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Glasgow Rangers will have some big decisions to make on their squad when the January transfer window officially opens for business later this week.

It will be Danny Rohl’s first window since he arrived at Ibrox, and the German will have to make calls on players to sign, and players to move on from the club.

On the latter point, the former Sheffield Wednesday boss and the club’s owners should learn from mistakes that were made in the past with key players, like Alfredo Morelos.

Why Rangers should have cashed in on Alfredo Morelos

The Colombia international was a brilliant player throughout his time at Ibrox, scoring 124 goals and providing 57 assists in 269 appearances in all competitions, per Transfermarkt.

Morelos was a proven goalscorer who delivered goals on a consistent basis for the Light Blues, scoring 78 goals in 178 appearances in the Scottish Premiership, including the top-six split.

Such was the quality of his performance level for Rangers, Ligue 1 side Lille offered £16.25m for his services in the summer of 2020, but Rangers rejected that bid because they wanted £20m for him.

Three years later, Morelos moved on from Ibrox as a free agent under Michael Beale, which meant that the Light Blues did not receive a single penny for a player who was once valued at £20m, and who had offers of up to £16.25m in for him.

Rangers may, therefore, look back on that situation with regret as they could have banked a significant sum of money by selling the striker, which could have then been invested back into the squad.

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Looking at the current squad ahead of the January transfer window, there is a Rangers player who should be sold to ensure that it is not a repeat of the Morelos situation.

The Rangers star who should be sold in January

In the summer transfer window earlier this year, it was reported that Rangers valued central midfielder Nicolas Raskin at a staggering fee of £25m, amid interest from Wolves, Aston Villa, Brighton, and Fiorentina.

The Belgium international delivered five goals and 11 assists in all competitions, per Transfermarkt, in the 2024/25 campaign, which led to that £25m valuation by the club.

Rangers did not strike whilst the iron was hot and cash in on the central midfielder amid interest from those European teams, though, as they wanted, understandably, to keep hold of their star midfielder.

Unfortunately, Raskin’s performances in the Scottish Premiership so far this season have regressed in comparison to what he offered on the pitch in the 2024/25 campaign.

Scottish writer Michael McEwan recently described Raskin as “a complete myth” after the 2-1 defeat to Hearts at Tynecastle earlier this month, and said that the Belgian midfielder and Mohamed Diomande were “bullied” by the opposition midfield.

It is hard to disagree with that criticism when you look at the Rangers number 43’s statistics for the season, as his numbers out of possessin have regressed.

Raskin (Premiership)

24/25

25/26

Appearances

33

16

Goals

4

1

Assists

10

3

Tackles + interceptions per game

3.4

2.7

Dribbled past per game

0.8x

0.9x

Ground duel success rate

57%

51%

Dribble success rate

68%

48%

Possession lost per game

10.3

11.8

Stats via Sofascore

As you can see in the table above, Raskin has had less success in his duels, has been dribbled past more frequently, and is making fewer tackles and interceptions per game.

This suggests that the central midfielder has been easier to play against than he was last season, and that has been reflected in his latest valuation by the club.

Turkish outlet Sabah recently claimed that Rangers want a fee of around £13m for the 24-year-old talent, amid interest from Besiktas, and that is a fall from grace from the £25m valuation they had for him in the summer.

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This means that his valuation has plummeted by £12m since the summer window, if this latest report is to be believed, and the Gers should take heed of his plummeting value.

They missed out on a chance to bank more than £16m on Morelos and ended up losing him for nothing, which is why they should consider cashing in on Raskin if any bids of £13m or more arrive next month.

Rangers paid £1.5m to sign the central midfielder from Standard Liege. This means that they will still be making a significant profit, even if it is not the £25m that they once wanted for him.

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Therefore, Rangers should sell Raskin next month, should any signicant offers come to the table, because they risk him becoming the next Morelos at Ibrox if they do not cash in on him at the right time.

