The Men Who Decide: Brendan Rodgers, FSG and the future of Liverpool Football Club

Photo: David Rawcliffe/Propaganda

Photo: David Rawcliffe/Propaganda

Originally published on The Anfield Wrap.

First, a little history lesson.

Yankee Stadium, October 2003. The Boston Red Sox are playing their hated rivals, the New York Yankees, in the semi-finals of the Major League Baseball playoffs. It’s game seven of a seven-game series to determine which team will advance to the World Series to play for the title — a title that the Red Sox haven’t won in 85 years. Continue reading

Summer of Discontent: Liverpool’s Annual Transfer Window Debacle

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Originally published on Business of Soccer, July 2013.

If you’re fortunate enough to support an elite European soccer club for which money is no object, July is a wonderful time. The summer transfer window should be an occasion brimming with optimism, when fans can follow their team retool its personnel and load up on assets for the upcoming campaign. Continue reading