Here is your Liverpool morning digest for Thursday, December 15.
Sofyan Amrabat snubs Liverpool as he makes future admission amid transfer links
World Cup breakout star Sofyan Amrabat has hinted that he would prefer a potential winter move to La Liga side Atletico Madrid after admitting he likes Diego Simeone's style of play.
Amrabat has been in fine form during this winter's finals in Qatar and led Morocco to history as they became the first African country to reach the final four of the World Cup, where they were beaten 2-0 by France last night despite another resolute performance.
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The 26-year-old started all six games and had been instrumental in triumphs over Belgium, Spain and Portugal. Such form has seen the Fiorentina midfielder linked with moves to Liverpool, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and more recently Atletico Madrid - with the combative midfielder seemingly preferring the latter option.
Loris Karius makes Jurgen Klopp 'bad blood' admission amid Liverpool transfer claim
Loris Karius has admitted there is no "bad blood" between himself and Jurgen Klopp following the agonising end to his stay at Anfield.
The former Liverpool goalkeeper saw his career on Merseyside brutally ended after he made a string of errors in the 2018 Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid. Despite Klopp handing his full backing to the goalkeeper in the days, weeks and months after the final, the signing of Alisson Becker - for a then world-record fee - would spell the end of the German's stay at Anfield as he would never take to the field for Liverpool in a professional setting again.
"My time at Liverpool was over and I was looking to move on [in 2021], but then there was difficulties to get a transfer done," said Karius while speaking to ESPN and other media outlets during Newcastle United's mid-season training camp. "I found myself in a situation where I had to stay at Liverpool, knowing I wouldn't get my chance.
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