Liverpool's midfield is probably going to be their main area of focus in the January transfer window.
At the moment, the Anfield outfit only have four central midfielders among their ranks with one of them being 19-year-old Trey Nyoni.
And, although each player is good, this season, only Alexis Mac Allister has really met expectations.
Indeed, Nyoni has done well when called upon but, since he's still so young, he can't be relied upon for every game.
Others, such as Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch have failed to make their mark which is why so many midfielders have been linked with a Liverpool switch.

#nyoni #midfielders

Montana Jordan and Jenna Jordan began dating in high school and are expecting their second child
Zoe Perry, Casey Wilson and Will Sasso are among cast members with long-term partners and families
Season 3 of Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage premieres Oct. 8
On-screen, the characters of Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage embrace the highs and lows that accompany relationships, but off-screen, the cast has simpler love stories to tell.
The third season of the Young Sheldon sequel and The Big Bang Theory prequel premieres Oct. 8. The latest installment will continue to follow young couple Georgie Cooper (Montana Jordan) and Mandy McAllister (Emily Osment) as they navigate parenthood, financial struggles and relationship ups and downs — all while dealing with the ever-present meddling of their families.

#georgie #montana #marriage #young

Sydney Sweeney's latest ad campaign has landed very differently with some of the women who have spent their lives competing in sports.
Four-time Olympic gold medalist Ariarne ***** mus is among a growing group of athletes criticizing Sweeney's new "Just Sports" campaign for Novig, a sports prediction market. The campaign shows Sweeney nude or minimally dressed while footballs, basketballs, hockey equipment and other sports gear strategically cover her body.
Athletes including former UCLA gymnast Gracie Kramer, Olympic swimmer Lani Pallister, British sprinter Amy Hunt and water polo Olympian Tilly Kearns have responded by putting competition, training and athletic achievement back at the center of their own posts.
Sweeney is more closely tied to the campaign than a typical celebrity spokesperson. Novig announced that she joined the company as a strategic partner and equity holder, while Sweeney said she had participated in the creative process from the beginning.
The four-time Olympic champion, who retired from competitive swimming in 2025, wrote on Instagram that she had believed this kind of marketing belonged in the past.

#four

Alex Fine, who plays Donnie, one of Kat McAllister's enforcers in MobLand, is confirmed to return for Season Two. He attended the world premiere in London with his wife, Cassie Ventura.
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Alex wore Saint Laurent Fall 2026, taking the cropped cable-knit sweater from the runway and giving it a much cleaner spin with wide-leg black trousers. I've been enjoying the collection's striped pieces on the red carpet, but I like that Alex didn't recreate the runway styling. The all-black palette puts the focus on the proportions, which is what makes this work for me.
Cassie opted for a Magda Butrym wool corset dress, and this is easily my favourite part of their couple's style moment. The precise darting and padded hips create that exaggerated hourglass silhouette the designer does so well, and you know I love a well-executed exaggerated silhouette.
The dress is so good that the shoes frustrate me even more. The bronze pointed-toe pumps with criss-cross ankle straps feel disconnected from the modernity of the silhouette. A pewter strappy sandal or mule would have been a much stronger finish and allowed the dress to have the final word.

#exaggerated

Alexis Mac Allister has revealed that Liverpool told him the club were not in a position to renew his contract and that he had options to leave in the summer.
Mac Allister's current contract at Liverpool is set to expire in 2028 and discussions over a renewal have failed to reach an agreement.
The failed talks leave the Argentine in an uncertain situation, after teammates Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch signed new long-term deals.
Mac Allister has revealed that Liverpool told his agents that the club were 'not in a position to renew' and has expressed his disappointment at the outcome of the talks.
Speaking to the media ahead of Liverpool'sChampions League clash with Atletico Madrid, Mac Allister said it was 'sad' that renewal talks did not lead to fresh terms.

#allister

Liverpool's Champions League campaign begins at Anfield on Wednesday, with Atletico Madrid providing an immediate test for Andoni Iraola and a squad still adjusting to life under their new head coach.
Iraola arrives at his first European fixture with some momentum. Liverpool's 2-0 victory over Ipswich Town on Friday ended a run of two successive 2-2 draws, with Alexander Isak scoring twice and Cody Gakpo supplying both ****** ists. It was the sort of result that gives a new manager some breathing room, although Atletico Madrid will represent a very different proposition.
Alexis Mac Allister was the first Liverpool player to face the media at the AXA Training Centre on Tuesday, and inevitably, his future was one of the main talking points.
The Argentina international confirmed there had been a genuine possibility of leaving Liverpool during the summer, following uncertainty over a new contract.
"There was a chance, of course," Mac Allister said. "I received the news that the club wasn't in a position to offer me a new contract, which made me sad."

