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Kenny Dalglish’s latest comments will be music to the ears of Liverpool fans, as the Reds legend said that Jurgen Klopp is “going nowhere”.

What’s he said?

Liverpool fans have suddenly been forced to picture a bleak world without their favourite German in the dugout over the last few weeks.

First his agent said Klopp and his wife do not enjoy the weather in England, then the manager himself spoke about Steven Gerrard eventually replacing him.

Dalglish has calmed the storm though, writing about Klopp’s comments in The Sunday Post: “It’s a hypothetical scenario, but one that I can see the sense in. I’m sure Jurgen is only echoing the thoughts of most of the club’s supporters.

“However, let’s be clear. Jurgen is going nowhere, and nobody with the club at heart wants to see him depart.

“He may have led the club to the Champions League last season, the biggest prize in European football. But there is much more he still wants to achieve – in particular Liverpool’s first league title since 1990 – and this season has started very well.”

Phew

We imagine Liverpool fans were picturing a post-apocalyptic world or perhaps the upside-down from Netflix show Stranger Things after even just the slightest hint that Klopp won’t be their manager forever.

In fact, we wouldn’t put it past the Anfield faithful to currently be looking into some sort of cryogenic freezing process to slow the former Borussia Dortmund boss’ ageing process and allow him to stay for several lifetimes.

And while that may be a bit of a stretch, Dalglish’s comments will certainly be music to the ears of Reds fans everywhere. The club legend attends practically every game and certainly has his ear to the ground.

Klopp has transformed the club from battling just to scrape Champions League qualification into genuine title challengers and of course kings of Europe, and it’s hard to imagine players like Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker would have joined the club under a lesser manager.

It’s fair to say fans were officially freaking out at the suggestion the gaffer won’t be around forever, but it appears he won’t be going anywhere until he gets a few more titles under his belt. Phew.

Tottenham Hotspur fans have reacted to comments from Leicester City midfielder James Maddison praising Harry Winks, calling on the England international to come and join him in north London.

The attack-minded player, who is rated at £80m by the Foxes according to The Sun, was speaking on Sky Sports’ Monday night football in a feature length interview about a range of topics, and picked out the Spurs man for some plaudits.

The 22-year-old said: “The quality he has he was able to play through with a quick pass, two touch, receives it, turns and passes through.”

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Aside from the Carabao Cup and Saturday’s trip to Brighton and Hove Albion, Winks has started every one of Tottenham’s matches this season and become one of their most reliable performers – even when results and displays haven’t been at their best, including picking up an 8/10 rating from Football London against Olympiacos.

A player like Maddison, who continues to impress for Leicester and has three goals and two assists in eight appearances this term according to Transfermarkt, could be exactly the type of a addition who could be good for Spurs in the future, and it appears their supporters agree following his latest remarks.

While one said “come an join him in midfield next season”, another simply said “come and join us”.

Here is just a selection of the Twitter reaction…

A number of Newcastle United fans have been discussing Gareth Southgate’s view of Jamaal Lascelles after Aston Villa’s Tyrone Mings became the 12th centre-back used by the England boss.

Mings made his Three Lions debut on Monday night alongside Manchester United’s Harry Maguire against Bulgaria, as Southgate opted to make a change at the back by removing Everton’s Michael Keane from the side that lost to the Czech Republic last week.

Southgate has previously trusted Phil Jones, Gary Cahill, Joe Gomez, Kyle Walker, Lewis Dunk, Phil Jagielka, John Stones, Chris Smalling and James Tarkowski as his central defensive options, and included Chelsea’s Fikayo Tomori in his England squad for the first time this international break.

A Newcastle fan calls for Sean and Matt Longstaff’s Mum to give birth to a starting eleven’s worth of Longstaffs in the video below…

Burnley’s Ben Gibson has also been named on the Three Lions bench thrice under Southgate, as has Fulham’s Alfie Mawson, although like Tomori, they did not enter the action to earn their senior debuts.

Newcastle’s Lascelles, meanwhile, is yet to earn a call-up to any England senior squad, with his last outing for the Three Lions coming in an U21 friendly against France in November 2014.

Since then, the Magpies captain has helped the St. James’ Park outfit return to the Premier League as Championship title holders and formed one of the best top-flight backlines in the Toon’s maiden campaign back in the highest tier of English domestic football.

United shipped 47 goals in the 2017/18 campaign, which only the top five of that season and seventh-placed Burnley could better. Newcastle conceded just one more in the 18/19 term, too, despite slipping from a tenth-placed finish to 13th in the Premier League standings.

Toon supporters are at a loss as to what more Lascelles needs to show in order to earn a maiden cap or a call-up by Southgate, with one calling the Derby-born defender’s continued absence “a complete joke”.

Others have suggested that Southgate has often chosen his teams on names over form and that it is “scandalous” that Lascelles continues to be overlooked.

Here are some of the messages shared…

Considering the two’s contrasting form so far this term, you would have expected Liverpool to stroll to three points at Old Trafford against Manchester United.

