General view inside the stadium prior to the Liverpool vs Crystal Palace Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool. Picture credit should read: Jessica Hornby / Sportimage
General view inside the stadium prior to the Liverpool vs Crystal Palace Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool. Picture credit should read: Jessica Hornby / Sportimage
Liverpool face Fenerbahce in the Champions League league phase on Wednesday night in Istanbul.
Andoni Iraola’s side arrive with a perfect record from their first three games.
Liverpool have beaten Atletico Madrid, LASK and Villarreal, scoring 12 goals in the process. Fenerbahce are still seeking their first win of the league phase and are under interim head coach Dirk Kuyt, who was appointed last week.
Iraola wants his players to be “mentally very ready” to start strongly in Istanbul, he said at his pre-match press conference. Ryan Gravenberch did not travel because of a heel injury.
Liverpool then visit Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Sunday in the Premier League. Iraola’s side lost 1-0 at home to Arsenal on Sunday.
The Palace fixture also carries a link to a player who has worn the shirt of both clubs.
Nathaniel Clyne is set to join USL side Sporting Club Jacksonville, according to BBC Sport’s Sami Mokbel.
The 35-year-old left Palace at the end of last season when his contract expired and is a free agent.
Clyne has agreed to continue his career in the United States. He is on the verge of signing with the Florida-based club.
Mark Warburton, the former Brentford and Nottingham Forest manager, played a key role in the move. He is Jacksonville’s president of soccer.
Jacksonville’s men’s team is in its first season in the USL Championship. Its inaugural home match was on March 7.
Clyne came through the ranks at Palace and moved to Southampton. He spent three Premier League seasons there before Liverpool signed him in 2015 for £12.5m.
He scored his first league goal for Liverpool in a 6-0 win at Aston Villa on 14 February 2016. He later made 14 appearances for England and was selected for Euro 2016.
Clyne returned to Palace in 2020. He was part of the squad that helped the club win the FA Cup and the European Conference League.
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