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Deleted Chapter From “Perched”: How Liverpool Became United, And United Became Divided
By Paul Tomkins in Book Extract, By Paul Tomkins, Deep Dive, Subscribers Only, The Wednesday Column / October 14, 2020 / 21 comments
What follows below is a chapter from Perched: Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool FC – Champions Of Everything, written in late…
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The Toxic Rot of the Unhappy Superstar And How It’s Not An Issue For Klopp’s Liverpool
By Paul Tomkins in By Paul Tomkins, The Big read, The Wednesday Column / September 30, 2020 / 40 comments
The thing that many fans don’t seem to understand about superstars is the all-consuming vibe-drain that occurs when they…
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Beyond Doubt – Liverpool Now Have Their Strongest Squad Ever
By Paul Tomkins in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only, The Wednesday Column / September 23, 2020 / 34 comments
Going into the new season, it felt like Liverpool had a squad of peak-age senior players (plus the unmeltable…
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Deleted Chapter From “Perched”: How Liverpool Became United, And United Became Divided

The Toxic Rot of the Unhappy Superstar And How It’s Not An Issue For Klopp’s Liverpool

Beyond Doubt – Liverpool Now Have Their Strongest Squad Ever