Bellingham Blow-Up: Hold….For Now…
For anyone familiar with tune, the Boomtown Rats had it right when news comes through in the morning like it does. If you’d believed that the international break would be a quiet and calmer period after all the turbulence of the current campaign, David Ornstein did his best to dispel that myth with his news that Liverpool are looking ‘increasingly unlikely’ to sign Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham this summer. One glance at social media will show you a variety of …
Klopp is taking risks with Bellingham obsession
The transfer window has closed and Liverpool have not addressed their biggest need.
The Reds entered this season very obviously short of quality in midfield and with significant question marks hanging over each of the existing midfielders.
Thiago Alcantara is an incredible footballer but he is 31, soon to be 32, years of age and for the majority of his career has had injury problems.
Fabinho struggled toward the end of last season and has also had injury problems but …
How Does Matheus Nunes Compare to Moisés Caicedo
I have recently carried out individual profiles Nunes and Caicedo, to look at whether they represent separate targeting ideals or whether they are both equally required assets. In terms of their suitability, both these young midfielders would enhance our current squad and would enhance the system we seemed to have lost.
This is the second consecutive transfer window where each player’s name has reared its head, though our method of monitoring players still sees them (frustratingly) playing at rival Premier …
Is Matheus Nunes the Midfield Alternative?
One of my Anfield Index colleagues has been compiling a comparison piece that relates this this one. The topic of that article will be a direct comparison between Matheus Nunes and Jude Bellingham. The latter is perhaps the most linked player to Anfield in all of football history, which is a very difficult prize to have won. As much as we would like to believe we will spend that sort of money on one player, it’s far more likely that …
Why Nunes as a Bellingham Alternative for Liverpool is Unacceptable
Welcome to 2023, everyone - Liverpool are still an absolute nightmare to watch.
Monday's dire 3-1 defeat away to Brentford was the latest in a long line of unacceptable performances this season and they were deservedly punished for it.
A run of four Premier League wins in a row may have been encouraging, but ultimately, those results had only continued to paper over the cracks.
Just as Liverpool's latest act of ineptitude got underway in west London, news was breaking …
Naby Keïta & His Window Of Opportunity For Liverpool
As soon as Thiago Alcantara was confirmed as an injury casualty, most Liverpool fans panicked given the Spaniard's superb influence on this current Liverpool side. The Liverpool shape can commonly be predicted with a clear understanding of its structure. Thiago Alcantara has operated as the orchestrator and tempo setter in every game he’s played, and his lack of availability is of course a concern. He has been able to enhance his physicality and get up to speed, within a league …
What would Matheus Nunes have brought to Liverpool?
Portuguese media have been linking Matheus Nunes with a move to Liverpool for most of the transfer window.
Correio da Manha still claim the Reds are preparing to make a move for the 23-year-old while Pedro Almeida posted a tweet today saying Liverpool are willing to pay €40million for the Brazilian-born Portugal international amid interest from Manchester City.
Paul Joyce, however, has published an article today in which he says the Merseysiders are not pursuing a deal for the Sporting …