JÜRGEN Klopp is Liverpool manager then. He can’t buy any players for the best part of three months so, as a consequence, he’s going to have to make do with what he’s got. And I think he should be encouraged by what he’s got. He’s got a pool of strikers that any...
EVER since April 30, 2011, I’ve wanted Jürgen Klopp to be manager of Liverpool Football Club. That was the day that his Borussia Dortmund side won their first Bundesliga title since the charismatic German had taken charge. He had won the fans over with his attitude,...
It almost doesn’t matter who he really is. It’s what he represents that counts most. All the cliches. We don’t like losing. We don’t like being looked down upon. Forever being re-classified. We’ve been getting told for 25 years now that...
LIVERPOOL LADIES slipped to a narrow defeat in their first leg, Champions League Round of 32 tie. The Reds conceded an unfortunate first-half goal and then proceeded to do everything but score an equaliser as the game wore on. But Liverpool still have a real chance to...
AUF GEHTS! Can you feel that? The crease below the eyes, the widening of your cheeks? Perhaps your teeth have joined the party, and your dimples are dancing. Smile away, smile away, smile away. Jurgen Klopp arrives in Liverpool today. Jurgen Klopp finalises his deal...
NEIL ATKINSON and John Gibbons are delighted to be joined by Hoffenheim scout Lutz Pfannenstiel to chat about his impression of Jürgen Klopp. Lutz has a couple of personal stories to share about the enigmatic former Dortmund Coach and shares his views on how he will...
TWO weeks ago, I wrote an article in the Independent on Sunday, detailing the problems at Liverpool under Brendan Rodgers. I realised the conclusion especially would make grim reading for Liverpool supporters. Having spoken to a lot of reliable sources before its...
A DAY is a long time in football. Two days an eternity. It seems strange that approximately 48 hours before I am writing this Brendan Rodgers was preparing a Liverpool team for a Merseyside Derby. Since then a lot has happened. A manager has been sacked and gone on...
NEIL ATKINSON and John Gibbon’s were privileged to be joined on the phone by Borussia Dortmund fan, ESPN journalist and owner ‘The Yellow Wall’, THE definitive BVB podcast, Stefan Buczko to chat about Liverpool’s manager in waiting, Mr Jürgen...
ON Sunday morning, as I readied myself to be put through the wringer of the Merseyside Derby, I allowed my mind to drift to an idea for an article I had been turning over for a few weeks. Next week will mark five years since New England Sports Ventures, now Fenway...
