Jamie Carragher admits he may leave Liverpool in the near future

Written on December 18, 2009 – 11:22 am | by |

The Liverpool defender Jamir Carragher is approaching his 600th game for the Reds, and is only the ninth player in their history to reach that landmark figure, but he admits that he is not sure if he can carry on playing at the highest level for much longer.
He said: “I wouldn’t want to get to [...]

Kuyt – We can't wait to play Portsmouth!

Written on December 17, 2009 – 1:34 pm | by |

The Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt was not overly impressed with the manner of last night’s win over Wigan, but he thinks that just getting the win was the important thing, and now they need to concentrate on doing the same again this weekend against Portsmouth.
“It’s a really important win. We showed we wanted to win [...]

"A World Cup in UK without Anfield is unthinkable!"

Written on December 17, 2009 – 1:24 pm | by |

The news that Liverpool have been included in the list of possible venues for Englands bid to host the World Cup in 2018 drew comments from many top footballing personalities, not least the Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and his manager Rafael Benitez.
Anfield is renowned throughout the world as being the most atmospheric ground in English [...]

Benitez – We now have one win in a row!

Written on December 17, 2009 – 8:08 am | by |

The Liverpool boss was pleased with Fernando Torres coming on and scoring the winner against Wigan last night, despite still feeling the effects of the last game against Arsenal.
“It was a fantastic achievement for him,” Benitez said. “He was tired after the last game, so I told him if I don’t play you it would [...]

Liverpool close in on loan deal for Van Nistelrooy?

Written on December 16, 2009 – 4:20 pm | by |

It seems that Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has come to an agreement with Real Madrid to take the Dutch striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy on a six month loan in January.
Today’s Independent reports that Liverpool have beaten Blackburn and Arsenal to securing Van Nistelrooy as cover for Fernando Torres for the rest of the season. They [...]

Torres – We are off the pace but let's focus on the future

Written on December 16, 2009 – 4:07 pm | by |

The Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has come out in support of manager Rafael Benitez, and is certain that the Spaniard will manage to pull the club out of their recent slump.
He has reiterated that he intends to see out the four remaining years left on his contract, and he expects to Benitez to be there [...]

Torres to play 100th game tonight – Will he get his 50th goal?

Written on December 16, 2009 – 11:20 am | by |

The striking sensation Fernando Torres is preparing to make his 100th appearance for Liverpool tonight against Wigan, and he is just two goals short of scoring 50 goals for the club.
This is a phenomenal record in any day and age, and will certainly be a record for Liverpool Football Club, and perhaps it shows that [...]

Another Oil Sheikh enters Liverpool talks

Written on December 16, 2009 – 8:35 am | by |

The news came in yesterday that the Oil Sheikh Prince Faisal had decided to pull out of discussions with George Gillet over becoming a part-owner of Liverpool, but today there is a new possible investor from the United Arab Emirates.
It is being reported in todays Mirror that members of the UAE ruling family, Ras al-Khaimah, [...]

Liverpool want Parker to replace Mascherano?

Written on December 15, 2009 – 10:29 am | by |

The Liverpool transfer rumours continue to pour in as Rafael Benitez tries hard to find a formula to take the Reds out of the slump that has seen them win just three of their last fifteen games.
Todays offering comes from the ever-entertaining Sun newspaper, and suggests that Benitez is ready to offer cash-strapped West Ham [...]

Carragher – We lost with our best team!

Written on December 15, 2009 – 10:03 am | by |

The Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher thinks that the team can’t use the excuse that they are missing lots of injured players any more, and the team that faced Arsenal was probably the best team they could field.
He agrees that they were maybe not completely fit, but from now on their can be no more excuses.
And [...]

Carlton Cole to stay at West Ham and Dossena to stay at Liverpool!

Written on December 14, 2009 – 10:22 pm | by |

Two of the most likely Liverpool rumours doing the rounds seem to have been dashed today. The West Ham striker Carlton Cole had been strongly tipped to join Liverpool, to take some of the pressure off Fernando Torres, until he suffered a knee ligament injury against Burnley a couple of weeks ago.
The England striker now [...]

Liverpool won't make top four, says Wenger

Written on December 14, 2009 – 12:53 pm | by |

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger feels that Arsenal are right back in the race for the Premiership title alongside Chelsea and Man Utd, but thinks that there are three other teams that could put in a challenge, but he doesn’t mention Liverpool as possible contenders.
After yesterday’s win at Anfield, Wenger said: “For us, it gets [...]

Benitez – It's just a case of confidence

Written on December 14, 2009 – 8:01 am | by |

Rafael Benitez feels that his Liverpool team were totally in control of the game against Arsenal yesterday up until half-time.
But the failure to score the second goal left them in a vulnerable position in the second half, and played on the team’s confidence.
“After the first half, everybody was convinced that it was a different team [...]

Benitez – It was 100% a penalty!

Written on December 14, 2009 – 7:30 am | by |

Rafael Benitez is absolutely certain that Liverpool should have been given a penalty by Howard Webb yesterday against Arsenal, when William Gallas clumsily up-ended Steven Gerard, and believes that, if it was given, it could have all been different.
“It was 100% a penalty,” said Benitez. “It doesn’t matter if the ball is going away in [...]