The Reds had won all of their last eight games in the Premier League coming into this match, whilst Manchester United had just one win in five in all competitions, and even that was on penalties in the League Cup against Rochdale. It ended as a 1-1 draw though, and it could have been even worse for Jurgen Klopp’s men had Adam Lallana not scored late on.

Marcus Rashford had put the home side 1-0 up in the first half, and Joel Matip must take a fair share of the blame for that. The 28-year-old Cameroon international was marking the striker, but he lost him at some point, allowing Rashford to slot past Alisson in goal.

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The poor defensive play did not go unnoticed by the Anfield faithful. They took to Twitter to share their thoughts, and you can see some of the best comments from the social media platform below.

Former Spurs boss Tim Sherwood thinks the club would be ‘crazy’ to fire Mauricio Pochettino, despite Tottenham dropping points once again in the Premier League.

Spurs drew 1-1 with bottom club Watford as their rotten run continued this weekend, with the team winning just one of their last seven in all competitions.

That has led to some questioning what Pochettino can achieve at Spurs, with just three victories since sealing a place in the Champions League final back in May.

But Sherwood believes the Argentinian is one of the best managers around – and has played down the idea of Spurs eyeing up former Chelsea and Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho as a potential replacement, due to Pochettino’s ties to the club’s philosophy.

He told BeIN SPORTS (via HITC): “You would be crazy to sack this man. He’s one of the best managers in the world and I think he has built that reputation. If they were to change, it would be difficult to find a man who buys into the philosophy of the whole football club.

“I don’t think they will go to Mourinho because I think he has his own way of doing things. He wants to be very dominant.

“He is a winner, but to have the philosophy of the club is to bring the kids through the academy. I think that’s dried up. They need to get their eye back onto that to try and drip a few into the first team.”

Having been at the club since 2014, Pochettino may well be aware of the club’s philosophies, but that alone may not be able to absolve him of the current woes his side are experiencing.

It is clear that Spurs’ form shows few signs of improving, and although Sherwood’s defence of Pochettino suggests the core problems lie elsewhere, it seems as if only a change in some regard will bring about an upturn in fortunes.

Though having seen the likes of Manchester United fail to improve things after changing managers last season, perhaps Spurs would be better-placed in trying to find in-house solutions as they strive to turn their results around.

Spurs fans, will sacking Pochettino change the club’s fortunes? How does the team get back into form? Let us know in the comments below!

Patrick Bamford gets a lot of stick from the Leeds United fanbase.

You can understand some of it. The striker hasn’t scored in any of his previous seven matches prior to facing Preston last night, and it’s Leeds’ lack of quality in front of goal that often lets them down.

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Bamford can certainly be a frustrating player, and with Leeds coming so close to promotion last term you can forgive for why tensions are high amongst the supporters.

However, the former Middlesbrough man’s game is about so much more than goals, and a video that did the rounds on Twitter this week shows exactly what he brings to the squad.

The clip shows the attacker working his socks off to press the Birmingham City backline last weekend and win possession back for his team.

Understandably, some supporters were very impressed by this footage, and they took to Twitter to actually praise the 26-year-old.

Here’s what the Elland Road faithful have been saying about Bamford on social media…

Roy Keane has called Tottenham full-backs Danny Rose and Serge Aurier “Dumb and Dumber” following their disastrous performances in Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to Liverpool.

The current situation at Spurs went from bad to worse after suffering yet another loss at the weekend, the club’s sixth of the season in all competitions.

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Nothing seems to be going right at the moment for Mauricio Pochettino’s side, and the prospects of escaping the nightmare they currently find themselves in aren’t looking good either – especially after watching Aurier and Rose fumble their way around Anfield. The former fouled Sadio Mane, leading to Mohamed Salah scoring the decisive goal from the penalty spot.

As Keane pointed out during his assessment, it didn’t help the pair’s case that two of the best in the business lined up on the opposing team, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson.

Not one to shy away from making big statements though, the former Manchester United man told Sky Sports:

“The two Tottenham full-backs were dreadful. Dumb and Dumber, I’d call them.

“I thought they were really poor. You can’t compare them to Liverpool, the two lads who are absolutely fantastic.

“Particularly going forward, okay defensively there’s parts of the games they can improve on but going forward they were absolutely fantastic.”

In our Loan Watch feature series, the Football Transfer Tavern takes a look at how a selection of players from a particular club are faring whilst they are away from their parent side, and provide a brief update regarding their form.

Here is a look at three Manchester City players looking to impress at other clubs.

JACK HARRISON

Leeds United winger Jack Harrison, now in the second year of his loan spell at Elland Road, endured a frustrating afternoon in a goalless Yorkshire derby against Sheffield Wednesday.

The stalemate saw a run of three assists in as many games come to an end for the 22-year-old, who has started every one of the Whites’ league games under Marcelo Bielsa this season.

He seems to be an important part of the squad, as he looks to make a name for himself having never featured for Manchester City.

