This week Liverpool get their Champions League underway. Kopites will be eager to see a better showing from their side this time around after last season’s injury hit disappointment. AC Milan are up first. Liverpool fans should keep a keen eye on Franck Kessie.
Liverpool v AC Milan
The Reds first group stage game is an historic one.
Liverpool face AC Milan in a fixture which sees two of the competition’s most decorated sides battle it out at an historic venue.
No doubt Italian fans will be keen to get one over on the Reds with the scars of Istanbul never healing.
Jürgen Klopp’s side go in as firm favourites; in strong form domestically, Liverpool always get out of the groups.
Milan on the other hand are without talismanic striker Olivier Giroud.
Liverpool target Franck Kessie audition
Over the summer one of AC Milan’s key players entered the last year of his contract, leading to interest from Europe’s top clubs.
Gazzetta Dello Sport is one of a number of outlets to claim Liverpool want to sign Franck Kessie.
He has previously been valued at £43m by the Serie A side but they’d struggle to get half that due to his contract issue.
This week sees Franck Kessie get an audition in front of the Anfield faithful.
An Anfield faithful who have been clamouring for a midfielder to come in.
The Reds lost Gini Wijnaldum on a free transfer over the summer and his reliability was a staple of the side’s success.
As a result a player as dynamic as Kessie is an attractive prospect.
If the Ivorian comes out on top against the Liverpool midfield then calls for his signature could become deafening.
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