A classy touch from Mohamed Salah 👏
He took the time to shake hands with the Australia players after their penalty shootout defeat before celebrating Egypt's place in the round of 16.
Good news for Liverpool with Hugo Ekitike taking steps forward in his recovery from a ruptured Achilles suffered in April. He has been working with German physiotherapist Berengar Buschmann in Los Angeles.
Liverpool have agreed deals for Tommy Elphick and Shaun Cooper to join Andoni Iraola's backroom staff ahead of 2026/27 pre-season. Two highly-rated coaches worked with #LFC head coach at Bournemouth 🔴🍒⚽️ @TeleFootball#AFCB
Outfield players to play every minute for their nation at the 2026 World Cup AND play every minute for their club in the league last season (Europe's Top 7 leagues only)
🇳🇱 Virgil Van Dijk
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Well, for Brazil NOT to win would be doomsday for the giants of football. Japan has been impressive with their fluidity, flying wingbacks, and their ultra-adventurous approach with often 7 players in the final 3rd - Blue Samurais can cause an upset today.
Newcastle United have in recent weeks pushed relentlessly behind the scenes for Felix Nmecha, identifying the Borussia Dortmund midfielder as one of the pillars of their midfield rebuild, with club representatives understood to have encouraged Newcastle’s own Germany internationals, Nick Woltemade and Malik Thiaw, to use the national team camp as an opportunity to help persuade Nmecha that his future belongs on Tyneside.
However, in the last 48 hours the landscape shifted the moment the heartbeat of Anfield entered the conversation. Senior representatives of Liverpool Football Club, English football’s most decorated and mythical institution, including Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards, have also made contact with Nmecha’s camp to express their admiration for the player and to make clear that he is highly appreciated internally. Liverpool currently view Borussia Dortmund’s valuation, believed to be around £116 million, as far beyond what they would be prepared to pay this summer; however, the possibility of revisiting the situation should his £70 million release clause become active in 2027 has not gone unnoticed by the player’s camp.
For that reason, Nmecha’s representatives are understood to have informed Newcastle United that the player is currently not interested in making the move despite the club’s relentless pursuit. The possibility of Anfield remaining on the horizon leaves little appetite to close doors prematurely, particularly when one of football’s greatest institutions may yet decide that the timing is right. Sometimes one club can offer everything money can buy, yet still fall short when another carries the weight of history, the blood of Anfield and the promise of wearing one of football’s most iconic shirts.
@RichardM8422@mcgrathmike I mean it’s stating the obvious there isn’t it? The value of a player surely has to have parameters that governs said value? The entire point was this market suggests value is set at will. Which was the entire point in the first place Richard!