News Update

Liverpool are up against Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon, with just four fixtures left for the Reds this season.

The Champions took a bit of a tumble against Manchester City and Aston Villa, but bounced back with a comfortable win against Brighton in the week.

There were some surprise inclusions in the squad that travelled down south – including young full-back Neco Williams, who put in a good first-half shift.

So predicting how the Reds will line-up against Burnley this weekend may be difficult, but I’ll give it a go.

In goal will be Alisson – in the pursuit of as many points as possible, there is no benefit in putting the Brazilian on the bench.

I predict the back four will be the usual suspects of Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

We’ll probably see some rotation though – with Naby Keita being dropped – I imagine Jurgen Klopp will be anxious about losing another midfielder.

With the Guinean’s injury record, the boss may not risk him against a physical Burnley side – especially now Jordan Henderson is a doubt for the start of next season.

I predict the midfield trio will be Fabinho, James Milner and Gini Wijnaldum.

Up top, Bobby Firmino simply has to start with the Brazilian repeatedly reaffirming his importance to the team. He’ll likely be joined by both Mo Salah and Sadio Mane, but it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Takumi Minamino start.

My predicted starting XI for Liverpool v. Burnley: Alisson, van Dijk, Gomez, Trent, Robertson, Fabinho, Milner, Wijnaldum, Salah, Minamino, Firmino.

NEWS UPDATE
REPORTED: THIAGO ALCÂNTARA COULD POSSIBLY JOIN LIVERPOOL

LFC could snare £26m Rb Salzburg star on top of Minamino capture

Liverpool did some very smart business in January when acquiring Takumi Minamino for just over £7m.

The Japanese hasn’t found his feet yet, but his talent is obvious and we have no doubt about his ability long-term.

And even if it doesn’t work out, we’d still likely make a profit!

Now, the Daily Mail are among those claiming we want his former team-mate Dominik Szoboszlai – who also captains the Hungary national team.

Szoboszlai is only 19-years-old and is a serious talent, so it wouldn’t surprise us if we were at least keeping tabs.

We have a very good relationship with Rb Salzburg and would assume a deal could be struck should Jurgen Klopp, Michael Edwards and co. believe it’s worthwhile.

Szoboszlai has 92 appearances already in his fledgling career and at 6ft.1′, stands powerfully in the middle and uses his physical skills to dominate.

We’re not sure there’s a spot for him in our side right now though, with the likes of Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Curtis Jones set to fight for a starting spot with the three regulars next season.