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The Gutter: Fax Of Life

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:46:54 +0000

As expected, Liverpool look set to exit the January transfer window without making a significant move in the market, but is the groundwork for the summer already underway? Rob Gutmann as joined for the final Gutter of the transfer window by Andy Heaton, Neil Atkinson and Phil Blundell.

The Gutter: Hudson-Odoi On Reds Radar?

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:51:56 +0000

With only just over a week to go and rumours still circulating that Liverpool could still do some business in the window, we pore over the latest links and consider the possibilities. Rob Gutmann was joined for the second Gutter show of the week by Ian Ryan, Andy Heaton and Mo Stewart.

The Gutter: Does Palace Scare Show Squad Shortcomings?

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 14:43:41 +0000

Rob Gutmann is joined by Paul Cope, Adam Smith, Mike Nevin and Neil Atkinson for your first Gutter show of the week to chat about the latest rumours around Coutinho and whether Liverpool could do with a player like Wilf Zaha.

The Gutter: Liverpool’s Forward Thinking

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 14:31:46 +0000

The strong assumption that Liverpool won't do much in the market this January hasn't stopped the Reds from being linked from a slew of players, with a few big name forwards being mentioned in dispatches. But do any of them fit the very narrow profile of player required to succeed at Liverpool Football Club. Joining [...]

The Gutter: Coutinho No Go?

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 13:52:10 +0000

With news coming out of Barcelona that their most expensive signing in history if unhappy at the Camp Nou inevitably leading to links to the Brazilian back to the Premier League, is it beyond the realms of fantasy to consider a return for the prodigal Brazilian to Anfield? Rob Gutmann is joined for your first [...]

The Gutter: Liverpool’s Ki Transfer Focus

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 13:09:32 +0000

With Liverpool again linked with a move for a central defender, but this time with a view to a loan, what is the likelihood of a new arrival despite claims to the contrary from those close to the club? Would bringing someone in be counter productive with the very real possibility of Liverpool being back [...]

The Gutter: Forward Thinking Liverpool Turn To Werner?

Mon, 07 Jan 2019 13:49:54 +0000

Rob Gutmann was alongside Mo Stewart, Adam Smith, Ian Ryan and Lizzi Doyle to dissect this week’s transfers rumours. Nabil Fekir, Timo Werner and Abdulkadir Omur are the names on everybody’s lips today. Plus, thoughts on the sale of Dominic Solanke and Clyne’s loan move to Bournemouth.

The Gutter: Can Liverpool Afford Not To Move In The Market?

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 14:00:00 +0000

Having been on Liverpool's radar for a few seasons the Reds have stood aside and allowed Chelsea a free run to secure the services of the American 20 year-old, surely Liverpool have something else up their sleeve? Joining Rob Gutmann for the first Gutter show of the January window are Andy Heaton, Paul Senior, Mike [...]

The Gutter: Evolutionary Thinking

Sun, 30 Dec 2018 20:06:27 +0000

As Liverpool get better and the better, the harder and harder it is to look to players who might improve Jurgen Klopp's squad, but that doesn't mean the search ever stops, but what was once good enough is now longer the case. So how do Liverpool deal with one of the better problems to have [...]

The Gutter: Liverpool To Go Shopping In January?

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:44:04 +0000

Will Liverpool move in the January market and what do they need? With injuries mounting up in defence will Jurgen look to further reinforce his backline? Joining Rob Gutmann for a speculative Gutter show are Neil Atkinson and Mo Stewart. To hear the full version of our latest Gutter show, as well as exclusive interviews and [...]

The Gutter: Has Shaqiri Impact Altered Liverpool’s Transfer Thinking?

Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:02:07 +0000

Having pulled the plug on spending £60m plus on Nabil Fekir will Liverpool revisit their intention to sign another forward thinking midfielder in January or has the form of Xherdan Shaqiri eased Liverpool's will to spend a fortune on another new attacking addition? Joining Rob Gutmann for the latest Gutter to discuss the above and [...]

Gutter: Should Liverpool Move To Secure Sadio Mane?

Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:15:38 +0000

It's not even November but The Gutter is back with a bang, with one eye on what Liverpool might want to do in January. Joining Rob Gutmann for the latest edition of the Gutter are Dan Sheard, Andy Heaton and Adam Smith. To hear the full version of this show plus more transfer rumour shows right [...]

The Gutter: Liverpool To Get One More In?

Wed, 08 Aug 2018 13:10:20 +0000

With Jurgen Klopp once again refusing to categorically deny Liverpool will make any more moves in the transfer window with just over 24 hour to go, what are the odds are the Reds splashing the cash? Joining Rob Gutmann to talk about how Liverpool's window might end and how they've negotiated the summer as a [...]

