LAZAR MARKOVIC, who’s dubbed Liverpool’s WORST ever signing, has found a new club in Turkey – joining ex-Barcelona and Napoli stars at Trabzonspor. The 28-year-old made a £22million switch to the Reds from Benfica in 2014. Liverpool flop Lazar Markovic has made a transfer to Turkish team TrabzonsporCredit: PA:Empics Sport The 28-year-old had a horrible stint at Liverpool following a £22m transferCredit: Getty However, the Serbia international only went on to make 34 appearances for the Anfield club, scoring three and assisting on. His failure to stamp down a place in the first-team saw the winger go out on loan four times,…
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‘More and more confirmations’ are arriving over one half of a colossal double deal that’ll put Liverpool back at the forefront of English football, per a report. The Reds returned to winning ways with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Everton on Monday night. There remains hope of a late-season surge among the Anfield faithful that could result in snatching fourth spot and vital Champions League qualification. Indeed, Liverpool can cut the gap to Newcastle to six points if they win at St. James’ Park on Saturday. The Reds also have a game in hand. But to ensure this season’s struggles…
Liverpool’s struggles this season have created an opportunity for Stefan Bajčetić to seize, just like Bukayo Saka at Arsenal and Marcus Rashford at Manchester United. The simple goal in football is to dominate 100 per cent of the time, even though such a goal is virtually impossible to achieve. Once reaching the pinnacle of the sport by acquiring meaningful silverware, supporters expect to stay there by winning over and over again. The reality is football tends to run in cycles — as stated once by Manchester United legend Alex Ferguson — with different teams experiencing what it feels like to…
Casemiro has a big role to play for Manchester United during the first leg of the Europa League knockout play-off against Barcelona on Thursday evening. The Brazilian has been absent for the past two league matches for United due to a domestic suspension, but he still has another game to serve this month. However, this will have no impact in Europe and the 30-year-old is expected to start alongside Fred when the Red Devils take on the Blaugrana at Camp Nou. The availability of Casemiro should be a huge boost for United, given he has rich experience of facing Barcelona from his…
Manchester United’s first-team squad are said to be at odds over a possible return of Mason Greenwood while the club’s women’s team reportedly harbour significant concerns Mason Greenwood remains suspended by Man Utd pending their investigation (Image: Getty Images) Manchester United’s first-team squad are split on a possible return of Mason Greenwood to the club, it has been claimed. A report in The Times claims United’s players hold differing views on Greenwood’s situation; some are believed to harbour concerns over the striker coming back into the fold while others are said to be ambivalent to the situation after charges against the player…
FOOTBALL sensation Erling Haaland has been nicknamed “Daemon” by his Manchester City teammates thanks to his striking resemblance to Daemon Targaryen from TV show House of the Dragon. The Norwegian striker has taken the Premier League by storm, scoring an incredible 27 goals already this season. The 22-year-old bears an uncanny resemblance to the character played by actor Matt Smith in the Game of Thrones spin off prequel series. Haaland scored three in just 38 minutes during City’s 6-0 demolition of Notts Forest last August – proving he’s a “Daemon” in the box. The nickname has stuck in the dressing room, with the likes of John Stones and Phil Foden blown away by Haaland’s…
When flowers look like flowers, we mostly appreciate their presence, but sometimes they can trick us. Especially when they take on the form of other creatures of Nature, a white dove, a dancing girl, even a naked man… Here are some of weirdest-looking flowers on earth that resemble something (or somebody) else. Naked-man orchid (Orchzis Italica) Naked Man Orchids, also known as Hanging Man Orchids, are native to the Mediterranean and resemble tiny little hanging naked men, right down to every last detail. They come in different sizes (as usual with naked men) and usually range in color from light purplish…
Most people consider mushrooms to be the small, ugly cousins of the plant kingdom, but theirs is a surprisingly beautiful and wonderful world waiting to be explored. These beautiful mushrooms, captured by enthusiastic nature photographers, are a far cry from the ones you find in the woods or your local grocery store. Most mushrooms, as we know them, are actually just the reproductive structure of the fungus they belong to – their fungal networks expand far further underground, and some fungi don’t even sprout the sort of mushrooms that we’re used to seeing. In fact, depending on your definition of…
When nature feels like painting… When an Australian botanist saw a rainbow eucalyptus tree for the first time, he thought someone had painted the bark … but he soon discovered it was Mother Nature. Rainbow eucalyptus planted in Hawaii. Credit: Gerold Grotelueschen/Alamy Native to Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Philippines, the rainbow eucalyptus is one of only 4 eucalyptus species (out of 700 total) not found in Australia. The tree prefers the wetter, warmer climate of South-East Asian rainforests. “You could easily compare the colors to what you’d see in your average four-pack of assorted highlighters,” Australian Geographic reports. Rainbow eucalyptus in…
Macrocybe titans, also known as the American titan, is easily the largest fruiting body of the Americas. In a previous Fungi Friday, I wrote about a termite loving African mushroom called Termitomyces titanicus. Like its species name suggests, it too grows incredibly robust. Although they both put out some of the largest mushrooms on the planet, they differ in their ecology. The way each species makes a living differs quite dramatically, so I will remind the reader why directional selection towards larger fruiting bodies has occurred in at least one of these species. Here, I posit a few hypotheses regarding…
Liverpool finally returned to winning ways in the Premier League after a woeful run of form, defeating Merseyside rivals Everton with a commanding performance which bore echoes of the unrelenting intensity previously seen under Jurgen Klopp. The Reds have been beset with misfortune this season and have been a shadow of their former vigorous selves, with their previous league victory coming against Leicester City in the final days of December. While the three points represent a potential turning point for the Reds’ spluttering season, the welcome respite still only drags them up into ninth place in the table, nine points behind Newcastle United – who they face next…
There have been concerns for Man Utd’s midfield in the context of Christian Eriksen’s long-term injury and Casemiro’s three-match ban . In the recent encounter with Leeds United, coach Erik ten Hag used Fred to pair with rookie Marcel Sabitzer in the center of midfield. Attention is directed to Sabitzer because the Austrian star is still experiencing the first matches in the Premier League and Leeds United is not an easy opponent to play. Sabitzer had an excellent performance. However, Sabitzer still knows how to do the assigned task well. Throughout 90 minutes of being on the field, the 28-year-old midfielder possesses a passing accuracy rate of about…