Jacquet and Araujo give Liverpool a platform for progress
Liverpool’s most encouraging development may be taking shape away from the forwards expected to define their season. While the attack searches for rhythm, Jacquet and Araujo are giving the side something equally valuable: a defensive foundation that can survive an imperfect performance.
That was the central message...
Liverpool tactical improvement begins with two changes that bring balance
Liverpool’s search for tactical improvement comes down to a familiar question: how do you move forward with conviction without leaving yourself exposed behind the ball?
In an Anfield Index AI Special podcast, Ben Pescod and Dave Davis examined two changes that, in their assessment, offer a...
Liverpool Under-21s Show Character in Dramatic EFL Trophy Fightback at Rochdale
Liverpool Under-21s produced one of their most stirring results in recent memory with an EFL Trophy victory over Rochdale that had almost everything, an early red card, a lengthy stoppage, a late collapse that looked terminal, and then a remarkable response capped by penalties.
As...
Andy Robertson’s Everton Near-Miss Shows How Fine Margins Shaped a Liverpool Great
Football careers can turn on the smallest details, a conversation, a valuation, a club blinking first. Andy Robertson knows that as well as anyone. Long before he became one of Liverpool’s defining modern full-backs, he came within touching distance of taking a very...
Julian Ward Set for Liverpool Return as Sporting Director
Liverpool are preparing to turn to a familiar figure as they reshape the club’s football operation, with Julian Ward set to return as sporting director following Richard Hughes’s departure for Al-Hilal.
According to The Times, Ward is poised to take the position for a second time, having...
Julian Ward Set for Liverpool Return as Sporting Director
Liverpool are preparing to turn to a familiar figure as they continue reshaping their football operation, with Julian Ward expected to become the club’s new sporting director.
According to The Athletic, Ward has emerged as Fenway Sports Group’s preferred candidate to replace Richard Hughes, who officially left...
Kylian Mbappe Reveals How Close Liverpool Came to a Transformative Transfer
There are transfers that happen, transfers that collapse, and then there are those that linger somewhere in between, preserved in football history as tantalising possibilities.
Kylian Mbappe to Liverpool belongs firmly in the final category.
Speaking in an extensive interview with The Athletic, Mbappe has revealed...
Andy Robertson backs Florian Wirtz to silence Liverpool critics
Florian Wirtz has discovered that life at Liverpool comes with a particularly unforgiving spotlight. The German arrived at Anfield carrying a £100m price tag and the expectation that he would immediately become one of the Premier League’s most influential attacking players.
That has not happened yet, and...
Florian Wirtz, Bayern Munich Interest and Liverpool’s Clear Transfer Stance
Liverpool have made an early and firm decision on Florian Wirtz, with no appetite inside Anfield for a quick sale despite fresh Bayern Munich interest. According to TeamTalk, the club remain committed to helping the Germany international unlock the level that persuaded them to invest...
Alexis Mac Allister Clarifies Liverpool Future After Contract Comments
Alexis Mac Allister has spoken again about his Liverpool future, attempting to provide some context to comments that inevitably generated questions about his long term position at Anfield.
There is a straightforward reason this story matters. Mac Allister is 27, has two years remaining on his Liverpool...