Dasun Shanaka will be Sri Lanka’s T20I captain until the end of the forthcoming T20 World Cup. The move to replace Charith Asalanka as captain in the format had been floated by the previous selection committee under Upul Tharanga, whose term expired this month. But new chief selector Pramodya Wickramasinghe confirmed that Shanaka would lead the team as he announced the preliminary squad for the tournament.”We decided that Dasun Shanaka should be captain until the end of the World Cup, after talking to head coach Sanath Jayasuriya as well,” Wickramasinghe said on Friday. “The previous committee had chosen a list of 25 players. We spoke to Jerome Jayaratne, the head of the high performance, as well as Sanath Jayasuriya. We decided to announce that same 25 as a preliminary squad for the World Cup.””We are looking at Dasun as an allrounder. We’ll have to talk to Sanath Jayasuriya and work out what is required of him.”Shanaka had been made stand-in captain for the tri-series in Pakistan last month, after Asalanka was sent home from that tour to recover from an illness, although standard protocol is to keep unwell players within the team for a minor illness of the kind Asalanka had. Sri Lanka had lost to Zimbabwe through the course of that tournament, but managed to earn qualification for the final, in which they were comfortably defeated by Pakistan.”For now we’ve got to continue with what the previous committee was doing,” Wickramasinghe said. “They had been following a plan. If I were to come in and change a lot of things, that would not be ideal. My plan is to keep this team together for the World Cup, and then see how best we can build after that.”Although sacked as captain, a job he had been doing since the last World Cup in mid-2024, Asalanka remains in the squad. It has been his modest form in the format that had helped prompt his ouster. Asalanka had hit 156 runs at a strike rate of 122 from 12 innings this year, and he has not had a history of being an outstanding T20I batter, with his overall strike rate at 126. He remains among the new selectors plans, according to Wickramasinghe.The preliminary squad also opened the door for the return of Niroshan Dickwella, who last played for Sri Lanka back in March 2023, and that in Tests. But Wickramasinghe said the wider squad wanted for a top order batter who could keep wickets, which has seen Dickwella come back into contention.Sri Lanka preliminary World Cup squad:Dasun Shanaka (Captain), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Janith Liyanage, Charith Asalanka, Kamindu Mendis, Pavan Rathnayake, Sahan Arachchige, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Milan Rathnayake, Nuwan Thushara, Eshan Malinga, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushan Hemantha, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth and Traveen Mathew.

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	Sudeep Tyagi claimed three wickets as Saurashtra stumbled to 93 for 7 chasing 162 © Cricinfo Ltd.

