“WHY don’t you talk about FSG?” It’s a question we were forced to consider over and over again at The Anfield Wrap once upon a time. Jürgen Klopp was Liverpool manager, Anfield’s Main Stand had been successfully expanded, but there was a belief that the owners weren’t...
A CALL has been made for fans attending this Saturday’s game with Newcastle to show their support for local merchants and vendors by wearing their merchandise. This has nothing to do with an attack on the club, though many may see it as that. There will be no walkout...
TWO years after buying the Boston Red Sox, Fenway Sports Group were celebrating winning the World Series, writes STEVE TANCOCK. Not just a World Series, but the first in 86 years for a club and fanbase tortured over that human lifetime time by some utterly agonising...
IT is well known that Liverpool FC’s owners are based in Boston, they own an iconic Major League Baseball club and that, in the 16 years they have been in that position, they have achieved substantial success with three World Series wins between 2004 and 2013 —...
LIVERPOOL Football Club operates at its supreme best, from top to bottom, when it exerts controlled aggression in all aspects of its operations. The lack of controlled aggression in all parts of the club, from top to bottom, is, in my view, currently the difference...
Two current Liverpudlian anniversaries dominate this week’s Anfield Wrap. The first is that Sunday October 8 marked the end of the second year of Jürgen Klopp as Liverpool manager. It’s arguable that right now Klopp finds himself under the most pressure he...
I HAD a conversation with one of my uncles a few weeks ago. Not newsworthy in itself, obviously, but those who have read my ramblings on here previously might have noticed that when a conversation with one of my uncles is mentioned, it’s usually in relation to a...
TRANSFERS are never easy. There are a series of moving parts that shift and sway in different directions each day. They involve grandstanding to the press, denials and the issue of tapping up players. Everyone plays up to the media and no secret is left unshared,...
SOMEBODY has made a mistake. It’s a big mistake. It’s potentially cost us the signing of a key player who the manager has clearly identified as one of his major targets and with whom he has personally used his array of magic powers to convince to join us. It’s a...
“BARCELONA is one of the best teams in the world, so far, nothing has come to me because, if anything comes, it comes to my manager, what I have to do is focus on the pitch. “I have a contract with Liverpool, there are two games, there are a lot of chances...
Getting stuck into big talking points within the world of football finance discussing how clubs actually put together the deals and money for major signings.
John Gibbons is joined by Dave Powell, Chief Business of Football Writer for Reach PLC.
