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Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Federico Chiesa set for second chance at Liverpool in shock new role after encouraging pre-season display against Preston
Chiesa likely to stay at Liverpool Touted for new role Impressed against Preston WHAT HAPPENED? According to David Ornstein, Chiesa could fit into a new role at Liverpool in the 2025-26 campaign after starting as a No.9 in the club's first pre-season friendly against Preston last weekend. Advertisement THE BIGGER PICTURE THE BIGGER PICTURE Liverpool are short of options in the No.9 role as Darwin Nunez could move out this summer, while Luis Diaz has attracted strong interest from Bayern Munich. The Reds will be willing to let both players leave if the right offers arrive. As a result, selling Chiesa in the summer transfer window is seemingly not an option for the English champions. DID YOU KNOW? Chiesa has attracted interest from several Serie A clubs, including Cesc Fabregas-led Como. However, it is unlikely now that the Reds will entertain any offers for the 27-year-old. WHAT NEXT FOR LIVERPOOL? WHAT NEXT FOR LIVERPOOL? The reigning Premier League champions are now scheduled to travel to Asia for their pre-season tour, where they will face AC Milan in Hong Kong on July 26, before taking on Yokohama F. Marinos four days later in Japan.
The Sun
7 hours ago
- Sport
- The Sun
Arsenal look to have won race for Salford striker Will Wright after hijacking Liverpool's £100,000 transfer
ARSENAL look to have beaten a string of clubs to the signing of Salford City striker Will Wright. Liverpool have been favourites to sign the highly-rated teenager, who has already scored four times for Salford in pre-season. 1 But Arsenal hope they have clinched the transfer with an offer of £250,000 plus major add-ons. Liverpool offered £100,000 plus add-ons for Wright who has made just four first-team appearances for the League Two club. But Salford manager Karl Robinson started Wright in a pre-season friendly against FC United of Manchester and struck twice in a 2-2 draw. The 17-year-old is unlikely to feature in Mikel Arteta's first-team and will go to the under-21s. Meanwhile, Manchester City and Burnley were also looking to sign the Preston-born striker. Since first being linked with Liverpool a month ago, Wright has hit the headlines. He scored four goals in three games for the club owned by Manchester United's Class of 92 stars David Beckham and Gary Neville. before the match was abandoned after a teammate was allegedly racially abused.
Yahoo
14 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
Architecture expert, 83, graduates with PhD
An 83-year-old architecture scholar has become one of the oldest people to graduate from the University of Liverpool. John Harrison has achieved a PhD in the subject, 65 years on from when he first attended the university as an undergraduate. After finishing his studies in 1963 he worked first as a city conservation officer before leaving to document the architecture of the Himalayas. Mr Harrison, originally of Preston, Lancashire, said while studying had been "a bit more work than I had expected" it had been "fun" to continue his passion for the subject. He said he had worked on historic building conservation in the early part of his career but, at the age of 44, decided he wanted to do something else. "I needed a change so I bailed out and went travelling, and I fell in love with the Himalayas," he said. In 1985 he began to study the architecture of the area and went on to publish several books including his research on Tibetan architecture. And, after some 40 years of further studies, he said he wanted to formalise his research. "I saw you could get a PhD by prior publication so I thought I'd just bang all these books in and that'll give me a certificate," he said. "But it turned out there's a lot more to it. "I've enjoyed it and it's been good reviewing all the work that I've done." He said despite being older than all of the university's the staff "nobody seemed to have been too shocked" to see him on campus. "It's what you feel like inside," he said. "We can go to the gym, go swimming or walking to keep the body going - but you need something to keep the brain going as well." He said while it was a "relief" to have finally gained his doctorate it "was good to have done it". "I'll keep going for as long as I can because it's what I really enjoy doing," he added. Mr Harrison is set to return to the Himalayas this weekend to work with a group of young Tibetan architects documenting monasteries in the Ladakh region. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230. University of Liverpool
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Child, seven, seriously injured in crash involving tractor, police dog van and car
A seven-year-old was seriously injured in a crash near Preston which involved a car, tractor and police dog van. Police said a tractor emerging from a field struck a Ford Fiesta, which in turn collided with a police dog unit vehicle. An officer was also taken to hospital following the devastating crash, while the police dogs were examined by a vet. The incident happened on Stubbins Lane, Claughton-on-Brock, near Preston at 11am today. The road was closed on both sides of the M6, from Garstang Road to Lodge Road for around two hours after the collision. A spokesman for Lancashire Police said: 'A seven-year-old child passenger from the Ford Fiesta was taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries, and the other adult passenger was taken to hospital with minor injuries. 'The police officer was taken to hospital but has not suffered any serious injuries. 'The dogs were taken to Hutton Headquarters to be examined by the vet. The driver of the tractor was not injured.' Anyone who saw what happened is asked to call Lancashire Constabulary on 101, quoting log 0531 of 15th July 2025. It comes after a man was left with life-threatening injuries after a BMW crashed near a central London landmark on June 29. Emergency services blue-lighted to a Piccadilly Circus roundabout at around 5.25am where a car had overturned near the iconic Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain. Photos showed police tape sealing off roads and the crash scene where the heavily damaged black BMW was seen on its roof. London Ambulance paramedics arrived within minutes of receiving a 999 call, with a 22-year-old man being rushed to a major trauma centre. Another male, also aged 22, was also taken to a hospital. His condition was not believed to be life-threatening.