Shitanshu Kotak and the Saurashtra tail stood between Uttar Pradesh and a place in the Ranji Trophy final for the second time in three years. Saurashtra’s bowlers had given the side an excellent chance of going through by bowling UP out for 100 in the second innings and setting up a target of 162 but the batsmen, continuing the match trend of rank bad batting, threw away the advantage to end the day needing another 69 with three wickets in hand.Saurashtra have an uphill task, given that the match has an average score of 13.73 per wicket so far, but Sandeep Jobanputra and Sandip Maniar, the batsmen to follow, have shown an aptitude to stick around with a specialist batsman – Jobanputra scored 17 in the first innings and shared a 34-run ninth-wicket stand with Rakesh Dhurv. In any case the current 30-run eighth-wicket partnership between Kotak and Kamlesh Makvana is the highest in the innings so far.The wicket here at the Moti Bagh Stadium had a covering of live grass and a firm surface but didn’t warrant such a meek batting display. Saurashtra, in their second innings, belied the feeling that they couldn’t play worse than in the first and never looked like putting up a fight once they lost Jaydev Shah, their best batsman in the first innings, in the second over. Kanaiya Vaghela followed two balls later in similar fashion, edging behind to Amir Khan.Sagar Jogiyani and Cheteshwar Pujara looked like building a partnership and took the score to 25 before Pujara tickled one down the leg side to give the Tyagi-Amir combine its third success. In the next over Bhuvneshwar Kumar got Jogiyani, who had looked comfortable. That brought together Kotak and Nikhil Rathore and, as another partnership looked like building, Praveen Kumar produced a legcutter to take Rathore’s edge. Praveen Gupta followed it up with a good low catch off his own bowling to dismiss Rakesh Dhurv.Kotak, meanwhile, had seen off the early jittery period and nudged and late-cut his way to 41 by stumps. He waited for the last moment before playing a shot – then too only if necessary – and when he did so it was with soft hands. By the time Kotak took them to beyond the first-innings deficit, they had lost six wickets and one more followed soon after but that brought in Makvana. UP, thinking they were closing in on the win, opted for the extra half hour but the bowlers were perhaps too tired and failed to have any impact. It turned into the most comfortable period of play for Saurashtra, who added 17 in that period.UP’s batting began early in the day, Saurashtra’s two overnight wickets lasting 16 minutes to concede a potentially crucial lead of 61. Though UP had a better start to their second innings – making Saurashtra wait 10 overs for the first wicket – they showed their over-reliance on Suresh Raina and Mohammad Kaif. After Rohit Prakash was adjudged lbw, Suresh Raina once again started in a confident manner before letting it away for just 25. He got off with a beautiful cover drive, down on one knee, off Vaghela. In Vaghela’s next over, Raina pulled him for a six and pushed him out of attack. That was followed by a straight hit for four. Spin, in the form of Dhurv, was welcomed by dancing down to hit two boundaries in the first over. Then against the run of the play, Raina missed Makvana’s first ball – a full toss – and was adjudged lbw.That triggered the collapse as the spinners bowled a controlled line and length and let the wicket and the batsmen do the rest. Amir Khan was done in by an arm ball from Dhurv that he was late to react to. Ravikant Shukla, who had batted well in the first innings, was caught on the back foot as another arm ball took his edge and made its way safely to Kotak at slip. Kaif got one from Makwana that didn’t break, bounced more and took the glove on the way to the ‘keeper who, after some juggling, hung on to it. With two balls to go to lunch, Piyush Chawla played a poor shot and turned Jobanputra – brought on only for the last over before lunch – to midwicket.Five overs after lunch Praveen Kumar, all at sea against Dhurv, was beaten comprehensively and was bowled. Bhuvneshwar Kumar followed his first-innings effort with another sensible innings for close to an hour, but Dhurv’s big break was too good for him and bowled him. Rahat Elahi, the specialist batsman brought in to replace Tanmay Srivastava and who came in to bat at No. 9, stayed back to one that kept low and was beaten to give Dhurv his fourth first-class five-wicket haul.

Runako Morton, in search of an eighth first-class century, partnered Austin Richards for 212 runs © Getty Images

A maiden hundred from Austin Richards and an unbeaten 73 from Runako Morton put Leewards Islands in a healthy position on a rain-hit opening day against Windwards Islands at St Maarten. Electing to bat, Leewards closed on 213 for 1 thanks to the 212-run second-wicket stand between Richards and Morton.Rain delayed the start for just over an over, and when play began Leewards lost Codville Rogers leg before to Deighton Butler’s left-arm pace in the third ball of the innings. Richards and Morton denied the Windwards any further breakthrough and took their side to 62 for 1 at lunch and quickened the scoring rate after the interval.The rain returned to hold up play for 35 minutes in the second session, but it had little effect on the batsmen. Dropped by captain Rawl Lewis on 54, Richards moved to 96 with 15 boundaries before rain forced everyone off the field shortly before tea. The players resumed action later, and Richards soon pulled Kenroy Peters for four to reach three figures. Morton has so far faced 161 balls and hit six fours and a six.Despite a second first-class hundred from opener Brenton Parchment, Jamaica struggled on the first day of their final-round Carib Beer match against Trinidad & Tobago at St Elizabeth.Asked to bat first, Jamaica stumbled to 254 in the face of a disciplined bowling attack led by offspinner Amit Jaggernauth, left-arm spinner Dave Mohammed and fast bowler Ravi Rampaul.Parchment, 24, was the mainstay of the innings with a 195-ball 111, laced with ten fours and a pair of sixes, before he was ninth man out. With Lorenzo Ingram (29) he added 64 before Jaggernauth removed the other opener in the over before lunch, and a further 75 for the third wicket with Wavell Hinds, his captain, whose contribution was 38 from 58 balls.Hinds became Jaggernauth’s third victim when he chipped to mid-on at 142 for 2, and from here on T&T swung matters their way. Tamar Lambert (2), David Bernard (11) and Carlton Baugh (1) all fell cheaply as Mohammed and Rampaul joined the party. Jaggernauth claimed 4 for 99 to sustain his excellent form, Mohammed picked up 3 for 51 and Rampaul 3 for 62.Jamaica struck back just before stumps, however, when Jermaine Lawson bowled Lendl Simmons for 8 to leave T&T at 10 for 1.Three late wickets from Ryan Hinds, the left-arm spinner and captain of Barbados, caused a Guyana collapse on day one of their match at Bourda. Well placed at 276 for 5, Hinds’s strikes reduced Guyana to 285, with the last five wickets falling for just nine runs.Guyana were boosted by a 98-run third-wicket partnership between Sewnarine Chattergoon (68) and Assad Fudadin (49), and a 106-run stand for the fifth wicket between wicketkeeper Derwin Christian (54) and Azeemul Haniff (46), in his first season for Guyana since 2003. Ramnaresh Sarwan, the captain, was forced to retire on 18 when he was struck on the right thumb by Fidel Edwards.Hinds finished with 3 for 67, Edwards claimed three for 60 and Tino Best 2 for 55.

