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Brendan Rodgers har talat med The Times om sitt nya nyförvärv Daniel Sturridge och hur han och Suarez skulle kunna fungera tillsammans.

“Daniel’s best position is as a central striker,” sa Rodgers. “I have said 4-3-3 will become richer because of the type of players. There is not one way to play 4-3-3. You can play one up, a floating No 9 like Luis Suárez and two wingers. You can play one like Daniel Sturridge central, two in and around him narrow, with full backs bombing on.

“The principles of your game are based on your players. I think for Daniel, his best position will be straight through the middle with his pace. I spoke with Luis at length about this a number of times.

“This has been in the plan for a few months. When he played at Ajax he played in behind as a No 10 in between the lines, and he played as a reverse winger from the left side so he wasn’t quite out wide, he was tucked in round the corner.

“Wherever he plays, he will make the same movements and he will find the space because he is a world-class player. It is not a problem having top players. Don’t talk about problems with players, we need good players.”

“There is always a risk and doubts about any player,” sa Rodgers. “I have spoken to enough people who have worked with Daniel, and you always have to do your homework. You are never going to be 100 per cent sure they will succeed, but over time you have that bit of thinking time to look around and see how they are going to fit in, and then when you meet the player and take it from his own side.

“You need to look in the player’s eyes and see if they have that hunger, and he is coming off the back of being at a big club but one where he hasn’t played and he is coming here with everything to prove.”

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Förhandlingarna mellan Liverpool och Blackpool över Tom Ince har gått trögt den senaste tiden. Därför försöker han nu själv (med stöd från pappa Paul Ince) att få igenom en flytt till Liverpool. Han vill lämna klubben innan helgen eftersom han annars riskerar att bli cup-tied i FA-cupen (The Mirror).

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West Ham-ägaren David Sullivans son har gått ut på twitter och berättat att Joe Cole är klar för moderklubben han sänkte tidigare i vinter.

Joe cole is now a #whu player ones again #hammercominghome #COYI #whufc

— Jack Sullivan (@jsullivanwhu) January 3, 2013

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Liverpool’s stjärnskott Adam Morgan är klar för League Two-klubben Rotherham United på ett månadslångt lån (Liverpools officiella hemsida).

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Alexandre Pato flyttar hem till den brasilianska klubben Corinthians (Corinthians officiella hemsida).

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Athletic Bilbao har gått ut med uppgifter om att Juventus börjat förhandla med Fernando Llorente. Hans kontrakt går ut i sommar med den baskiska klubben (Athletic Bilbao’s officiella hemsida).

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Frank Lampard kommer att lämna Chelsea efter säsongen, detta berättar hans agent (The Mirror).

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West Ham ser ut att knyta till sig Arsenal-floppen Marouane Chamakh på lån (The Daily Mail).

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Liverpool-bloggare och krönikör.

— JesperEss (@JesperEss) August 3, 2012