#atletico #allister #Liverpool

Alexis Mac Allister has admitted he was left "very, very sad" after being told Liverpool were not in a position to offer him a new contract.
The midfielder ultimately decided to remain at Anfield this summer despite having opportunities to leave, and insists he will continue to give everything for the club.
But he says seeing team-mates Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch sign new deals has made his own situation more difficult.
"There was a chance [I could have left the club in the summer]," Mac Allister said.
"As everyone knows, I received the news that the club was not in a position to offer me a new contract, which makes me very, very sad.

#allister #offer #contract #alexis

Liverpool have a superstar who is worth £30m and more.
One area Liverpool will need to address over the coming months and potentially years is midfield, with the position largely overlooked during the latest transfer window.
The emergence of Trey Nyoni certainly played a part in that decision. Even after Curtis Jones' departure, Liverpool chose against bringing in another midfielder because of their belief that Nyoni can develop into a top-level player.
His recent cameos have certainly suggested he is ready to take that next step, but there are still plenty of questions surrounding the midfield long-term.
Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai remain uncertain options in a double pivot, while Alexis Mac Allister's future is far from guaranteed. Liverpool may therefore need to revisit midfield sooner rather than later.

#midfield

If you're like me, you grew up dreaming that one day you'd be a writer. I consider myself immensely lucky that I get to do this job which often does not feel like a job at all. Still, there are challenges: as with so many creative feels, wages are low, opportunities can be slim, and the politics of who knows who and how to get ahead are everywhere. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, writers make an average of about $70K a year; and writers often work additional jobs to make ends meet. None of this is helped along by our growing literacy crisis, nor the ever increasing presence of AI. In an article for Fast Company on the adverse impact of AI on young writers, Jennifer Ward writes, "They're simultaneously struggling to figure out if they need to use AI to keep up in today's competitive industry—or eschew it altogether in order to maintain trust."
So I often find myself turning to successful writers who are candid about what it really takes to not only make a career out of writing, but to make a living. Sometimes those writers just happen to be bestselling novelists like Gillian McAllister.
McAllister, who is based in the UK is the author of of Reese's Book Club Pick Wrong Place Wrong Time, Read With Jenna pick, Caller Unknown, Famous Last Words, Just Another Missing Person, Everything but the Truth, The Choice, The Good Sister, The Evidence Against You, How to Disappear, and the Richard & Judy Book Club pick That Night. She's also the creator and co-host of the podcast Honest Authors where she and Holly Seddon pull the curtain back on being a working writer. On Instagram, Gillian talks openly about everything from the day to day of writing while parenting, to the lessons she learned pivoting from a career as a lawyer to working as a writer full time. To celebrate the release of That Night in paperback this month, I caught up with Gillian to talk about what it really takes to become a writer, bringing nuance and heart to her books, and chronic illness shapes her work.
Caroline Reilly: I understand that before your career as a writer, you were a lawyer. What were some of the earliest thoughts or ideas you had about pivoting to writing?
Gillian McAllister: If you had asked me at any stage of my life–and I had told the truth–I would have said I wanted to be a writer. But I didn't know how to do it: I had zero connections, zero money, and rent to pay, so I became a lawyer, which I practiced and enjoyed for a long time. Though fiction was always in the background: I had a blog which was essentially writing practice for me, and three or for half-started manuscripts on a very old MacBook with a worn-out E key.

#writer

Liverpool's midfield is set for a further shakeup following the departure of Curtis Jones to Inter Milan.
The 25-year-old joins the Italian champions for £30m - and there are indications that the midfield outgoings won't end there.
Stefan Bajcetic is expected to reach a deal to rejoin Celta Vigo while James McConnell could end up leaving on loan before the window slams shut.
You would imagine that Andoni Iraola can ill-afford any more headline departures from his midfield. But sporting director Richard Hughes could come under pressure if Manchester City firm up their interest in Alexis Mac Allister.
BBC Sport is reporting that the 27-year-old Argentina playmaker is wanted by new City boss Enzo Maresca amid a summer of big changes at the Etihad Stadium.

