£17 million has been spent this summer by Rafa on one player. That's 17 Trevor Francis' or Cristiano Ronaldo's pelvis to you and me. The signing of Johnson is indicative of the evolutionary attacking mentality that Rafa has been allowed to develop over the course of the last year, and one which seems set to continue in the short-term at least. Click to continue reading...

Mercy, Lord alive and gadzooks. It would appear this afternoon that the protracted Alonso saga or 'Xabi-gate' as I have just decided it will be called from now on, has reached a conclusion after Real and our negotiators reached an impasse over their respective valuations of the bearded wonder.

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As I sit here, festering and sporting a t-shirt which can only be described as 'a bit gay', I was thinking about what I, as a fan want my team to achieve in the coming season, and I conveniently surmised that "I'm not sure".

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For Manchester United?? In a shock rivaling that of the knowledge that Pat Butcher is dating Mrs Bucket off 'Keeping Up Appearances', it's been announced this morning that perennial poppadum legs and zero-times Champions League winner, Mickey O is having an 'extensive' medical somewhere in rainy Salford this morning. Click to continue reading...

Upon reading this, you ought to be salivating with Pavlovian expectation. Pies has been back in pre-season training, passed the statutory drug test (just), rejected a $674,800,348 offer from Real and commited its future to the 'club'.

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With Peter Crouch on the verge of rejoining Pompey and Xabi Alonso's future still very much up in the air, one player who won't be leaving Anfield this summer is Yossi Benayoun. Why? Because Rafa Benitez loves him. No, Rafa...

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When Harry Kewell signed for Istanbul-based Galatasaray following his summer release from Liverpool, the Australian winger was accused of being insensitive and disrespectful to the the memory of the two Leeds United fans, Christopher Loftus and Kevin Speight, who died... Click to continue reading...

Andrei Arshavin only played three matches at Euro 2008. In two of those matches against Sweden and Holland he was immense, dominating the game with his elegant touches and passing, and scaring to death the opposition with his eye for... Click to continue reading...

With Xabi Alonso's future at Anfield still under scrutiny despite Juventus' admission that they have completed their summer recruitment drive, and Lucas, Ryan Babel and Javier Mascherano having been called up by their respective countries, do you think Rafa Benitez... Click to continue reading...

Manchester United are still embroiled in the will he go/will he stay Ronaldo farce. Chelsea have brought in Deco, Jose Bosingwa and a former World Cup-winning coach in Luiz Felipe Scolari, while Arsenal have brought in talented schemer Samir Nasri... Click to continue reading...

Following the arrival of Brazilian Diego Cavalieri at Anfield and with Pepe Reina the Reds' established and undisputed number one goalkeeper, it looks increasingly likely that highly-rated Scott Carson will depart Liverpool for good this summer. With newly-promoted Stoke City... Click to continue reading...

Reds' legend Robbie Fowler could be set for one last shot at the big time, after joining up with Blackburn Rovers on their pre-season trip to Germany in an effort to win a contract at the Lancashire club. Fowler, who... Click to continue reading...

After admitting yesterday that Valencia's superstar forward David Villa, 26, was one of the names on his summer transfer hit list, Reds boss Rafa Benitez has now performed something of a u-turn by revealing he will not be making an... Click to continue reading...

Tis the season to be moving tralalalalalalalala. Well at least it is for a number of former Kop favourites anyway. In addition to the recent departures of Harry Kewell, Anthony Le Tallec(the new Zidane,yeh right!), John Arne Riise and 'Two... Click to continue reading...

Well I don't know about you but when Rafa Benitez admitted that David Villa is a player he is looking into signing, I went a little bit weak at the knees. We've all named him as one of our fantasy... Click to continue reading...