Liverpool Football Club

Who Should Be Liverpool’s Rivals Next Season…

Manchester City have been the most prominent domestic rival for Liverpool, essentially since Jürgen Klopp took the helm at Anfield. Despite a much-needed improvement process (after the Brendan Rodgers regime), it became clear (very quickly) that Pep Guardiola and his financial doping Blues, would become the key adversary for our German manager. The previous...

Why Alisson Becker should be Liverpool’s Player of the Year

Liverpool’s performance in their 3-0 win at Leicester City on Monday evening was the sort of calm, controlled display that has been largely lacking on the road in 2022/23. Even if they beat Southampton on the final day, this will still be the Reds’ worst away campaign under Jürgen Klopp, with only eight seasons...

How LFC Could Best Spend £250m…

With our world-famous club now off the market (apparently), it seems that John Henry and his FSG group are keen to realign the structure within Liverpool FC. With finance likely coming their way, it does appear that a soft release of the club is still afoot, one which will allow the sale process to...

Leicester 0 – 3 Liverpool – The Post-Mortem 

This was perhaps the most awkward game of our final three fixtures, against a team still fighting to stay in the Premier League. With Brendan Rodgers (by mutual consent) having been given his marching orders in early April, Dean Smith was the man put in charge of saving the 2015/16 league champions. This game...

David Lynch: Anfield Road Stand Cost Liverpool Players

David Lynch Reveals Liverpool's Transfer Budget and Anfield Road Stand Impact Liverpool's Transfer Budget: Promising Summer Finally Amid financial uncertainties, there seems to be a silver lining for Liverpool's transfer budget. The club's financial standing has been a hot topic recently, and David Lynch, speaking exclusively on the Anfield Index Media Matters podcast with Dave Davis,...

Ugarte Not on Liverpool’s Radar, Says David Lynch

Liverpool's Summer Strategy: Exclusive Media Matters Podcast with David Lynch Liverpool's impending summer window stirs up a whirlpool of anticipation and speculation. As the Reds prepare for potential transfers and exits, renowned journalist David Lynch sat down with Anfield Index's Dave Davis to discuss the possibilities in the latest episode of Media Matters. Ever adaptive, Liverpool...

Write Off Virgil Van Dijk At Your Peril

On December 27th 2017, news broke that Virgil Van Dijk was to become a Liverpool player for what was then a world record fee for a defender. Liverpool had chased the defender for six months and after an aborted attempt to sign him in summer transfer window, which ended in an apology and a...

James Ward-Prowse isn’t the Answer to Liverpool’s Midfield Problems

Sky Sports' pundit Micah Richards has publicly encouraged Liverpool to look into signing Southampton captain James Ward-Prowse following the Saints' relegation from the Premier League. However, I strongly believe that the 28-year-old is NOT the answer to Liverpool's current midfield issues and the club should look elsewhere for reinforcements. It's not just the eye test that...

Curtis Jones and Trent Alexander-Arnold: Pressing Icons

Under Pressure Podcast Hails Reds' Pressing Evolution Liverpool FC, under the stewardship of Jurgen Klopp, are experiencing a remarkable return to form, having won seven consecutive games in the Premier League. The reasons for this success are varied, but three key factors seem to stand out: the pressing tactics deployed by Klopp, the emergence of...

Curtis Jones Caught in the Crossfire

Curtis Jones is fighting a losing battle. The Liverpool midfielder has divided opinion for some time now but this isn’t news, is it? Are you even a midfielder for the Reds if you don’t divide opinion? It is because we all have different opinions on what a midfielder should do? For example, you’ll have some who...