#curtis #jones #Inter #Milan

Robert Irwin is celebrating some big news from his former Dancing With the Stars partner, Witney Carson.
Carson recently announced that she and her husband, Carson McAllister, are expecting their third child. The professional dancer shared the news on August 17 while also revealing that she will return for Season 35 of Dancing With the Stars, this time partnered with Guillermo Rodriguez.
The pregnancy announcement quickly made its way back to Irwin, who won Season 34 of the competition with Carson. Fans on Reddit recently revisited his reaction to the news, with one post highlighting the sweet exchange between the former partners.
"No audio of it, but Robert's reaction is so sweet," the original poster said.
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#dancing

The dismissal of chief operating officer Kevin Lamour by Fifa sends a "deeply troubling message to all of us seeking change", according to Uefa vice-president Laura McAllister.
On Monday evening, world football's governing body confirmed Lamour's exit, coming just over two weeks after he told the ******* ociated Press that the Fifa administration was "deceived" by president Gianni Infantino regarding a proposal to sell shares in a World Cup entity to private investors.
Lamour's public statement on 31 July, alongside the resignation of senior adviser Carlos Cordeiro earlier that day, placed Infantino under severe pressure, with Lamour labelling the private investment initiative as "the project of one person".
McAllister, a former Wales captain and current Uefa executive committee member who previously worked alongside Lamour when he served as deputy general secretary at the European governing body, has now voiced strong criticism of his sacking.
"I know Kevin Lamour to be an honourable and exemplary sports leader who was a trusted colleague of mine when I was first elected to Uefa Ex Co," McAllister said in a statement.

#infantino

The record breaking Ole Miss running back joins an exclusive list in program history. Lacy becomes just the 12th Rebel since 2000 to be named a preseason First Team All American by a major outlet. The previous winners were:
Deuce McAllister (2000)
Terrence Metcalf (2001)
Eli Manning (2002-03)
Patrick Willis (2006)

#miss #lacy #terrence

There's real uncertainty over Liverpool's next move as it's confirmed that they're not in talks with a World Cup star.
Liverpool have not planned their midfield correctly, I think that's fair to say. There's massive uncertainty over what it'll look like going forward, made worse by the fact it's not particularly balanced.
They have, of course, locked down Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai to long-term deals. The pair of them will play the foreseeable future at Anfield. Trey Nyoni looks like a long-term fixture, too, even if he'll need a better contract before confirming that.
Curtis Jones, though? Who knows what's happening there. His deal expires in under a year and there's next to no impression that he'll be signing a new one. We fully expect him to depart either in the coming weeks or in 2027.
And then there's Alexis Mac Allister. Talk around Mac Allister's contract has been conspicuously absent in light of the other 2023 arrivals getting deals. It's created a lot of speculation that he could be on his way, either now or in 2027.

#uncertainty #next #term

After plenty of speculation, Dancing With the Stars pro Witney Carson finally revealed that she is indeed pregnant with baby number three.
The 32-year-old first announced her pregnancy Monday morning on Good Morning America, sharing that she and her husband, Carson McAllister, are preparing to welcome another member to their brood.
Carson also spoke to PEOPLE, saying, "My family is growing. We're so blessed to keep growing our family." The professional dancer added, "I can't wait to become a family of five."
As any expectant mother knows, working full time during a pregnancy isn't always easy. Add in a physically demanding job, like dancing, and the struggle is real. Carson candidly opened up to PEOPLE about how she's handling it this time around. "I am just in pure survival mode, she said. "I am constantly trying to eat to keep nausea at bay. I'm trying to rest as much as I can. I think with two toddlers, it's very difficult to rest, but my husband has been an absolute champ, and he has allowed me to rest, and he's very much taking care of all of us."
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#family

Witney Carson is expanding her family
The Dancing with the Stars professional dancer is expecting her third baby with husband Carson McAllister
The professional dancer first announced the exciting news on Good Morning America but spoke with PEOPLE about her pregnancy in a recent interview
Witney Carson is pregnant and heading back to the ballroom!
The Dancing with the Stars professional dancer, 32, is expecting her third baby with husband Carson McAllister, first announcing the news on August 17 on Good Morning America. Carson recently spoke with PEOPLE about her pregnancy, sharing that she is "so incredibly grateful" to become a mom again.

