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The Daily Star's prediction for Liverpool's starting 11: no Coutinho

On the plane theme.. [video=youtube_share;WGNoupIF5SU]

JWP to Burnley?

Who's going to be first with a photo of the Ad ad?

Anyone know where Adam got off?

Looks like Morgan will be starting against Ecuador based on how France have been training.

I suppose it depends if they prefer playing Colombia or CIV.

I wonder if the World Cup players will be match fit for the first fixture. I imagine they will have a holiday and miss out on a bit of pre-season. (Though I suppose England players will be coming home sooner than others!)

A nice cartoon from his bedroom door in Brazil.

So who is next?

I think he is over the moon.

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A bit disappointing as regards his attitude when at Saints.

Bad news for next season.

http://www.bfmtv.com/sport/schneiderlin-dement-avoir-ete-rappele-788431.html Morgan denies having been called up.

Perhaps they got it off here.

The reserves are no longer with the squad. I think Morgan has gone on holiday. I hope he's not too far away and been keeping healthy. Interestingly no mention of his selection in French press. Perhaps they have been asked to wait until DD's presser.

Do Liverpool have a problem with UEFA FFP? I think they had £50m debts last year. Perhaps they can't spend as freely as we'd like.

Here we go .... From BBC

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/479441/Southampton-want-30m-each-for-Luke-Shaw-and-Adam-Lallana A nice comment for all his international team mates at Southampton. (And I wouldn't call all the England players world_class.)

Captain Adam Lallana tells Southampton he wants to be allowed to leave St Mary's when he returns from the World Cup Headline on BBC

Let's loan him out for a year then he can get his CL experience. After that he can help us get back to the Prem.

It's a bit of a chicken and egg situation but I would say that it's because of their decline whilst Puel was manager that income fell and they have now changed their philosophy. I don't know enough to say it was Puel's fault: could well have been bad decisions from Aulas.

No. That was in 2009 before PSG and Monaco started investing.

Lyon were champions of France 7 years in a row before Puel was appointed. Since he joined them they have been going downhill.