The Gutter: Will Liverpool Leave It Late In The Window?

Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:02:30 +0000

Rob Gutmann is back for the the first Gutter of the week in which the transfer window shuts for clubs in England. With Jurgen Klopp refusing to absolutely rule out the possibility of further additions to his squad can we expect any big last minute moves from the boss? Joining Rob to chew the fat [...]

The Gutter: Can Everton Find A Silva Lining Before The Window Shuts?

Fri, 03 Aug 2018 15:45:16 +0000

Paul Senior, hosting his last 'Gutter' show of the summer is joined by Mo Stewart, Josh Sexton and Andy Heaton For this final show before handing the microphone back to Rob Gutmann, the show looks at the rest of the league and see who has and hasn't had a good transfer window and the contrasting [...]

The Gutter – Shipping Out

Wed, 01 Aug 2018 12:42:20 +0000

The Gutter today starts with Christian Pulisic and veers around the odd transfer window freeze which has hit European football. Why is everyone looking at each other? When is the expectation it all starts likely to kick in? Who has to make the first move? The Summer's Gutter has been brought to you by the [...]

The Gutter: Will No Nabil Fekir Mean More Minutes For Curtis Jones?

Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:00:45 +0000

Liverpool are looking less likely to make any more movements in the transfer market, with noises surrounding Nabil Fekir dying down by the day. Even an exciting performance and a reported £70million price tag for Christian Pulisic wasn't enough to stir The Reds from their transfer slumber. So will a lack of further incomings mean more minutes [...]

Gutter: Liverpool’s Transfer List Confirmed

Wed, 25 Jul 2018 21:34:00 +0000

It was made crystal clear earlier in the week which players Jürgen Klopp is prepared to let leave Liverpool and each of them had a valuation the club were seeking to recoup. Starting with Divock Origi we work through that list. The Belgian forward's Liverpool career has stalled and his loan period hasn't been successful [...]

The Gutter: Should The Reds Worry About Their Rivals’ Business?

Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:52:26 +0000

Jürgen Klopp thinks Liverpool's business is done for the summer so we decided to take a look at the wider transfer picture in the Premier League, with a focus on the business or lack of done by The Reds' rivals. Have the Manchester clubs done enough to stop a drop off this season? [...]

The Gutter: Is Alisson Liverpool’s Last Act?

Fri, 20 Jul 2018 13:07:36 +0000

LIVERPOOL aren't messing around in the summer transfer window, announcing their fourth new signing after paying a world-record fee for a goalkeeper for AS Roma's Alisson Becker. Jürgen Klopp is building a serious team that could challenge for the Premier League title but has said he doesn't expect further incomings. So are The Reds done [...]

Gutter: Alisson On The Cards, Fekir In Two Weeks

Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:24:02 +0000

Tons to get through on the Gutter today and news breaks during it about Liverpool's accepted offer to AS Roma for Alisson Becker to become the most expensive goalkeeper in history. The most expensive goalkeeper in history. To go with the most expensive centre back in history. Does this suggest something about Liverpool's approach under [...]

Gutter: Martin Tyler, Nabil Fekir And Ings To Southampton

Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:35:30 +0000

It is a packed Gutter show this week as the World Cup is over and the serious business of transfer rumours can begin in earnest. At The Anfield Wrap we are asking the question - How much is Danny Ings worth? Linked to Southampton this weekend, Ings is supposedly going to cost would be buyers [...]

The Gutter: Shaqiri Arrives But Will Reds Rekindle Deal For Fekir?

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:54:20 +0000

Paul Senior, stepping in for Rob Gutmann, hosts our third Gutter show of the week as the Gutmann holiday curse strikes again, no sooner does Rob step foot on foreign soil Liverpool finally decide to make their move for Xherdan Shakiri. Joining Paul for a chat about Shaqiri, a potential renewed bid for Nabil Fekir [...]

The Gutter: Karius Puts Klopp In A Spot Of Bother

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:14:17 +0000

A thorough Gutter today looking at the transfer landscape as surrounds Liverpool Football Club - and matters external to the transfer committee are the focus. It starts with Loris Karius. What happened on the pitch last night could possibly have a knock effect on Jürgen Klopp's plans. Karius has put himself and his manager under [...]

The Gutter: Striking Options

Mon, 09 Jul 2018 13:35:56 +0000

Rob Gutmann chairs the penultimate Gutter show before the takes annual migration to sunnier climes. Joining him to look at some potential links both and and out of the club as the transfer window starts to pick up the pace as the World Cup enters its final stages and clubs report back for pre-season are [...]