#good #America

Andoni Iraola and his training staff were all present on the touchline which was wonderful to see knowing that the main event at Anfield was soon approaching. There were even a handful of senior players watching from the balcony and I'll note that only Milos Kerkez and Dominik Szoboszlai stayed until the end.
I'm going to start by mentioning new signing Victor Munoz, this kid has pace to burn and is almost brutally direct. There are no Rio Ngumoha step overs but raw power and determination as well some nice switches of direction to throw the shadowing defenders off balance. Munoz also showed his ability with both feet in delivering good crosses and was Liverpool's best attacking outlet.
The other starting winger was Harvey Elliott, a term that should be loosely used in describing his wide play because despite Iraola's vocal instructions for Elliott to stay out wide he ignored him and continued to drift infield seeking the ball. This caused center forward Chiesa to have to go out wide on the right and leaving us with no focal point of attack. I really feel for Elliott after the way his past two seasons have gone but he needed to shake that all off yet it seems he is either vastly shot of confidence or he is trying too hard to be involved to the point he lacks discipline and broke the structure Iraola wanted.
The only other player I really feel is worth mentioning is Trey Nyoni who played the full 70 minutes and was vocally commanding at times during the second half as well positionally disciplined with good breaking up of play and forward passing. Very impressive for a young player who seems to have decided this is going to be his season to prove his worth and has given everything.
Beyond these observations Alexis Mac Allister played around sixty minutes and Wataru Endo played the full match as a center back with none of the senior center backs involved so we should see both new signings Jeremy Jacquet and Ronald Araujo get some playing time in the real friendly later.

#iraola #senior

Lani Pallister of Australia stunned Katie Ledecky with her first international loss in the 800m freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships on Saturday night.
Pallister was under world-record pace for much of the race and touched in 8 minutes, 6.10 seconds to erase Ledecky's championship record from 2018. Ledecky, the four-time Olympic champion in her signature event, took silver in a season-best 8:07.26.
The American's lone previous defeat in an 800m free final since 2010 came in a small domestic meet in February 2024 against rising star Summer McIntosh of Canada.
"I was just so locked in and I've been really focused on what I want," Pallister said. "The 800 is my favorite event. Katie's such a dominant force."
Responding to defeat, Ledecky said: "That was definitely my best swim of the week, so I'm actually pretty happy with it. If I was going to get second tonight, I wanted to make it a good one. Just wanted to make it hard for Lani."

#ledecky #Event

One of the autographs that Katie Ledecky signed in the summer of 2014 was for a 12-year-old Australian named Lani Pallister.
"Dream big!" Ledecky inscribed in a small spiral notebook, an image that for a time was Pallister's screen saver.
Tonight, Pallister will dare to to dream big.
The final night of the Pan Pacific Championships, the biggest meet of 2026 for Americans and Australians, features potentially the most seismic swim of the year. Coverage airs at 10 p.m. ET on Peacock and NBCSN from Irvine, California.
Pallister has a chance to become the first swimmer to beat Ledecky in an 800m freestyle championship final.

#pallister #dream

In one of the biggest shocks of the meet through three days, world record holder Summer McIntosh missed the championship final of the women's 400 freestyle Friday morning, finishing ninth in prelims in 4:08.56.
McIntosh posted a time more than 14 seconds slower than her own world record. It's a stunning result in an event she's dominated internationally over the past year, and it continues a disappointing week in freestyle events for the Canadian superstar.
McIntosh came into the 400 off after losing the 200 freestyle by 0.19 seconds to Australia's Lani Pallister on day one after scratching the 200 ******* erfly. That result already raised eyebrows given her status as one of the most dominant swimmers in the sport. However, missing a final outright is a different level of surprise.
McIntosh is never shy about racing a heavy program, and the ******* ulative toll of that schedule may be part of the story. She was able to win gold last night in the 400 IM, making the freestyle stumbles specifically notable rather than a sign of an across-the-board slump.
With McIntosh out of the picture, Katie Ledecky and Pallister will settle the 400 free between themselves tonight, a rematch of sorts after Pallister pushed Ledecky hard in the 1500 free on Wednesday.

#mcintosh #pallister #free

World record-holder Summer McIntosh failed to qualify for the 400m freestyle final at the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, California, on Friday, slumping to the ninth-quickest time in the heats.
The 19-year-old Canadian sensation, who won three gold medals at the Paris Olympics, clocked 4min 08.56sec -- more than 14 seconds outside the world record she set last year before going on to win the world ******* le in Singapore.
McIntosh had been expected to figure in a three-way battle for the Pan Pacs crown with US freestyle great Katie Ledecky and Australian Lani Pallister.
Ledecky led the way into Friday night's final with a time of 4:03.48 and Pallister, who won the 200m free and took silver behind Ledecky in the 1,500m on Wednesday, was fourth-quickest.
The competition that brings together top swimmers from non-European countries has been a mixed bag for McIntosh.

