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When Football Manager 2011 was released in November 2010, real life Liverpool were not the team they are today. Roy Hodgson was the actual manager and if you wanted to have a go at transforming the Reds back into a Premier League and European Cup-winning outfit in the virtual world, you, like Roy, had a fair old […]
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Liverpool tried to solve their defensive injury crisis by signing Ozan Kabak from Schalke on deadline day on a six-month loan with an option to buy. Kabak was awarded the Bundesliga Rookie of the Season award while playing for Stuttgart in 2018-18 before completing a £13million move to Schalke. We’ve rounded up some of the best quotes about […]
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In 2006, John-Paul Kissock broke Wayne Rooney’s record to become the youngest Everton player to appear in the club’s reserve team, and his career looked to be on the same trajectory as the former England captain. Yet three years later, the native Liverpudlian was driving a taxi for a living, having been let go by […]
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While Arsenal have been criticised for their poor recruitment in recent years, they’ve also struggled to make money when selling players. The appointments of Raul Sanllehi and head of recruitment Sven Mislintat in 2018 were tipped to transform Arsenal’s transfer business, but they have both since left the club. We’ve looked at the 15 players Arsenal have […]
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Amid the wider economic picture, the 2020-21 mid-season transfer window was pretty low on glamorous moves and big-money signings across Europe. But there have been some interesting developments, and transfers that have somewhat gone under the radar on the continent. Following the likes of Bas Dost, Moussa Dembele and Carles Alena earlier in the month, here’s […]
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As the final whistle blew on Liverpool’s 3-1 win over West Ham on Sunday afternoon, Clinton Morrison was asked on Radio 5 Live not about Mo Salah’s magnificent finishes or about the impact of Curtis Jones but about Roberto Firmino. Firmino had only played the final 21 minutes and Liverpool were already two up when he came […]
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While Premier League teams have often been renowned for making disastrous panic-buys during the January transfer window, there are a few exceptions. The likes of Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea have all shown that you can make some brilliant additions midway through the season if you look in the right places. We’ve compiled an XI of high-profile players who have bought […]
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You don’t have to look far for a Netflix documentary on football these days, but there was a time when Ron Atkinson was ahead of the game. Back in 2006, ‘Big Ron Manager’ was broadcast on Sky One, with Atkinson parachuted in to League Two club Peterborough United as a “football troubleshooter” for a fee […]
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