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West Ham have had a reasonable 2023/24 season so far, with some highlights and low points at various stages of the campaign.
David Moyes’ side qualified for the knockout stages of the Europa League as group winners and Jarrod Bowen has continued his great goalscoring form, though in the top 10 of the Premier League aside from Man United, they are the only team to have a negative goal difference.
One step forward and two back might be an apt way to describe their trials and tribulations.
Bowen was recently described by Jurgen Klopp as his favourite player outside of his own team, and that’s led the striker’s colleague, Michail Antonio, to tell the Liverpool manager to put the money where his mouth is.
“Jurgen Klopp said before the game that Jarrod Bowen is his favourite player in the league other than his own players. I think he’s trying to lay those seeds man, he wants Jarrod,” he said on the Footballer’s Football Podcast.
“He can lay the seeds all he likes mate. The man has just signed a seven-year deal bro, if he wants that, he can bring the money. Who’s he going to replace, obviously he plays on the right? Are you hinting at something here? Are you letting [Mohamed] Salah go yeah?”
Should Salah be on the move next summer, then the Reds will certainly be in the market for a replacement.
That said, ‘like for like’ for the Egyptian King is virtually impossible, so Klopp will be looking for the next best thing.
Bowen plays in the same areas as Salah and always seems to play well against Liverpool. Were the club to go after the player – not an easy deal to conclude because of the long contract that he’s just signed – he’s unlikely to come cheap.
That could be a reason for the Reds to play hard ball with the Saudi Pro League regarding Salah’s own transfer fee.
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Mock Trade Sends Suns' Dillon Brooks to Lakers for $66 Million Duo
The Phoenix Suns are set to enter next season with an almost completely different roster than what they had last season after making major changes to it this offseason. Of course, the Suns broke apart their star trio of Devin Booker, Keivn Durant and Bradley Beal as they traded Durant to the Houston Rockets and bought out Beal’s contract, allowing him to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers. Now Booker is the only remaining star from their big three and he is set to be the centerpiece of Phoenix’s future after they signed him to a massive contract extension this summer. For the Suns, they have done a solid job of building a younger roster as they landed Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks and Mark Williams via trades and also selected Khaman Maluach, Rasheer Fleming and Koby Brea in the 2025 draft. While the Suns have made some major moves this offseason, more could be on the way before the start of next season as multiple players continue to be in trade rumors. Suns predicted to send Dillon Brooks to Lakers With this in mind, SB Nations’ Jacob Rude recently released a mock trade that would see the Suns send Brooks to the Los Angeles Lakers for two players. In the trade, the Suns would send Brooks to the Lakers in exchange for Gabe Vincent and Maxi Kleber. This would be an interesting trade for both teams involved and one that does not make a ton of sense for the Suns to make. Of course, the Suns could look to trade Brooks at some point before next season’s trade deadline as they may try to add more young talent to their roster but to swap him for two veterans who struggled last season does not make a ton of sense for Phoenix. For the Lakers, adding Brooks to their roster would be a massive upgrade after losing Dorian Finney-Smith in free agency as the veteran forward would give them a solid scorer and great defender alongside Luka Doncic and LeBron James. Despite this, the Suns would likely want more in return in a potential trade for Brooks that would likely require Los Angeles to include draft capital and a young player. Because of this, it is highly unlikely that the Suns would consider this offer for Brooks, especially before he even suits up for their franchise.
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Cowboys Release New Depth Chart As 'Difficult Decisions' at Receiver Loom
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