This is a previously unpublished article written in January 2008, a year into Tom Hicks and George Gillet’s ill-fated ownership of Liverpool, warning of the inevitable disaster that was heading the club’s way.
Barcelona justified their status as tournament favourites with a thumping win while Alex Ferguson’s decision to field a weakened team backfired as the UEFA Champions League returned on Tuesday night.
Here we go again. Another needless round of international friendlies, another needless round of inevitable injuries.
I know who my money is on to come back from the midweek ‘friendly’ exchanges with a niggling injury at the very least – Fernando Torres. Rafael Benitez’s decision to include his star striker in the squad against Manchester City last week may have come as a boost to most Liverpool fans, but for me the timing could not have come any worse.
Yossi Benayoun says he has already accepted that he probably won’t play in the UEFA Champions League opening group match for Liverpool later this week. This is despite the fact he hit a hat trick at the weekend to give Rafael Benitez further options ahead of the start of Liverpool’s European campaign for this season. [...]
It’s fitting that Andriy Shevchenko used to be a boxer as a kid. The forgotten 32-year-old Chelsea forward is at the moment like a struggling fighter, lying on the canvas after a 10th round knock-down. He looks beaten, tired and fed up with what he’s putting himself through, but he knows he has to get [...]
Portsmouth right back, Glen Johnson, seems to be on his way, but not to the club that everyone had first thought. Liverpool have had a bid of £18.5 million accepted for the England defender and he will become the first summer signing of Rafael Benitez as he looks to push for the Premier League title [...]
Liverpool manager, Rafael Benitez, insists that Argentine midfielder, Javier Mascherano, is not for sale at any cost. Mascherano was being touted for a bigger move to a Spanish football club such as Barcelona but with Liverpool looking to build their squad this summer, Benitez is quite right to brush off any queries for his services. [...]
After missing out on Gareth Barry, Liverpool will now be forced to hang on to midfielder, Xabi Alonso, as Real Madrid start to circle. It was thought that Rafa Benitez would let Alonso leave for his dream move but after Barry’s transfer to Manchester City, Liverpool’s Spanish boss has been forced into a re-think. The [...]
Reds may count the cost What price ownership of a Premiership football club? In the case of Liverpool owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, a very big financial headache, that’s for sure! Latest figures from the accountants of Kop Football Holdings reveal the Reds actually made a profit of 10.2 million pounds on a record [...]
Stevie G’s undying passion Liverpool ace Steven Gerrard must be one of the most refreshingly honest players in football. Who else would collect a top award but then confess to the prestigious audience that he would rather have been in a dressing room in Wembley preparing for the FA Cup final? But then that’s Stevie [...]