Author: Luke Phelps

Friends Of Liverpool

Is Toby Alderweireld the missing piece to Klopp’s Title Challenge?

Tottenham Hotspur’s defender Toby Alderweireld may be on the move this summer, and he could hold the key to a genuine title challenge for Liverpool. Liverpool’s Achilles heel of recent years has been there defence. Players coming and going, goalkeepers switching and swapping with every game, but the arrival of Virgil Van Dijk has brought […]

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‘Salah worth over £144 million’ according to the mysterious CIES Rankings.

This week it was revealed that Liverpool’s Egyptian sensation Mohamed Salah’s transfer value had increased more than any other player’s in Europe’s top five leagues. Salah is only 25 years old and is currently the Premier Leagues top scorer with 24 goals already this season. But new data from the CIES has revealed that Salah’s […]

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My Earliest LFC Memories

Growing up I was Liverpool mad. My room was coated in red paint with a Liverpool border around it. My first watch was bought from the Anfield Megastore. And the first book I read was the Official Liverpool FC Annual of 2004. I was always the one who brought a football to school, and that […]

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Liverpool’s March record makes for good reading as we leave February.

This Saturday Liverpool host a Newcastle United side managed by former Reds boss Rafa Benitez, as they look to kick-start the month of March with a win. In what is his third season as the Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp is set to achieve his best finish to a season so far, with his Liverpool side sitting […]

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Facts for thought: Can Liverpool win the Champions League?

After Wednesday night’s hammering of Porto in the Round of 16 of The Champions League, Liverpool have more than a week off football to rest themselves ahead of the business end of the Premier League season. Records upon records were broken in Liverpool’s 5-0 demolition of Porto, where Sadio Mane grabbed himself a much-needed hat-trick […]

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Mo Salah and The ‘Selling Club’

Amidst early reports of Real Madrid interest in Mo Salah, it signifies Liverpool’s inability to retain talent in order to win the Premier League. The Egyptian forward has lit up the Premier League since his summer move to Anfield, scoring 28 goals already this season. So it comes as no surprise that he is already […]

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Incosistency is only thing between Reds and a 2nd place finish.

As the Premier League closes in on the final third of the season, Liverpool are sitting pretty in 3rd place – 3 points behind Manchester United and 18 behind runaway leaders Manchester City. Of the remaining 13 games od the season, Liverpool face only 4 team in the too half of the table and play […]

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Sturridge: Why it hasnt worked under Klopp?

With the World Cup drawing ever closer, players in all leagues of football are pushing that extra bit to ensure their place on the plane to Russia. One player who’s chances of heading to World Cup are receding is Liverpool’s forgotten front-man Daniel Sturridge. The one time Premier League and Champions League winner is a […]

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Good Wilshere Hunting: Liverpool’s Next Number 10?

This blog like many other Liverpool FC based ones, will be full of material on Philippe Coutinho. Even after his departure from The Reds, fans cannot stop talking about him. Whether it be reminiscing about his talent or spite over his well-publicised move to the European giants Barcelona. Increasing in the discussion is the glaring […]

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