‘Amazing’… Gary Lineker says £34m Liverpool player is even better than Ryan Giggs was

‘Amazing’… Gary Lineker says £34m Liverpool player is even better than Ryan Giggs was

Mohamed Salah has established himself as one of the best wingers in Premier League history.

The Egyptian may well hit 200 English league goals before his Liverpool career is done, and he has to now be considered one of the best players to ever play in this country.

Speaking on the BBC Match of the Day Top 10 Podcast, Gary Lineker, Micah Richards and Alan Shearer have been ranking their 10 best wingers in Premier League history, and Salah, inevitably, was close to the top of their lists.

Alan Shearer put Salah in second-place just behind Ryan Giggs, but Lineker disagreed with that view, stating that the Liverpool star should be higher than the Welshman in such a list.

Mohamed Salah is better than Ryan Giggs
Lineker spoke about the £34m Liverpool man and Giggs.

“I would’ve had him above Ryan Giggs. Ryan Giggs was amazing, what a career. I played in one of Ryan Giggs’ first-ever games and it was my last game in the English league and I thought ‘who is this kid’. A remarkable career, there’s not much between the two, but Salah’s goalscoring ratio would be way better,” Lineker said.

Salah has been absolutely amazing
Giggs was a fantastic player in his own right – his trophy haul speaks for itself, but, in terms of individuality, Salah is on another level.

Salah is the main man in a Liverpool team that has been utterly brilliant in recent years, while Giggs was one of many important cogs in an incredible Man United team.

To put it bluntly, Giggs wouldn’t have been able to do what Salah has done in recent years, but Salah probably could’ve played a key role in that United team of the 1990s and 2000s.

Giggs may have the greater CV, but in terms of talent, Salah is on another level to the Welsh legend.

Trent Alexander-Arnold has sent clear message to Arsenal’s Ben White after England snub
Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold has opened up on his England career to date and has refused to hold a grudge against Gareth Southgate for overlooking him

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Arsenal defender Ben White’s response to England international duty has been compared to that of Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold after the former Brighton man opted to be not considered for international duty.

Alexander-Arnold is often a hot topic whenever Gareth Southgate must choose between him and other stars such as Reece James and Kieran Trippier. The consistent ‘snubbing’ of Liverpool’s right-back has sparked suggestions that Southgate favours others over him, something the Three Lions’ boss finds baffling.

As we approach this summer’s Euros, it’s uncertain if Alexander-Arnold will be part of England’s plans. Yet despite his limited playtime representing England in the last two World Cups, Alexander-Arnold remains positive and believes his situation merely boils down to being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

The footballer shared in an interview with FourFourTwo earlier this month: “I think a lot of it comes down to timing. In a different era and different generation, I’d have played much more for my country.

“However, I’m a firm believer in my own ability, what I bring to a team and what I can do on a football pitch. I still believe I’ve got a big role to play with England, to go and help the team win silverware – whether I play every minute of a tournament or I play no minutes at all in a tournament.

“I fully understand that decisions have to be made and I’ll never throw my toys out the pram. I feel like I’ve enjoyed the good side of it at club level, as someone who knows he’s going to play most games, and I’ve got that trust in the manager. I’m fortunate enough to not have to think about that too much at Liverpool and just go and perform.”

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This attitude towards England selection is in stark contrast to the current saga surrounding White. After announcing his squad last week for the March international break, Southgate informed the media that the defender had made himself unavailable for selection.

Like Alexander-Arnold, White has often been overlooked for others during Southgate’s reign but his decision to rule himself out of selection has caused upset many fans. The 26-year-old has earned just four England caps since his debut in 2021.

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Dublin hotel chaos looming for Liverpool fans as 98 PER CENT of Europa League final beds already gone

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A staggering 98% of hotel accommodation in Dublin city centre for the night of the Europa League final is already booked up, over two months out from what could be potentially Jurgen Klopp’s final match in charge of Liverpool.

The Reds are through to the quarter-finals of the Europa League, where they face Atalanta over two legs. Should they come through that tie then two matches against either Benfica or Marseille await in the semi-finals.

The Europa League is the only trophy Klopp is yet to win as Liverpool manager and an Aviva Stadium send-off featuring a trophy win would be the ultimate way to bring the curtain down on his near nine-year spell at Anfield.

As it stands, the Reds are strong favourites to at least make it as far as Dublin.

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However, accommodation chaos is threatening to ruin what could be Liverpool’s big night.

Current city-centre hotel occupancy rates are already at 98% for the night of the final, Wednesday 22 May, with the remainder of available prices out of reach for many supporters, even beds in shared accommodation.

Dublin is a small city by international hotel standards with around 24,000 beds in the Irish capital. It has been estimated by one recent report that its usual bed occupancy rates stand at 83.4%.

When an event such as the Europa League final or a big concert rolls into town, it has the effect of throttling hotel availability and pushing prices sky high.

A bed in an eight-person mixed dormitory with a shared bathroom and toilet is currently listed on Booking.com for £263 and there are precious few spaces of any kind left.

