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Liverpool's Mohamed Salah named Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year
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Liverpool's Mohamed Salah named Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has won the 2018 Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year award after a phenomenal first season at Anfield after joining for £34m last summer. Salah returned to England in June, two years after a dismal spell at Chelsea from 2014 to 2015, which prompted mass mockery over the club-record fee Liverpool paid to sign him from Serie A club AS Roma.   There was clear improvement in Italy from his time at Chelsea, netting 34 goals in 83 appearances compared to the two in 19 he achieved in London, but no one expected to impact he would make on Jurgen Klopp’s side throughout the 2017-18 season. The now-proclaimed ‘Egyptian King’ is the leading goalscorer in Europe’s top five leagues this term with 43 goals in 47 matches and is being heavily touted to...
Will Liverpool target Marouane Fellaini this summer?
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Will Liverpool target Marouane Fellaini this summer?

Liverpool will be on the lookout for a central midfielder in the summer, with Emre Can set to leave the club. In their upcoming UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg against Manchester City, Can is out injured while Jordan Henderson is suspended. This leaves Jurgen Klopp with only three options – Giorginio Wijnaldum, James Milner and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. According to a report in French newspaper L’Equipe, as relayed here by Sky Sports, The Reds could be in the market for Manchester United’s Marouane Fellaini, and are readying a three-year deal. The Belgian’s contract at Old Trafford is up in the summer and no extension is in sight. He has fallen out of favour with manager Jose Mourinho, making only 13 appearances in the Premier League this season. It is difficult to see how Fe...