Brighton team news: To compensate several departures taking place at the end of last season, including defender Maria Thorisdottir and forward Nikita Parris, Brighton had to open up their pockets a bit. Arrivals include former Real Madrid forward Carla Camanho and Maelys Mpomé, who spent a season with Chelsea before moving further south.

Liverpool returns to Anfield on Saturday for an early match with Brighton & Hove Albion in a fight for position in the middle of the English Premier League pack.

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Liverpool beatBrighton & Hove Albion 2-0 at Anfield on Saturday, thanks to a brace from Hugo Ekitike.

Brighton & Hove Albion striker Stefanos Tzimas has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering an anterior cruciate knee ligament (ACL) rupture. The 19-year-old was hurt in innocuous circumstances during the first half of his first Premier League start, the 4-3 defeat against Aston Villa at the Amex Stadium on December 3.

For the fifth Liverpool game in a row, Mohamed Salah isn't in the starting eleven. There's no room for Alexander Isak either as Florian Wirtz is back in, with Hugo Ekitike starting up top as Arne Slot makes two changes from the side that won in Milan. The other is Milos Kerkez coming in for Andy Robertson.

Having promised crunch talks with Mohamed Salah amid their ongoing and very public feud, the outcome of those discussions will become clear when Liverpool ’s official matchday squad is released. If Salah features, there could be hope of a resolution. If the Egyptian is again on the bench, pressure builds ahead of the January transfer window.

Unless new financial rules change, Brighton fear aspirational clubs in the middle of the Premier League will find it even harder to compete

For the poster boy of Premier League owners, a self-made man who had rescued his hometown club, Brighton and Hove Albion, Tony Bloom was likely the last individual the people of that city might consider to be behind banning their favourite newspaper.