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One former Liverpool player has admitted that he may have left the club with indecent haste in an honest reflection on his time at Anfield. Luis Alberto was officially on the Reds’ books for three years but only spent one season on Merseyside (2013/14) as he was loaned out twice before a permanent move to Lazio in 2016. Now playing with Al-Duhail in Qatar, the 31-year-old spoke at length to Cronache di Spogliatoio about his career, reflecting on his time with LFC, for whom he made just a dozen appearances but was eternally grateful to one particulary illustrious teammate. Alberto…
Former Liverpool star Sepp van den Berg criticised his old club after making a move to Brentford last month. The 22-year-old joined the Reds from PEC Zwolle in 2019 but only managed to make four appearances in five seasons for Jurgen Klopp’s team. After loan stints at Preston North End, Schalke and Mainz, Van den Berg was eager to leave Anfield permanently at the beginning of the summer. He accused the club of neglecting him and complained that Liverpool were pricing him out of a move by setting their asking price at £20million. Brentford secured the defender’s signature for £19.35m…
Liverpool enjoyed a terrific night of Champions League football on Tuesday as they beat AC Milan 3-1. The Reds had missed being in Europe’s premier competition having finished a disappointing fifth in 2022/23. That was the first time Jurgen Klopp had failed to steer Liverpool into the Champions League during a full season in charge at Anfield. And, unfortunately, Klopp’s final tie of what was an excellent record in the tournament will remain the slightly embarrassing 6-2 aggregate defeat at the hands of Real Madrid in 2023. Nevertheless, a new era is underway and Arne Slot has Liverpool looking good…
Jamie Carragher has named two current Liverpool players in his all-time greatest XI and says one more could potentially make the cut in the future. Carragher, 46, is one of the most loyal servants in Liverpool’s 132-year history, with the defender second on the all-time appearance list for the Merseyside club – having played 737 times for the Reds. Only legendary midfielder Ian Callaghan (840) has made more appearances for the club. During his time with Liverpool, boyhood Everton fan Carragher won the Champions League as well as two FA Cups, three League Cups and the UEFA Cup. But he…
Jamie Carragher nearly hung up his boots halfway through his last season with Liverpool, until Brendan Rodgers gave him a legendary goodbye. The gutsy ex-defender, who racked up nearly 750 appearances for the Reds and sits ahead of even Steven Gerrard on their all-time list of appearance-makers, had decided that the 2012/13 season would be his last, having been with the club since he was nine years old. However, as the season progressed, and the defender began to feel red-faced about not being a regular starter as his time at Liverpool drew to an end, he toyed with the idea…
Liverpool restored the positivity to their season on Tuesday by comfortably beating AC Milan at San Siro. The Reds had looked excellent during the early part of Arne Slot’s reign, but were rocked by a surprise defeat to Nottingham Forest on Saturday. All eyes were on how Liverpool would bounce back in Milan, as they faced a difficult test in the Champions League. But the Reds – and Slot – answered every question thrown at them by the Italians. The head coach in particular earned some deserved plaudits. Having seen his team get a little overrun by Milan during the…
Liverpool had to wait 30 years in between their last two league title wins. 1990 to 2020 was a long old time for supporters. It wasn’t as though the Reds didn’t come close during the intervening years, though. Many title challenges were launched, none successfully. One of the closest came in 2008/09, when Liverpool finished just four points behind Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United. That was a United team packed with quality. Just look through the list of names: Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez, Dimitar Berbatov and it goes on. As it happens, the Liverpool squad also wasn’t too…
Arne Slot has proclaimed that one player at Liverpool now ‘needs’ more game-time on the pitch, having just been handed his first appearance of the season. The Reds’ 3-1 win over AC Milan on Tuesday night saw Federico Chiesa handed a four-minute stoppage time cameo off the bench for his club debut after his transfer from Juventus last month, with the 26-year-old being introduced gently after he was frozen out of the Turin side’s pre-season plans. Speaking to beIN SPORTS after the victory at the San Siro (via Liverpool Echo), the head coach hinted that some of the players who…
Manchester City midfielder may have dominated the football headlines for his comments on players being forced to play too many matches but fans may have missed his comments about two Liverpool legends. He is already considered as one of the best midfielders in the world after a stellar career with City and he is currently among the favourites to win this year’s Ballon d’Or award after triumphing in the Premier League and European Championships with Spain in the summer. Blessed with plenty of technical ability, vision, quality and a high football IQ, he makes Pep Guardiola’s side tick. Recent days…
With Mohamed Salah’s future up in the air, Liverpool are linked with a number of right wingers and the latest name in the lime light is Viktor Tsygankov. As per an exclusive story covered by Caught Offside, the Reds want to lure the Ukrainian attacker and are also interested in his Girona team-mate, Miguel Gutierrez. As per the news source, the Liverpool scouts were in attendance to watch Viktor Tsygankov in last night’s Champions League contest against Paris Saint-Germain. The Ligue 1 champions won the contest 1-0 in France. The 26-year-old winger was brilliant for Girona in the last campaign…