Conor Chaplin is looking forward to kick-starting the Premier League adventure of his club Ipswich against a new-look Liverpool side under Arne Slot.
Ipswich will host the Reds at Portman Road on Aug. 17 in a 9:30 am kick-off, with Premier League fixture schedules being released on Tuesday. “Good start,” striker Chaplin said to talkSPORT on starting his top-flight campaign against Liverpool.
“Really happy it’s at home as well – obviously, it’s the first time we’ve been in the Premier League for 22 years as a club so that’s going to be some occasion. Obviously, Liverpool have got a new manager as well so it’s excitement from their part and their fans as well. Really looking forward to it.”
Chaplin will also relish taking on the defending Premier League champions, Manchester City. The 27-year-old expects the clash with the Sky Blues to be one of the toughest of the season.
“When you’re going into your first season in the Premier League for that amount of time it’s exciting, the game,” he added.
“So it’s obviously going to be a big challenge but yeah, it’s exciting – I think that’s the overriding feeling.”
However, one trip tops the lot for Chaplin, who grew up an Arsenal fan. Ipswich will head to the Emirates on Boxing Day.
“I think you look at the big clubs in the league, I think Arsenal – I liked Arsenal growing up as well,” he said.
“So Arsenal on Boxing Day is a really exciting one, such a traditional day for football in this country so it’s probably fallen on a great day so that’ll be exciting. And probably the big clubs as well – I’d love to go to St James’ (Park) for the first time and Old Trafford, they’re probably the ones that stick out.”
However, the report states that Real is Yoro’s preferred destination. Yoro’s release clause stands at a whopping $64.4 million. The Reds were reported to have bid $53.7m in order to steal a march on their rivals.
Liverpool’s pre-season isn’t scheduled to get underway until July, with scheduled fixtures coming against Real Betis, Arsenal, and Man Utd. More fixtures for early July could be announced at a later date.
