Jürgen Klopp may start a mostly forgotten gem against Union SG in the Europa League on Thursday, while negotiations for a new deal for Ibrahima Konaté have begun. Here’s a rundown of the most recent Liverpool news.
Klopp may be able to resurrect a long-forgotten skill.
Following Kaide Gordon’s recovery from injury, Jürgen Klopp may start him against Union SG on Thursday, writes This is Anfield’s David Lynch. Klopp can afford to make wholesale changes to his starting lineup for the game in Belgium because Liverpool has already qualified for the knockout stage as group winners.
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Lynch believes Klopp will feature several teenagers, including Gordon, in one of the season’s most important games against archrivals Manchester United on Sunday. When he scored in a 4-1 win over Shrewsbury in 2022, the then-17-year-old became Liverpool’s youngest-ever FA Cup striker, but he would miss the rest of the season due to injury.
Now, after watching on as an unused substitute in the last two European matches, he could finally make his long-awaited first-team return. With Ben Doak likely start on Gordon’s favored right flank, he may feature on the left side. Elsewhere, Lynch predicts that there will be opportunities for the likes of right-back Conor Bradley, left-back Luke Chambers and midfielder James McConnell, all of whom have featured in the group stage previously.
Liverpool has opened initial contract discussions with the camp of Ibrahima Konaté over a new contract, according to French publication Le10 Sport. Konaté’s current deal, signed upon his $43m (£34m/€40m) arrival from RB Leipzig in 2021, still has two-and-a-half years left to run, but the Reds are keen to reward him with a salary increase and ward off any interest
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