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Liverpool star Harvey Elliott has been named in the Red starting line-up against Burnley, marking a full Premier League debut for the highly-ranked 18-year-old.Elliott is already the youngest player in Premier League history at the age of 16 and 30 days when he made his competitive debut as a replacement for the former club Fulham in May 2019.Your reds meet @BurnleyOfficial at Anfield ?? James Milner misses with a light knock. #LIVBUR- Liverpool FC (@LFC) 21 August 2021He played twice in the league for Liverpool as a…

Manchester City are ready to sell defender Aymeric Laporte for 60 million pounds this summer, with the French-born Spanish national team player wanting to return to La Liga after losing his starting place.City paid a poor record fee of £ 57 million for Laporte in January 2018 and he was without a doubt the best midfielder in the Premier League when the club barely beat Liverpool to the title the following year.But the former Athletic Club star suffered a long-term knee injury at the start of the 2019/20 season and was ruled…

Paulo Fonseca has explained the reason why his appointment to become Tottenham's head coach this summer fell through at the last minute, referring to a change in the club's mindset when the new football manager Fabio Paratici came on board.Fonseca had left the former club Roma, where he was ironically replaced by ex-Spurs boss Jose Mourinho, and looked set to be named in north London. Instead, the deal was terminated and the club eventually hired Nuno Espirito Santo instead.Now Fonseca has lifted the lid on what happened in…

Tottenham's list of their most expensive signings looks more like a hall of infamy than a hall of fame.Of the players bought for 23 million pounds or more, it has not been an undoubted success - most likely it would be Lucas Moura, who gave Spurs fans his biggest moment in the 2000s and at least was a decent servant.You would expect Sergio Reguilon to kick in and prove his worth, while there is still hope that Giovani Lo Celso, Ryan Sessegnon and Steven Bergwijn can come in handy.Romero goes to number 2/3 when he signs…

Chelsea are considering a bid for Monaco star Aurelien Tchouameni this month, 90 minutes to go.The 21-year-old has been hugely impressive for the principality since she arrived from Bordeaux in 2020.Monaco paid just over £ 15 million for the young midfielder and they are ready to listen to offers, but they want about double what they originally paid if they were to approve a deal in this window.A number of clubs from all over Europe have been in contact with Monaco, but it is Chelsea who have had the most advanced talks,…

Jurgen Klopp has indicated that talks are underway with Mohamed Salah about a new Liverpool contract.The Egyptian forward has two years left to run on his current Anfield contract. Liverpool recently announced new contracts for Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson, Fabinho and Virgil van Dijk, and will hope that new terms can be agreed with Salah.Klopp has said that it is natural to assume that talks will take place with Salah, but that he would only talk openly about the subject when some official announcement has been made by…

Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman has revealed that he "counts" Philippe Coutinho to step up and play a big role this season after Lionel Messi moved to Paris Saint-Germain.Coutinho has never really settled at Camp Nou since his blockbuster moved from Liverpool in January 2018. He has been on the fringes of the squad since then and even spent the 2019/20 season at Bayern Munich.The Brazilian national team player has not yet been assigned a squad number by Barcelona for the 2021/22 campaign and has consistently been linked to a…

The transfer window is not even closed but attention is already turning to next season. Kylian Mbappe is in the final year of his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, while Erling Haaland's deal with Borussia Dortmund puts clubs in line. Manchester United are reportedly ready to pursue both. TOP STORY - MBAPPE, THE FUTURE RED DEVILS OF HAALAND? Manchester United have made Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe a target for next season, according to ESPN. Mbappe has long been tipped to join Real Madrid and Saturday's…

Pep Guardiola has insisted that he is happy with his Manchester City squad regardless of whether they can bring in a new striker before the end of the transfer window, and that Robert Lewandowski will definitely not join him at the Etihad Stadium.City are still chasing a deal for Harry Kane, and sources have told 90min that they will continue to run Tottenham for a transfer until 31 August.Guardiola's side were ironically defeated by Spurs last week in Kane's absence, and the home crowd even sang 'are you watching, Harry…

Mohamed Salah doesn't need the extra motivation to break records and achieve potential legendary status, according to Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp. The Reds won a 3-0 win over Norwich in their Premier League opener on Sunday, with Salah scoring one and assisting twice. His 74th-minute curler scored his fifth straight goal on Matchday 1 of a Premier League season, a feat never achieved before. As Klopp's men prepare for Saturday against Burnley, who ended Liverpool's 68-game unbeaten streak at Anfield last season,…