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@brucelee Happy Birthday, Dragon. Your art outlived your era — your impact outlives all of us. #BruceLee 🙏🏼🐉

Brighton vs Liverpool Gameweek 31 predictions: Liverpool, we need to maximise all our chances today, abeg!

🚨 BREAKING: Alexander Isak WILL be available for Liverpool's Champions League tie with PSG. Slot: "I am just as excited as the fans to have him back."

⚽ Liverpool face a defining afternoon on the south coast #BHAFC 🆚 #LFC | #PremierLeague Preview There are days that reveal a season for what it truly is, and this feels like one of them. Liverpool arrive at Brighton with a flicker of rediscovered purpose after midweek, a performance that carried the pulse, aggression and clarity that have too often been absent. It raised a question that has lingered for months: why has this version of the side been the exception rather than the rule? The suspicion remains that the answer will arrive swiftly at the Amex. The structure that breathed life into Liverpool in Europe may be quietly shelved, replaced by the familiar shape that has dulled them, wide forwards stranded, the double pivot of Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister asked once more to control what they have too often struggled to command. Brighton are erratic, capable of intensity and equally prone to drift, yet they carry enough energy and belief at home to punish hesitation. This is not a place for half measures or tactical retreat. It demands conviction. Liverpool’s path from here feels delicately poised. Lean into the aggression, trust the movement, and there is momentum to be seized. Retreat into caution, and the season risks fading rather than surging. By late afternoon, the direction of travel may feel far less ambiguous. 🔺 Predicted XI: Mamardashvili, Frimpong, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Wirtz, Gakpo, Ekitike 🔺 Prediction: Brighton 1-1 Liverpool

[🟢] SUMMARY | Inside FSG’s decision to shelve plans to buy another football club from the @TheAthleticFC: • When Michael Edwards returned to FSG as CEO of football, a key factor was their commitment to expanding into a multi-club model, which he believed was necessary to “remain competitive”. • Two years on, that project has stalled and is now effectively dormant, with the situation understood to have frustrated Edwards. • Edwards, Julian Ward and Pedro Marques travelled across Europe assessing opportunities and carrying out detailed groundwork. • Around 25 clubs were analysed, mainly in Spain, Portugal and France, but no proposal was approved by the FSG board. • Talks advanced on four occasions, with Bordeaux, Malaga, Getafe and Monaco all seriously considered. • Bordeaux was rejected due to financial issues and stadium complications, while Malaga proved too complex due to administration and legal disputes. • Getafe was explored after a reduced valuation, but concerns over revenue and La Liga restrictions ended interest. • FSG also considered a minority stake in Monaco, but uncertainty over UEFA multi-club ownership rules prevented progress. • A major concern was the risk of two clubs under the same ownership being unable to compete in the same European competition. • FSG were unwilling to pursue deals that would require them to reduce control or relinquish “decisive influence”. • The model was seen as important after Brexit limited the ability to sign overseas players under 18. • Although the groundwork is complete, there are no current plans to move forward with an acquisition. • This leaves uncertainty around Edwards’ long-term future, given the project was a key reason for his return. nytimes.com/athletic/71250…

Hugo in front of the Kop ✊🔴

If a player averaged 45 G/A every season for 8 straight years, he’d reach 360 G/A. Mo Salah has 377 G/A for Liverpool.

No Liverpool Player Will Ever Injure Anyone On Purpose Just to Win a Football Match. I Wish Osimhen Quick Recovery and Wish He Could Have Completed The Game But Please Stop this Rubbish Agenda

We somehow got the coolest celebration in the Galatasaray game. Wait for Konate asking for a full team huddle after Gravenberch scored 🤩❤️

Salah special for Champions League goal number 50 💫 #UCL

#LFC 🔴 🚨 Liverpool face a potential major overhaul this summer, with Michael Edwards, Richard Hughes and Arne Slot all at risk of departing. If changes occur at the top, a genuine rebuild is expected to begin in the summer of 2026, featuring significant player sales and plans to appoint a high-calibre sporting director. Edwards and Hughes had developed a data-driven strategy tied to multi-club ownership ambitions. However, as confirmed earlier today, that model will not proceed. The club is now expected to revert to its traditional, sustainable approach. Youth development will play a central role in Liverpool's long-term strategy moving forward. This also means Liverpool will strategically sign players meaning they will wait for clear opportunities in the market before proceeding. Let’s see what the future holds for Liverpool.

