Overview
- In an interview with The Independent, Caoimhin Kelleher said this campaign is not important from a football perspective and that attention should be on players’ personal and mental wellbeing.
- Liverpool are sixth in the Premier League with seven defeats, facing further scrutiny before this weekend’s match against Manchester City.
- Kelleher left Anfield for Brentford in the summer in an £18m move after a decade with Liverpool’s first team setup.
- The club retired Diogo Jota’s No.20 shirt as a tribute after the forward died in a July car accident alongside his brother Andre Silva.
- Manager Arne Slot said in November that the effect of Jota’s death on results cannot be measured and would not be used as an excuse.