THIS is a complete chapter from Simon Hughes’ book Red Machine: Liverpool FC in the ’80s: The Players’ Stories on former striker Michael Robinson who turns 59 today — charting life under Joe Fagan and becoming a cult figure in Spain. ‘THATCHER...
IT’S transfer season, which means excitement, anticipation, theorising, frustration, fear and mild Twitter addiction. After a slow start by all, deals are happening all over the place now. Even my work team have just had a star striker poached for an upcoming summer...
IT’S 20 years ago today that Liverpool signed Paul Ince. The England midfielder arrived for £4.5million from Inter Milan and was immediately dubbed as the “the final piece in the jigsaw.” The arrival of the hard-tackling midfielder was a headline-grabbing move,...
THE signing of Mohamed Salah will no doubt bring another dimension to Jürgen Klopp’s frontline next season. While Philippe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane all enjoyed stellar seasons, the absence of at least one proved damaging to the team —...
JÜRGEN Klopp can tuck into some cake, drink some real ale or do whatever else takes his fancy to celebrate his 50th birthday today, safe in the knowledge that he retains the backing of all concerned to make Liverpool succeed. Just under a year ago, Klopp penned a...
“LIVERPOOL are a big club, we have to bring Liverpool back in the Champions League, because it’s where it has to be.” That was Philippe Coutinho last month, responding to yet another round of questions about interest in his services from Barcelona. That Liverpool are...
PICTURE the scene. Liverpool go big and go early on a young talent to bolster the forward line, the African Player of the Year no less. A big money deal is signed, sealed and delivered on the first day of June. No messing about. Said player — who is headed for...
CHARLIE MALAM TERRY McDermott. Tommy Smith. Phil Neal (twice). Kenny Dalglish. Alan Kennedy. Steven Gerrard. Xabi Alonso. All players who scored in Liverpool’s five European Cup final victories. There’s one other name to add to that list. One that seems so completely...
“THE truth, just like you, just like me, is never that simple.” Forgive me the indulgence of starting this with a quote from a friend’s debut album (Hightown Pirates’ ‘Dry and High’ out on June 16, trust me, you’ll love it) but it’s absolutely pertinent to what we’re...
SEVEN years ago this past weekend, Rafael Benitez left Liverpool ‘by mutual consent’. Like many such announcements, this was hardly news to anyone who took an interest in the developments at Anfield. The writing had been on the wall for weeks and Christian Purslow’s...
