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With 12 months remaining on a players contract, it can often represent a key moment in any players career. I recently produced a list of midfielders that would enter into their final contracted year next summer, and now I’ll be looking at the potential attacking targets that may just interest the Reds' new recruitment team. We know that Julian Ward and Ian Graham are leaving at the end of the season, and it would represent a period for any incoming …

Mason Mount travels to Qatar this week for the forthcoming World Cup. His call up was never in doubt, and only an untimely injury would have scuppered his place in Gareth Southgate’s England squad. This spell away from Chelsea could be the relief he needs right now, with the West London club currently in a period of disarray. With changes of ownership, changes of managers, and the recruitment of various players a constant over the last couple of years, he …

As much as I’ve tried to internally (and by way of my last couple of articles) dampen down what could happen at Liverpool, there is still that lingering transfer frenzy that pops up in my mind. The Jurgen Klopp era has been about control as much as it has been about brilliance, but what if the Big German is finally given the tools to go head to head with Manchester City, and he’s given the kind of backing that most …

With the on-going saga surrounding new ownership, and the news regarding FSG being willing to listen to offers, it puts the next few months (for LFC) in the air. Presumably, varying conditions will need to be met in order to become viable owners, and I believe there is enough professional respect from John Henry that he will ensure the new ownership enhances the Reds' on-field objectives. We are a squad that is beginning to age out, and despite some youthful …

As much as you could learn next to nothing from Liverpool's return to football from their pandemic hiatus in the drab 0-0 Merseyside derby draw at Goodison Park -- a game played with the tempo of a pre-season friendly -- it did reaffirm something that many of their fans knew: The Reds need a natural, back up option to Andy Robertson. The Scot -- alongside Mohamed Salah -- sat out the game due to an unspecified knock and into his …

Liverpool are reported to be interested in bringing Arsenal's young star Bukayo Saka to Anfield this summer as a backup to Andy Robertson. As reported in the Daily Mail, Jürgen Klopp and the Liverpool scouting department have been keeping close tabs on the 18-year-old. The Reds are well aware that Saka will soon enter the last year of his current £5000-per-week deal. The article goes on to claim that Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is desperate to keep Saka at the …