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Jürgen Klopp can’t believe how obsessed you are with transfers
Understandable. But also Liverpool needs to sign a left back.
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Do you have a friend who likes transfer rumors more than they like actual soccer? That person is annoying, right? Well they annoy Jürgen Klopp too.
“I really wait for the day when finally the transfer window is closed, because I can’t believe how obsessed you all are with this,” Klopp said on Monday. He referred to the 4-3 win against Arsenal, then continued, “We play at Burnley, we have 81 percent possession but cannot score a goal so now you can say we need another striker if you want. It makes sense that we think about these things apart from the results.”
He’s right. The discourse around transfers is absolutely ridiculous. Liverpool really does need to sign a left back though.
Insulting celebration of the day
Here’s Chris Maguire of Oxford United mocking the goalkeeper he just beat. (r/soccer)
In the news
Neymar is going to take a couple of weeks off after winning the Olympics. (ESPN FC)
Sam Allardyce is “concerned” about Joe Hart’s situation but will call him up anyway. (BBC)
Robbie Rogers was targeted with homophobic abuse by an opposing player last week. (MLS)
A La Liga match had to be stopped when Inaki Williams was racially abused. (SI)
Max Kruse has a knee injury and he’ll be out for a while. (Bundesliga)
Adem Ljajic also suffered a knee injury this weekend, but it wasn’t as serious. (Football Italia)
You should be reading
Dave Usher on Klopp needing to address his failings. (ESPN FC)
Robert O’Connor interviewed Vitalijs Astafjev, who scored the Champions League’s first goal and captained a Skonto Riga team that scored twice away to Barcelona. (The Set Pieces)
Lee Scott on how Juventus is changing without Paul Pogba, and with Miralem Pjanic. (These Football Times)
From the rumor mill
Please don’t take anything in this section too seriously, for your own sanity.
Remember when Arsenal didn’t want to pay the £25 million asking price for Shkrodan Mustafi? It’s actually double that. (Mirror)
Everton is trying to sign Yacine Brahimi from Porto. (Sky)
Munir is trying to get a move from Barcelona to Tottenham. (Sport)
Gabigol would like to join Neymar at Barcelona. (Sun)
Apparently Blaise Matuidi is available for €30 million? (Football Italia)
Luiz Gustavo would like to move from Wolfsburg, perhaps to Inter Milan. (Bild)
What happened this weekend
Neymar did it. Brazil got their gold medal.
A similar story played out on the women’s side, with Dzenifer Marozsan firing Germany to gold.
Barcelona cruised past Betis. (Barca Blaugranes)
Gareth Bale shined against Real Sociedad. (Managing Madrid)
Atletico Madrid was extremely unlucky in a 1-1 draw. (Into The Calderon)
Juventus did just enough to beat Fiorentina. (Black and White and Read All Over)
Meet Gianluigi Donnarumma, the 17-year-old who saved Milan.
Napoli struggled in a 2-2 draw. (The Siren’s Song)
RB Leipzig's president called Dynamo Dresden fans throwing a cow's head on the pitch "tasteless," which is ironically what many people think of RB Leipzig and the product of the company that owns them. Oh, Dynamo won. (ESPN FC)
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