Barnes said last month: I don’t think there are many holes in the Liverpool team that Slot will need to fix. If you look at the squad we have alongside the players coming back to full fitness, we can be very competitive next season.”

Replacing Klopp is difficult but the tougher task will be getting the fans to believe in Slot. Getting the fans to trust and stick by him if he doesn’t win the first few games at the club.”

It’ll be important for the fans to back Arne if there are a few teething problems early on. We’ve seen managers, Arteta included struggle early on but the fans stuck by him and look at Arsenal now. On the other hand look at what’s happened to Manchester United with previous managers or Chelsea with previous managers. Where the fans di…

Roy Keane hit out at Liverpool defender Andy Robertson after he admitted Scotland weren t aggressive enough in their 5-1 loss against Germany.

The opening game of Euro 2024 took place on Friday night as

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Germany were as good as Scotland were dire as Julian Nagelsmann s side sprinted into a 3-0 lead at half-time. Florian Wirtz and Jamal Musiala netted early on before Scotland s Ryan Porteous conceded a penalty and was sent off in first half stoppage time.

Arsenal s Kai Havertz converted the subsequent spot-kick. Niclas Fullkrug and Emre Can netted Germany s fourth and fifth goals, while Scotland got a late consolation as Antonio Rudiger scored an own goal.

Scotland will have to recover quickly if they are to progress past…

Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Manuel Ugarte would love to play for Man Utd with his representatives seeing Old Trafford as the ideal destination , according to reports.

The Red Devils are prioritising the spine of their team this summer with a centre-back, a midfielder and a centre-forward all at the top of their wishlist.

There are likely to be big changes at Old Trafford this summer after Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS completed a deal to buy 27.7 per cent of the Premier League club earlier this year.

need to sell some players to boost their reported £50m initial budget with Mason Greenwood, Jadon Sancho, Casemiro and others expected to leave.

And one player Man Utd are keen to use their money on is PSG midfielder Ugarte who is currently on Copa Americ…

Heimir Hallgrimsson has been appointed as the new head coach of the Republic of Ireland.

He replaces interim manager John O’Shea, who has been in charge since Stephen Kenny’s departure in November last year following a miserable Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.

Hallgrimsson has previous pedigree on the international stage, having managed Iceland and Jamaica.

He was joint Iceland coach with Lars Lagerback from 2013 – a spell which included their famous Euro 2016 win over England – before becoming sole head coach for a further two years until 2018, when he led them to their first World Cup.

Following a stint with Qatar outfit Al-Arabi, Hallgrimsson then became head coach of Jamaica in 2022, but announced his resignation following the side’s exit fr…

Man City are looking to beat Barcelona and Real Madrid to the signing of RB Leipzig attacking midfielder Dani Olmo, according to reports.

The Citizens have only made one signing so far this summer with 20-year-old winger Savinho joining from Troyes in a deal worth around €20m.

won their fourth Premier League title on the bounce back in May with Pep Guardiola s side pipping Arsenal to first place on the final day of the season by two points.

That has further cemented Guardiola s place as one of the best managers in English top flight history amid rumours he could leave at the end of his contract next summer.

Speculation that Guardiola could leave, , has led to rumours that some of his players could take the opportunity to depart this summer.

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Liverpool have been handed a huge boost in their bid to sign Arne Slot s priority Martin Zubimendi as David Ornstein has revealed that Real Sociedad expect the midfielder to agree to a move to Anfield.

Manchester United have also been linked with Real Sociedad star, who has a €60m (£51m) release clause in his contract, but David Ornstein of The Athletic revealed on Wednesday that Liverpool were exploring a deal to sign the 25-year-old, who has .

‘Liverpool are exploring a deal to sign Martin Zubimendi of Real Sociedad as they work to strengthen Arne Slot’s squad with a new No 6.

‘A move for the 25-year-old Spain international is complicated by his €60million (£51.7m; $63.4m) release clause needing to be paid in full — if the La Liga club are not wi…

Man Utd are still looking to sell Jadon Sancho before the transfer deadline with Chelsea likely to bid for the winger, according to reports.

Sancho came off the bench in the Red Devils first three Premier League matches of the 2023/24 season before being dropped from the squad by Erik ten Hag for their 3-1 loss to Arsenal last September.

Ten Hag explained to journalists that Sancho had been omitted because of his poor performances in training with Sancho taking to social media to claim he had been made a scapegoat for their poor early-season displays.

Sancho eventually deleted the post but refused to apologise to Ten Hag and the Man Utd coaching staff and was banned from the first-team facilities.

allowed him to depart on loan in January with Sancho ret…

Darwin Nunez will not be leaving Liverpool for Premier League rivals Arsenal before the transfer deadline, according to Fabrizio Romano.

There have been reports that the Gunners are still looking to sign a new striker before the transfer deadline with Brentford s Ivan Toney and Napoli s Victor Osimhen among the names linked.

And reports in Spain on Wednesday claimed that Arsenal are now looking to with a ‘bombshell’ move for striker Nunez before Friday’s deadline.

Nunez is yet to start for Liverpool in their first two Premier League matches under Arne Slot and now Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is ‘willing to take advantage of this uncertainty’ with the Gunners resuming ‘their interest they already showed in Nunez when he was at Benfica’.

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Man Utd are among the clubs interested in Adrien Rabiot with the former Juventus midfielder considering two offers, according to reports.

The Red Devils did some good business over the summer transfer window with Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and Manuel Ugarte signing before the deadline.

Those five signings, along with the notable sales of Scott McTominay, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Mason Greenwood, mark the beginning of the INEOS era at as Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his team look to get the Red Devils back to challenging for Premier League titles.

Despite the signing of Ugarte from Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the transfer window, there is still speculation that they could make a move for Rabiot .

There has been interest f…

Premier League side Newcastle United are interested in signing England international Angel Gomes from Lille, according to reports.

Gomes left on a free transfer in August 2020 having came through their youth academy, signing a five-year contract with French club Lille.

He was instantly loaned out to Boavista in Portugal and did not make his Lille debut until the following August against Saint-Etienne in Ligue 1.

The 24-year-old started out as a wide player, moving into the centre of the pitch in 2022/23 under Paulo Fonseca.

Developing well in France, the playmaker was a regular in Lee Carsley s England Under-21 side, helping the Young Lions win the European Under-21 Championship in 2023.

Carsley is currently in interim charge of the England sen…