Liverpool news: Arne Slot facing January transfer call after going public with frustrations

Liverpool won 8 successive games successful each competitions, with the Reds present gearing up for different immense crippled successful the rubric run-in against Arsenal astatine the Emirates connected Sunday

Liverpool continued their awesome caller signifier with a 1-0 triumph astatine Red Bull Leipzig connected Wednesday nighttime acknowledgment to Darwin Nunez's strike.

The Reds built connected their important 2-1 location triumph against Chelsea past play and things are looking affirmative for Arne Slot's men arsenic they conflict for honours connected aggregate fronts this season.

Liverpool person present won 8 successive games successful each competitions, with the Reds present gearing up for different immense crippled successful the precise aboriginal rubric representation against Arsenal astatine the Emirates connected Sunday.

In the build-up to the pivotal rubric showdown, Mirror Football has taken a look astatine the biggest stories and rumours astir Anfield.

Chiesa could marque daze exit already

Italian winger Federico Chiesa lone conscionable joined Liverpool this summertime for a bargain £12.5million and has hardly played - featuring lone 3 times successful total.

However, reports from Italy assertion helium could already beryllium returning to his location state successful January amid his hard commencement to beingness astatine Anfield with an ongoing conflict to enactment fit.

Calciomercato person reported that the 26-year-old could person involvement from Roma, Inter and AC Milan successful January, with the trio keen to bring Chiesa backmost connected indebtedness - saying they are consenting to instrumentality a "calculated gamble" connected the Euro 2024 star.

It comes aft Slot admitted it was "frustrating" for Chiesa that his fittingness was suffering, having missed pre-season and conflict to header with the precocious strength of the Premier League.

Carragher defends Klopp's Red Bull job

Jurgen Klopp's determination to Red Bull arsenic their caller Head of Global Soccer has not gone down good with immoderate fans of his erstwhile clubs astatine Liverpool and Dortmund - fixed the contention implicit the organisation.

Klopp was loved by fans of some clubs owed to his championing of "tradition" successful shot and being a alleged "man of the people", with immoderate accusing him of hypocrisy by linking up with Red Bull, who ain Leipzig, Salzburg and New York Red Bulls.

However, Liverpool fable Jamie Carragher has deed backmost astatine criticism and defended the German, insisting helium was good wrong his rights to travel his ain path.

"I conscionable deliberation it's rubbish," Carragher said. "Jurgen Klopp is simply a definite benignant of manager. He's a antheral of the people. There's a feeling successful Germany, and I recognize the exemplary successful Germany, this (Red Bull) is wholly different. But the thought Jurgen has got to instrumentality to the ideals of Mainz and Dortmund supporters for the remainder of his life..

"We're each hypocrites, to beryllium honest, we each person views connected definite things, but if idiosyncratic offers america capable money, we'd inactive bash it. He's not the manager of Red Bull, he's overseeing. He's speaking to people, going to meetings and getting paid a batch of money."

Scholes makes Liverpool rubric admission

He mightiness not person been enjoyed to accidental it retired loud, but Manchester United fable Paul Scholes believes Pep Guardiola and Manchester City volition beryllium much disquieted astir Liverpool successful the rubric contention than Arsenal.

The Reds presently apical the array with 7 wins from 8 games - putting them 1 constituent up of City successful the Premier League array - with Slot's men taking connected the Gunners connected Sunday successful a immense clash.

Speaking connected the Stick to Football podcast, via Sky Bet, helium admitted helium was impressed by Liverpool's squad - peculiarly their midfield - and feels they volition beryllium City's main rival successful their bid to clasp connected to the title.

“I deliberation Liverpool’s squad is amended than Arsenal’s. I deliberation Pep Guardiola volition beryllium much disquieted astir Liverpool than Arsenal. Liverpool’s midfield person got legs.

"When they played against United astatine Old Trafford (in a 3-0 win), I thought: 'Wow, they look similar a acceptable team' and there’s prime with it arsenic well."

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