FSG and Jurgen Klopp have finally copied one of Liverpool s best ever transfer strategies Dan Kay
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We all love a bargain, especially when times are tough.
There s nothing quite like the feeling when you know you ve managed to snag something you had your heart set on for less than what you expected to pay and can sit back secure, and even a little smug, as everyone else scrambles around for higher-priced leftovers.
When it comes to football transfers of course, all things are relative. The multi-million pound deals which brought the likes Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah to Anfield would no doubt be seen in non-footballing circles as obscene yet have unquestionably proved outstanding value for money for Liverpool.
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1977: Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool
Liverpool had beaten United at Anfield 18 days earlier, en route to the title. But it wasn’t much of an omen, not least because Tommy Docherty’s side had nothing to play for and were keeping their powder dry. At Wembley, he set his team snapping at Liverpool’s heels, ditching their trademark pretty wing play for something uncharacteristically agricultural: long launches that would hopefully discombobulate the normally ice-cool champions. It worked like a dream. Though Jimmy Case was the best player on the park, equalising with a juggle and volley of Zidanesque grace, United applied sufficient aerial pressure to break Liverpool, Stuart Pearson taking advantage of Emlyn Hughes’ inability to deal with a flick-on, Jimmy Greenhoff benefiting from an absurd looping deflection. Liverpool consoled themselves by winning the European Cup four days later; United drew satisfaction from denying them an unpr
You may have heard there’s a football match happening this weekend, a pretty significant one as it happens.
This Sunday, English football’s two biggest clubs face-off knowing that the winner will steal a march in this, a wide-open title race.
As with any clash between Liverpool and Manchester United, the fixture is being hyped like no other.
In recent years Super Sunday gave way to Red Monday, while others lazily christened the encounter England’s El Classico. For all the razzmatazz, Scousers vs. Mancs seems more appropriate for what remains a northwest grudge match…
There is no denying the rich history of these respective clubs nor the deep-rooted dislike bordering on hatred. Even so, this remains one of sport’s most curious rivalries. Why? Because truthfully these footballing powerhouses have rarely fought it out to be crowned champions.