The Jurgen Klopp disciple ready to boost Pep Guardiola's Manchester City
They may want to instead store them with El Nino, the Fernando Torres autobiography that was a love story to Liverpool. But Torres joined Chelsea and now, barely a year after leaving Liverpool, Lijnders' return to English football comes alongside Pep Guardiola.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The 42
5 hours ago
- The 42
Joe McCarthy a doubt for second Test as Lions call up Brown
IRELAND LOCK JOE McCarthy is an injury doubt for the Lions' second Test against Australia in Melbourne due to a foot issue. Scottish second row Gregor Brown has been called into Andy Farrell's squad after McCarthy was forced off injured in the Lions' first Test win over the Wallabies in Brisbane yesterday. McCarthy was replaced early in the second half and received attention from the Lions medical team on the bench. Head coach Farrell revealed post-game that McCarthy has plantar fasciitis, which is inflammation of the tissue on the bottom of the foot. It can be a painful affliction and often means players need to manage their training load. 'It was niggling away at him there,' said Farrell after the Lions' 27-19 victory. Advertisement 'We got him off. Hopefully, we got him off in time.' However, the Lions have now decided to bring in an additional second row as they manage McCarthy's injury. Glasgow lock Brown will arrive in Melbourne this evening, having started Scotland's 41-12 win over Samoa in New Zealand on Friday. Brown will land in Australia with Scotland team-mates Rory Sutherland and Ewan Ashman, whose call-ups were announced earlier this week. The arrival of the Scottish trio means that the Lions will have a 45-man squad in Australia. As Farrell has made a raft of call-ups over the past week, it has become clear that the Lions boss doesn't want to risk Test frontliners in Tuesday's final midweek game against the First Nations & Pasifika XV in Melbourne. Wallabies boss Joe Schmidt was asked last night whether he thinks the Lions having to play on Tuesday would give the hosts an edge ahead of the second Test, but he rubbished that idea in comical style. 'They've got 44 players,' said Schmidt, speaking before Brown's call-up. 'So I don't really see it as an edge. 'I'm not great at maths, I was an English teacher. But 44 players still leaves them with 21 that don't have to play on Tuesday night. 'So I think they'll roll into the weekend pretty well.'
The Irish Sun
14 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
Adam Wharton makes major decision on Liverpool transfer as Tottenham look to hijack deal for Crystal Palace star
ADAM WHARTON is ready to put his move to Liverpool on hold for a YEAR. Advertisement 1 Adam Wharton is set to pause his move to Liverpool for a year Credit: Getty But Wharton is happy to stay at Selhurst Park this season — and that makes the Kop favourites to land him. Wharton forced his way into England's Euro 2024 squad after joining Palace do not want to lose Wharton now as they face Marc Guehi and Advertisement READ MORE IN FOOTBALL Palace, facing huge interest in their players this summer, are sure to demand a huge fee for Wharton who still has more than four years left on his contract. Blackburn are also due a 15 per cent cut of profit over the £18m Palace paid up front for their former academy star 15 months ago. and but Wharton has not played often enough this season to make their interest concrete. Advertisement Most read in Football Mikel Arteta sees him as the 'final piece in the jigsaw' in a new-look line-up that the Spaniard hopes will see the Gunners finally win the Premier League. But Sun Sport recently revealed that Arsenal face a major battle to land Eze in the shape of the German champions. The meteoric rise of England star Adam Wharton Bayern's manager Vincent Kompany wants to reunite Eze with former teammate Bayern have just lost Advertisement
The 42
14 hours ago
- The 42
Eddie Howe confident Alexander Isak will stay at Newcastle as he misses friendly
NEWCASTLE MANAGER EDDIE Howe excused Alexander Isak from travelling to their friendly with Celtic to shield him from transfer speculation but is confident the striker will remain at St James' Park. Isak went home as the rest of the squad returned from an Austrian training camp on Friday but he was never earmarked to play in Glasgow. The 25-year-old, who pulled out of Sweden's friendly double header last month because of a groin injury, has been linked with a potential move to Liverpool this summer and, more recently, with Saudi club Al-Hilal. Howe is desperate to keep the forward, who netted 27 goals last season. Advertisement Asked to explain the absence of Isak and Joelinton after the 4-0 defeat, Howe said: 'Both players are fit but we just felt they weren't ready to play. 'Joe's coming back from a long injury, so we need to make sure when he's introduced he's ready. 'Alex has trained this week and is fine but we didn't want to take the risk with him. Alex was with us all the way through Austria but, with all the speculation and things that are going on, I decided to send him home. 'It's purely the last thing Alex wants, if he's not playing, to be sat in the stand. Being under that scrutiny, I don't think that's fair to the player.' Howe declared there had been no formal approach for Isak this summer but added: 'It's difficult for me to give 100% clarity on any player. I'd never sit here and do that because it's football and you never know what could happen. 'All I can say is that Alex is happy at Newcastle. He loves the players that he plays with, the staff, the team. 'I've never had any issue with him other than really enjoying seeing his talent and seeing him express himself. Certainly I'm confident that he's going to be here at the start of the season. 'Your top players are so hard to find, they're so hard to recruit, they're so hard to develop and make them into those players. So when you have them, you need to treasure them. 'We certainly and the staff, recognise his talent and his ability. We're of course desperate to keep him part of our team. 'Alex has been really good and he's trained really well so far this season. So I know there'll be lots of noise around it and I can't really control that but from inside, he's been really good.'
