#David Alaba

#David Alaba

There are a lot of issues with this Liverpool squad but currently, no one is talking about some of them, which baffles me.Liverpool are in such dire need of players across all positions; it's mind-boggling to me that there are so many players that think Liverpool only need one or two players to get back to the pinnacle of English and European football.

Jan 21, 2023 Athletic Club beat Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey on their most recent trip to San Mames last February / Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/GettyImages Athletic Club host reigning La Liga champions Real Madrid in the Spanish top flight on Sunday night.Both clubs made commanding starts to the season but come into the weekend's showpiece event out of sorts.

Jan 14, 2023 Real Madrid won the first Clasico of the season 3-1 in October / Quality Sport Images/GettyImages Real Madrid and Barcelona meet in the final of the Supercopa de Espana held in Saudi Arabia on Sunday night.Once the equivalent of England's curtain-raising, semi-friendly Community Shield, the Spanish Super Cup has been expanded and exported in the last four years.

Emiliano Martinez added to his impressive penalty record as Argentina won a World Cup final shootout against France on Sunday night.The Aston Villa keeper has won four successive shoot-outs with club and country, with his last defeat coming in 2019 when he was with Arsenal.Argentina beat both the Netherlands and France on penalties to seal their World Cup triumph, with Martinez to the fore.

Bastian Schweinsteiger is a legend of the game and one of the most successful players in the modern era.A product of Bayern Munich, he played for the Bavarians from 1998 to 2015 before moving to Manchester United and then Chicago Fire before retiring.Being an accomplished player, you hardly have regrets especially if you played for a powerful club.

Before his substitution in the 63rd minute, Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets had a share of 10.7% in Spain's total possession against Costa Rica.That figure was reduced by more than half - to 4.3% - in his next FIFA World Cup match, when the Spaniards took on Hansi Flick's Germany.At first glance, Busquets' involvement in Spain's play may be of little relevance here.

According to a report from kicker (as captured by @iMiaSanMia), Germany is attempting to prevent Bayern Munich wunderkind Paul Wanner from permanently changing allegiances to Austria following Ralf Rangnick's attempt to convince the 16-year-old to make the move across the border.Germany is breaking out the big guns as both Hansi Flick and Oliver Bierhoff are personally involved in the situation:

In an attempt to avoid losing him to Austria, Hansi Flick and Oliver Bierhoff held talks with Paul Wanner to show him their appreciation.

Let's be clear, Bayern Munich has very little to play for against FC Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday.The Bavarians are skating through to the knockout stages after dominating the initial games on the slate and now the Rekordmeister has an opportunity to kick FC Barcelona's Champions League hopes to the curb...and they should do it!