Alexander Isak and Jeremy Jacquet Earn Premier League Award Recognition
Liverpool’s encouraging start under Andoni Iraola has produced plenty of talking points, but perhaps the clearest indication of progress comes at opposite ends of the pitch.
Alexander Isak is scoring goals. Jeremy Jacquet is helping prevent them.
Both Liverpool players have now been shortlisted for the Premier...
Liverpool Face Major Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker Contract Decisions
Liverpool’s next sporting director will arrive with plenty in the in tray. Transfers, recruitment strategy and the continuing reshaping of the squad will demand attention, but there is another issue moving steadily towards the top of the agenda.
Contracts.
Five senior Liverpool players are currently due...
Liverpool Transfer News: Reds Receive Huge Michael Olise Boost
Liverpool's interest in Bayern Munich forward Michael Olise has been well documented over recent years - even all the way back to his Crystal Palace days.
The Frenchman's world-class form since joining the German giants has done nothing to squash that interest either.
However, Liverpool are yet to...
Alexander Isak delivers Liverpool’s decisive moments
Alexander Isak can change the meaning of a performance in a few seconds. A match that has offered little encouragement suddenly becomes a victory, and an otherwise quiet afternoon acquires a decisive contribution.
That was the value Lewis Steele identified when discussing Liverpool’s win at Bournemouth with Dave Davis on...
Liverpool’s January transfer priorities should start with midfield and left-back
Defensive midfield remains Liverpool’s central question
Liverpool’s January transfer planning should begin with the areas that determine whether the team can function consistently. On the evidence discussed by Lewis Steele, defensive midfield belongs near the top of that list, with left-back also deserving scrutiny.
Speaking with Dave...
Graham Potter outlines Alexander Isak plan for Sweden’s Nations League fixtures
Graham Potter has left the door open for Alexander Isak to start all four of Sweden’s forthcoming UEFA Nations League matches, while making clear that the Liverpool striker will not play every minute.
That distinction matters for a player whose encouraging start to the season...
Van Dijk reveals why Xavi convinced him to extend his Netherlands career
For Virgil van Dijk, the question was never simply whether his legs could carry him through another international campaign. It was whether representing the Netherlands would still bring the sense of purpose and enjoyment that made the commitment worthwhile.
Xavi appears to have supplied...
Jeremy Jacquet Is Already Showing Why Liverpool Spent £60m
Liverpool spent £60million on Jeremy Jacquet knowing there was an element of projection involved. Seven appearances into his Liverpool career, that projection is beginning to look rather convincing.
As detailed by Andy Jones for The Athletic, Jacquet arrived after a difficult period physically. A shoulder injury followed...
Liverpool star talks about importance of distance covered
Liverpool defender Milos Kerkez has offered an insight into the physical demands Andoni Iraola is placing on his players, with running, pressing and maintaining intensity across 90 minutes central to the new head coach’s approach.
Speaking alongside Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai on the Reds Roundtable podcast, Kerkez...
Liverpool’s January plans could reveal 1892 Holdings’ growing influence
The most consequential decisions in a transfer window often happen before a target becomes public. They concern responsibility, budgets and the people trusted to decide what a football club needs.
For Liverpool, the ownership changes discussed on Anfield Index’s Media Matters could make those questions especially relevant...