Author: Soccerhuz
Conor Bradley finds himself right in the mix at Liverpool all of a sudden. Here’s what you need to know about the player. Injuries at Liverpool have put Conor Bradley into the limelight this season. Joe Gomez had been the Reds’ primary backup at right-back, only for both of the senior left-backs to suffer long-term injuries. As a result, Gomez is playing regularly on the left, allowing Bradley to shift up the pecking order. And with Trent Alexander-Arnold also now injured, the youngster played the full 90 minutes against Fulham in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg. It’s all happened very quickly -…
Jamie Carragher reckons Liverpool’s choice to sign Mohamed Salah instead of Julian Brandt in 2017 shows that managers shouldn’t always get their way. Jürgen Klopp had first set his sights on his compatriot, but ended up signing Salah for $45m (£35m/€41m). The Reds boss initially wanted to bring the then-Bayer Leverkusen winger to the Premier League, but Liverpool opted for the Egyptian player instead. Despite being linked with a $32m (£25m/€29m) move, Brandt turned down Liverpool’s advances. Despite his earlier struggles at Chelsea, Salah has been a huge success at Liverpool. The 31-year-old has won numerous honors, including the Premier…
Curtis Jones earned himself back-to-back Man of the Match nods in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday. The midfielder scored a heavily deflected equaliser for Liverpool against Fulham, which is on the back of a two-goal display against West Ham United in the previous round. Should Liverpool go on to win the trophy, then, Jones will have played as big a role as anyone. That on its own should show just how far he’s come over the last year. Because go back one year and few were talking about Jones. He didn’t have much of a reputation outside of Anfield and…
When FSG first took charge at Liverpool, ‘Moneyball’ was a real buzzword among supporters. In truth, any new owners would have been gratefully received at that point in time, but there was particular intrigue about John Henry’s transfer strategy of choice. That was supercharged a short while later by the 2011 release of ‘Moneyball’, a film charting Billy Beane’s pioneering use of the approach in baseball. There is a moment when the character, portrayed by Brad Pitt, is approached by Henry for a job at the Boston Red Sox, FSG’s franchise in the MLB. Beane would ultimately turn that down.…
The Kylian Mbappé saga has long since grown tiresome, even for a club and fanbase like Liverpool that by any reasonable expectation live on the fringes of the seasons-long will-he-or-won’t-he between the 25-year-old French star and Real Madrid. So far, every rumoured deadline and transfer window has passed with the fundamentals unchanged. Mabppé is a Paris Saint-Germain player. Mbappé is Real Madrid’s top target. If Mbappé doesn’t join now, Madrid will move on. Then he doesn’t. And they don’t. And here we are yet again. Madrid have set a rumoured January 15th deadline. And after years of churning through the same story over and over…
Back in October 2022, Alonso was hired by Bayer Leverkusen to replace Gerardo Seoane with the club sitting second from bottom after eight matches. Under the guidance of the former Liverpool midfielder, Leverkusen shot up the table to finish in sixth place whilst also reaching the semi-finals of the Europa League. This season, Leverkusen have made a brilliant start as they sit second in the Bundesliga and only trail Bayern Munich on goal difference. As a result of the fine job Alonso has done with the German side, reports in Spain have linked him with the Madrid job. According to Radio MARCA, the bosses at…
Alonso’s Leverkusen side have had a stunning start to the Bundesliga season, and are top of the league after picking up 19 points from their opening seven games. New signing Victor Boniface has scored seven goals in seven matches, while Jonas Hofmann, Alejandro Grimaldo and Jeremie Frimpong have all impressed. Alonso’s style of play has also caught the eye. No other team has recorded a higher pass accuracy than Leverkusen (89 per cent, as per WhoScored), while only Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have had more average possession per match. Furthermore, Bayern are also the only team to have more than Leverkusen’s…
Back in October 2022, Alonso was hired by Bayer Leverkusen to replace Gerardo Seoane with the club sitting second from bottom after eight matches. Under the guidance of the former Liverpool midfielder, Leverkusen shot up the table to finish in sixth place whilst also reaching the semi-finals of the Europa League. This season, Leverkusen have made a brilliant start as they currently sit top of the Bundesliga table, two points ahead of champions Bayern Munich. As a result of the fine job that Alonso has done with Leverkusen, he has been linked with a move away. Back in September, it was reported…
Liverpool could poach their ‘dream’ replacement for Jurgen Klopp following the news that Carlo Ancelotti has extended his contract at Real Madrid. Earlier on Friday, the Spanish giants confirmed that Ancelotti had signed a new deal, keeping him at the Bernabeu until 2026. The Italian’s time looked to be up after Manchester City beat Madrid 5-1 on aggregate in the Champions League semi-final last season. But a recent upturn in performances spearheaded by summer signing Jude Bellingham has seen Florentino Perez and the board get back behind the manager. As part of a domino effect, Liverpool may now have a clear run at Bayer Leverkusen manager…
Back in October 2022, Alonso was hired by Bayer Leverkusen to replace Gerardo Seoane with the club sitting second from bottom after eight matches. Under the guidance of the former Liverpool midfielder, Leverkusen shot up the table to finish in sixth place whilst also reaching the semi-finals of the Europa League. This season, Leverkusen have made a brilliant start as they currently sit top of the Bundesliga table, four points ahead of champions Bayern Munich. On the back of his remarkable start to life as a manager, a video of Mourinho predicting Alonso to become a manager has reemerged. Speaking at a Top Eleven…