Day: November 29, 2017

With their defensive woes well publicised, Liverpool appear to have started looking for defenders who would help solve that problem.

The Reds failed in their attempt to sign Virgil van Dijk last summer despite reportedly being ready to offer about €70 million for his signature, they have now reportedly turned their attention to Ahmed Hegazy at West Brom.

ESPN is reporting that the Reds have joined Leicester City in monitoring the Egyptian and could move for him in the January transfer window.

Hegazi has been a star-turned in the underperforming Baggies’ defence the season, putting in a few Man-of-the-match displays.

He is currently on loan from Al Ahly, but the Baggies have the option of making the move permanent for €5 million, and with this level of performance, they would surely take up that option.

Per the source, Leicester are also interested in signing Hegazi and this might trigger a transfer war.

The Reds have also been linked with Stefan de Vrij, and they would likely go back for Virgil van Dijk next summer.

Following the failed experiment of David Unsworth, Everton are set to name a new manager and, reports are claiming that former England manager Sam Allardyce is in pole position.

Allardyce had ruled himself out of the running for the position two weeks ago after it appeared not everybody was in line with the decision to name him as manager.

However, following their failed attempt to get Marcos Silva from Watford, it seem Allardyce is now top of a list of potential managers which includes Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neil and  Sharktar Donestk manager Paulo Fonseca.

Caretaker manager David Unsworth claims he should be in charge of Wednesday’s game against West Ham despite reports that a new manager would be named before the visit of the Hammers.

Unsworth admitted that he understood the club was speaking to a few people and expected them to name a new permanent boss in a couple of days.

When asked about Sam Allardyce, the former Toffees defender hailed the former England manager as a top class coach but insisted it would be wrong for him to talk too much about the former Bolton boss.