Liverpool's 100% grounds successful the Champions League faces a stern trial connected Wednesday nighttime erstwhile champions Real Madrid get astatine Anfield.
But with 1 ft already successful the knockout stages, Arne Slot's high-flyers volition beryllium assured of inflicting much woe connected a Real broadside facing a hefty wounded situation that sees Vinicius Jr among a big of stars not connected Merseyside.
And successful a week wherever speech astir the aboriginal of Mohamed Salah has dominated, Slot volition beryllium hoping different awesome triumph tin determination the absorption backmost to his team.
Here are the large stories to support an oculus connected from successful and astir Anfield up of different enthralling European night.
Gravenberch boost
Ryan Gravenberch has told Liverpool determination is nary request to store for a holding midfielder successful the January transportation model due to the fact that helium is lone going to get amended successful his caller preferred role.
The Netherlands prima has thrived successful a deeper relation nether Arne Slot truthful acold this season, starting each crippled successful the Premier League and Champions League arsenic the Reds unfastened up an 8 constituent spread astatine location and support a 100% grounds connected the continental stage.
And Gravenberch is adamant that determination remains immense country for betterment successful his caller preferred presumption - an country of the transportation Liverpool were determined to fortify successful the summertime lone for a determination for Real Sociedad's Martin Zubimendi to interruption down.
The 22-year-old explained wherever things tin get adjacent better.
Salah demand
Michael Owen thinks Liverpool supporters are close to fume astatine the nine implicit Mohamed Salah ’s declaration stand-off.
But the erstwhile striker reckons the large contented mightiness beryllium Salah, 32, demanding a semipermanent woody alternatively than a quality implicit wages.
The Egyptian, whose existent presumption expire adjacent June, said helium was “more retired than in” erstwhile asked astir his aboriginal aft Sunday’s travel from down triumph astatine Southampton. And Owen has revealed whispers from adjacent to the campy suggest Salah, who presently earns £350,000 a week, is looking for a multi-year deal.
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“Sensible” Trent Alexander-Arnold indispensable beryllium tempted to articulation Real Madrid this summer, according to Michael Owen.
And the erstwhile Liverpool striker has extended an invitation to the existent Reds prima if helium needs immoderate proposal should helium determine to permission Anfield.
Owen near Liverpool for Real successful the summertime of 2004 with a estimation arsenic 1 of the world ’s astir coveted strikers lone to conflict successful the Spanish superior earlier leaving for Newcastle a twelvemonth later.
And portion Alexander-Arnold’s aboriginal remains undecided, with team-mates Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah besides nearing the extremity of their contracts with the Premier League leaders, Owen tin recognize wherefore linking up with adjacent person Jude Bellingham would involvement him.
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