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title: "Liverpool morning news round-up – 29th August 2018"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Brian Gosden"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2018-08-29T07:30:00Z"
modified: "2018-08-29T07:30:00Z"
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# Liverpool morning news round-up – 29th August 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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### [Savage: Virgil van Dijk is the best centre back in the world](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/08/28/savage-virgil-van-dijk-is-the-best-centre-back-in-the-world/)

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Virgil van Dijk has been heralded as the best centre back in the world by former Premier League player, now BBC pundit, Robbie Savage.\
Liverpool's … [Read More](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/08/28/savage-virgil-van-dijk-is-the-best-centre-back-in-the-world/)

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### [Alisson signing was not Klopp's first choice](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/08/28/alisson-signing-was-not-klopps-first-choice/)

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Despite paying a positional world record £66 million for Alisson Becker, it has been claimed by Spanish newspaper AS that Liverpool's first-choice … [Read More](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/08/28/alisson-signing-was-not-klopps-first-choice/)

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### [Mignolet to be Liverpool's no. 2 for upcoming season](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/08/28/mignolet-to-be-liverpools-no-2-for-upcoming-season/)

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If you hadn't already worked it out, Simon Mignolet will deputise Alisson Becker in between the sticks at Anfield this year.\
The Belgian had been … [Read More](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/08/28/mignolet-to-be-liverpools-no-2-for-upcoming-season/)

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### [Liverpool hire former PSG scout to work in Spain](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/08/28/liverpool-hire-former-psg-scout-to-work-in-spain/)

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Liverpool have hired former PSG scout Sylvain N’Diaye to work on their Spanish scouting team, according to a report in Spanish outlet AS … [Read More](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/08/28/liverpool-hire-former-psg-scout-to-work-in-spain/)

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### [Shaqiri insists he is capable of playing across the front line](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/08/28/shaqiri-insists-he-is-capable-of-playing-across-the-front-line/)

![](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2018/08/1015507308-300x300.jpg)

As reported by the Mirror, in comments made in Liverpool's match programme ahead of the Brighton and Hove Albion match, Swiss international Xherdan … [Read More](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2018/08/28/shaqiri-insists-he-is-capable-of-playing-across-the-front-line/)

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