Liverpool travel to Ballon d’Or ceremony with Mo Salah a contender – Latest LFC News

A Liverpool delegation has travelled to Paris for Monday evening’s Ballon d’Or ceremony, with five players plus Arne Slot up for prizes.

Reds go to Paris

The Ballon d’Or ceremony takes place at 8pm (BST) on Monday night, and the Athletic’s James Pearce has reported that a Liverpool contingent will be present in Paris.

Mo Salah is not the favourite for the award – that title arguably belongs to Ousmane Dembele – but he is among the contenders.

Also on the 30-man shortlist for the main prize are Virgil van Dijk, Alexis Mac Allister and Florian Wirtz, while Alisson has been nominated for the goalkeeping award, the Lev Yashin Trophy.

Wirtz and Van Dijk have already been announced as finishing 29th and 28th, respectively.

In addition, Arne Slot is up for Coach of the Year, with Liverpool also one of the five nominees for Men’s Club of the Year.

The award ceremony, held at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, is available to watch at this link.

Good luck, Mo!

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Today’s Liverpool FC News

• Rhys Williams, Jayden Danns, Kaide Gordon, Kieran Morrison and Tommy Pilling all trained with the first team on Sunday ahead of Liverpool’s game against Southampton

• Milos Kerkez has spoken about how he and Andy Robertson have a “really good” relationship, with the more senior left-back offering advice to the new signing – read more from Kerkez here

• Liverpool Women returned to training on Monday and held a minute of silence to remember their former manager, Matt Beard, who died on Saturday and only left the club in February – you can read Arne Slot‘s tribute here

• Well-placed academy source Lewis Bower has updated us on Will Wright‘s recent injury, reporting that it is an MCL sprain that will keep him out for about eight weeks

Elsewhere in the football world today

• Former Liverpool man Harry Wilson wants to stay at Fulham if he “can get an agreement, his future is going to be” at Craven Cottage, said his manager, Marco Silva

• Chelsea face Lincoln in the League Cup, and manager Enzo Maresca has claimed: “These are the games that worry me most, because you can slip up very easily” – not exactly words to strike confidence into your team!

• Bernardo Silva has said “it is not fair” that Arsenal had an extra day to prepare for their 1-1 draw on Sunday, due to Man City playing on Wednesday in the Champions League following Arsenal‘s Tuesday fixture

Liverpool FC: On this day

It was on this day in 1993 that God entered the temple and played in front of his subjects for the first time.

We are, of course, talking about Robbie Fowler who made his Liverpool debut on September 22, 1993 and, no surprise, he scored.

Graeme Souness was the manager to give the 18-year-old his first game, as the Reds beat Fulham 3-1 at Craven Cottage in a League Cup second round first-leg match.

Ian Rush and Nigel Clough put Liverpool 2-0 up in the first half, before Fulham pulled one back only for Fowler to seal the win with his first strike for the Reds.

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