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Dybala to Liverpool?

It may look far fetched at this moment, but reports in Italy claim that Liverpool are interested in the services of Paulo Dybala. The Reds have met with the player’s agent Gustavo Mascardi and are reportedly considering tabling a 90-100 million euro offer for the Argentine star, who at 24, still has the best years of his club career ahead of him.

Juventus reportedly do not want to sell the player, with coach Allegri wanting to play him and Ronaldo together. The CR7 rumours have only gained momentum following Portugal’s exit from the World Cup, but Dybala may not want to play second fiddle to Ronaldo. He is a key player at Juve, earning 7 million euros a season with the Bianconeri.

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Dybala was part of Argentina’s World Cup squad, but only had a total of 23 minutes in the tournament- that being a second half substitute replacement for Enzo Perez in their 3-0 loss to Croatia. The Albiceleste were eventually sent home by France in the Round of 16, and Dybala did not feature at all in three of their four games at the tournament.

LFC Players at World Cup- Knockout Stages Update

With Mo Salah, Sadio Mane and Marko Grujic’s teams exiting the World Cup in the group stage, that left Jordan Henderson, Dejan Lovren, Simon Mignolet, Trent Alexander Arnold and Roberto Firmino’s as LFC’s representatives in the knockout stags.

Quarterfinals:-

Roberto Firmino:- Firmino was introduced at half time for Willian, but could not stop Brazil from going down to Belgium in their QF.

Jordan Henderson:- Henderson for the first time in this World Cup, was substituted. Played 85 minutes before being replaced by Eric Dier. England beat Sweden 2-0 to advance.

Dejan Lovren:- Another 120 minutes of action for Lovren, and like the previous round, his Croatian side needed penalties to progress.

Trent-Alexander Arnold and Simon Mignolet:- Unused

Round of 16:-

Roberto Firmino:- Firmino replaced former Liverpool player Philippe Coutinho in the 86th minute v Mexico, and took only two minutes to score the goal that sealed Brazil’s progress to the quarters.

Dejan Lovren:- Lovren played the full 120 minutes as Croatia beat Denmark on penalties.

Jordan Henderson:- Like Lovren, played the 120 before his team won on penalties. Missed his kick in the shootout.

Trent-Alexander Arnold and Simon Mignolet:- Unused

LFC Players at World Cup 2018- Round 2 & 3 update- Group Stages

We saw last week how Liverpool’s players performed in Round 1 of the World Cup– here’s how they did in Round 2 and 3.

Mo Salah:- After being unused against Uruguay, came back into the starting XI vs Russia and Saudi Arabia, but could not change Egypt’s fortunes. Was Man of the Match against Saudi Arabia.

Dejan Lovren:- Lovren played the 90 in Croatia’s win over Argentina, and had 20 minutes in Croatia’s final group game against Iceland. The Croats won all thee of their group games.

Roberto Firmino:- Had 22 minutes off the bench against Costa Rica and did not feature at all in their final group game against Serbia.

Marko Grujic and Simon Mignolet:- No playing time for them at all. Serbia missed out on the Round of 16, but Belgium advanced

Jordan Henderson:- 90 minutes against Panama, but did not play against Belgium.

Trent-Alexander Arnold:- Started and played 79 minutes in the final group game against Belgium

Sadio Mane:- Played 90 minutes in Senegal’s 2nd and 3rd group games. Captained them for the second, but handed over the reigns for the third to West Ham’s Cheikhou Kouyate, which the Teranga Lions lost to Colombia. Senegal were cruelly knocked out of the World Cup on the Fair Play Rule