LIVERPOOL’S on-off pursuit of Virgil van Dijk took yet another twist on Monday evening as the Dutchman released a public statement outlining his desire to leave Southampton. https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldWrap/status/894596826254516235 Under 24 hours before, Jürgen...
THE clock is really ticking now. The transfer window is done for in four weeks’ time. The league campaign starts in less than 10 days and potentially the new season’s most important game — the first leg of a Champions League playoff — is scheduled...
THE joys of British Summer time, eh? I don’t know about you but fucking hell, it seems like a very long time since The Reds beat Middlesbrough and everyone was singing about Gini Wijnaldum and Willy Wonka and that. I mean, what are you meant to do to pass the...
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...
LIVERPOOL have been linked with a string of players since the end of the 2016-17 season from the implausible to the nailed on, from Championship youngsters to internationally-coveted wonder-kids. While some potential deals have fallen by the wayside in that time,...
EVERY so often I get to sit in a room with people who know what they’re doing, people who have genuine contacts, people who check their stories with multiple sources, people who take those checks to the clubs and ask for comments, people who know how difficult it is...
RYAN Bertrand is a decent full-back, I think most would accept that as a given, wouldn’t they? But that wasn’t always the case. You see, in the summer of 2014, when Brendan Rodgers was said to covet Bertrand, people baulked at the notion, saying he was a no mark,...
It’s an Anfield Wrap special on transfers this week, and on it we’ve got four people who are close to the process to tell us what they’re all about. What are the common misconceptions about transfers? Why can it take so long? Are agents mad and is it...
FOR as long as I can remember Liverpool have been linked with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, writes DAN VINCENT. Way back in 2011 when he was just a kid making waves at Southampton, Liverpool were one of a number of clubs apparently chasing him before he signed for Arsenal....
AS one of Liverpool’s top targets this summer, it will cause a lot of excitement among supporters to see reports emerging that Naby Keita is open to the idea of leaving RB Leipzig. But, unless you’ve had the time to take in some Bundesliga action over the course of...
