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Arne Slot's former captain at Feynoord has revealed what the Liverpool head coach has said to him about Dominik Szoboszlai

Liverpool might have confirmed itself as Premier League champion by hammering Spurs last weekend but Arne Slot and his players still have to play four more games.

The first of those is at Stamford Bridge this coming Sunday, with Enzo Maresca's men very much still looking to earn more points in the chase for the European spots. Liverpool will hope to finish the campaign strongly, but after a couple of days of celebrations— returning to training for the first time earlier today — it is quite a hard game to predict.

Gary Neville, always keen to play down the Reds' chances, believes a Chelsea win is likely. And he is expecting the home side to beat the newly-crowned champion, albeit by a narrow margin.

"I actually think Chelsea could win," Neville predicted on the It's Called Soccer podcast. "I’m imagining that Liverpool have had a massive party that’s probably not ended, to be fair... probably still going now.

"I suspect you have those drinks, those lads haven’t been drinking for a month or two. They’re just going to go absolutely go crazy, their bodies will just be in to shut down up until Wednesday, Thursday.

"They’re going to train a bit slower, a bit sloppier and I think they’ll just get edged out. I think it’ll be 2-1 to Chelsea."

After predicting Chelsea to beat Liverpool, Neville also backed Chelsea's talisman to grab a goal and end his drought. He added: "Scorer for Chelsea, I’ll go Cole Palmer."

Gary Neville made a quick escape as Liverpool celebrated winning the Premier League title at Anfield (Image: Sky Sports)

When Liverpool won the Premier League title in 2020, it lost its next game 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium against Manchester City. Pep Guardiola's side gave the Reds a guard of honor before scoring three times in 20 minutes in the first half.

"Winning game after game after game, that’s the key," Virgil van Dijk said in a press conference after the title was won. "It’s a whole team process, everyone has played a part.

"Obviously guys don’t always start the game but they come on and have impact. And not only the players, the staff obviously plays a big part.

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"But the people that are around us at the AXA Training Centre, the training ground. The fans. Everyone has to play a part. I think from day one when we started the season it was pretty obvious and pretty clear we have a big goal on our hands, big dreams and that we want to fulfil it.

"I’m glad we did. We got the big one. Amazing."

Liverpool.com says: This is a really hard game to predict. Liverpool has defied the odds this season, though. Neville thought that Manchester United would finish above the Reds, so just because he thinks something might happen, it doesn't mean it will...

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Liverpool's Caoimhin Kelleher would be No.1 at Newcastle United next season—if the Magpies opt to pursue the Republic of Ireland international. That's the opinion of ex-Reds midfielder Don Hutchison, who believes the 26-year-old is set to depart Anfield come summer.

Currently playing second fiddle to Brazil's Alisson Becker at Liverpool, with Giorgi Mamardashvili joining the ranks to vie for the No 1 jersey, Kelleher's position in the squad looks increasingly precarious. Newcastle has been mentioned as one of several possible new homes for the keeper.

While Newcastle has shown interest in Burnley's James Trafford, Hutchison thinks Kelleher would surpass Nick Pope in the pecking order if he made the move to Tyneside. Nonetheless, he's tipping Bournemouth as a likely suitor, especially since current keeper Kepa is expected to return to Chelsea after his loan spell.

Hutchison shared his thoughts with goldenpanda.com: "I think Kelleher will go, to be honest," he said. "Alisson will be Liverpool's No 1 and Mamardashvili will be the No 2. It would be really unfair to ask Kelleher to stay, because how do you expect a lad that is so good to be their No 3?".

"It would be totally unfair and I think he deserves to be No 1 somewhere. I think he goes to Bournemouth and he's their No 1. I think he can go to the majority of the teams in the Premier League.

"I mean, I understand that transfer would never happen, but he's better than what Manchester United have. But I think he's such a talented goalkeeper. I would take him at Newcastle, he'd be No 1 there too."

Kelleher has previously expressed his determination to become first choice and is ready to leave Liverpool to make that happen. He was wanted by Nottingham Forest last summer and has also been linked with Leeds in recent months.

Caoimhin Kelleher has impressed when called upon (Image: Getty Images)

Speaking earlier in the season, he said: "I think I made it clear in the last few years that I want to go and be a number one and play week in, week out,” he said.

“The club has made that decision to get another goalkeeper as well, which from the outside looking in looks like they have made a decision to go in a different direction.

“So yeah, my ambition has always been clear and has been clear the last few seasons, that I want to go and be a number one and play week in, week out."

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Meanwhile, Liverpool goalkeeping coach Claudio Taffarel believes new boy Giorgi Mamardashvili faces an almost impossible task in trying to overtake Alisson to become No.1 next season.

“The club made this option there, I think a year ago, a year and a bit ago,” Taffarel, a legendary goalkeeper in Brazil in his own right, told ESPN.

"This acquisition of the youngster is possibly with an eye to the future. Yet Alisson remains at an extremely high level. And given his age, coupled with his experience and determination, you know? It's going to be quite a task for anyone to come in and take over from him, isn’t it?”

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