai 🙌. On grass, boots on, minimal strapping on his knee. Should find out in the next fortnight if he’ll be added to Liverpool’s PL squad for the rest of the season.
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🇨🇴 Hundreds of locals marched along the streets of Barrancas this evening wearing white, to demand the release of Luis Diaz’s father, Luis Manuel Diaz. #LFC winger advertised the march on his Instagram in his first public activity since the kidnapping of his parents on Saturday.
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🇳🇱 Nigel de Jong, ex-Man City midfielder and now technical director of the Dutch FA, was at the AXA Training Centre today. De Jong crucial to any decision over when to reintegrate #LFC's Ryan Gravenbech within the Netherlands setup.
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#LFC have gone from "needing to convince" Martin Zubimendi to leave to Real Sociedad being "increasingly resigned" to losing him within four hours. Safe to assume this transfer is further along than has been reported.
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Virgil van Dijk to fourth official Craig Pawson: "Don't touch me.". Tensions going to boil over between Premier League clubs and PGMOL. Refereeing standards are shocking.
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🇺🇾 Darwin Nunez’s second goal for Uruguay vs. Bolivia and the scenes afterwards, with Luis Suarez watching on. 5 goals, 3 assists in 6 games since Marcelo Bielsa took over. 👏 12 goals, 9 assists in 23 games for #LFC and Uruguay this season.
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Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Cody Gakpo, Joe Gomez, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez back at the AXA today. No sign yet of Alisson, who was given the longest break of any of #LFC’s internationals at almost a month.
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✍️ Trent Kone-Doherty has officially announced his move to #LFC. Forward, 16, signs from Derry City and goes into the U18s.
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How David Coote is a Premier League official is beyond me.
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This man got Barca to finance £140m for Alisson and Virgil van Dijk. Leaves LFC after 11 years this summer. Legend.
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EXCL: Still no #CFC bid for Moises Caicedo as of this afternoon. Claims of verbal agreement over £115m premature. #LFC remain the only club with a deal in place with #BHAFC. Story for @thisisanfield.
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Someone absolutely knew what they were doing when they put Joel Matip up for this UEFA photoshoot.
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🔴 Curtis Jones (23) has the biggest influence on a team's xG of any player in this season's Premier League. #LFC average 2.5 xG for and 0.8 against xG per 90 when Jones is on the pitch. An xG swing of +1.71 per 90.
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Eddie Howe on #AFC game management:.It was frustrating because we wanted the ball in play. It was very stop start which suits the away team.
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🔴 BREAKING: #LFC have recalled left-back Owen Beck (21) from his successful loan at Dundee. Expected to provide cover following injuries to Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas. No plans to sign a new left-back this month.
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Andy Robertson is back running outdoors again at Kirkby, just over a week after suffering ankle ligament damage. Should be a good sign that he's closer to a return than initially feared. 👍
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#LFC currently have an U19s side competing at the 2024 Bundesliga Cup. The only non-German team involved. First game vs. Hoffenheim today (3.15pm UK) before facing Eintracht Frankfurt and St Pauli tomorrow.
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Whether or not Trent's mind is made up, 'won't let it play out in public' means shocking performances like that are interpreted as him not wanting to be there. 'Won't let it play out in public' has made it all the more public. PR disaster.
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👤 The first official photo of new signing Alvin Ayman (16 🏴🇪🇬) in a Liverpool kit. #LFC describe him as “a creative midfielder who loves to get forward and support the attackers.”
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Only one degree of separation between Jurgen Klopp and Ruben Amorim. …Lazar Markovic.
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🔴 Prince Kobe Cisse (15), son of former #LFC striker Djibril Cisse, expected to be part of Liverpool U18s squad this season among their intake of first-year scholars.
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Aerial duels won per 90 for defenders across Europe's top five leagues, 500+ mins (🏴🇩🇪🇮🇹🇫🇷🇳🇱):. 1️⃣ Sepp van den Berg (🔴) - 5.8.2️⃣ Ivan Ordets - 5.4.3️⃣ Keven Schlotterbeck - 5.2.4️⃣ Virgil van Dijk (🔴) - 5.0.5️⃣ Ibrahima Konate (🔴) - 4.2. Three #LFC players in the top five!
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More of Rio Ngumoha in #LFC U21s training today. Session led by first-team individual development coach Aaron Briggs.
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Rio Ngumoha (16) and Jayden Danns (18) both part of full #LFC first-team training on Friday.
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Safe to say Stefan Bajcetic, Ben Doak and Bobby Clark have made the most of this break.