⚽️ A Shape That Finally Set Them Free #LFC 4-0 Galatasaray | #UCL #ChampionsLeague Tonight Liverpool stopped fighting themselves. This was’t only better, it was different. Quicker, sharper, more natural. Four goals, over 5 xG, 32 shots, 16 on target, and complete control from start to finish. This wasn’t the narrow cagey win many predicted, it was utter dominance. The key shift was obvious. Mohamed Salah no longer fixed to the touchline, but drifting inside, playing where he hurts teams most. Florian Wirtz, from the left, ran the game, eight chances created, four successful dribbles, constantly involved. Everything flowed through him. It looked fluid. It looked connected. It looked like Liverpool. Which raises the question that cannot be ignored. Why has it taken this long? This shape did not leave them exposed. Galatasaray barely laid a glove on them, one shot on target, almost no threat. What it did do was bring Liverpool’s best players closer together, quicker combinations, more movement, more danger. And this cannot be brushed aside as poor opposition. Liverpool have stumbled at Anfield against far weaker sides than them this season. The evidence here stands on its own. There was also urgency on the touchline, a rare but visible intensity from Arne Slot that carried onto the pitch. Whether that’s coincidence or correction remains to be seen. Because that’s the truth of it. This was outstanding. It was overdue. But it was also one night only. If this is the blueprint, Liverpool have something. If not, this becomes another false dawn. Brighton will tell us which.

Trent will regret leaving Liverpool, no Madrid fan will care about him being left out of the England squad but Liverpool fans would have made a lot of noise forcing Tuchel to pick him.

‼️ Liverpool’s MCO Plan Ends in Retreat Two years of scouting, travelling, analysing and planning, all quietly shelved without a single outcome to point to, feels like an extraordinary squandering of time, energy and intent. This wasn't a vague idea scribbled in the margins. It was presented as central to the club’s future, important enough to bring Michael Edwards back into the fold, important enough to reshape roles and redirect focus across the football operation. Clubs were studied in detail, groundwork laid, resources committed, yet when the moment came to act, hesitation prevailed. There is a lingering sense of what might have been here. Decisions deferred, opportunities weighed to the point of paralysis, ambition dulled by caution. The modern game moves quickly, rivals act decisively, yet Liverpool’s leadership appear to have spent two years circling options only to retreat from them all. You can take issue with multi-club ownership model on principle, many supporters do, but that doesn't excuse the absence of follow-through. If the model was deemed unsuitable, that conclusion should have come sooner, before so much effort was invested and before it became a defining reason for reshaping the club’s structure. For FSG and those tasked with executing the plan, the message is muddled. For those observing from the outside, it raises uncomfortable questions about alignment, conviction and direction. At a club where clarity once drove success, this feels like a costly lapse into uncertainty. What all this means for the future of Michael Edwards, Richard Hughes ad Arne Slot is anyone's guess at this stage. Would anyone be all that shocked if all three departed this summer?

Placed to perfection 💫

Stop that Curtis Jones 😮‍💨

There’s no reason for Mac to start over him

🥇| @JamesPearceLFC: Two years ago, Michael Edwards said he was returning with “renewed vigour and energy” after being tempted back by FSG’s commitment to the multi-club model. Now that it’s effectively off the table, it will be intriguing to see whether he stays on board for the long term.

Look at how Ekitike left everyone to hug and lift salah up😍😍😍. This team will be on so much fire when they all finally clicked and understands each other.

Florian Wirtz created eight chances against Galatasaray 👏 It's the most by a Liverpool player in a Champions League game across the last 10 seasons 😮

Flo ➡️ Mo ✨