IN December 1995, football’s transfer market was changed forever. After five years of battling against his club, the country’s football association and UEFA, Jean Marc-Bosman won his case which would allow football players to move to another club for free upon the...
IT was quite a celebration on Saturday. As Gini Wijnaldum drilled in Liverpool’s winner at Bramall Lane, giving Sheffield United goalkeeper Dean Henderson absolutely no chance (well, a bit of a chance), the players clad in black and teal raced to the away end and...
IT was nearly a clean sweep for Liverpool in the men’s categories at the FIFA’s “The Best” Awards in Milan last night. For the main award, Virgil van Dijk was denied by Lionel Messi – which must have been an odd feeling for both as it was the other way round at...
“FOOTBALL is fantastic when it’s a morning match…” (Frank Sidebottom, “Football Is Really Fantastic” – 1983) I’ve quoted the late great Chris Sievey (aka Frank Sidebottom) before for this column. I love Chris/Frank, a man out of and ahead of his time, but he’s...
WHAT came first, the chicken or the egg? Just how vast is the galaxy? What is Georginio Wijnaldum? With two late goals for his native Netherlands during the international break against both Germany and Estonia, he has looked every inch the class act he often portrays...
IT’S been an interesting few weeks for some of Anfield’s former flings. From surprisingly under-the-radar loan moves, to inflammatory agent statements, being left out of Champions League squads and even bad publicity surrounding book releases. Say what you want about...
AND so the records fall. Liverpool’s dismantling of Burnley saw Jürgen Klopp’s men record their 13th successive league win and thus surpass Kenny Dalglish’s record of 12 from 1990. Afterwards, the manager claimed that he had no idea that the record so much as existed,...
TO the more experienced Liverpool supporter there remains a level of bemusement about Manchester City and their current football swagger. As much as they try to walk the walk – and both team and manager are quite clearly among the best – the whole ‘we belong among the...
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....
“FOR me, he can be one of the most exciting talents in world football. I genuinely believe that. “You see a lot of good players, but this kid – for 19 years of age – he burst onto the scene at the World Cup, but we’d tracked him before that,...
How Balanced Is Liverpool’s Squad | The Gutter Transfer Show
Talking through the latest Liverpool transfer rumours and links and asking whether transfer priorities may have shifted due to the return to form of some players who the Reds were previously happy to replace in the Summer.
Rob Gutmann hosts Kieran Molyneux, Joel Penny and Adam Melia.
