{"id":319345,"date":"2025-12-16T16:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/319345\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T16:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:29:13","slug":"liverpool-make-annual-christmas-visit-to-alder-hey-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/319345\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Make Annual Christmas Visit to Alder Hey Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Liverpool men\u2019s squad made their annual Christmas visit to Alder Hey Children\u2019s Hospital on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>As is tradition each December, Reds players and staff spent time around the West Derby facility to spread a little festive cheer.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ail=\"331772\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/arne-slot\/\" title=\"Arne Slot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arne Slot<\/a> and his team met patients and their families, as well as Alder Hey staff, posed for photographs and shared LFC goodies.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LFC-Alder-Hey-7-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-331780\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LFC-Alder-Hey-1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-331774\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis place is full of heroes, in my opinion, helping so many kids through very tough times. Not only the kids, also the parents,\u201d said Liverpool captain <a data-ail=\"331772\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/virgil-van-dijk\/\" title=\"Virgil van Dijk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Virgil van Dijk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LFC-Alder-Hey-2-copy-600x397.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-331782\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great for us to be here. It\u2019s tough to hear certain stories, but we know what it could bring if we are here and visiting the kids. I\u2019m really happy to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LFC-Alder-Hey-5-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-331778\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LFC-Alder-Hey-3-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-331776\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a data-ail=\"331772\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/curtis-jones\/\" title=\"Curtis Jones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Curtis Jones<\/a> said: \u201cI love coming here with the lads and putting a smile on the kids\u2019 faces and the staff and the families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of it, I hope the kids come away feeling more like themselves and the families get a real boost. And it\u2019s nice to see the staff with how hard they work, giving them a bit of help as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LFC-Alder-Hey-4-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-331777\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LFC-Alder-Hey-6-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-331779\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Liverpool men\u2019s squad made their annual Christmas visit to Alder Hey Children\u2019s Hospital on Monday. 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