#World #time

According to one reporter, Alexis Mac Allister is on a shortlist of potential transfer targets for Manchester City in the final three weeks of the window.
Enzo Maresca's side aren't the first Premier League club to be linked with a move for the Liverpool midfielder this summer, either – there were fleeting rumours last month that his former side Chelsea had been attentive to the Argentine's situation at Anfield.
Murmurings over a potential switch to Real Madrid have continued to do the rounds as well, and the speculation over the 27-year-old isn't subsiding amid his return to the AXA Training Centre this week, having come back from his post-World Cup holiday.
Transfer reporter Ben Jacobs has now indicated that Man City have Mac Allister as a shortlisted midfield target alongside Adam Wharton and Enzo Fernandez, although that apparent interest hasn't evolved into anything concrete as of yet.
The journalist told talkSPORT's Transfer Insiders: "I know internally Alexis McAllister has been mentioned [by Man City], but there's been no contact yet, or developments with Liverpool, so that's just more part of a shortlisting process than anything to get excited about."

#side

Liverpool have spent this window in a way that looks tidy on paper, but football rarely lets you hide behind neat lists. Two defenders have arrived in Jeremy Jacquet and Ronald Araujo, Victor Munoz has been added out wide, and Harvey Elliott is back after a spell away. Yet the conversation that keeps coming back, and for good reason, is the one about Liverpool midfield balance.
That is why the comments from Darragh MacAnthony on talkSPORT land with a bit of force. He has urged Liverpool to go big for Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton before the window shuts, and the case is easy enough to understand when you look at the shape of this squad.
Photo: IMAGO
MacAnthony said: "I'd love them to sign Adam Wharton. I think [Alexis] Mac Allister, for me, his legs were gone last year. It was only when he put an Argentina shirt on that his legs reappeared.
"If you could do business there with him going, I think you bring [Wharton] in and you've got a player for the next seven, eight years that will be a starter. He's got so much upside and potential in him. Even if he costs £85m-£100m or whatever else, you're getting the player for the long-term."

#macanthony #window #jeremy

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California will host one of the world's biggest international swimming meets this week — get ready for the 2026 Pan Pacific Championships.
The last time the Pan Pacs were on American soil was in 2010. The meet usually takes place every four years in between Olympic Games, but with a disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this will mark the event's first iteration since 2018.
Given the Pan Pacs only include non-European nations, the American team is usually challenged most by longtime rival Australia. Athletes from nations like Canada, China, **** an, Brazil and South Africa will also participate.
Fans should be on the lookout for top talents like Katie Ledecky, Summer McIntosh, Lani Pallister, Bobby Finke and Sam Short.

#swimming #usually

Liverpool will have Alexis Mac Allister back in training on Monday. That is the headline, and for Andoni Iraola it matters. Pre-season has been fragmented, the squad has been split by summer commitments, and any new coach wants bodies on the grass, quickly, consistently and without drama.
Mac Allister has been the final absentee after a long 2025/26 campaign that stretched into the World Cup with Argentina. He played a major role in that run, starting almost every game as Argentina reached the final before losing to Spain after extra time. By the time that ended, Liverpool were already deep into pre-season work.
Iraola confirmed the timetable clearly, saying: "We now have virtually our entire squad together, which of course will be very important in the coming days and weeks.
"Victor Munoz, our new signing, joined us at AXA this week having been part of the Spain squad which won the FIFA World Cup last month, as did Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo and Alisson Becker.
"Alexis Mac Allister, the last of our World Cup players, will link up with us on Monday, also."

#World #squad #Monday

A physiotherapist who was part of the Team England backroom staff at the Commonwealth Games has described the "incredible experience" of being part of the games in Glasgow.
Laura Scarlett-McAllister, from Bicester, worked with the English wheelchair basketball teams during the games which ended on 2 August.
The men's team won the silver medal, whilst the women's team claimed gold.
Scarlett-McAllister had a more roundabout way of making it to the games than most, only retraining to become a physio in her 40s.
"I did a lot of sport myself, had a few injuries, and saw the physio quite a lot - so I was interested in physio, but didn't really get into it until later in life," the 55-year-old said.

