The Liverpool Gazette
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Liverpool
Virgil van Dijk was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Alisson falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Liverpool
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
Richard Bailey steps up from the Liverpool academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Richard Bailey has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Simon Hughes joins the Liverpool first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Simon Hughes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Mark Foster steps up from the Liverpool academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mark Foster has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Liverpool promote Alexander Clarke from within
- Boardroom The ground is getting bigger
- Squad Finn Inglethorpe signs a new deal
- Squad 7 new faces, and Liverpool are still learning each other