Liverpool Summer Transfer Round-Up & Evaluation
After missing the Champions League the last three seasons, Liverpool are hoping to boost their team with all the new signings they have made this summer. Liverpool have had a tough time finishing sixth, seventh, eighth, and seventh in the last four years and it has gotten tougher for them to attract the big player without Champions League football and have been wasteful with their money in recent years.
In Brendan Rodgers' first season, he tried to change the way …
Sturridge's Time to shine | Stats Compared to Rivals
Having scored the winner at Anfield against Stoke on the opening day of the season while still woefully short on match fitness, Daniel Sturridge showed humility in self-deprecation: "I want to credit the goalkeeper as well for such a great save; that's what won us the game, it wasn't my goal." Simon Mignolet had fumbled at a couple of crosses in a less than convincing start to his Anfield career before his late penalty save ensured Sturridge's strike would be …
The Suarez betrayal – Full Time-Line of last 36 hours plus fan views
The speculation has been running on and on all summer. Every week there has been more news of legal challenges concerning contractual obligations, and the assertions that their player was going nowhere. But on Tuesday night in two interviews with The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph, Luis Suarez spoke of his desire to leave Liverpool for a club in the Champions League. Suarez said
[quote]“I want to move to play in the Champions League and there is a club offering me …
Pepe Reina To Leave Liverpool On Loan: Two Sides To The Story
Pepe Reina has confirmed via a public farewell message that he will be leaving Liverpool for Napoli on loan for the duration of next season.
Speculation over the future of the Liverpool goalkeeper has been frequent of late, first when his head was turned by the possibility of playing for Barcelona and most recently with the purchase of Simon Mignolet, a young and proven Premier League goalkeeper who amounts to more than just backup. (Check out our Reina v Mignolet comparison!)
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What can Shakhtar man Mkhitaryan bring to Liverpool?
For his country, he’s their standout player while at club level, in a side packed with talent from Ukraine and South America, he’s shone when he’s needed to. It’s fair to say that Henrikh Mkhitaryan is a star for both Armenia and Shakhtar Donetsk. Primarily an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a second striker, and his record with the reigning Ukrainian champions is impressive.
Since starting for Mircea Lucescu’s side back in 2010 following a £5m move from …
Andy Carroll moves to West Ham | Carroll Stats from Liverpool & West Ham
Andy Carroll has finally completed his protracted move to West Ham today, after spending a full season in east London on loan from Liverpool. The transfer has been on the cards for a few weeks now with Carroll reportedly stalling on the deal out of hope for a move back to his boyhood club, Newcastle United. However, the move is now complete and the striker can look forward to a new chapter in his career.
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What the Liverpool Away Kit should have looked like!
[caption id="attachment_33189" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Photoshopped version on the left - looks much better than the original on the right![/caption]
Last night Liverpool FC released their Away Kit for the 2013-14 season earlier than expected after it had been leaked onto social networks. Liverpool fans took to Twitter to launch their insults at the kit designers and producers Warrior.
However Warrior weren't far away from a decent Liverpool Away Kit. We've photoshopped the kit on the left and it is definitely …
Kolo Toure to be Carragher's replacement? Toure Vs Carragher 12-13 Stats
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr Suarez | Statistical look at The Uruguayan's dual nature
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Luis Suarez banned again - this time for 10 games!
Luis Suarez has been banned by the FA for ten games. Sitting in their conference venues in London it seems the powers at the Football Association deem the act of violence from Luis Suarez worse than last years racist allegations from Patrice Evra.
Enjoying his best form for Liverpool in the 2012-13 season Suarez's act of stupidity now means he will miss the remainder of the season and also 15.7% of next season's too. The FA statement is below:
Luis …