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Liverpool FC news recap: Salah beats Girona, Slot identifies PERFECT No.10, Mastantuono CHASE

Here's all the Liverpool news you need after the Reds defeated Girona in the Champions League on December 10.

Liverpool OVERCOME Girona

That's another three points for Liverpool in the Champions League.

They remain the only team with maximum points and are very much on course to top the table.

Here's four things you might have missed.

Liverpool ready to splash the cash on Arne Slot's PERFECT no.10

Bilal El Khannouss Liverpool

Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards are always planning ahead for the future and were interested in signing a promising talent last summer before he moved to the Premier League.

That talent in question is Bilal El Khannouss who still remains on Liverpool's transfer radar and who the Reds will be ready to splash the cash on.

Liverpool have been closely monitoring the progress of the Moroccan international since he emerged as a promising young talent in Belgium.

El Khannouss played at Anderlecht before moving to Genk and has benefitted from Belgium's excellent development system before making the move to the Premier League.

While at Genk, Liverpool were interested in El Khannouss' services with the youngster having shown a lot of promise. However, they were turned away by the £21m price tag.

At the time officials at the club viewed spending that much money on a player from the Jupiler Pro League as too much of a risk.

Instead, El Khannouss moved to Leicester City, who were willing to take a punt.

Michael Edwards' Mastantuono PURSUIT

During his first stint at the club, Michael Edwards ran into a lot of dead ends when it came to one area of recruitment in particular.

The former sporting director was keen to tap into the South American market where others like Manchester City and Brighton have both enjoyed a lot of success over the last few years recruiting the likes of Alexis Mac Allister, Moises Caicedo or Julian Alvarez.

Now though, Edwards' persistent heartbreak at being pushed back on his desire to tap into the South American market is finally about to end.

He now has full control at Anfield and Liverpool have accelerated their efforts to strengthen from the region.

The club's latest pursuit of Franco Mastantuono is proof of that. Liverpool are reportedly ready to make a record breaking transfer for the 17-year-old and beat countless top teams in the process.

Liverpool have PROOF Ben Doak is the BEST winger in the world

Ben Doak Liverpool 2024-25

A look at Ben Doak's underlying numbers shows just how dominant he is becoming.

A post from DataMB displaying a cross-referenced graph of key passes per-90 and progressive runs per-90 for players under-20 so far this season shows Doak to be, far and away, the most creative young player in the world.

Liverpool wonderkid chooses Nigeria in major England SNUB

Louis Enahoro-Marcus Liverpool Nigeria

Louis Enahoro-Marcus is an 18-year-old central defender who plays for the Liverpool U18s set-up at the academy.

His development so far has been promising and last season he received two call-ups to the England international youth team.

However, according to All Nigeria Soccer, he is currently willing to represent the Nigerian national teams instead, in a move to change his professional allegiance.

Mo Salah inches closer to Steven Gerrard's Liverpool RECORD

Mo Salah Liverpool

Liverpool saw another penalty given to them on Tuesday. It was their fifth scored of the season so far - with Mo Salah stepping up to score.

Liverpool's last six converted penalties have all come from Salah now, though he did miss one this season against Real Madrid.

Other than that, the Egyptian has been solid from the spot. But this got us thinking.

Salah has now scored an awful lot of penalties for Liverpool since arriving in 2017. Where does he stack up all-time?

Here's what LFC History tells us.

Teenage prospect set to QUIT

Arne Slot Richard Hughes Liverpool 2024-25

Younger players have also been making the step up in age groups, showcasing the talent way beyond their years.

It doesn’t always work out with every player at the club, however. That’s the unfortunate reality of the game.

A clear-cut example of this is under-16 forward Cornelius Akaunu who has now gone on trial with Tottenham. Akaunu scored for Liverpool on what will seemingly be his final appearance, a 4-0 win over Fulham on Sunday.

His imminent departure was announced on the @lfc.academy Instagram account.

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