10 Major Positives During Time of Liverpool FC Chaos

Liverpool have lots to work with, amid the disruption and uncertainty

Well, so much for a peaceful World Cup break!

Chaos is by its very nature disconcerting. But I think it's important to consider that there are still a lot of positives surrounding the situation Liverpool FC, amidst the uncertainty and upheaval.

As long as the club doesn't completely go off the rails and end up a plaything of some corrupt, murderous regime, I'll keep trying to find positives on the ZenDen, whilst offering my usual (hopefully) balanced, analytical takes on the TTT Main Hub.

But this small TTT side-Substack is simply about redressing the negatively overload that tends to permeate the internet, to find the genuine positives.

1. In Jürgen Klopp, Liverpool still have the best manager in the world. Pound for pound – literally and in terms of sterling spent – no one has done better in world football over the last 12 years, if you look at those who have also won various league titles and Champions Leagues (and reached finals and come close in other league title-races when never the richest club, nor the favourites).

2. In Pep Lijnders, the Reds have a world-class and innovative coach, who may yet be capable of taking over from the German – but who perhaps wouldn't have been the choice of those who have left or are leaving the club, whose job it should be to evaluate and appoint managers. (But we're not at the management-handover any time soon – Klopp's current contract with Liverpool is set to run until the summer of 2026, and as long as Lijnders can help keep fresh, as other clubs catch up, that should help Klopp.)

3. In the shorter term, the World Cup time, while now suddenly full of distractions, departures, and upheaval, still leaves an ideal opportunity to refresh all the injured and half-fit players, and to assess the issues that dogged the first half of the season. Just having a break will help a lot of the players, while only Virgil van Dijk and Darwin Núñez are the only outfield players likely to start every game their country plays in Qatar, with only seven Reds at the tournament (Alisson has an easy ride in goal for Brazil). This a big chance for Klopp and Lijnders to deeply assess things, albeit you'd ideally want the analytics people involved too, and that may not be as smooth right now; and ideally the January recruitment won't be scuppered by the unrest.

4. Liverpool will remain an incredibly attractive proposition to prospective owners (or investors), and elite directors of football. The club will still attract top players, but the success of the past five years – indeed, the almost unparalleled success since the 1960s – has not been built on buying established superstars, or on owners pumping in the most money. We will likely still have a great team to follow, and to challenge for trophies, but obviously to keep winning the highest honours gets harder with more rivals gaining big external investment. (But more on potential investment for Liverpool below, after the paywall.)