Dominik Szoboszlai is perhaps the player with the least defined role as a ‘Number 10’ at Liverpool, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing… WHEN we were in America this summer, I said on a show I thought the number 10 was more of an...
FSG have caused some PR disasters since they’ve been at the club, but letting Trent Alexander-Arnold walk for free would be a legacy-defining gaffe… WHEN thinking about football’s greatest PR gaffes, I’m left ruing the decrepit millennial I am fast...
People have always left matches early, and for a number of reasons. Blaming those who do after a bad result makes little sense… EVERY home game, in the early stages of time added on, I’ll usually get a tap on my shoulder. My seat is on the stairwell of...
Mikel Arteta’s journey from head coach to manager is nothing new for England’s elite but Arne Slot seems likely to follow a different path… IN THE SLOWEST of news weeks, something gripped me about Mikel Arteta’s new deal at Arsenal. Among the...
As Federico Chiesa becomes Liverpool’s sixth senior out-and-out forward, how does he fit into The Reds’ squad needs this season? FEDERICO Chiesa couldn’t look any happier to be a Liverpool player. Player announcement media is often generic and...
As Rafa Benitez shares further stories about his time at Anfield, is it worth revisiting a strange relationship with such a great man? IN many ways, Rafael Benitez’s mid-to-late Liverpool era remains none of my business. I was still following Liverpool home and...
Both Arne Slot and Richard Hughes have had differing starts to their Liverpool careers, ahead of the new Premier League season kicking off… THINGS Arne Slot could have said and done in his first press conference: Committed to Trent Alexander-Arnold at...
What makes Jürgen Klopp perfect for the England manager job, as well as the antithesis to the identity that surrounds the position… JÜRGEN Klopp and the England job is fundamentally hard to argue against. His presence in any capacity is difficult to...
As Trent Alexander-Arnold became a national scapegoat, this week revealed that England has far bigger problems… IN this, the week of all things British culture, I’m patriotically filled with feelings only England in 2024 can bring. We are left perpetually...
With the Arne Slot era now officially underway at Liverpool, here are 5 of his most pressing matters to sort through… THE mural paint is only just dry, the hangover barely subsided but the transition of feeling from the past to the future remains...