Kevin’s set for taste of Claret
HARRY WILSON claims that with Jurgen Klopp, Frank Lampard and Ryan Giggs in his corner, he cannot really go wrong.
The midfielder, 21, is making a name for himself this season for club and country. He added to his growing reputation by scoring a brilliant free-kick winner for Wales against the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday, a strike of which international team-mate Gareth Bale would have been proud.
And he says he is getting the perfect football education from three of the biggest managerial names in the game.
After stealing the show for Giggs’ Wales, Wilson is hoping to win promotion while on loan at Lampard’s Derby this term to prove he has what it takes to break into Klopp’s Liverpool first team when he returns to Anfield at the end of the campaign.
“I have messaged Klopp a few times,” he said. “I know he is keeping an eye on the loan players to see how they are doing. I am fully focused on getting that promotion at Derby first.
“The Klopp advice? Well, we all know the way Jurgen wants his teams to play. We all see the system and how we could KEVIN DE BRUYNE is in line to make his first start of the season for Manchester City in Saturday’s home clash against Burnley.
The Belgium playmaker has been out since injuring knee ligaments in training on August 15, three days after a brief substitute appearance on the opening weekend of the season.
But De Bruyne was in contention for the game at Liverpool before the international break and has stepped up his training in the last fortnight to satisfy manager Pep Guardiola he is ready to face the Clarets at the Etihad.
His return could be timely as Bernardo Silva missed Portugal’s 3-1 win over Scotland through injury.
Meanwhile, City’s utility player Danilo has suffered another setback after picking up an ankle injury playing for Brazil in their friendly against Argentina in Saudi Arabia.
The 27-yearold had only just returned in tears.to action from
an ankle injury picked up at the World Cup and left the pitch
The former Real Madrid man has featured just once for City so far this season, last month’s 3-0 win over Oxford in the League Cup. JOAO MOUTINHO says Wolves have set their sights on a place in Europe next season. The midfielder, left, who arrived from Monaco in July, has helped steer the club into seventh. “The club want to go to the next level and I came to help this situation,” he said. “We are only three points off Europe, but we know the other teams can catch us.”