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Come Monday morning, he reported for duty at the training ground.
“The club said they’d appointed the new manager and he might just need some help until he gets his staff sorted,” Britton explains.
“When the club call, if I can help, I’ve always said I’ll always be here to help.
“It wasn’t even something to think about. It was ‘I’ll be in Monday and I’ll come and meet the
Along with Wirtz and the two new full-backs, Ekitike points to a different Liverpool set-up.
In 2024-25, some 47 of Liverpool’s 86 goals (55%) were scored or assisted by Mohamed Salah, who ran the right wing almost on his own as Alexander-Arnold drifted inside.
By contrast, Frimpong is a very attacking, very wide right-back. That should take some of the pressure off Salah, but it might also see the Egyptian
Liverpool last won the Premier League five years ago, but the Coronavirus pandemic meant there were no fans inside Anfield to witness it.
For fans and players alike, a first title win in front of supporters since 1990 is something special.
“It is incredible to win this with our fans,” Mohamed Salah told Sky Sports.
“This is 100% better than last time [in 2020], especially with the fans. We have
The number 10 moves up and joins the front line, which forces the opposition into doing one of two things: either play the ball long and risk turning over possession, or play the ball into the wide channels where Liverpool are comfortable pressing and winning the ball back.
However, a lack of proactivity in this approach has been exploited by teams already in the Premier League, with Arsenal and Chelsea
The majority of sensible observers, though sometimes not those fans who choose to view decisions through the prism of their own partisanship, accept referees will make mistakes under the severest pressure. That pressure is very often from players and managers in the fierce hothouse of elite-level football, trickling right down to the grassroots.
Coote’s alleged insults about Liverpool and Klopp – who even his biggest admirers would admit was
The Football Association has launched its own investigation into the video that appears to show Premier League referee David Coote using foul language to describe former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.
Coote has already been suspended by refereeing body Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) pending a full investigation.
BBC Sport has also been told the 42-year-old has been withdrawn from an international commitment this week.
However, the nature of Coote’s
Premier League referee David Coote has been suspended after a video allegedly showing him making derogatory comments about Liverpool and the club’s former manager Jurgen Klopp was circulated on social media.
Refereeing body PGMOL says the suspension comes into force with immediate effect and is pending a full investigation.
The video, widely shared on social media, has not been verified by the BBC. It is unclear when it was filmed
Liverpool have won their first three league games by an aggregate 7-0, including a 3-0 win at Manchester United.
The only time Klopp managed three opening wins and three clean sheets was in 2018-19, also by a combined 7-0. That season they started off with six wins and 20 games unbeaten – and finished second on 97 points.
Liverpool have had a more patient build-up this season under Slot, with
Judging Klopp purely on silverware, his haul is notable.
One Premier League title, one Champions League crown, an FA Cup, two EFL Cups, the Community Shield, a UEFA Super Cup and a Fifa Club World Cup.
In that title-winning season of 2019-20, his Liverpool side became the fastest team to reach 30 wins and were within one of breaking the 100-point mark.
His trophy cabinet could have been a lot
David Coote: Ex-Premier League referee charged by FA over Jurgen Klopp comments
By Total Football NewsFormer Premier League referee David Coote has been charged by the Football Association for comments made about ex-Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp in a video that was leaked on social media.
The 42-year-old was suspended in November 2024 after the clip showed him making derogatory comments about the German and Liverpool.
Coote was sacked a month later by the Premier League referees’ body Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) following a