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There’s a real sadness about the way Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s #LFC career has ended. Was a huge player before the injuries and remained important as the title was won. For @thisisanfield
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Thiago Alcantara: "It’s my team. It’s not just the players, it’s the fans. My family is here, they are already ultra Liverpool fans." ❤️
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No issues for Luis Diaz after that blow to the ankle vs. Cardiff. Took part in full session today. 👍
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🇵🇹👏 Stoppage-time winner for Ruben Amorim's Sporting CP who beat Lisbon rivals Benfica 2-1. They go four points clear at the top of the Primeira Liga with a game in hand. In the DNA and all that.
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Mo Salah has missed another penalty this evening. Sort of. Luckily it went in off the goalkeeper’s arse.
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👑 Mo Salah leaves #LFC for AFCON with 18 goals and 9 assists in 27 games so far this season. A goal or assist every 75.7 minutes. Joint-top scorer in the Premier League (14) and second-top assist-maker (8). G/A every 79.3 minutes. Ridiculous form this season.
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Virgil van Dijk: “Everyone on social media seems to be a sporting director.”.
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No sign of Jarell Quansah in #LFC first-team training today. Doesn’t rule him out vs. Newcastle yet but likely Ibrahima Konate starts next to Virgil van Dijk either way.
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🧤 Excellent start to life on loan for #LFC goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga (19) at non-league Macclesfield FC. 🔴 22 games.⛔️ 11 clean sheets.⭕️ 14 conceded. Still trains with the Liverpool first team every day.
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With the sales of Fabio Carvalho and Bobby Clark, plus sell-on fees for Dom Solanke, Kamil Grabara, Luis Alberto and Liam Millar, #LFC have raised up to £47m this summer.
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Jayden Danns (18) stats for the season after the 7-1 vs. Arsenal ⤵️. 👤 17 games.⚽️ 19 goals.🅰️ 3 assists.⏱️ 58.7 mins per G/A. Including this genuinely brilliant finish from a free-kick. Can’t be long before he’s tried out in #LFC first-team training.
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🔥 What a half from Thiago Alcantara. 68 touches (🔝).60 passes (🔝).98.3% accuracy (🔝).3 key passes (🔝).2 tackles (🔝). Absolutely phenomenal.
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Anyone else still slightly annoyed Salah (who has never scored a direct free-kick in his entire career) didn't at least try the pass to Gakpo here?
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🧠 Liverpool working with @neuro11official again at Kirkby this week, could be vital ahead of a possible penalty shootout. Here's Klopp with @neuroniklas!
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With Richard Hughes name-checking the Olympics as a potential delay to #LFC transfer plans, it’s worth keeping an eye on Castello Lukeba (21, LCB, Leipzig). Heading into the final with France 🇫🇷 after 2-1 win vs. Egypt tonight.
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Looks like Diogo Jota was involved in at least parts of #LFC training on Friday. Unlikely to be in the squad vs. Everton.
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Roberto Firmino has travelled with the #LFC squad to Manchester. No Origi, Minamino, Oxlade-Chamberlain or Elliott.
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🔥🇺🇾 Darwin Nunez with this stunning finish 15 minutes into Uruguay vs. Bolivia. Unstoppable.
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No Doak, Gordon, Morton, Pitaluga, Scanlon, Beck, Bajcetic, McConnell or Blair again. All expected to leave #LFC by next Friday.
#LFC U21s to play PSV in the PL International Cup tonight:. Misciur; Miles, Pinnington, Nallo, Norris; Laffey, Pilling, Kelly; Morrison, Hill, Figueroa. Subs: R.Trueman, Jonas, Lucky, Spearing, Corness, Young. 7pm KO on LFCTV.
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Bobby Clark now expected to leave #LFC on loan for the remainder of the season. Invaluable spell under Jurgen Klopp, shame injury earlier this season limited his minutes in the Europa League. Huge future, regardless of who takes over.
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Jayden Danns, Rio Ngumoha, Trey Nyoni, Amara Nallo, James Norris and James McConnell all in #LFC first-team training.
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Really impactful cameo from Ryan Gravenberch, easy to overlook the line-breaking run he makes the create the goal. No slight against Curtis Jones as feel he laid the groundwork for Gravenberch to effectively change the game on that left side.
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#LFC have hired ex-Limerick hurler David Breen as first-team rehab physio. Breen joins from rugby union side Harlequins and also holds the role of physio for the Irish national team. Previously worked at Man City, Wasps and Munster. Will work under head of rehab Lee Nobes.
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Genuinely bizarre this. Assume Osmajic will face further action but not 100% sure he can having been booked for the incident.
