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title: "Liverpool morning news round-up – 19th September 2018"
canonical: "https://readliverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-morning-news-round-up-19th-september-2018/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Brian Gosden"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2018-09-19T07:30:00Z"
modified: "2018-09-19T07:30:00Z"
---

# Liverpool morning news round-up – 19th September 2018

The news cycle surrounding Liverpool never stops and as such, it can be difficult to keep up to date with everything that’s going on. Therefore, we’ve rounded up everything you might have missed from yesterday into one place.

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### [Ex-Red Stephen Darby forced to retire due to Motor Neurone Disease](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/09/18/ex-red-stephen-darby-forced-to-retire-due-to-motor-neurone-disease/)

![](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2018/09/465481304-300x300.jpg)

Former Liverpool defender Stephen Darby has been forced to retire from football after he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease.In a statement … [Read More](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/09/18/ex-red-stephen-darby-forced-to-retire-due-to-motor-neurone-disease/)

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### [Loan Watch: How did Liverpool’s loan players fare at the weekend?](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/09/18/loan-watch-how-did-liverpools-loan-players-fare-at-the-weekend-2/)

![](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2018/09/1026182778-300x300.jpg)

Liverpool have a lot of players currently out on loan across the world, so let’s see how they performed at the weekend.\
Danny Ings – … [Read More](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/09/18/loan-watch-how-did-liverpools-loan-players-fare-at-the-weekend-2/)

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### [Double Agents: The players who've played for both Liverpool and PSG](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/09/18/double-agents-the-players-whove-played-for-both-liverpool-and-psg/)

![](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2018/09/521822874-300x300.jpg)

With Liverpool playing Paris Saint-Germain later in the Champions League opener, we've taken a look back at the players to who have played for both … [Read More](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/09/18/double-agents-the-players-whove-played-for-both-liverpool-and-psg/)

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### [Revealed: How close Liverpool came to signing Mbappe](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/09/18/revealed-how-close-liverpool-came-to-signing-mbappe/)

![](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2018/09/1001542724-300x300.jpg)

Kylian Mbappe is set to terrorise Liverpool's full-backs in the Champions League tonight, but a report in L'Equipe (translated by Teamtalk) has … [Read More](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/09/18/revealed-how-close-liverpool-came-to-signing-mbappe/)

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### [Former French midfielder snubs Neymar in Liverpool combined XI](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/09/18/former-french-midfielder-snubs-neymar-in-liverpool-combined-xi/)

![](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2018/09/918291472-300x300.jpg)

Former France and Paris Saint-Germain winger Jerome Rothen has named his Liverpool-PSG combined XI – and there are a few surprises.\
Published in … [Read More](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/09/18/former-french-midfielder-snubs-neymar-in-liverpool-combined-xi/)

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