Gareth Barry – Man City will vent their frustration out on Liverpool!

Written on November 20, 2009 – 5:08 pm | by |

The Man City midfielder Gareth Barry, who was expected to join Rafael Benitez at Liverpool last summer, says that his new team have no fears in playing at Anfield, and expects the team to put their record of five draws in a row to bed by beating Liverpool. “This run has been frustrating,” he said. [...]

Liverpool transfer rumours Nov 20th – Diarra, Giovinco and Otamendi (who?)

Written on November 20, 2009 – 11:36 am | by |

As usual the Liverpool transfer rumours are in full throttle, with no let-up in Rafael Benitez’s injury list, and today is no exception. The first rumour is quite a good one, with the classy Real Madrid midfielder Mahamadou Diarra apparently on the For Sale list at the Spanish giants after last summer’s spending spree. The [...]

Liverpool secure massive £80m sponsorship deal

Written on November 20, 2009 – 9:11 am | by |

Liverpool Football Club have secured one of the largest shirt sponsorship deals of all time by agreeing an £80m deal with London-based international bank Standard Chartered. The previous agreement with Carlsberg is set to finish this summer, after the Brewery Giant decided to end its 17-year association with the club. Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow [...]

Benitez – Too early to risk Aquilani against Man City

Written on November 20, 2009 – 9:03 am | by |

The Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has a long injury list, but is still not convinced that his £17m signing Alberto Aquilani is ready to start for Liverpool yet, even though he is “desperate” to get on the pitch. Benitez said: “Alberto wants to play for us and he is so desperate to be involved as [...]

Benitez praises new youth set-up as wonderkid Moli signs on

Written on November 19, 2009 – 10:58 am | by |

The Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is impressed with the way the new youth development program has progressed since Kenny Dalglish arrived in a total shake-up of the academy set up. Dalglish scouted the English wonderkid Dave Moli from Luton and persuaded them to let the promising youngster move to the Liverpool academy, and Benitez praised [...]

John Aldridge calls for Thierry Henry to be banned!

Written on November 19, 2009 – 10:44 am | by |

The Liverpool legend John Aldridge is extremely upset that Thierry Henry blatantly got away with the handball which led to Ireland being knocked out of the World Cup last night, but fears that the Arsenal legend will go unpunished for his obvious cheating. “Should they ban him? Definitely,” Aldridge said today. “Something should happen but [...]

Hansen reckons Pepe Reina is a legend like Ray Clemence

Written on November 19, 2009 – 10:35 am | by |

The ex-Liverpool star Alan Hansen believes that the Spanis goalkeeper Pepe Reina has earned the right to be called a Liverpool legend, and says that without him this season the club would be in serious trouble. “Pepe has been invaluable again this season and should now be seen as one of Liverpool’s greatest keepers.” ‘He’s [...]

Alonso – I loved Liverpool, but……..

Written on November 18, 2009 – 10:51 am | by Admin |

The ex-Liverpool star Xabi Alonso has responded to the news that Steven Gerrard said he was “devastated” by Alonso’s move to Real Madrid. Gerrard told FourFourTwo magazine last week: “Devastated, yeah. Devastated. But there was nothing I could do about it. Xabi said a long time ago that he wanted another chapter in his career [...]

Benitez – If I don't win the League I'm a failure!

Written on November 18, 2009 – 8:37 am | by |

The Liverpool manager has admitted that he wants to win the Premier League title more than anything, and if he doesn’t manage it with Liverpool, he will have a “feeling of failure”. With a crunch game coming up this weekend against Mark Hughes’ Man City side, who are probably Liverpool’s biggest rivals for fourth place [...]

Benitez – If I don’t win the League I’m a failure!

Written on November 18, 2009 – 8:37 am | by Admin |

The Liverpool manager has admitted that he wants to win the Premier League title more than anything, and if he doesn’t manage it with Liverpool, he will have a “feeling of failure”. With a crunch game coming up this weekend against Mark Hughes’ Man City side, who are probably Liverpool’s biggest rivals for fourth place [...]

Liverpool & Man Utd told – "You can have Kjaer for 12m euros"

Written on November 17, 2009 – 4:30 pm | by |

The young Danish defender Simon Kjaer has been strongly linked with Liverpool and Man Utd in the last couple of weeks, and it seems that there are a host of other top European clubs also chasing him. The 20 year-old has already made 6 appearances for the Denmark national team, and he is hotly tipped [...]

Liverpool & Man Utd told – “You can have Kjaer for 12m euros”

Written on November 17, 2009 – 4:30 pm | by Admin |

The young Danish defender Simon Kjaer has been strongly linked with Liverpool and Man Utd in the last couple of weeks, and it seems that there are a host of other top European clubs also chasing him. The 20 year-old has already made 6 appearances for the Denmark national team, and he is hotly tipped [...]

Benitez – We got Aquilani cheap because of injury!

Written on November 17, 2009 – 8:27 am | by Admin |

The Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has been talking about his transfer business, and admits he has bought a lot of players cheaply that just haven’t worked out, and he says Liverpool could only ever afford one or two big name signings a year. “When we have spent big, normally it’s been very good business,” he [...]

The Hillsborough statue called "a monstrosity" – What do you think?

Written on November 17, 2009 – 7:26 am | by |

Tony Evans’ statue created as a memorial to the Hillsborough disaster has been roundly critized by Liverpool fans, including family members of those that died, and if nothing else, it has certainly caused strong emotions in those that have seen it. Anne Williams lost her son on that fateful day, and was particularly scathing about [...]