Liverpool news conference and transfer latest

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Manchester City and Liverpool go head to head on Saturday in the Community Shield at Leicester's King Power Stadium - with some new faces on show, especially up front.

Liverpool replaced Sadio Mane with Darwin Nunez this summer, while Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez are City options with Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus gone.

Kalvin Phillips is also in the running for City's midfield.

So never mind whether Nunez or Haaland start for their teams, we want to know whether you would pick either in a combined XI.

If you had the choice of all the players for both sides, who would make the cut?

Have a go and share it using #bbcfootball.

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Jurgen Klopp has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Community Shield against Manchester City.

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Alisson won't feature on Saturday but should be available to face Fulham. Diogo Jota "will take a while" to recover from injury.
• On the Community Shield, he said: "It’s the last domestic cup competition we didn’t win yet so we will give it a try."
• On how seriously he will take the match: "It’s a very important game. We have to prepare a season we cannot ignore that."
• The German added "we have to extend our pre-season into the season" and confirmed another friendly will be played the day after the Premier League opener.
• Klopp said it took him a day to get over last season and added: "We played an incredibly high level, we were consistent and played good football often. We fought hard and these are all things we have to do again."
• On Roberto Firmino's future, he said: "He is crucial for us. Bobby is the heart and soul of this team."
• Klopp praised the addition of Fabio Carvalho as a technical, creative player and said "we will have a lot of fun with him".
• On Sadio Mane's exit: "He told us he wanted a new challenge. He told us early enough and we accepted it. We had time to prepare that and that's what we did."

Interim Derby boss Liam Rosenior has offered his thanks to the Derby fans.

Around 30,000 are expected at Pride Park on Saturday for the League One encounter with Oxford.

It will be Derby's first third tier game since 1986 and Rosenior feels the turn out underlines how much the club means to its community.

"Thank you for sticking with us and for all the support," said Rosenior.

"I know what this football club means to everyone."

Derby manager Liam Rosenior has been recalling the 'dark days' when fears were at its height about the future of the football club.

Local businessman David Clowes has stepped in to save Derby and Rosenior feels Derby are now ready to begin a new future.

"Yes, there were dark days, going into May and June," he said.

"I was praying someone like David Clowes come in. He is the perfect person this club needs.

"It is a new era for the right reasons, not the fact we are in League One."

Finally, an emphatic message on Roberto Firmino from Klopp: "Bobby is crucial for us, he is the heart and soul of this team. Everything looks really good. He is essential for us."

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Klopp on Fabio Carvalho: "He's a technical player, creative and we will have a lot of fun with him. Last night was OK but he can do much better. I am really happy with him, he has shown up and it's a good sign. Top addition for us."

Read our look into Carvalho with the help of one of his former coaches here.

More from Klopp on the Community Shield: "It's a very important game, but we still have to prepare a season. I can't ignore the fact that after the game is a season - we will have to extend our pre-season into the season."

Klopp went on to say there would be a behind-closed-doors friendly after the Fulham game.

Klopp on Sadio Mane's exit: "We lost Sadio who was a fixed member of the line-up for 6 years, he told us he wanted a new challenge. He told us early enough and we accepted it. We had time to prepare that and that's what we did."

Klopp on the difficult end to last season: "It took me a day [to get over it] and then we had the parade. We knew it close, unlucky in moments but it's sport and we accept the rules. We played in a high level, consistent and were deserved winners in the games we won. We have to do it again."

Klopp on the importance of the Community Shield: "It's very important - It's the last domestic cup competition we haven't won yet so we'll give it a try!"

Klopp on the Euro 2022 final: "I love England but my heart is with Germany. But the most important thing is the face the women's football has shown. The game has exploded. I really love watching it. Congrats to all the teams involved, it's a commercial for football."

First, Klopp gives a quick fitness update: "Alisson and Diogo [Jota, will not be available]. Alisson trained today more than the day before so he will definitely be available for Fulham but not for the weekend. Diogo... it will take a while, unfortunately."

Klopp is in the room. Here we go.

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We'll be hearing from the Liverpool camp in just over five minutes, ahead of Saturday's Community Shield.

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Wolves will be forced to start the upcoming season without striker Raul Jimenez after he suffered injury in a pre-season friendly.

So, with the new season just around the corner, we asked you if there's a need for some attacking reinforcement to cover the strikers absence.

Here are some of your thoughts.

Clive: Last season Wolves suffered from having a small squad and here we are again - except worse as far as strikers go. Bruno wants to play 4-2-3-1 but Jimenez is our only natural 9 after Silva's loan. Get Bellotti, Broja or someone in now!

Wayne: I think during this transfer window so far the squad looks weaker. With only one first-team signing they do need one or two more attacking options. Especially with Jimenez and Chiquinho injured because we will struggle for goals. On the plus side, Wolves seem to have kept the quality players - Neves, Moutinho and Gibbs-White. Another mid-table finish beckons.

James: Wolves desperately need a new striker before the end of the transfer window. We were feeble up-front last year and we need a proven goalscorer who can convert the chances created by our midfield maestros.

Rich: Jimenez was in poor form for the vast majority of last season when it came to scoring compared with what he produced prior to his skull fracture. However, his loss in the opening weeks will be brought into sharp focus now Silva has left, Chiquinho is injured. We don't have a Plan B. Signing a striker has been necessary all summer but much more so now.

Adam: We need a striker but I think we have a lot of other attacking options. Let's hope we get someone in but if not Man City did it without one.

It is the season some feared would not happen for Derby County.

After all the trials and tribulations that took the club to the very brink, including the potential purchase by American businessman Chris Kirchner, whose business dealings are being cast in an increasingly negative light, local businessman David Clowes has stepped in to secure Derby's future.

Interim manager Liam Rosenior is due to speak to the media shortly ahead of Derby's first third tier game since 1986 - against Oxford at Pride Park on Saturday.

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