Liverpool future questions resurface as Mo Salah returns
Mohamed Salah’s month away with Egypt offered Liverpool supporters a brief pause from the constant noise surrounding his future. For a player who has shaped an era at Anfield, even silence feels loaded. Before his departure for the Africa Cup of Nations, there was a growing sense...
Liverpool transfer focus shifts towards Diomande
Liverpool’s planning for the 2026 summer window already carries the weight of urgency. A campaign that promised continuity after the 2024/25 title has instead unravelled into a stretch of form not seen for decades. Confidence has ebbed, results have followed, and the margin for error has narrowed sharply.
With no...
Can Liverpool Break the Low Block Under Arne Slot?
Liverpool’s season has come to be defined by control without incision. Possession is plentiful, territory routinely claimed, yet goals have often proved elusive when opponents retreat into a low block and dare Arne Slot’s side to find a way through. It is a paradox that sits...
Federico Chiesa’s Fastest Player Claim Says More About Liverpool’s Evolution Than Decline
Liverpool have long been defined by speed. It has been their calling card in Europe, their shock weapon in domestic football, the force that turned pressing into punishment. When Federico Chiesa calmly suggested that four of his team-mates are quicker than Mohamed Salah,...
Salah Return Looms as Slot Balances Champions League Pressure
Liverpool’s season, like so many before it, appears to be bending around Mohamed Salah. Not in the sense of over-reliance, but in the way gravity works: when he is present, everything feels heavier for the opposition and more coherent for those around him. As the Champions...
Slot, Burnley and Liverpool’s Search for Control
Liverpool’s meetings with Burnley rarely arrive quietly. They tend to bring tension, patience, and a test of temperament rather than spectacle. Under Arne Slot, those fixtures have taken on an added layer of meaning: a mirror held up to Liverpool’s evolving identity, their relationship with control, and the...
Liverpool vs Burnley: Carragher’s Prediction Reflects Expectation More Than Insight
Liverpool return to Premier League action this weekend with a familiar weight of assumption pressing down on them. Burnley arrive at Anfield as a side flirting with relegation, short on confidence and points, and seemingly cast in the role of willing participant in another routine...
Liverpool, Mo Salah and perspective from the Daily Red Podcast
Liverpool’s recent run of results and the absence of Mo Salah dominated discussion on the Daily Red Podcast, with Dave Hendrick offering a typically forensic breakdown of form, context and expectation. Speaking on the lunchtime show, Hendrick framed the current moment with a familiar blend...
Liverpool Injury Fallout and Summer Signals from The Transfer Show
Liverpool’s January narrative took another bruising turn on The Transfer Show for Anfield Index, with Dave Davis hosting solo and offering a stark assessment of where the club stands. Speaking candidly, Davis admitted, “I wish I had a raft of good news to tell you…...
