After watching Fernando Torres' performance yesterday for Chelsea I thought to myself "He's had a good game today". Then I saw the report of Ex-Liverpool Phil Thompson on Skysports "Soccer Saturday" and couldn't believe what I was reading!. Thompson is quoted soon after the game saying:

"He's not anywhere near.

European Cup winning Liverpool captain Phil Thompson is a big fan of (currently suspended) midfielder Jay Spearing, and he argues that the midfielder is a 'fantastic option' to replace the injured Lucas Leiva. There has been lots of speculation recently about whether Liverpool should buy someone in January to replace Lucas, but Thommo insists that the club should save its money and rely on

European Cup winning Liverpool captain Phil Thompson is a big fan of (currently suspended) midfielder Jay Spearing, and he argues that the midfielder is a 'fantastic option' to replace the injured Lucas Leiva. There has been lots of speculation recently about whether Liverpool should buy someone in January to replace Lucas, but Thommo insists that the club should save its money and rely on

Bob Paisley's all-conquering team of the late-seventies/early eighties is widely regarded to be one of the greatest Liverpool sides of all time, and Anfield legend Graeme Souness insists that club captain Steven Gerrard would've struggled to make the first XI if he was around back then. Souness, who played alongside the likes of Alan Hansen, Kenny Dalglish, Ray Kenny and Phil Thompson during that

You nose it Form is temporary, but class is permanent. At least that's true when it comes to the noses of Blackburn goalscorer Simon Vukcevic and Liverpool legend Phil Thompson.

You nose it Form is temporary, but class is permanent. At least that's true when it comes to the noses of Blackburn goalscorer Simon Vukcevic and Liverpool legend Phil Thompson.

Join legends on the Santa Dash

Anfield icons Phil Thompson, Roy Evans and Alan Kennedy got into the festive spirit by helping launch this year's Santa Dash which takes place in Liverpool city centre on Sunday, December 4.

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Liverpool Draw Chelsea in Carling Cup

Liverpool have drawn Chelsea away in the Carling Cup quarter-final. The fixture is yet to be given a date but will kick off in the week beginning the 28th October. Phil Thompson made the draw live on Sky Sports News, and his former club will have to continue their fine form away from home in the competition if they wish to progress into the semi-final stage.

By Alan Duffy

Liverpool's 4-3 win against Newcastle United at Anfield in 1996 It remains a seminal game in English football, full of end-to-end action and utter drama.

At the weekend, the two clubs came together once more, to recreate that classic game all for the sake of a number of fabulous charities including the NSPCC, CHUF, Alan Shearer Centre, Sir Bobby Robson Foundation and NE Children's Charity Pathways.

I'm not a fan of Sky Sports; despite watching it more than I should. It's shallow and far too excitable when covering the most mundane topic. I watch it anyway and it can be funny in seeing how relentless they can be in self-promotion. What annoys me though is the punditry, and how bad it is at times.

Phil Thompson and comedian Chris Cairns were the guests of honour at a celebratory men's health event held at Anfield on Thursday afternoon.
The duo enjoyed good-natured banter with over 100 attendees proving that laughter really can be the best medicine.
The occasion, which was funded by the Barclays Premier league, the Football Pools and Liverpool PCT, was a fitting way to celebrate another year of this successful men's health program aimed at helping Liverpool men of all ages to improve their lifestyle.

Thommo backs LFC initiative

Phil Thompson and comedian Chris Cairns were the guests of honour at a celebratory men's health event held at Anfield on Thursday afternoon.

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Former Liverpool skipper Phil Thompson believes that the sale of Raul Meireles, who was bought for £11 million, to Chelsea for a fee of around £12m was a "fantastic deal" for all the parties involved.
Meireles, who impressed and became a fan favourite in his one and only season on Merseyside, was sold at the eleventh hour on the final day of the transfer window.

Liverpool, along with Standard Chartered Bank, have launched a program for nurturing football talent in over 2000 children from around 80 schools run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
There are over 650,000 students from the financially challenged section of the society in over a 1000 schools run by the BMC.

Raul Meireles to Chelsea was 'a fantastic deal' for Liverpool – Phil Thompson

The Anfield hero and former assistant manager defends decision to ship out the Portuguese midfielder, saying Kenny Dalglish got a great deal for an unhappy and unneeded player

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Phil Thompson believes that "something big" is happening at Liverpool following their splurge during the summer transfer window.
The Reds brought in Charlie Adam, Craig Bellamy, Sebastian Coates, Stewart Downing, Jose Enrique, Jordan Henderson and Alexander Doni during the summer, and have started the season brightly.

'Something big is happening at Liverpool' Phil Thompson excited about club's future after transfer activity

The Reds legend says he is thrilled about the prospect of what this season might hold after Kenny Dalglish splashed the cash on several British stars over the summer

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'Something big happening at LFC'

Phil Thompson today reflected on a successful summer in the transfer market and an impressive start to the season on the pitch, and declared: "Something big is happening at Liverpool."

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Anfield is hosting a special celebration dinner on Friday, October 7, to mark the 10th anniversary of Liverpool's historic treble.
Special guests include Phil Thompson, who was assistant manager to Gerard Houllier back in 2001, and former Reds midfielder Gary McAllister.
They will discuss their memories of a remarkable campaign which resulted in Liverpool clinching the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup.

By Chris Wright

Just as the Aztec god of humongous nasal passages Phil Thompson prophesied on Norwegian television many moons ago, Liverpool have this very afternoon announced that they have agreed a fee with Newcastle for left-back Jose Enrique the cheeky buggers won't tell us what that fee it is, though we've heard it's somewhere up around the £6 million mark.