Keith Bradshaw: from Tasmania to St John’s Wood © Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club has appointed a 42-year former Australian first-class cricketer as its new secretary and chief executive. Keith Bradshaw will take up the reins in October, when Roger Knight’s 13-year stint comes to an end.Bradshaw, who played for Tasmania for three years between 1985 and 1988, and captained the state team when David Boon was away on international duty, has since forged a successful business career, including spells with both PriceWaterhouse and Deloitte, where he is a Partner.”We are delighted to have found Keith for this appointment,” said MCC chairman, Charles Fry. “He has all the attributes we were seeking. As well as having played first-class cricket in a highly competitive environment, Keith has a high level of commercial and management experience, which is essential for an organisation with a turnover of more than £23 million a year. Equally importantly, we believe that Keith has the right skills and personality for the task of leading one of the country’s largest members’ clubs.”A commitee member put things more simply when he said: “We needed someone who will not only be financially savvy but completely at home when talking cricket with ex-Test players.”Bradshaw himself was equally thrilled at his appointment. “I am delighted and extremely honoured to have been selected,” he said. “I have long regarded MCC as the finest, most active and most respected cricket club in the world. I am determined to play my part in maintaining its values, upholding its traditions and continuing to improve Lord’s – which is not only MCC’s home, but the spiritual home of world cricket.”The appointment of an overseas chief executive reflects MCC’s growing desire to cast off its traditional image. “MCC is a truly international organisation,” added Bradshaw, “which works for the good of the game right across the globe. It is fantastic, for example, that one of its teams is currently touring Argentina – playing some of the 500 or so fixtures that MCC arranges each year.”Lord’s hold a very special place in every cricketer’s heart and I know from my ownexperience that every young Australian who ever put on a pad aspires, as I did, to one daywalk through the Long Room on to the ‘hallowed turf’. This is true the world over. While I never fulfilled that dream as a player, I will be incredibly fortunate to start playing a part in keeping Lord’s truly special for players and spectators alike.”

Dutch courage: Neil McKenzie will spend the summer in Holland© Getty Images

Neil McKenzie, the South African batsman, is joining The Hague Cricket Club in Holland for the 2005 season. He continues an impressive list of international cricketers who have spent time coaching and playing in Holland.McKenzie joins Chris Pringle, Andre Adams and Simon Doull from New Zealand and Gary Kirsten as The Hague Cricket Club’s most famous overseas players. McKenzie has just lost his central contract with the United Cricket Board of South Africa, after not appearing in international cricket since the final Test against New Zealand in March 2004. But he has continued to be a consistent scorer in domestic cricket, averaging 38 in the 2004-05 Supersport series for the Highveld Lions franchise, which he also captains.This coming summer is important for Dutch cricket, as they try to qualify for the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies through the ICC Trophy, which will be staged in Ireland. Holland have previously played in the 1996 and 2003 World Cup tournaments.