#games #scarlett #mcallister #commonwealth

The president, Aleksander Ceferin, speaks first. That's the way in a crisis.
Then the natural order: the treasurer and vice president, Sandor Csanyi; English Football **** ociation CEO Mark Bullingham. Male European football executives lined up on the Zoom screen, queueing up to save our world.
But then this emergency meeting of UEFA, European football's governing body, convened in response to FIFA president Gianni Infantino's plan to sell off stakes in its major competitions, takes a twist.
Laura McAllister, another vice president and one of two women on the governing body's 21-member executive committee, takes the microphone. She demands real action: a full boycott of FIFA competitions.
Maybe this means little to you — the fact that on an emergency call of 150 individuals actively wrestling with what they consider to be an existential threat to football's future, it is a woman who issues the call to arms.

#fifa #vice #competitions

We're on Day 42 in our countdown to the New Orleans Saints' season opener with the Detroit Lions, which means we had to make a difficult choice for the Saints Play of the Day. 42 yards is how far the first throw traveled in the infamous "River City Relay," getting the desperate New Orleans offense out of their own territory and putting the Jacksonville Jaguars defense on its heels as time ran out in Week 16. You can watch it for yourself right here.
But it wasn't the only pass completed that afternoon. After Aaron Brooks went deep to Donte Stallworth, the wide receiver lateraled to his teammate Michael Lewis, who picked up 7 yards; by that time, running back Deuce McAllister had worked his way downfield to take the pitch. McAllister gained another 5 yards and found Jerome Pathon wide open with a clean path to the end zone. Pathon ran the last 21 yards to score a touchdown, stunning everyone in the stadium and watching from home.
Of course we know what happened next. John Carney trotted out to kick what should've been the tying extra point to send the game to overtime. But he shanked it, Jacksonville won the day, and New Orleans left with an embarrassing loss.
That wasn't the end of anyone's story. Carney spent the three years with the Saints and even appeared in eight games with the Jaguars later in his career, only to return to New Orleans in time for their Super Bowl run in 2009. He did a solid job filling in for Garrett Hartley early that season until the young pro got back on the field in December, at which point he stuck around as a "kicking consultant." At the time, Carney was just the sixth player in NFL history to appear in 300 regular season games. He made a lot of great memories with New Orleans, even if this afternoon in Jacksonville wasn't one of them.
This article originally appeared on Saints Wire: The 'River City Relay' is the Saints Play of the Day

#jacksonville #time

Real Madrid’s search for midfield reinforcements continues to generate speculation, but one of the club’s long-standing targets does not appear any closer to arriving at the Santiago Bernabeu this summer.
Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister has once again been linked with a move to the Spanish capital following another impressive campaign, yet fresh comments from his father have poured cold water on reports suggesting negotiations are already underway.
While Real Madrid are known to admire the Argentina international, the latest update suggests there has been no direct contact between the two parties, with any potential deal remaining in the realm of speculation.
Speaking to 365Scores (h/t Mundo Deportivo), Alexis Mac Allister’s father, Carlos Mac Allister, categorically denied claims that discussions have taken place with Real Madrid.
“We have not spoken to any Real Madrid officials; the rumours circulating that we are in talks with Real Madrid are not true,” he began.

#madrid #father #bernabeu #Liverpool

Argentina face England at Atlanta Stadium on Wednesday evening in the World Cup semi-finals, targeting a place in Sunday's final against Spain at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
The reigning world champions have won back-to-back Copa América ******* les and the 2022 World Cup. A win on Wednesday would put them in a fourth consecutive major final — a run of consistency unmatched in modern football. Argentina have never lost a World Cup semi-final in five previous appearances. This fixture will be the first time in Messi's career he has faced England.
Scaloni faces selection decisions rather than injury concerns, though the physical toll of two consecutive extra-time matches is a factor. Cristian Romero was substituted at half-time of extra time against Switzerland through exhaustion and is expected to be ******* sed ahead of kick-off.
Facundo Medina is pushing to start alongside Lisandro Martínez in central defence. Nahuel Molina and Nicolás Tagliafico are expected to continue at full-back, both having been replaced before the end of extra time against Switzerland but deemed fresh enough to start.
Reports from Argentina suggested Scaloni trialled a back three in training on Monday, but a wholesale formation change for a semi-final of this magnitude is considered unlikely. The midfield of Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernández and Alexis Mac Allister is expected to continue, with Thiago Almada available from the bench having impressed as a substitute against Switzerland.