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Allison out for at least another month according to the Brazil manager who says that Allison wont be fit for the International friendlies at the end of March. Thats a real blow
 

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Injury update from Pep in his League Cup final press conference. Szobo, Salah and Nunez are touch and go for the final, Jones will be around the time of the international break (I assume that will probably mean after the internationals) and Jota, Trent & Alisson will be after the internationals. Not sure what happened to Trent as a week or so ago Klopp said he was going to be back a week after the Cup final.
 

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Endo looks to be walking fine - no boot or crutches in sight. You can see Gravenberch in the background at one point of the video but only the top half of his body - it's difficult to say for sure but it doesn't look like he's on crutches either so fingers crossed his injury isn't too serious.
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good to see re Endo with how well he's been playing, Darwin doing the hurdles on the final whistle yesterday looked good but probably wasn't best idea, luckily he got away with it
 
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Judging by Klopp's press-conference it doesn't sound like Gravenberch's injury is too bad. He said he's out of tomorrow and Saturday's game and then we'll see from there. We've got Europa League next midweek so if not then, hopefully by the City game he'll be back.
 

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Being reported that there is one last big push coming to try and give Michael Edwards complete control of the football side of things hiring a dof etc

Seeing people tag Paul Joyce in but can't see anything on his twitter timelone. Unless it's a Times thing?
 
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Being reported that there is one last big push coming to try and give Michael Edwards complete control of the football side of things hiring a dof etc

Seeing people tag Paul Joyce in but can't see anything on his twitter timelone. Unless it's a Times thing?
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www.thetimes.co.uk

Michael Edwards would want full control to consider Liverpool return

Liverpool’s owner, Fenway Sports Group, ready to put former sporting director in charge of club as they prepare one final attempt to lure him back to Anfield
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Michael Edwards would seek total control of football operations at Liverpool in order to consider coming back to Anfield less than two years after his departure. Liverpool’s owner, Fenway Sports Group, is set to make one final attempt to persuade their former sporting director to return to the club as part of the post-Jürgen Klopp era. Edwards, who quit in 2022 after a decade at the club in order to take a break from football, has already turned down one approach from FSG since Klopp told them he was standing down at the end of the season. There has been no sense that Edwards has been ready to return to football’s coalface, having rejected a number of approaches from other clubs including Chelsea. Indeed, it would take something significant to turn the head of Edwards, who is a consultant in Ludonautics, the sports advisory business launched last year by Ian Graham, who was Liverpool’s director of research between 2012 and 2023.

FSG’s search for a permanent sporting director has been ongoing since Julian Ward, Edwards’ replacement, stood down in the summer of 2023, with Jörg Schmadtke only a stop-gap. Schmadtke left at the end of January. There is a realisation at FSG that the profile of the sporting director they were looking for and what they now need has changed. Previously, they were seeking someone to facilitate the needs of Klopp, but now that he is leaving there is a demand for someone to take charge of the whole club during what will be a period of transition. FSG will hope that would appeal to Edwards.

Edwards was viewed by FSG as one of the architects of Liverpool’s renaissance under Klopp with his canny dealings in the transfer market — both in terms of signings and sales — crucial to success at home and abroad. The fact that FSG, who are holding a partners summit this week in the United States, keep on returning to him also highlights they are unconvinced by other candidates. It is unusual for FSG’s plans to leak at a time when they are trying to reshape Liverpool with the appointment of a sporting director and Klopp’s successor. The Bayer Leverkusen head coach Xabi Alonso is the frontrunner although FSG are also likely to interview Rúben Amorim, the Sporting Lisbon coach. In addition, no meaningful contract talks with players such as Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah, who will all have one year remaining on their deals in the summer, are likely to take place until the appointment of a sporting director.
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Cheers Baz.

2 paragraphs are at odds though? 1st one is Edwards wants control, whereas 2nd one is fsg might be tempted to give him control to bring him back as the needs of the club have changed with Klopp leaving.

Seems to be a fishing exercise
 

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Rotty said:
good to see re Endo with how well he's been playing, Darwin doing the hurdles on the final whistle yesterday looked good but probably wasn't best idea, luckily he got away with it
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Can you imagine if he had slipped on the hoardings and landed awkwardly and done his ankle in. Its why I dont like those players who do somersaults etc when celebrating a goal, always think one wrong bit of timing and you could be out for ages with a self inflicted injury
 
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