ScorecardMashonaland completed their anticipated victory over Matabeleland in mid-afternoon on the fourth and final day of the match. They bowled Matabeleland out for 292, and won by 131 runs.Mashonaland didn’t bowl particularly well, and there were good knocks of 64 from Mluleki Nkala and 62 from Gavin Ewing, but there was not the self-belief required to chase a target of over 400. Eight of the batsmen reached double figures but none were able to produce the major innings required.Jordane Nicolle, the Matabele who was controversially included in the Mashonaland team after being omitted by his home province, took 4 for 61, but bowled far too many bouncers, as did Andy Blignaut, who will have to sharpen up his act with the imminent arrival of the Australians.Day 3 Bulletin

Played 13, won four, lost seven, drawn two. As an end-of-year Test ledger it leaves a lot to be desired, but it also fails to tell the story of some doughty campaigns fought by England in 2001. Take out the Australians (how they would have loved to!) and it would look a whole lot brighter. But in the real world, Steve Waugh’s men are never that far down the track. By this time next year the Ashes will be ablaze once more, and on current evidence the heat looks likely to be on England once again.

Trescothick- maiden Test ton in Galle Photo CricInfo

It began badly in the cauldron of Galle, and ended in unseasonably sopping, Bangalore frustration. But in between came England’s greatest achievement of the year, to win a three-Test series after going one-nil down, and in Sri Lanka at that. There were early signs of Marcus Trescothick’s coming of international age (his maiden Test hundred in the Galle defeat), and the bravery in adversity of Darren Gough and Andrew Caddick. Crucially, there was Nasser Hussain’s return to form in Kandy, after a wretched run of form compounded by poor umpiring decisions in Pakistan. And all the while there was Graham Thorpe, unflappably nudging and nurdling, and ultimately playing the decisive part in Colombo as he conquered heat exhaustion to ensure England’s triumph.Four series wins in a row. “Bring on the Aussies!” they started to cry, but there was a short and significant encounter first, which could we but know it, would turn England’s progress into disconcerting reverse. At the outset it seemed merely a triumphal continuation, with an innings victory over an under-cooked Pakistan at Lord’s. Gough and Caddick were rampant again, the duo now bearing reasonable comparison with Trueman and Statham. Then came Old Trafford and a true feast of a Test match, but for England the taste was ultimately sour. After competing effectively for four-and-a-half days on an excellent pitch, they contrived one of their horrible collapses. To the near-disbelief of many watching, England subsided from 201 for two to 261 all out, leaving Pakistan victors by 108 runs and England’s growing reputation for tenacity tarnished. Steve Waugh, who had promised to reopen some old scars, was sharpening his scalpel delightedly.With Hussain out injured since the Lord’s Test, Alec Stewart led England through a one-day tournament which can only have encouraged the doubts to fester. To the increasingly ludicrous strains of “The Great Escape”, batsman after batsman was snared by Australia or Pakistan, as England were trussed up and roasted in six matches out of six. Only at Bristol did they do themselves justice, as they ran Australia close before Ian Harvey clinched it with a towering six at his home from home. Although a 5-0 thrashing of Zimbabwe brought an autumnal revival to England’s one-day spirits, there is a lot to do in the year and a bit before the World Cup in South Africa.The build-up to the Ashes, already blighted by recent defeats, was further disrupted by a string of injuries. Although Hussain returned for the first Test at Edgbaston, the batting line-up was weakened there by the absence of Thorpe and Michael Vaughan. The blow to Hussain’s finger which put him out of the next two Tests with his second injury of the summer could hardly have been more sickening, either for him or for England supporters. With Ashley Giles suffering from a long-term Achilles problem, England were at no stage able to field their first-choice XI.