Irish Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Irish singer recalls moment she felt Diogo Jota's presence before Liverpool game
Claudia Rose Maguire has opened up about the poignant moment when he felt the presence of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva during the minute's silence held in their honour last weekend. The Irish singer, and wife of former Preston North End striker Sean Magure, also revealed how she got the call to sing You'll Never Walk Alone at a packed Deepdale ahead of the pre-season friendly. Tributes were paid to the two brothers, who passed away earlier this month in a car crash in Spain, before and during the game between Preston and Liverpool. As Maguire sang, Lilywhites captain Ben Whiteman laid a wreath in front of the away fans, and a minute's silence was held ahead of kick-off. Recalling the day, Maguire told Newstalk's Lunchtime show: 'They had the Preston North End captain, he presented the Liverpool fans with a wreath in the Preston colours, just to honour them and let them know, yeah, okay, it's a pre-season friendly game, but there is a much bigger meaning behind it, and we are all treating it as a game to pay our respects to Diogo Jota and his brother as well, and all the players as well. 'For the Liverpool players, it must have been the most emotional thing for them to have to step onto the pitch for the first time knowing he is sadly not with them on the pitch. So it was a big build up before the game.' Then she revealed the moment she felt that the late Liverpool striker's presence on the pitch. 'They had the minute's silence. During the minute's silence I was being taken back to my seat,' she said. 'Obviously we stopped to pay our respects, but there was a white butterfly just flying around the pitch, near the players. I was trying to signal to the photographer, can you get that. But because it was a minute's silence, I couldn't say anything. 'But that, to me, I felt like that was their presence, to let his teammates know, I'm here and I'm with you on the pitch.' Claudia Rose Maguire (Image: Dave Howarth - CameraSport via Getty Images) Maguire added that her husband, capped 11 times for Ireland, took the call from his former club that led to her flying over from Cork to sing in front of the Preston and Liverpool fans. 'Ben Rhodes, I don't even know what his job title is because that man is absolutely amazing, he runs Preston North End, he does everyone's job, he gave Sean a call,' she said. 'We've always kept in touch, so we just thought maybe, I don't know, there was a reason for calling. We weren't thinking of anything like that. 'Then Sean hung up and said, 'I have a major thing to ask you'. I thought he was going to tell me we have to move again. I was like, 'No way, I'm sorry, the answer is no'. He was, like, 'No, it's about you'. 'He explained what the match was for and he said they want you to sing Can't Help Falling in Love With You. Even then my legs went like jelly when he said it to me. But I knew that song and because I had sung it there before, I thought, okay, of course I'm not passing up that opportunity. 'It wasn't until Friday that Ben Rhodes called me himself. We were just chatting and he said, 'You do know you are singing the two songs, don't you?'. And I was like, 'No, Sean left that little detail out, that I was singing You'll Never Walk Alone as well'. 'So, he said, 'Yeah, we want you to sing both, is that okay with you?'. I wasn't going to say no, of course, so I was like, 'Yeah, I know it so well'. 'I do know the song, but I wouldn't have known it to stand on the spot and just belt it out in front of however many fans. 'I said, 'Yeah, no problem', and I hung up the phone. Then for two days straight, You'll Never Walk Alone was played over and over. My neighbours were probably pulling their hair out of their heads, I was singing it so much. But I didn't want to mess it up.' Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email .
