Liverpool can’t afford to chase lost causes in the transfer market as Andoni Iraola prepares to take the club into a new age… I love how little it takes to change minds. When Yan Diomande’s name came up as a possible sort-of replacement for Mo...
The World Cups of our youth played a huge role in fostering our love for football at its purest. Then we discover football with agendas… I PLAYED A golden game on Friday night. A golden game is one of those rare occasions where everything you do in a...
From Athletic Bilbao to Rayo Vallecano, Iraola’s journey has been shaped by clubs that represent more than football… Even though I’m far from being an Andoni Iraola expert, there are things I like about him already. I like that he’s from the...
Andoni Iraola is in. Is he as close as you can get to a sure thing? Nope. That chap is in Paris. Does he have the track record of elite excellence, of lifting trophies? Not at all. Oliver Glasner remains out of work. Is this a risk? Absolutely. It’s a big leap....
You will have noticed we are playing our transfer committee games at the moment. They were a great idea by John Furlong all those years ago. There is no end to the ways I enjoy them. Firstly, they have a bit of a reality television vibe where you get to see these...
A new era at Liverpool offers the chance to restore the standards, unity and identity that once made the club so formidable… In 2012 there was a Sky excerpt of Jamie Redknapp returning to Melwood to see the training ground he first visited as a teenage...
In around March 2024 I spoke to somebody who works both in and on football who said to me that agents weren’t sure about their clients going to Liverpool. Not sure about their players, not sure about managers. Nobody knew what would happen once Jurgen Klopp had...
The football never stopped for Liverpool after the Diogo Jota tragedy. A difficult season became about far more than results alone… IT WOULD have impacted anyone. The best Alex Ferguson side. Any Pep Guardiola iteration. The sturdiest mentality monsters led by...
A season which had an eerie resemblance to 2014-15 is finally over for Liverpool. The opportunity to reset must be taken…… In 2015, Sachin Nakrani and I wrote a book, ‘We’re Everywhere, Us’ about the 2014-15 season. Our idea was to carry the flame...
Neil Atkinson’s post-match review for The Anfield Wrap after Liverpool 1 Brentford 1 in the 2025-2026 Premier League at Anfield… I’m glad it is over. But they’ve well and truly burnt my head out this season and today was no exception Liverpool were...
