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Portuguese attacker had a frustrating end to last season and summer but is determined to make up for lost time

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Questions remain on whether Endo is the right answer long term — and whether Liverpool can challenge for honours without strengthening

The attacking midfielder has been a Liverpool player for five years now — he says it is time for him to step up in the Arne Slot era

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Liverpool have rejected an offer of €14million (£11.8m) from Marseille for midfielder Wataru Endo. It remains to be seen if the French club return with a higher bid for the Japan international, who is also attracting interest from a number of Bundesliga clubs. Liverpool aren’t actively looking to move Endo on. The timing of the bid from Marseille, the lack of market opportunities available in terms of recruiting a replacement, and the current needs of Arne Slot’s squad contributed to the offer being turned down. The 31-year-old, who still has three years remaining on his contract, made...

Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott believes Lee Carsley is the perfect candidate to succeed Gareth Southgate as England manager. The Football Association (FA) have been considering their options since Southgate stood down following the European Championship in Germany. Elliott has worked closely with Carsley in the England Under-21s set-up and was part of the squad which won the under-21s Euros last summer. He is convinced that promoting from within would be the best move by the FA. “Lee is an unbelievable manager and an unbelievable guy,” he said. “He is ready to step up. There have...

The defender hopes to stay at Anfield but he does not want to spend another season struggling for game time - and he is in demand

Ben Doak is attracting interest from a number of Premier League clubs as Liverpool consider sanctioning a loan move for him this season. Newly-promoted Leicester City and Southampton are among those keen to secure the services of the 18-year-old Scottish winger. Doak, who shone after coming off the bench in Friday’s 1-0 friendly win over Real Betis in Pittsburgh, is desperate to play regularly this season as he looks to put an injury-ravaged campaign behind him. He made five appearances for Liverpool in the first half of 2023-34 when he deputised for Mohamed Salah, but was then sidelined by...

Fabio Carvalho is determined to use Liverpool’s tour of America to force his way into Arne Slot’s plans for the coming season. The 21-year-old attacker returned to the club this summer after mixed fortunes on loan in 2023-24. After struggling for game time at RB Leipzig in Germany, he regained his confidence at Hull City in the second half of the campaign as he made 20 appearances in the Championship. Carvalho’s future remains unclear but he’s enjoying the start of a new era at Liverpool under Slot. “I’ve had a few conversations with the manager which I’m not going to go into...

James Pearce addresses the main talking points from Liverpool's friendly victory over Real Betis

Arne Slot says Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones will undergo further assessment after limping out of their 1-0 win over Real Betis. Jones was substituted midway through the first half in Pittsburgh after complaining of discomfort in a leg muscle. “I think it’s too early to tell (how bad it is),” Slot said. “He maybe could have played on, but I think you could see he was not at 100 per cent. “In a friendly game, with so many days coming up in our tour, it was best to take him off. Hopefully he can recover really fast, but we have to wait and see. “It was unfortunate...

The midfielder is desperate to become a part of Arne Slot's Liverpool rebuild — he says the Dutchman's style will get the best out of him

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for Premier League games to be played in the United States. Though Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has previously said playing competitive fixtures abroad is not “part of their current plans”, the concept has come to the fore again in recent months. Jon Miller, a leading executive at NBC Sports, the American broadcaster that spent $2.7billion (£2.2bn) on a six-year deal to exclusively show every Premier League game between 2022-23 and 2027-28, told The Athletic he is pushing for an in-season match to be played in the United States.