The Gutter: Dybala, Shaqiri & Hoever Can Play In Goal

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 16:48:42 +0000

Rob Gutmann brings you your final Gutter of the week with even more fresh rumours to feast upon. With red hot links to Juventus hitman Paulo Dybala coming from the continent can we attach any seriousness to the rumours? And with Jurgen Klopp coming out and backing his goalkeeper Loris Karius despite links to Jack [...]

The Gutter: Does Yerry Mina Make Sense For Liverpool?

Wed, 04 Jul 2018 13:45:11 +0000

After another dramatic night in the World Cup, Colombian defender and scorer Yerry Mina has been linked with Liverpool again. Should The Reds be in the market for another defender, and if so does Mina make the most sense? Joining host Rob Gutmann to discuss that, and the credibility of other Liverpool transfer links, is [...]

Gutter: Fekir Nonsense The Oldest Trick In The Book

Mon, 02 Jul 2018 17:32:17 +0000

Rob Gutmann was joined for your first Gutter show of the week by Andy Heaton, Glenn Price and Adam Melia to pour over the latest reports in France concerning future of Nabil Fekir. Also in the show they have a chat about the possible goalkeeper merry-go-round that is threatening to affect some of the top [...]

The Gutter: Shaq Attack

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 13:43:51 +0000

Rob Gutmann was joined for the last Gutter show of the week by Andy Heaton, Gareth Roberts and Paul Senior to chat about an actual Liverpool signing in 17-year-old Bobby Duncan who has joined the club from Manchester City for a fee in the region of £200,000. What are the machinations behind the move and [...]

The Gutter: Ings Moving On

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 14:33:50 +0000

Its all very quiet at Melwood at the moment as the serious football business takes place 2,000 miles away in Russia. However that doesn't stop the rumours flying round the gutter press on potential ins and outs at Anfield. Rob Gutmann is joined by Glenn Price, Adam Smith and John Gibbons to rate the chances [...]

The Gutter: Round In Circles

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:20:46 +0000

Rob Gutmann was joined for the first Gutter show of the week to take on the rumours that just refuse to die. With suggestions from France that a deal for Nail Fekir isn't quite as dead as had been assumed and more links again to Xherdan Shaqiri, will the Reds get a deal over the [...]

Gutter: Is Pope A Cat Worth A Lick?

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:06:40 +0000

Rob Gutmann was joined for the last gutter show of the week to discuss fresh Liverpool goalkeeper links with the Reds being linked to Burnley stopper Nick Pope Nabil Fekir is currently 1.71 to stay at Lyon and 2.15 to move to Liverpool Alisson Becker is currently 1.37 to join Real Madrid, 3.15 to stay [...]

Gutter: Is The Nabil Fekir Deal Dead?

Wed, 20 Jun 2018 13:59:04 +0000

Reports emerged last night which suggested that a deal for Nabil Fekir isn't completely dead in the water, with his agent insisting the story is not over and Fekir himself refusing to speak about his future while away with France. Could there yet be a twist in the tale? To discuss that and more concerning [...]

Gutter: Less Killer, More Filler For Reds Transfer Targets

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:17:46 +0000

Rob Gutmann was joined for the first Gutter show of the week to discuss those Xherdan Shaqiri rumours that refuse to go away as well as taking another look at Liverpool's goalkeeping situation by Adam Melia and Rick McEvoy.

Gutter: Acting The Gotze

Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:11:43 +0000

Rob Gutmann talks with Dan Morgan and Neil Atkinson about where Nabil Fekir may well end up this summer. Rob fancies he really will still be on Liverpool's radar. There is every chance they cannot find an alternative. Fekir is 23/20 to end up at Liverpool with Redsbet.com Mario Gotze is another player newly linked [...]

The Gutter: Playing Games With Alisson

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 13:37:46 +0000

Rob Gutmann was joined for the latest instalment of summer Gutter fun by John Milburn and Krishen Bhautoo as they discuss Liverpool's renewed links with AS Roma custodian Alisson Becker as well as pulling apart suggestions that the Reds hunt for Nail Fekir may not be quite dead.

The Gutter: Feckless Reds

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:16:48 +0000

Rob Gutmann is joined by Melissa Reddy and John Gibbons to pick the bones out of a dramatic weekend off the pitch for Liverpool, when Liverpool looked all set to sign French international Nabil Fekir, and then they very much weren't. Joe's Senior Football Correspondent Melissa Reddy talks us through the various twists and turns [...]

