THE acquisition of a sixth European Cup comes not only with a sense of pride and joy for Reds all over the world. It also comes with an Owen-esque hand rubbing from Liverpool’s commercial department with the rumours of a possible switch from New Balance to Nike....
IF you wanted one moment that summed up the confidence flowing through the European Champions and current leaders of the Premier League, you got it at Anfield on Saturday. As Roberto Firmino flicked the ball over the head of Dani Ceballos to set himself up for a...
YOU can’t live with Liverpool. You think you can. You set up and do something interesting. You give the full backs room and time. You have four lads in centre mid and the centre forwards shield Fabinho. You’ve given it some thought. You aren’t a mug....
ARE Everton still top of the league? The Reds are just too good for pretty much every team in the world. Irresistible today. Adrian: 8 Makes a great save one on one… “He’s sound, him”. Passes it to their lad with an open goal… “Fuck me,...
THERE’S a certain irony that on the same weekend Liverpool take on Arsenal at Anfield, one plan for an extension of the famous old ground is hopefully abandoned for another. Arsenal, of course, ditched their traditional home of 93 years – Highbury – for...
A FRENETIC start to the season has finally eased. Over the past week, Liverpool were able to rest weary early-season limbs for a full seven days following the important win over Southampton. We are only two league games into the new campaign but already it feels like...
STREET footballers at an elite level are a joy to behold. Luis Suarez, Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard were all phenomenally talented players who held an unnerving amount of raw abandon and instinct, honed into them on the streets of Croxteth, Huyton and Salto,...
PICTURE the scene. It’s early on in the season and Liverpool face an away game they can well do without. There are nervous conversations about the opposition as it’s not the easiest place to go and we’ve been embarrassed there before. Liverpool find themselves two...
I HAVE a theory about football fans. We have all convinced ourselves, no matter who we support, that no-one goes through more stress in games than we do. It doesn’t seem to matter whether a person follows relegation candidates, mid-table mediocrity or runaway league...
THAT became a struggle. Then came excellence. And it was followed by a horrendous time until the relief of the final whistle. Liverpool started well until James Milner went off bleeding. But The Reds were then both poor and under the cosh until the fourth official put...
We get stuck into the big talking points in football finance, with a focus on the financial implications of Salah’s departure from Liverpool, and the ticket price increase.
John Gibbons hosts football business journalist Dave Powell.
