Spirit of Shankly – An Interview With Paul Gardner
The plight of Liverpool Football Club is very a well documented one now, especially regarding its ownership and debt laden financial position since American’s Tom Hicks and George Gillett took over ownership of the club in the form of a leveraged buy out model, from David Moores back in 2007. In many a fans eyes [...]
Mascherano To Hand In Transfer Request
If reports originating from ESPN are to be taken at face value, then Roy Hodgson and the Liverpool board are going to find themselves with a few decisions to make in the coming days, as Javier Mascherano is believed to be ready to hand in a transfer request in the next 48hrs to make his wishes [...]
LFC Transfer Rumours – 8th July
Not a day goes by it seems without a different player seemingly being linked to joining the club or departing it. Here is an at the glance overview of some of the additional names that have been mentioned in various quarters of the media over the last few days at varying levels of credibility, as being likely [...]
Where Will Mascherano End Up?
Whilst the Argentinian captain has been sat with his feet up this evening watching Spain knock out Germany and a couple more of his team mates head in to the final, he might be forgiven for wondering where it all went wrong for Argentina along the way and more so where he will actually be playing his football next season? Perhaps Mascherano [...]
Insua – Left Back Analysis
If speculation is to believed then Liverpool are about to perform a makeover on the current squad, be it at the loss of Fernando Torres & Steven Gerrard or with the gain of Joe Cole and Rafael Van Der Vaart as they would have you believe. A new and more experienced left back appears high [...]
LFC Transfer Rumours – 4th July
Not a day goes by it seems without a different player seemingly being linked to joining the club or departing it. Here is an at the glance overview of some of the names that ave been mentioned in various quarters of the media over the last week and at varying levels of credibility. Rafael Van [...]
Ayala Looking At Spanish Return
After making five encouraging appearances for Liverpool last season, including two starts, young starlet Dani Ayala is set for a season-long loan move to Spanish second division club Real Valladolid, with a view to a permanent move. The young Spanish defender, signed from Sevilla back in 2007 on a 3yr deal after rejecting a professional contract with them, now only [...]
Yossi Signs For Chelsea
Liverpool FC have today completed the transfer of versatile attacking midfielder Yossi Benayoun to Chelsea. The two clubs last month agreed an undisclosed fee for the player, although it is believed in many circles to be around the £6.5m mark, who joined Liverpool from West Ham in 2007, and the deal has been confirmed this [...]
Questions and Positives?
So the not so well kept secrect that Roy Hodgson is the man to replace Rafa Benitez as Liverpool’s manager is finally and officially out in the open, as the former Fulham man was unveiled to the press and public today, sat alongside temporary Chairman Martin Broughton. Whether you were someone that wanted Hodgson from [...]
Not Welcome Anywhere
Have you made the effort to tell Tom & George that they are not welcome anywhere? If not then take a moment to help make a difference. On the Sunday 4th July 12pm the Spirit of Shankly (SOS) are holding an Independence Day Rally on St George’s Hall Plateau, to talk about plans for independence from the [...]
How much do the club actually want Hodgson?
If press speculation is to be believed, then after the best part of a months wait since the departure of Rafa Benitez, Liverpool FC will officially confirm on 1st July that Roy Hodgson is the appointed manager that they believe will take them forward. But do they really believe that he is? The Liverpool fans have [...]