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Originally published on Premier Punditry.
Lucas Leiva has been confined to the pine of the Liverpool bench for much of 2014, after Brendan Rodgers decided earlier this year that Steven Gerrard would best serve his side as a deep-lying playmaker whose legendary distribution abilities could springboard the likes of Luis Suarez, Daniel Sturridge and Raheem Sterling up front. Continue reading
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Originally published on The Anfield Wrap.
No outfield player at Liverpool Football Club has played more minutes through the first eight weeks of the season than Raheem Sterling. Not the inexhaustible Jordan Henderson, nor the preferred centre-back pairing of Dejan Lovren and Martin Skrtel. At the age of 19 – when most of us were sleeping in through class and making all sorts of mistakes we’d rather forget – he’s become an indispensable asset to one of the biggest sporting institutions in the world. Continue reading
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
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