Posts Tagged ‘Real Madrid’

Could supporters opinion bring about Alonso’s return to Anfield?

IT’S the focus of all football supporters during the close season. Who should we sign, who we should let go, who would be a dream signing but we know we could never afford him, who should we get back from on-loan and, in Liverpool’s case, which quality players would consider moving to Liverpool.

It makes for a great summer-long debate on blogs, twitter and websites all over the globe while there no actual football being played but does this kind of speculation actually make a difference?

Does it really influence the thinking of those in charge or the players involved? (more…)

It’s summer time and every club in Europe is looking to strengthen its squad. Over the years we’ve see the price of players continually increasing but this year it seems to have, as Rafa quite rightly put it, gone crazy. Even for a club of Liverpool’s stature the ‘star’ players are simply unaffordable. I’m sure the signing of Glen Johnson in a years time will look like a brilliant piece of business, even though the £18m fee was questioned as being over the odds.

Rafa Benitez speaks out against crazy transfer fees

Rafa Benitez speaks out against crazy transfer fees

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Many football pundits were describing this as Liverpool’s defining “make or break”  week in both the Champions League and the Premiership and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the London journalists couldn’t wait for Liverpool to fail. (more…)