by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 28, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player, The Gutter
As the window draws closer to slamming shut Liverpool FC suddenly seems a hive of activity. There have been strong reports The Reds have offered a fee of over £60 million for Thomas Lemar. What does this mean for Liverpool’s other targets and for players who are...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 18, 2017 | Footie
THE English transfer window. Deadline day. Jim White. Yellow ties. Purple objects flying at reporters in cold, dark car parks, and underwhelming, overpriced, last-minute transfers. These are some of the notable facets associated with the transfer market in the modern...
by Josh Sexton | Aug 8, 2017 | Footie
LIVERPOOL’S on-off pursuit of Virgil van Dijk took yet another twist on Monday evening as the Dutchman released a public statement outlining his desire to leave Southampton. https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldWrap/status/894596826254516235 Under 24 hours before, Jürgen...
by The Anfield Wrap | Aug 7, 2017 | Podcast, TAW Player
Paul Senior was joined by Andy Heaton, Craig Hannan and Josh Sexton to react to the breaking news that Virgil van Dijk has handed in an official transfer request at Southampton. The lads sift through the Dutchman’s public statement and debate Liverpool’s...
by Rob Gutmann | Aug 3, 2017 | Footie
THE clock is really ticking now. The transfer window is done for in four weeks’ time. The league campaign starts in less than 10 days and potentially the new season’s most important game — the first leg of a Champions League playoff — is scheduled...
by Rob Gutmann | Jul 27, 2017 | Footie
THERE’S a conspiracy theory doing the rounds that Liverpool’s owners have secretly known all along that they would be selling Phil Coutinho this summer. It follows that Liverpool’s care-free £70million level bidding for the likes of Virgil van Dijk...
by David Segar | Jul 11, 2017 | Footie
IT’S transfer season, which means excitement, anticipation, theorising, frustration, fear and mild Twitter addiction. After a slow start by all, deals are happening all over the place now. Even my work team have just had a star striker poached for an upcoming summer...
by Gareth Roberts | Jul 11, 2017 | Footie
MORE than a month has passed since the bubble of optimism growing over Liverpool’s summer ambition was burst in an instant. Just as it seemed the much-mentioned “statement of intent” was being readied with Virgil van Dijk set to become the world’s most expensive...
by Josh Sexton | Jul 7, 2017 | Footie
LIVERPOOL have been linked with a string of players since the end of the 2016-17 season from the implausible to the nailed on, from Championship youngsters to internationally-coveted wonder-kids. While some potential deals have fallen by the wayside in that time,...
by Ian Salmon | Jul 7, 2017 | Footie
EVERY so often I get to sit in a room with people who know what they’re doing, people who have genuine contacts, people who check their stories with multiple sources, people who take those checks to the clubs and ask for comments, people who know how difficult it is...