TOSIN ADARABIOYO

Tosin Adarabioyo has forced his way into the starting lineup at Blackburn Rovers, and started his third game in succession at the centre of the Rovers defence this weekend.

He was powerless to prevent Preston coming from two goals down to win 3-2 on Saturday, but will surely be encouraged by the newfound faith being shown in him after this run of games.

Blackburn have not fared too well of late, however, and are without a win in six – with Adarabioyo featuring in just a single victory this season, which came against Millwall back in September.

PEDRO PORRO

Youngster Pedro Porro, who is spending time on loan at La Liga outfit Real Valladolid, earned his first start for over a month after featuring at the Nou Camp on Tuesday night.

The 20-year-old, who signed from Girona in the summer, was on the receiving end of a typical Lionel Messi masterclass as his double helped Barcelona trounce his side 5-1 on a chastening evening.

However, Porro can perhaps take heart from his reintroduction to the first team after being limited to substitute appearances at best over the last few weeks.

It seems as though the Championship is no more forgiving a league than Spain’s La Liga, with all three of City’s loanees featured here going without a victory in their most recent outings.

However, the fact that match action is being afforded to the players in question is a positive sign as they seek to develop away from the Etihad Stadium.

That could mean the significance of results take a back seat for those on loan in particular, though it is clear that despite the minutes, it has been a tough week to endure on the pitch for these players.

Manchester City fans, which of these loanees are most likely to be given first-team minutes at the club when they return? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

This article is part of Football FanCast’s Pundit View series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent quotes from journalists, pundits, players and managers…

Speaking in his pre-match press conference, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has urged his side to “fill their boots” in their clash against Partizan Belgrade on Thursday night.

What did he say?

The Red Devils have found it a struggle this season to find the back of the net, netting just 13 times in 11 Premier League games – indeed, until their 3-1 victory over Norwich at Carrow Road a couple of weeks ago, they had gone without scoring more than a single goal in a game since the 4-0 win over Chelsea in the opening fixture of the campaign.

Now, Solskjaer has called on his side to re-discover their goal-scoring touch, and insisted their Europa League match against Partizan could be the perfect opportunity to do just that.

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He said (as quoted by The Telegraph): “For one reason or another we haven’t had results (we would like). We think we should have had a few more results, but we’re on the right track. Saturday (against Bournemouth) was disappointing and now we have a chance to get two wins before the break. We were on a half-run… we couldn’t get the goal we felt we deserved early on, but we started well, the mentality was great, but we ended up disappointed.

“This is a great chance to qualify for the next round that means, in the last two games, we can try out a few things out. We want to play on the front foot and if we get an early goal (against Partizan), I want the boys to fill their boots. We need to go in search of the second and third goal, I’d rather the boys did that, even if they make mistakes.”

Famous last words

Oh Ole, did you really need to say that? The Norwegian’s intentions with his pre-match comments are understandable. He wants people to know that his team are doing everything they can to address this incredible issue of not being able to score regularly, but in reality, he has just doomed his players.

The United boss appears to have a short memory, because in their previous clash against the Serbian side, they only won thanks to an Anthony Martial penalty, and had a paltry one shot on target. Not exactly a thrashing is it? The Red Devils are now on a hiding to nothing – anything less than a comprehensive victory will be deemed as a major failure on the part of Solskjaer. A bit of confidence is always great, but only in small doses. Solskjaer’s message felt like it bordered on arrogance, and based on their season so far, he absolutely has no basis for that.

This article is part of Football FanCast’s Pundit View series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent quotes from journalists, pundits, players and managers…

Paul Robinson has slammed Richarlison for going down following minimal contact in the recent 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur.

What did he say?

The former Watford man was seen to take a tumble a few times in the match. On one occasion, Richarlison went down from a Serge Aurier interception, when there was no contact at all.

Robinson told Football Insider when asked if he has the tag of a diver: “Yeah, you don’t want to be given that tag and Richarlison does go down too easily.

“There were times in the game yesterday where he went down with minimal contact and he was on the ground looking for free-kicks.

“And if you get a tag like that as a player, referees obviously see that tag as well, so it may get you a few decisions early on but referees once they know you have a reputation, you tend to get less and less decisions your way, and let’s say referees will be less lenient towards you as they probably think he dived first instead of thinking oh that’s a foul.”

A bad reputation

Earlier on in the year, Sky Sports pundit Charlie Nicholas also took a dig at Richarlison for diving. The Scot said after Everton’s 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace on the opening weekend: “van Aanholt was sliding it but he actually doesn’t touch him. He went down very, very softly. He should have booked Richarlison.”

The last thing the Brazilian is going to want to do is to get a reputation. Referees, especially with VAR, will look out for his antics and won’t hesitate in showing a yellow card if his questionable antics persist.

Marco Silva needs to have a sit down with Richarlison and kick this out of his game.

The 22-year-old is too important to the side to miss through suspension, should he get booked from diving.