Liverpool considering playing two games, in two competitions, in two different continents – on the same day

Jurgen Klopp

The Mirror reports that the Premier League leaders have opened talks with the English Football League over such a possibility.

The reason for the unusual proposal is that Jurgen Klopp’s side have been drawn away to Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals at the same time they are due to feature in the Club World Cup semi-finals in Doha.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.