PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: No-one needed to tell Jurgen Klopp about Jan Oblak before Wednesday night's performance. Liverpool were one of the clubs interested in signing him in 2018.

The former Tottenham Hotspur right-back has been revitalised by his move to La Liga and he was outstanding in Atletico's 3-2 win over Liverpool.

It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's Riath Al-Samarrai reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold this week. 

Drastic action is set to be taken if the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) ends the Premier League season completely, though Liverpool are reportedly set to be confirmed as champions.

Jurgen Klopp possesses the most valuable squad in the transfer market across the continent's top-five leagues, according to CIES Football Observatory.

Klopp's grand plan started reaping its rewards after the Reds became champions of Europe last summer and are now within touching distance of winning their first ever Premier League title.

It had been the club's intention to move to the new state-of-the-art base at the beginning of July that would enable the first team and the Academy to be on one site but that plan has now put on hold.

The German was shipped out to the Turkish giants in the summer of 2018 after his catastrophic errors in that summer's Champions League final helped Real Madrid defeat Jurgen Klopp's side in Kiev.

Jurgen Klopp has admitted the challenge of preparing Liverpool to face Atletico Madrid was like nothing he has ever experienced as the Coronavirus pandemic swept the Spanish capital.

Sevilla 'are preparing to swoop for Liverpool's Xherdan Shaqiri' after the Anfield club said he could leave. The 28-year-old Swiss winger has found game time extremely limited this season.

Jurgen Klopp's men have dominated the current campaign, winning 27 of their 29 league games and are only two victories from being crowned as Premier League champions for the first time.

The Premier League leaders have been heavily linked with RB Leipzig striker Timo Werner and there have been persistent reports about the Germany international having a £51million release clause.

COMMENT: If you want to see how a decision has been received, turn to social media. Within 24 hours of Liverpool revealing they would furlough staff, the club were being ridiculed.

Naby Keita believes he has improved at Liverpool and credits Jurgen Klopp with his growth as a player. The midfielder is yet to convince all Liverpool fans he is deserving of a regular starting role.

Coaching staff have been keeping in touch with the squad to ensure they stay fit during the break from football.

Frank Lampard has guided Chelsea to fourth in the Premier League table and the Blues are on course for another season of Champions League football in his first season in charge.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain believes that experience of losing out provided Liverpool players with a 'heightened respect' for their City counterparts and that has been key in raising expectations.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and captain Jordan Henderson will lead the club's tributes digitally after the final Hillsborough memorial service was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp flew to Brazil to meet Rodrygo when the Real Madrid star was 16 years old, according to the player's representative Nick Arcuri.

Former Liverpool striker Ian Rush believes the current generation of Reds could be 'actually better' than the great sides of the past.

The Senegal star excelled in 2018-19 with 26 goals to propel Liverpool towards a sixth Champions League success and almost to the Premier League title too.

Klopp's side have already won the Champions League last year and Souness believes adding the quality of Werner will add more competition and keep their strength in depth at a high level.

Klopp promised that he would turn 'doubters into believers' at Anfield, but admits nearly five years on that he was fearing the sack after running into trouble early on.

Liverpool assistant boss Pepijn Lijnders has taken the opportunity to use the football break to deliver some special news to club starlet Harvey Elliott.

Liverpool are reportedly set to rival Manchester United for Lille midfielder Boubakary Soumare this summer. United have been heavily linked with the 21-year-old but they may now face competition.

There is a fear that Liverpool supporters will rush to the streets on the day when their first league title since 1990 is confirmed despite the global health crisis.

Kevin-Prince Boateng has named Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp as one of the best managers he has ever worked with. The pair were together at Borussia Dortmund during he 2008-09 season.

It cannot be overstated how vital Salah has been to Jurgen Klopp's side since arriving in the summer of 2017. The 27-year-old has fired 91 goals and provided 37 assists in 144 outings.

James Van Kuilenburg, who is passionate about politics, had attended the presidential campaign event in his hometown of Frederick, Maryland on Thursday.

Ted Cruz says he's the only one that can beat Trump – who he mocks as a chicken when a member of the crowd makes a chicken noise in an Indiana barn.

Ted Cruz found himself cornered by an angry Donald Trump voter on Monday as he campaigned in Indiana. he supporter accused Cruz of playing games with the establishment.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich says voters are 'smart enough' to know what to do without his guidance -- as he leaves the field for Cruz to try to defeat Trump in Indiana.

Trump says he's 'not playing games with Indiana' and says he'll blanket the state as Bobby Knight says he'll be one of the best presidents in history.

The Republican candidate capped off a terrible Tuesday, which saw dire performances in five northeastern primaries, when he made a blunder at a rally in Knightstown, Indiana.

Ted Cruz's new 'running mate' Carly Fiorina says she plans to confine her singing to the campaign bus from now on.

Knight said Ted Cruz showed he's not ready for prime time when he called a basketball hoop a 'ring' instead of a 'rim' this week. Donald Trump brought the coach with him for a 'Fox & Friends' interview.

It's a battle of endorsements in Indiana, as Cruz gets support of Pence while Fiorina rips into Trump for touting 'tough guy' Mike Tyson endorsement.

Cruz and Kasich announced the pact just days ago to try to prevent Trump from scooping up delegates, but they've taken repeated hits for 'collusion.'

The Texas senator spoke at a Fox News town hall Friday in Indianapolis with his running mate Carly Fiorina. He blasted Donald Trump said no one would get 1,237 delegates before the July convention.

'I have Democrat friends and Republican friends. I get along with almost everyone,' Boehner said Wednesday night. 'But I have never worked with a more miserable son of a b***h in my life.'

Graham said Lucifer is the only person Donald Trump could beat in a November general election. That came after retired John Boehner said Ted Cruz, Graham's candidate, is 'Lucifer in the flesh.'

Ted Cruz has taken 10 of the 13 at-large delegates in Virginia, even though he came a distant third place in the state's Super Tuesday primary, where Trump won with 34.7per cent of the vote.

Ted Cruz is ratcheting up the fear factor over a Donald Trump-dominated Republican National Convention, warning that the billionaire could inspire mass violence if he doesn't win.

The Texas Seantor and GOP presidential hopeful insisted his stance was 'common sense', adding: 'It doesn't make sense for grown adult men, strangers, to be alone in a restroom with a little girl.'

Sen. Ted Cruz warned a young man making a disturbance at an Indiana rally yesterday that he would have 'spanked' the youth, who called out to the crowd at Cruz 'you suck.'

Carly Fiorina fell onstage at a Ted Cruz rally in Indiana as the entering candidate barely noticed she'd fallen.

Ted Cruz is in the midst of an angry fight with Donald Trump, and is refusing to say he'd back the billionaire if his rival wins the GOP nomination.

Sen. Ted Cruz's wife Heidi said something on the campaign trail that could bring back up those pesky 'birther' problems. 'Ted is an immigrant,' Heidi Cruz said at a campaign stop in Greenfield, Indiana.

Trump's most definitive statement on Cruz's future came during a wide-ranging interview with DailyMail.com. And Cruz's 'temperament,' he says, might make him ill-suited to the Supreme Court.

Heidi Cruz responded today to one of the internet's weirdest conspiracy theories  – that Sen. Ted Cruz, her husband, was the 'Zodiac Killer.'