by The Anfield Wrap | Jun 16, 2016 | Footie
IF you were to ask the average fan which nation at this year’s European Championships had the most expensive squad, they probably wouldn’t say Belgium, ALISON MCGOVERN writes. Surely the glittering Spanish, the flamboyant French or the world champions Germany top the...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jun 16, 2016 | Footie
AS today marks Jürgen Klopp’s 49th birthday, JOSH SEXTON has picked out 10 highlights so far from the mouth of the manager throughout his brief spell at Anfield. Like it or not, part of the charm has been how the German deals with the media – the frowns,...
by Adam Smith | Jun 16, 2016 | Footie
I’LL be honest with you all now, I’m not the biggest watcher of football outside of Liverpool games. I’ll watch the big matches, of course, and I’ll stick Match Of The Day on if I’m not doing anything more exciting on a Saturday night. But past that I struggle...
by Michael Nevin | Jun 15, 2016 | Footie
I WAS leaving this opening salvo on Portugal’s Euro hopes until after their first game. It would come as a piece of triumphalism, after the slaying of international minnows Iceland in ‘our’ Group F opener. Without the need for patronising the tiny...
by Joel Rabinowitz | Jun 15, 2016 | Footie
THE dust has settled on England’s 1-1 draw in their Euro 2016 opener versus Russia. That all-too-familiar sense of deflation and disillusion with the national side has resurfaced in the wake of Vasili Berezutski’s 92nd-minute equaliser to earn the Russians a point...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jun 15, 2016 | Footie
Having been vocal on social media when England let their lead over Russia slip right at the death, Glenn Price had an exclusive chat with Paul Scharner about his experiences of being managed by the former Liverpool gaffer. PAUL Scharner has questioned how Roy Hodgson...
by Phil Blundell | Jun 15, 2016 | Footie
LAST week was like a never-ending Gonzalo Higuaín-athon. We had El Pipita apparently saying he wanted to come and play for us, we had Jürgen Klopp turning up at a Copa America game between Argentina and Chile and getting off one minute after Higuaín was substituted,...
by Steve Graves | Jun 14, 2016 | Footie
WE decided to ask Anfield Wrap contributors what they would do this summer with clubs that weren’t their own; how they would resurrect Aston Villa? How can Arsenal make the next step? Who would you hire and who would you fire? Each got to advise, be Director Of...
by The Anfield Wrap | Jun 13, 2016 | Footie
IT’S been a tough year for Lazar Markovic, writes JOSH SEXTON. After 34 appearances and three goals for Liverpool, the Serbian’s season-long loan spell at Fenerbahçe has been dogged by injuries — raising further doubts about his future at Liverpool...
by Phil Blundell | Jun 13, 2016 | Footie
I SAT down to write this and started thinking about how good Spain is. I’ve ended up disappearing for the best part of three hours going off to make a Tortilla Espanola before coming back to do this. I basically reeled off a load of things Spain did really well and...