Roy Evans is returning to management for a special charity match in October.
The former Reds boss will lead a Liverpool side against Kevin Keegan's Newcastle in a showdown being billed at 'The Entertainers Reunited'.
The two bosses famously came up against each other at Anfield in April 1996 when Liverpool won 4-3 in a game which has been voted the greatest in Premier League history.

Kenny Dalglish's last public act on Liverpool's tour of Asia was to engage in some public banter with Phil Thompson in front of 38,000 fans who had come to see his players engage in a little light training.
It proved that, however firm their place is in Anfield's pantheon, Thompson and Dalglish have a limited future as a comedy double act, although the reception they received would have flattered Morecambe and Wise.

Thommo in Asia: Day Five

Liverpool legend Phil Thompson is travelling with the squad to Asia as a Club Ambassador and he'll be keeping you up to date with all the latest news from the trip. Here's day five of his exclusive blog...

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Standard Chartered clinic: Picture special

Liverpool FC Club Ambassador Phil Thompson has admitted he was 'blown away' by what he saw when he attended a Standard Chartered Football Clinic in Guangzhou earlier this morning.

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Thommo in China: Day three

Liverpool legend Phil Thompson is travelling with the squad to Asia as a Club Ambassador and he'll be keeping you up to date with all the latest news from the Far East. Here's day three of his exclusive blog...

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Thommo in China: Day two

Liverpool legend Phil Thompson is travelling with the squad to Asia as a Club Ambassador and he'll be keeping you up to date with all the latest news from the Far East. Here's day two of his exclusive blog...

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Thommo's first day in China

Liverpool legend Phil Thompson is travelling with the squad to Asia as a Club Ambassador and he'll be keeping you up to date with all the latest news from the Far East in his exclusive Far East blog...

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For the first time in their history, Liverpool Football Club has landed in China to kick off the first leg of their Standard Chartered sponsored pre-season tour of Asia.
Kenny Dalglish and his squad touched down at Guangzhou airport at 11am local time this morning following a 13-hour flight from Liverpool (via Kazakhstan) - and were greeted by scenes of hysteria as Chinese fans gathered in their hundreds to welcome the Reds to their country for the first time.

Having given up hope of signing Jose Enrique and Gael Clichy, Kenny Dalglish has apparently turned his attention to securing the services of Wayne Bridge.
Bridge, moving to West Ham United on loan at the end of last season for 15 league appearances, proved that he still has a lot to offer in the top tier of English football.

Jonas Gutierrez says he is trying to convince Jose Enrique to stay at Newcastle, as a huge offer looms from Liverpool.
Enrique, Gutierrez and Fabricio Coloccini have been dubbed the ‘Three Amigos' for their close relationship both on and off the field, and Gutierrez is hoping Enrique decides against a move to Liverpool.

Reported Liverpool target Jose Enrique has refuted suggestions that he has already negotiated a summer move to Merseyside.
It has been widely speculated that the Newcastle defender will join the Reds during the transfer window as they look to draft in a new first-choice left-back.
Liverpool legend Phil Thompson has since claimed that a deal was already in place to bring the Spaniard to Anfield, although Enrique has denied this is the case.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has insisted there is no deal in place to sell Spanish full-back Jose Enrique to Liverpool. Speculation has been rife in recent months that the former Villarreal full-back will leave Tyneside during the summer after putting talks over a new contract on hold.
Former Liverpool player and assistant manager Phil Thompson said in a television interview over the weekend he understood a deal had been done, a claim on which Newcastle were not prepared to comment.

We put the article out earlier today on Jose Enrique, and said the revelations from Phil Thompson had put both Newcastle and Liverpool clubs in a difficult situation, and we thought there wasn't much Newcastle could say about it, if it was true. Alan Pardew do deal with Liverpool nothing's changed But on [.

I have to think that both Liverpool and Newcastle are furious with former Liverpool great Phil Thompson. Jose Enrique on his bike? Phil played for Liverpool from 1971 until he left for Sheffield United in 1984, and he later served as assistant manager to Gerard Houllier at the Liverpool club. Phil is currently a [.

We don't know if it's true that Jose Enrique is joining Liverpool in the summer, but it's looking like it. Jose Enrique two views of him leaving positive and negative That's after Phil Thompson, who is a good friend of Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish, said over the weekend that it was his understanding [.

Liverpool legend Phil Thompson believes Newcastle left-back Jose Enrique has already agreed a move to Anfield.
Enrique, 25, has been one of Newcastle's most impressive performers over the last two seasons and he is said to be rated at around £15 million.
Thompson, who won three European Cups as a Reds player and has acted as the club's assistant manager, told TV2: "From what I've heard, yes, the deal has been done and he will come to Liverpool.

Former Liverpool defender and assistant manager, Phil Thompson is claiming that Newcastle United left back, Jose Enrique, will become a Liverpool player at the end of the season. Speaking to Norwegian TV channel, TV2, Thompson reported that a deal for the 25 year old is "a done deal", saying: "From what I've heard, yes the [.

Here's the interview that Phil Thompson gave when he said it was his understanding that Jose Enrique would be joining Liverpool in the summer.

It seems that the story we put out this morning that Jose Enrique will sign for Liverpool for £15M in the summer could well be true. Jose Enrique - joining Andy Carroll at Liverpool That's because Liverpool legend and former coach, Phil Thompson, has said that his inside information is that Liverpool have already agreed [.

Liverpool legend Phil Thompson has today claimed that Newcastle defender Jose Enrique will join Liverpool this summer.

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