Liverpool's pre-season schedule
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You forgot the mountain of Tandragee’s finest he was munching.
Maybe should be a thread of it’s own…
Liverpool have called for an urgent investigation after saying a member of their under-18 team was subjected to racial abuse in two consecutive matches during a youth tournament in Germany.
Liverpool players and coaches left the pitch in both fixtures, against Hoffenheim on Friday and Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday, at the Bundesliga Cup youth tournament after the same player complained to match officials and coaches that he had been abused. Both matches were abandoned, despite Eintracht’s claim that any remarks were “a linguistic issue”.
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A club statement said: “Liverpool can confirm that a member of our under-18s team reported he was racially abused by an opponent while playing in the Bundesliga Cup youth tournament at Schwäbisch Hall in Germany on Friday. The player immediately alerted the match official, his teammates, and our coaching staff. Consequently, LFC’s management team decided to stop the game and leave the pitch together.
“In a further incident, the same player was the target of abuse during a fixture in the tournament [on Saturday]. Again, the player alerted his teammates and coaching staff and our management team opted to leave the pitch once more. We are proud of our player for his prompt actions in reporting the incident and the maturity of his response. He and any of his teammates affected are being supported by the academy safeguarding team. The club calls upon our opponents and the tournament organisers to conduct an urgent and thorough investigation into the incident.”
Speaking to the German newspaper Bild the Eintracht sporting director, Timmo Hardung, Bild said the club took the accusation “seriously” but insisted it had been a “linguistic issue” relating to a term that is commonly used in Germany.
“Our entire youth academy is like Eintracht Frankfurt, multicultural and we have clear values that we live by and demand again and again,” Hardung said. “Racism has no place here, but we still take such an accusation seriously. We can rule out racism, it is a linguistic issue, and therefore hope to have resolved the misunderstanding among the players and Liverpool officials concerned.”
Hoffenheim have been contacted for comment.
Liverpool have called for an urgent investigation after saying a member of their under-18 team was subjected to racial abuse in two consecutive matches during a youth tournament in Germany.
Liverpool players and coaches left the pitch in both fixtures, against Hoffenheim on Friday and Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday, at the Bundesliga Cup youth tournament after the same player complained to match officials and coaches that he had been abused. Both matches were abandoned, despite Eintracht’s claim that any remarks were “a linguistic issue”.
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A club statement said: “Liverpool can confirm that a member of our under-18s team reported he was racially abused by an opponent while playing in the Bundesliga Cup youth tournament at Schwäbisch Hall in Germany on Friday. The player immediately alerted the match official, his teammates, and our coaching staff. Consequently, LFC’s management team decided to stop the game and leave the pitch together.
“In a further incident, the same player was the target of abuse during a fixture in the tournament [on Saturday]. Again, the player alerted his teammates and coaching staff and our management team opted to leave the pitch once more. We are proud of our player for his prompt actions in reporting the incident and the maturity of his response. He and any of his teammates affected are being supported by the academy safeguarding team. The club calls upon our opponents and the tournament organisers to conduct an urgent and thorough investigation into the incident.”
Speaking to the German newspaper Bild the Eintracht sporting director, Timmo Hardung, Bild said the club took the accusation “seriously” but insisted it had been a “linguistic issue” relating to a term that is commonly used in Germany.
“Our entire youth academy is like Eintracht Frankfurt, multicultural and we have clear values that we live by and demand again and again,” Hardung said. “Racism has no place here, but we still take such an accusation seriously. We can rule out racism, it is a linguistic issue, and therefore hope to have resolved the misunderstanding among the players and Liverpool officials concerned.”
Hoffenheim have been contacted for comment.
why, has there been further things reported?
Can't wait to add Nunez to that front line. All the created chances wouldn't be missed
This should be your signature from now on, mate. Greatest signature of all time.
Yeah odd, twice by the same player in different matches from how I read it.
No Danns? Shite.
Minor injury appaz.
• Alisson • Diogo Jota • Ibou Konate • Ryan Gravenberch will join later
No rush
Thats really shit for Danns. Was looking forward to seeing him play.
Jayden Danns misses out with discomfort in his back while Bobby Clark has stayed behind to build his fitness back up after an injury. [
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Jayden Danns misses out with discomfort in his back while Bobby Clark has stayed behind to build his fitness back up after an injury. [
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This will be Slot's chance to decide who leaves.
Well there's some obvious ones there. I'm even surprised that they're included
Numbers.
There's 28 of them, mate.
...and more joining appaz
Do they have to get their own flight back? Ryan best check his ticket to see if it's one-way ......
They're just going to leave them there aren't they
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