#LFC loanee Owen Beck has just been shown a straight red card for Blackburn. Preston’s Milutin Osmajic somehow gets away with a yellow card for biting him in the back of the neck?!. Beck tells the referee “I’ve got a bite mark!”. Mental.
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Can't underestimate the importance of regular starts for an explosive player like Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Today is the first time in almost two years that he has made a third consecutive start and, so far, he's been brilliant.
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Timely reminder that VAR for Bournemouth vs. Liverpool today is Paul Tierney.
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⚽️ More coaching experience for Diogo Jota, this time with the Steven Gerrard Academy alongside #LFC team-mate Adrian. Jota has been working towards his badges this year - and helped the Robbie Fowler Academy in summer sessions.
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#LFC target Manu Kone left the stadium on crutches after suffering a knee injury with the France U21s. Yet to discover the extent of the injury after being subbed off in 19th minute.
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🔴 #LFC have hired former Man United head of physiotherapy Robin Sadler as new first-team physio. Previous roles also include 16 years as first-team physio at Man City along with jobs at Derby and most recently Rangers. Joins revamped medical staff led by Dr Jonathan Power.
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Liverpool are exclusively reffed by Hooper, Brooks, Tierney and Coote.
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Kostas Tsimikas also stepped up his recovery work today. Dynamic running work with the ball. Goes without saying he's no longer in his moon boot #LFC.
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✅ Virgil van Dijk has confirmed the news that Feyenoord assistant Sipke Hulshoff will join Arne Slot’s staff at #LFC. “I am very happy for [Slot] and his family. “And also for Sipke of course, despite the fact that he will not be [Netherlands assistant anymore].”
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Federico Chiesa and Diogo Jota both took part in contact training with the #LFC squad today. Good sign they'll be in vs. Fulham despite earlier reports of separate training.
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Caomihin Kelleher.Conor Bradley.Bobby Clark.James McConnell.Jayden Danns.Jarell Quansah. Academy boys were all outstanding there. None of them hid. The subs - Clark and McConnell especially - even upped the intensity.
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🔴 Dr Jack Ade (left) and Ed Harper (right) part of #LFC staff overseeing pre-season. Ade left club after eight years in 2022 to join Rangers, but now back as head of PDP fitness at Liverpool. Harper has been at club since 2021, now holds the role of physical performance coach.
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🎟 Steven Gerrard's Al-Ettifaq, with ex-#LFC Jordan Henderson and Gini Wijnaldum in midfield, played in front of 976 fans at the weekend. On average their home attendance is 6,712. Skewed massively by 13,656 coming to watch Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr.
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Amazing to see Virgil van Dijk genuinely back to his best last night. The best defender in the world without doubt. But more impressive is how he’s worked his way back to that form and fitness while still operating at an elite level as soon as he returned. A phenomenon.
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Fabinho made five interceptions in that first half - more than every other player combined. He's been everywhere 👏
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👏 #LFC U21s coach Barry Lewtas on Amara Nallo (16):. "I don’t think we’ve ever asked a lad that young to play at centre-back against senior opposition.". Nallo has now played the full 90 minutes in each of the last four games for the U21s - including Blackpool's senior side.
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Interestingly, Trent Alexander-Arnold has recorded the highest top speed of any #LFC player in a Premier League so far this season. Here's the top 10, via @AdamDatasmith 👇
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Worry for Darwin Nunez if this is enough to provoke a headbutt. Every centre-back will do this to him now. Three games out and then it’s the derby. Surely he doesn’t start that?
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Klopp on Keita in 2017: “He’s the player of the league, that’s how it is. Last year together with Thiago Alcantara, who played outstanding for Bayern, he was the flier.”
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James Balagizi trained with the #LFC first team today. To my knowledge, the first time he has trained pre-match with the full senior squad.
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Contrary to belief that Arne Slot has binned off #LFC academy, the entire U21s squad were called to first-team training on Thursday. Doak, Beck, Gordon, Blair, Pilling, Figueroa, Corness, Laffey, Norris, Miles, Scanlon, Balagizi, Morrison, Young, Pinnington among those involved.
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Nice to see Harvey Elliott and Nat Phillips out on the training pitch together this afternoon. 👏. Both in non-contact training ahead of expected returns to full #LFC training within weeks.
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🇸🇦 Attendance figures for Al-Ettifaq's 1-0 loss to Al Riyadh in the largest city in Saudi Arabia (population of ~8m) on Sunday. Ex-#LFC Jordan Henderson and Gini Wijnaldum started in midfield in front of 696 fans. Presented without comment.
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