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Curious Case of An Entitled, Performative Fanbase On 9 April 2018, on the eve of Liverpool’s second leg Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City, Jurgen Klopp stood in a room at Manchester City’s Etihad Campus after concluding with a presser. He surveyed City’s training complex from a window, and he was clearly impressed by the […]
Honigstein Talks Jorg Schmadtke and Jude Bellingham with Anfield Index As the football season edges closer to its climax, Liverpool fans eagerly anticipate the club’s summer transfer activity. A club with a rich history, and the recent successes under Jurgen Klopp, the Reds are always seeking to improve and evolve. The latest buzz in the […]
Reds Closing in on Jorg Schmadtke as New Sporting Director, Advanced Talks Underway to Bring Schmadtke on Board Liverpool FC are in advanced talks to appoint Jorg Schmadtke as their new sporting director, hoping to have him in place before the start of the critical summer transfer window. The search for a suitable candidate to replace […]
Anfield resounded with boos as ‘God Save the King’ was played, prompting Spirit of Shankly, the Liverpool FC supporters union, to criticise the club’s decision to air the national anthem. Despite conceding that the club faced a nearly impossible dilemma, the union believes Liverpool FC should have opted against playing the anthem. Spirit of Shankly […]
It’s probably fair to say that Matt Law and Sam Wallace dropping a Saturday night exclusive about Jorg Schmadtke being the new frontrunner for Liverpool’s soon to be vacant Sporting Director came as a bit of a surprise. In part because it wasn’t one of the local patch journalists who had the story, but moreso […]
The Enigmatic Schmadtke: An Unlikely Alliance with Klopp? In the tumultuous world of football, there are times when seemingly unrelated paths converge, and unexpected partnerships form. In a recent article by German sports writer Raphael Honigstein, he delves into the curious connection between Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and the enigmatic Jorg Schmadtke, a man whose […]
It appears as though Liverpool may have unearthed their next sporting director in the guise of Jörg Schmadtke. Here’s what may transpire if he joins the club this summer. Liverpool’s quest to find a successor for Julian Ward has spanned several months since the former sporting director declared his intention to step down from his […]
Well, well, well, it seems Liverpool are having a chinwag with the German football whiz, Jorg Schmadtke, about taking the reins as their sporting director. The 59-year-old chap has rather astonishingly become the front-runner for the job, as Liverpool scurry about to find a replacement for Julian Ward, who’s decided to take a breather from […]
The Champions League and Premier League winning team has reached the end of it’s era and this summer must mark, in earnest, the beginning of a significant rebuild of the first team squad. This is not the type of rebuild that can be done in one summer, nor should it be attempted in one summer. […]
It had a bigger billing than a lot of recent movies at the box office on Friday afternoon. One sweep of social media will tell you there are mixed reactions to the embargoed section of Jurgen Klopp’s press conference. The build up can always leave a disappointment with the main event, but suggestions that there […]
