Brendan Rodgers held his traditional Friday press-conference at Melwood today, ahead of tomorrow’s clash with West Ham at Anfield.
Having won two and drawn one of our first three fixtures, the manager knows that a win tomorrow will see us go into the international break happy – but the fixture was at first ignored by reporters desperate for answers on Lazar Markovic and Mario Balotelli.
The first is set to leave on loan to Turkey, although Rodgers is adamant he’ll return and contribute at Liverpool one day, while Balotelli has joined Milan on loan.
The manager went on to laud Joe Gomez, before claiming that the match versus Slaven Bilic’s Irons will be the toughest of the season yet.
Finally, he confirmed that we won’t be signing anybody on deadline day.
James Pearce of the Liverpool Echo live-tweeted Rodgers’ most interesting quotes.
On Markovic:
On Balotelli:
On Sturridge:
On West Ham:
On Gomez:
On new impetus:
On Clyne:
On Lucas:
On defending:
On deadline day:
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