Full coverage: Liverpool

Liverpool stand on the brink of unprecedented success, through good management, sound planning and one extraordinary piece of luck. Forty years after Dion Fanning first visited the ground with his father, he brought his son to Anfield for the first time.

The great English clubs no longer look to Ireland for their players. Brexit has restricted options even further so where now for the gifted Irish footballer?

Steven Gerrard's return to Anfield as Aston Villa manager has led many to wonder when he will become Liverpool manager, but the club and Gerrard would both be better off pursuing other options.

Rafa Benitez's decision to take the Everton job in the summer looked like it would briefly work but after the defeat to Liverpool, it is clear that neither he nor the club can change.

The appointment of Ralf Rangnick as Manchester United's interim manager should lead to an immediate improvement but those who caused the mess at Old Trafford haven't gone away.

The Premier League announced a new deal for their US rights which doubled their previous deal. For the big clubs elsewhere in Europe it may have increased their urgency about a Super League.

Manchester United's sentimental attachment to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is preventing them from challenging Liverpool.

Manchester United are the team best equipped to challenge an awesome Manchester City in a Premier League season that might be more normal but also more routine.

How did the football clubs who planned the Super League get it so wrong? Stephen Kinsella, Sean Keyes and Dion Fanning discuss an extraordinary week in football and why the 12 club owners should have studied John D Rockefeller.