Which Wingers Should Liverpool Target in the Summer Transfer Window?
The transfer market is well and truly open, and we’ve already seen some big names leaving clubs. From Dani Carvajal hanging up his boots and retiring from Madrid, to a landmark move from Jose Morinioho, ‘the chosen one’, returning to The Bernabeu for the first time since his iconic 2010–2013, and Alexia Putellas and Lewandowski […]
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Liverpool Sign Ronald Araujo on Loan From Barcelona
The Reds have finally made a signing! Uruguay international defender Ronald Araújo on a season-long loan from Barcelona, where he had been club captain. The 27-year-old, who can also play at right-back, has taken a pay cut to join Liverpool, with the deal including an option to make the move permanent for £47.1 million, or […]
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Liverpool Chase Ibrahim Mbaye Transfer
Let’s be honest, the Reds haven’t done anywhere near enough in the transfer market this summer. Having brought in Andoni Iraola, the powers that be must surely be aware of the fact that his playing style asks a lot of his players, so numbers are important. Perhaps they would point to the arrival of Jérémy […]
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Liverpool Confirm Plans to Honour Kevin Keegan
It is a sign of how respected Kevin Keegan was across the football world that people from every club he’d ever been associated with had nice words to say about him in the wake of his death last month, aged 75. Now, Liverpool have confirmed their plans to make some ‘special tributes’ to the man […]
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What Did We Learn From Liverpool’s Loss to Leeds?
The first and most important point to make is that the match against Leeds United was a pre-season friendly. That might sound like a slightly ridiculous point to labour, but too many people take pre-season results far too seriously and act as though they signify a portent of doom. We lost three of the friendlies […]
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Anfield’s New Investors: Why the Bezos Talk Should Make Us Uneasy
Bill Shankly once said that the socialism he believed in was ‘everybody working for each other’, and that this was how he saw football and how he saw life. It is worth holding that line in your head this week, because the news drifting out of the boardroom is about as far from the boot […]
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How Live Analysis Changed Life at Kirkby
Walk past a modern training pitch and you will spot nearly as many screens as cones. The days when a session meant a whistle, a few bibs and a manager shouting himself hoarse are long gone. At Liverpool, the backroom staff have spent the best part of a decade turning the training ground into something […]
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Why a Matchday at Anfield Is About More Than the Final Score
Football can be followed from almost anywhere, yet attending a match in person remains a fundamentally different experience. At Anfield, the significance of the occasion extends beyond the ninety minutes played on the pitch. The journey to the stadium, the conversations between supporters, the pre-match anticipation and the collective response to every decisive moment all […]
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Liverpool Legend Kevin Keegan Dies After Short Illness
There aren’t many names that seem to transcend the generational barrier when it comes to football, but Kevin Keegan might well be one of them. In spite of the fact that he left Anfield before I was ever born, I know that he was a big part of Liverpool’s history. I’m also of the age […]
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Why Has Liverpool’s Summer Been So Quiet?
Last season was a terrible one for Liverpool, with the players and manager understandably struggling to cope with the shocking loss of Diogo Jota a little over a year ago. In the end, the lack of decent performances on the pitch cost the manager his job, forcing the owners to bring in Andoni Iraola as […]
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