Liverpool F.C - The Road to Europe

Everyone's favorite boss Andre Villas-Boas who has only been at Atletico Madrid since May, has been sacked in less than six months, but he remains in Spain, joining Racing Club. That's three clubs he's joined since leaving Chelsea, Wolfsburg; Atletico; and now Racing!

Speaking of Chelsea, Roberto Di Matteo, who was sacked in May as well and replaced by Claudio Ranieri, has joined Roma in the Serie A.

Yes, Claudio Ranieri re-joined Chelsea.

Everton are in takeover talks! The soon-to-be new president is rumored to have the financial power to wipe out all the club's debt.

Just loaded tons more leagues into my game. Previously I only had the English leagues, Italian leagues, German leagues, Dutch leagues, U.S.A leagues, French leagues and Spanish leagues. Now I have a lot more.



The Uruguayan league can't be seen.

I have been drawn to face Nott. Forest in the next round of the FA Cup.

Also, my training facilities have been upgraded. Awesome!

We won 2-1 against Aston Villa as Suarez bagged a brace, scoring early in the 40th minute before Darren Bent grabbed a late equalizer, but we grabbed an even later winner with substitute Glen Johnson crossing the ball for Suarez, and the Uruguayan wonder headed the ball into the net.

Philip Pritchard is struck with injury after being handed his first competitive game for the club in a Champions' League group match against FC Kobenhavn, and will be out for four months. The curse of the Champions' League?!

In case you forgot, I handed Jack Robinson his first Champions' League game some time ago and he also got injured for a pretty long period of time.

We won 4-1 against Newcastle and Carlos Fierro scored twice - but missed a hat trick opportunity after kicking a typical Sergio Ramos penalty high high into the stands.

Real Madrid want Lucas Leiva!

The Brazilian and Liverpool star is a firm fan favorite at Anfield but the pull of Real Madrid might be too hard to resist. Anyway I have told Real Madrid that I will only accept a sky-high bid and to go away if they planned on bidding anything less than 20 million.

I have drawn with Marseille in the Champions' League first knockout round. Although the board and the fans are already happy enough that I have qualified - my aim is to at least reach the final. And with such a great squad I know we can do it

Malky Malkay is sacked as Fulham manager, with Fulham in 15th place in the league. The club have promoted from within as Fulham youth coach Kim Nam-II, a former player himself who played most of his career in the Korean League, is unveiled as the new Fulham manager, making him the first South Korean to manage a club in the league and the second youngest manager in the Premier League at 36. Thought this was an interesting appointment so I shared it.

I'm rather pissed as we drew 1-1 with QPR; Carlos Fierro gave us an early lead and QPR only equalized in the 93rd minute... bad game.

URGHHH... Still fuming...

Along with Mbaye Niang, wonderkid Alessandro Rossi will join us from Juventus in January. The Italian is only 18 years old, and a left-back. I was reluctant to sign him because I didn't think he would be able to get any playing time for maybe five-six years with Jose Enrique and Jack Robinson already in the first team and by five-six years he would be 23 already and I normally introduce youngsters into the first team at 21-22, but I had to act fast as Juventus had offered the lad a three-year contract. Upon hearing that I had bidded for him, Alessandro rejected the contract from Juventus and agreed to join us. That's how you do it, lad.

My midfield is extremely congested at the moment but it should be fine in two-three years with Gerrard and Keita both already 33.

'Candidates' for the transfer list
I don't think any players will be leaving in January but there'll definitely be some guys leaving in the summer of next season. Martin Kelly hasn't developed as well as expected and will be already turning 24 next season and I can't really afford to give him more time. He also doesn't have many first-team opportunities at Anfield, being behind Coates, Wilson, and Agger in the central defense.

Glen Johnson is also another 'candidate' for the transfer list as I look to introduce Jon Flanagan into the first team. Johnson will be turning 30 next season already and I might look to off-load him to give Flanagan more playing time as backup for Martin Montoya. Also speaking of Montoya, I am generally helping Johnson, a player who can start every week for a mid-table club, from being confined to being backup to the superb and consistent Montoya.

Charlie Adam is almost a certainty to leave this summer after he comes back from Schalke. Almost.

I would love to keep Stewart Downing but as I can't give him guaranteed first-team opportunities, and also the fact that he is going to be in his 30s very soon, I might consider any offer that comes in for him. He has recently spoken of his love of playing for Schalke so that might be a potential destination for the English winger.

I am wondering if I should let Andre Wisdom and Conor Coady leave the club as, like Johnson, they could be starting every week for a mid-table club in four to five years, whereas at Liverpool they will still be confined to being backup to the rather young Danny Wilson and Sebastian Coates.

Suso refuses to go anywhere on loan and he starts probably every five weeks here at Liverpool and needs way, way more match experience if he wants to fulfill his potential so for his own good I might also transfer-list him.

REDS IN COMEBACK VICTORY OVER MANCHESTER UNITED


It was a spectacular afternoon for the Liverpool lads as they came from 1-0 down to beat fierce rivals Manchester United 3-1, similarly to how they recovered quickly from trailing 1-0 to winning the game 2-1 against Manchester City last month.

Carlos Fierro, Steven Gerrard, and Jordan Henderson were the heroes who helped Liverpool pull off the win after an early Wayne Rooney goal gave United the lead.

This win gives the Reds' title hopes a boost as they bid to win their first Premier League and their 19th title.

Liverpool are currently in 1st place with 48 points, four points clear of 2nd-placed Manchester City who are at 44 points. However for the red side of Manchester, it looks hopeless as the Red Devils seemingly have no chance of retaining the Premier League - probably highlighting the managerial class that former manager Sir Alex Ferguson had compared to current manager David Moyes. Manchester United are currently 6th place in the league, and a remarkable 13 points away from 1st-placed Liverpool.