Hussain- finger injury in Birmingham Photo CricInfo

That said, in the face of truly magnificent Australian opposition, it is doubtful whether the outcome would have been very different. The tourists retained the Ashes at the earliest opportunity, going 3-0 up at Trent Bridge after dominating session after session. England compounded their problems by spilling several catches at Lord’s, including the awesome Adam Gilchrist, who left an indelible impression on his first Test series in England. Steve Waugh was at his most immovable, twin Mark at his most sublime. Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne again proved that they are world-beaters.But for the flash of inspiration when Mark Butcher played the innings of his life at Leeds, there would have been nothing to savour at all. But Butcher’s unbeaten 173 delighted the capacity Monday crowd, while enhancing Headingley’s reputation for unpredictability. That was as good as it got. Australia made it 4-1 by an innings at The Oval, and Michael Atherton retired without an Ashes-winning series to his credit.So if India could beat Australia at home, what on earth would they do to England, shorn as they were, for various reasons, of Atherton, Stewart, Gough and Caddick? Cricket has a wonderful way of rendering such questions facile, and it was greatly to their credit that after a disastrous start in Mohali, England had the better of the two drawn Tests that followed. Although Tendulkar twinkled as only he can, support at the other end was often brittle. Several England youngsters progressed, among them Matthew Hoggard, who bowled his heart out, and the debutants James Foster and Richard Dawson. In the end it was defeat with honour, with much of the credit due to the experienced partnership of Hussain and Duncan Fletcher.Hussain himself has pointed out that there are no easy Test series these days. New Zealand are a more than handy outfit, who will no doubt extend England in March. Before that they must measure October’s progress in Zimbabwe against successive one-day tournaments in India and New Zealand. Last summer showed England that their renaissance was more fragile than many had believed, but events since have reassured their many supporters that it is far from being snuffed out.

Yorkshire looked anything but the championship Division One contenders they areas Durham bowled them out for 129 and forced them to follow on at Leeds. Left-armer Simon Brown (4-33) spearheaded a more than competent team-effort. Only three home batsmen reached double-figures and they have now lost al but one of their last five games in all across different competitions.Brown was well supported by his county colleagues. Steve Harmison struckfirst by dismissing David Byas and Richard Blakey, and Paul Collingwood trappedMichael Vaughan (34) l.b.w. after he had been 86 balls at the crease. Darren Lehmann (28), the Australian, threatened briefly until he sliced a ball from Mel Betts to substitute fieldsman Nicky Phillips.That was as good as it got for Yorkshire who fell from 84-4 to 129 all out as Brown dismissed four of the last six batsmen. Anthony McGrath (29 n.o.)looked on as his partners followed each other out in swift succession. Simon Katich and Collingwood stood out in some fine Durham catching. Following on 185 runs in arrears Byas and Vaughan played out the last twelve overs without loss.Earlier in the day Durham had progressed from 253-8 to 314 all out againstless than effective Yorkshire bowling. Ryan Sidebottom (5-66) was defied by captain Nick Speak (61 n.o. from 185 balls) and Harmison (43).

Speaking to in an Anfield Watch Q&A, journalist David Lynch has made a very promising transfer claim involving Liverpool target and Fulham forward Fabio Carvalho.

The Lowdown: Liverpool reach agreement…

In the January transfer window, Liverpool were painfully close to sealing a deal for Carvalho but couldn’t complete the necessary paperwork in time to make the move official.

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Indeed, the Reds shook hands on £8 million to sign the scintillating teenager in winter but Anfield officials couldn’t finalise his documentation before the 11pm cut off.

Jurgen Klopp, however, hasn’t given up on signing Carvalho and is a big admirer – having previously stated to the press that Liverpool would be ‘crazy’ not to maintain their interest.

The Latest: Lynch makes Carvalho claim…

Speaking to AW, journalist Lynch backs that Liverpool are fully expected to complete the move this summer, saying that personal terms shouldn’t be an issue.

When asked for an update on the Carvalho situation, he said:

“Liverpool already reached an agreement to sign Carvalho in January, they just weren’t able to finalise things due to time restrictions. Both clubs were happy, however, to shake hands on the same agreed figure and simply push back to the summer in order to avoid going through a tribunal. With personal terms unlikely to be an issue (let’s be honest, those tend to get agreed in advance anyway) I expect Carvalho to become a Liverpool player at the end of this season.”

The Verdict: Promising update…

Judging by this update, it appears Carvalho is far more likely than not to be a Reds player this summer in a big boost for Klopp.

The 19-year-old has shown real signs of promise in the Championship for Fulham at such a young age, scoring seven goals and assisting six others over 27 appearances.

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He’s also been called the ‘perfect fit’ and ‘perfect style of player’ for Klopp by ex-Leeds striker Noel Whelan, while members of the English press have lavished Carvalho with even more praise.

South London Press sports editor Richard Cawley branded the Portugal Under-21 international ‘absolutely unplayable’ earlier this season and news of his likely move to Liverpool could very well excite supporters.

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