Every player plays for his club and national side during his play career and later it is generally seen that he first retires from the international soccer and keeps playing for the club soccer but sometimes his international retirement attracts controversy that makes it difficult for his club to play him in club games. Liverpool’s 25-year-old defender Joël Matip is one such player who is having such a problem these days. Actually, Matip has not played for his national side Cameroon since September 2015 and he also made it clear back in December that he had no intention to represent his country in any international game which was taken as his international retirement but after his name was selected in Cameroon's squad for the ongoing African Nations Cup in Gabon it made it even more difficult for his club Liverpool to pick him overriding his international controversy. If we look at what Cameroonian Football Federation has to say they explain they have a right to do this under … [Read more...]
Philippe Coutinho hopes to comeback in the side after early recovery from ankle injury
Injuries have ever been the biggest threat for any player and if he is an in-form player, any untoward injury can almost ruin his dreams. Liverpool ace Philippe Coutinho is one such player who badly injured his ankle in a match against Sunderland in November after a clash with Black Cats’ midfielder Didier Ndong that left him sidelined with ankle ligament. Later, he only made a cameo appearance from the bench in Liverpool's 1-0 EFL Cup loss to Southampton midweek and then Coutinho feared it was the end of his season but after his early recovery he thanked Reds' medical staff who worked indefatigably to get him back to full fitness just in the right time before Sunday's grudge match with Manchester United. Yet, it still depends upon the manager Jurgen Klopp whether he would like to play his 24-year-old midfielder or offer him more time to heal out of injury completely. Factually, Coutinho did not play for nine games for Liverpool that almost made him a surplus asset since team is … [Read more...]
Strict advisory issued to fans ahead of ManU vs Liverpool Tuesday clash
Every time we have a big clash in English premier league, organizers along with top brass of both the sides involve start getting worried about the possible behavior of the fans inside the stadium and if they would show any disrespect to the visitors if they are winning. Over the years, the behavior of the fans has been a great cause of concern especially if hosts are losing and to take this issue with more seriousness than ever, both Liverpool and Manchester United, who are going to have an Anfield clash this Tuesday, have issued a joint statement warning the meddlers in a harsher tone that if anyone of them found indulged in any kind of discrimination, he would be ejected off the stadium immediately. The precautionary measures are being taken after their last meeting during a two-leg Europa Cup clash last season when both clubs were fined €40,000 by UEFA, half of them suspended for a probationary period of two years after severe crowd disturbances including ‘illicit chanting,’ and … [Read more...]
Jurgen Klopp has no time to celebrate his first anniversary at Anfield
English premier league has been the most difficult tourney to deliver for any manager and player hence whenever any manager joins a side he first tries to secure his place since this is perhaps the only league in the world where managers are sacked overnight for not meeting the expectations and therefore whenever anyone completes one year of his service to any side, it is like a big achievement for him and this is something that seems to be happening with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has no time to celebrate his first anniversary at Anfield who took the charge of Anfield side one year back after sacking of Brendan Rodgers. Although the 49-year-old German boss did not achieve any big success in the year yet he somehow impressed everyone with his style of leading of a highly demotivated side. If we look at his first year spell at the helm, he took his side into the finals of two cups and in this season also Liverpool stand at number four on the table with five wins and just one defeat … [Read more...]
Klopp credits tough competition for growing interest of world’s top mentors in EPL
This is a fact that English premier league is the most popular soccer league in the world and this title is given to this yearly tourney for the level of competition everyone enjoys playing here. Over the long time, English topflight has also been infamous for luring best talent of the world for the money it offers to players and manager and for that reason almost every good player or mentor of the game aspires playing in England. This year, almost every top notch club including Chelsea, Manchester City, and Manchester United has a new manager joining them who has recently been associated with European sides but thanks probably to the raining money in premier league that they decided to check their level competing in the topflight over here. This is being felt by most of the experts of the game including Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp who has a strong feeling that it is the money and tough competition that is forcing top European coaches and players to try their luck in the premier … [Read more...]
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