Full coverage: Liverpool

The news that Liverpool could be for sale for £3 billion demonstrated all that has been achieved under Jurgen Klopp, but it may not get any better than this.

As a player, Steven Gerrard aired all his anxieties and emotions about himself and his team-mates. He has done the same as a manager without the trump card of having Steven Gerrard the player to call on.

Manchester City have spent close to a billion pounds on Pep Guardiola's squad but there is always another piece in the jigsaw for the club that can have anything.

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.