A search on the website revealed one double room available in the city centre for £496. At the time of writing there were only TWO MORE hotel rooms available in the entire city centre, at £727 and £846 per night respectively.

Some of the hotels searchable through Google with rooms available on the night of the game, a Wednesday, are asking for a minimum two or three-night booking. With prices at around £300 per night, that means an outlay of around £1000 for a three-night booking.

Other available accommodation is in the hinterlands, at Dublin Airport and beyond, with beds available in neighbouring counties like Wicklow and Kildare.

The picture on Airbnb is not much rosier with only around 300 beds still available for the night of the final, with many of those in Dublin’s suburbs and on the outskirts.

DUBLIN’S HOTEL ‘CALAMITY’
“There is a calamity every time there is a Taylor Swift concert or something like that and room prices go through the roof,” Mitchell McDermott CEO, Paul McDermott, told the Irish Independent in January upon the publication of the Mitchell McDermott Annual Construction Sector Report.

“Whenever there’s a big concert or game on in the city it is impossible to get a hotel room simply due to supply and demand.

“Dublin has an 83.4% occupancy rate, the highest across 35 European countries. There is also the fact that some existing hotels have been taken out of general public use for refugees and international protection.”

Failte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority, recently disclosed that around one in eight registered tourism beds is now in use by public contracts to accommodate Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants.

The figure is sure to be an undershoot considering the number of non-registered beds that are also in use. 10% of Dublin tourist beds are currently contracted to the government.

IRELAND’S HUGE LIVERPOOL FANBASE
Ireland boasts a huge Liverpool fanbase and that’s before consideration is given to fans travelling from the UK and overseas.

It is going to be a disappointing night for many of the club’s fans should they reach the final with only around 13,000 tickets reportedly available for each team’s fans inside the Aviva Stadium.

A fan zone at Dublin Castle in the city centre will be quickly clogged up and plans are afoot to convert Croke Park, a Gaelic Games stadium of over 83,000 capacity, into an additional fan zone.

Even that won’t be enough given the number of fans sure to descend on the city in the event of Liverpool making it to the final.

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Liverpool centre-back establishing himself in ‘top five defenders in Europe’ while on loan
Sepp van den Berg has made just four senior appearances for Liverpool but he is thriving on loan with FSV Mainz in the Bundesliga

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On-loan Liverpool defender Sepp van den Berg is charting among some of the best central defenders in the top five leagues in Europe, according to a report.

Figures collated by Comparisonator show that the 22-year-old is only bettered by William Saliba (Arsenal), Nico Schotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund), Kim Min-Jae (Bayern Munich) and Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk, this season. The comparison website for player performance used its AI index to find the best centre-backs via their averages.

Van den Berg has made just four appearances for the Reds as he has spent his formative years away from Anfield. The Dutchman has enjoyed loan spells in the English Championship with Preston North End, as well as two stints in Germany with Schalke 04 and now with FSV Mainz.

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The 22-year-old has been one of the standout performers, shining for Mainz during a difficult season for one of Jurgen Klopp’s former clubs. He has won 59.1% of his tackles this season in 27 appearances,, scoring twice.

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Mainz boss Bo Henriksen has already hailed the defender this season and has set out his stall that Van den Berg will improve. He said: “He is a leader and the boss in the middle. He’s getting better and better.”

Van den Berg’s time in the Bundesliga has been a learning curve after suffering a long-term injury which restricted him to just nine games for Schalke. His time with Mainz has been another challenging experience but one that has seemingly catapulted him among some of the leading centre-backs in Europe’s top five leagues, in his position.

Upon his return to Merseyside in the summer, he will have two years remaining on his contract at Anfield. With Joel Matip’s long-term knee injury and recurring problems for Ibrahima Konate, there has been chances to deputise alongside Van Dijk in the Liverpool back four, which has seen Jarell Quansah come to the fore.

There will be a new manager getting their feet under the desk by the time Van den Berg returns, as Klopp departs after nine years at the end of the season. Speaking earlier this season, Van den Berg remained coy on his future but left the door open over a departure – should he not earn the desired minutes.

“If I go back to Liverpool, they might want me to stay. If I see that I won’t get much game time, then I might choose to leave. It’s really important to me that I play,” Van den Berg told Voetbal Nieuws.

“In previous years, I didn’t feel like I would be starting next to Virgil. I don’t know yet what my chances will be like next summer. I think I’m doing well. I can handle playing at Liverpool. I can compete. But being a starter is different. Virgil and Konate are not easy to beat. I know it will be hard.”

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“World-class” £320,000-a-week star considering Liverpool move – report
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The Reds could begin the post-Klopp era swinging.

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Liverpool could have been handed the perfect tonic to Jurgen Klopp’s impending departure with a potential “world-class” midfielder eyeing up a move to Anfield.

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Sunday’s 4-3 FA Cup defeat at the hands of Manchester United ensured that Liverpool will not be taking home four trophies in Klopp’s final season, but picking up three remains firmly on the table.

They have already bagged the Carabao Cup courtesy of an extra-time winner from Virgil van Dijk against Chelsea, while they sit joint top in the Premier League with Arsenal