The Gutter: Planes, Trains and Nabil Fekir

Fri, 08 Jun 2018 13:09:42 +0000

The Gutter today is all about Nabil Fekir, his likely knock on effects, what he is up to, how Klopp will be viewing him and what he says about our summer plans. Will the deal happen or won't it? What are Liverpool waiting on? How has it become complicated? We're also linked to Xherdan Shaqiri [...]

The Gutter: Nabil Fekir The Reds’ Next Saga?

Mon, 04 Jun 2018 13:39:42 +0000

It’s Monday’s transfer Gutter show, the day after Nabil Fekir was rumoured to be travelling to Merseyside for a medical which was never forthcoming. Is that deal building up to be Liverpool’s next transfer saga? Will The Reds be able to get Fekir and a new goalkeeper in before the World Cup? To debate [...]

The Gutter: Jeepers Keepers

Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:46:48 +0000

Rob Gutmann was joined on the latest edition of the Gutter show by Andy Heaton, Josh Sexton and Gareth Roberts. With links to even more goalkeepers emerging in the European press does Loris Karius have a chance of salvaging his Liverpool career or is it all over bar the signature of his replacement?

The Gutter: Fabinho The First Of Many?

Wed, 30 May 2018 16:01:07 +0000

Our first Gutter since the final. Neil Atkinson hosts rather than Rob Gutmann who is preparing himself for the challenge to come. We talk about Fabinho and what it tells us about Liverpool's approach this window. We then move through all the goalkeeper runners and riders. Alisson, Jan Oblak, Jack Butland and Jasper Cillessen so [...]

Gutter: Just For Keeps

Thu, 24 May 2018 13:05:04 +0000

Minds of lesser men may be elsewhere, but the spirit of transfer tattle within Rob Gutmann endures With links to Jack Butland that refuse to go away and noise from Roma about Alisson not being allowed to move in this summers window, have Liverpool switched targets and priorities, especially given the improvement in Loris Karius? [...]

The Gutter: Keeping Up Appearances

Mon, 21 May 2018 17:30:13 +0000

It's an action packed Gutter as Rob Gutmann looks beyond Kyiv. He's the only man who can We start with Anderson Talisca, some giant lad banging them in in Turkey. What of him? Is he a plausible Liverpool target? Then we get stuck right into The Emre Can Question. It is one for the ages [...]

The Gutter: Little Fekir

Mon, 14 May 2018 18:39:31 +0000

Rob Gutmann was joined for the latest instalment of his blockbusting 'Gutter' show by Steve Graves, Rick McEvoy and John Gibbons to pour over all the early summer transfer goss.

The Gutter: Will The Reds Nab Fekir From France?

Tue, 08 May 2018 17:21:26 +0000

The Gutter is back! Rob Gutmann is joined by Neil Atkinson and Glenn Price to discuss the potential incomings of Nabil Fekir, Christian Pulisic, Ousmane Dembele, Ruben Neves, James Madison and Ryan Sessegnon.

The Gutter: Spender?

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 18:52:32 +0000

The season might be nearly over, but so much still to play for have we been ignoring the machinations of the upcoming summer transfer window? Joining Rob Gutmann to peruse the latest transfer tattle are Rick McEvoy, John Gibbons and Ian Salmon.

The Gutter: Smoke and Mirrors

Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:46:49 +0000

Rob Gutmann was joined for the latest instalment of his 'Gutter' show as the speculation about potential Summer moves begin to heat up. Joining him to talk of potential moves in and out of Anfield are Neil Atkinson, Rob Gutmann and GOAL.COM's returning prodigal son, Neil Jones.

The Gutter: Zielinksi A Link That Won’t Piotr Out

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:20:31 +0000

Of course there is a transfer show when there is a raft of news. We have chat about Allison, Jorginho, Emre Can and Pulisic here and the likelihood of each signing occurring for The Reds. Would there need to be departures before anything else is incoming in midfield bar what we can already anticipate? What [...]

The Gutter: A Dry January

Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:16:10 +0000

More of a summation of a month than a discussion of a day but Liverpool's incoming transfer business would appear to be done and to have been done for some time. It's our last Transfer Gutter show of the January window and taking stock are Rob Gutmann, John Gibbons, Dan Morgan and Neil Atkinson. To [...]

The Gutter: Poker Face Or Straight Shooting – Are The Reds Done In The Transfer Market?

Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:02:15 +0000

Liverpool and their manager Jurgen Klopp keep insisting that the club will no be doing any business in the transfer window. Who is responsible for this and is this decision final? What are the tactical ramifications of this call from the club? Is there a way to remodel the approach we have seen from Klopp [...]