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The latest African Cup Of Nations gets underway in Ivory Coast this January, with plenty of Premier League clubs set to lose the services of some of their top stars for a month or so. Players like Mohamed Salah and André Onana could be set to miss up to seven games with their club sides if their nations are to go all the way to the final of the tournament. 

Liverpool fans’ worst fears were realised this week when star forward Mohamed Salah picked up an injury whilst on international duty with Egypt. When asked about the extent of the injury at a press conference on Friday, Jürgen Klopp admitted that while they would need to wait for the result of the player’s scans before knowing anymore, things didn’t look good. “He felt it and we know how rarely Mo goes off so it is definitely something, but I don't have any more,” revealed the Anfield boss.

Ivan Toney is back! The Brentford striker will make his return from an eight-month betting suspension against Nottingham Forest. Toney has been the most talked about player in England in recent weeks and all eyes will be on the 27-year-old for the televised fixture tonight. It’s been 259 days since Toney last featured competitively against Liverpool last season and the striker was absolutely flying before his ban. Toney scored 20 goals in 33 league games last season to earn his international debut for England before he was charged by the FA but Thomas Frank has confirmed that he will captain Brenford on his return.

Jürgen Klopp shook the world of football, and sent earthquakes through Merseyside, when he announced that he would be stepping down as Liverpool manager at the end of the season. The German has been in charge since 2015, and has won every trophy possible during his nine years with the Reds. In an official statement, Klopp said: “It is that I am, how can I say it, running out of energy. I know that I cannot do the job again and again and again and again.” And when you analyse how Klopp has had Liverpool competing right at the top of the game for the past five or six years without anywhere near the net spend of the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City, or Chelsea, it’s easy to understand the 56-year-old’s necessity to take a break. Liverpool host Chelsea this Wednesday, in their first Premier League game since the news emerged about Klopp departing.

Jürgen Klopp’s legacy at Anfield could have a special ending with Liverpool still fighting in four competitions, and in many ways forward Darwin Núñez could be pivotal to their prospects. The Uruguayan was ridiculed at times during his debut season in England but he’s undoubtedly flourished this campaign.

In an era where players are increasingly judged based on their attacking numbers, we’ve ranked the top twenty players in Europe that have registered double figures for both goals and assists. Players across seven different European leagues feature in the list with four English Premier League stars ranking in the top ten - Manchester City's Phil Foden sits just outside in 11th place with Liverpool’s Darwin Núñez 12th.

Liverpool’s 4-1 win over Luton in the Premier League on Wednesday night had all the hallmarks of a team thrusting themselves to the front of a title race. Not only did Jürgen Klopp’s side come from a goal down to win the match convincingly, but they did so with three of their most established forwards - Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota and Darwin Núñez. And, to the delight of fans of the Anfield club, the win over Luton wasn’t the first time that Liverpool have looked more than capable of dealing with unfortunate injuries to star players. 

Pedro Neto has firmly established himself as one of the most exciting wingers in the English Premier League this season. Wolves are surpassing expectations amid financial constraints under the increasingly impressive Gary O’Neil and Neto has been instrumental to their success. 

Despite the Premier League being the richest league in the world, and what many consider as the best league in the world, it has also still found the time to be the breeding ground for some of the greatest young talent in world football. The English top-flight seemingly has it all. From teenage sensations, to the very best player in their prime, to the older heads using their experience to guide their teams to glory. 

Form goes out of the window in a derby, as the old cliche goes. However, that very much hasn't been the case in Merseyside derbies since Jürgen Klopp became Liverpool manager. Klopp has transformed the Reds into one of the best teams in Europe during his nine years at Anfield, whilst Everton have largely been fighting relegation or at least in the bottom half of the table in recent years. And the Merseyside derbies in the last decade have reflected that.