🚨 EOTK Insider with Neil Jones: Andre transfer latest, Liverpool & Bayern's tug-of-war over Max Eberl, what could have been with Manu Kone and much more!

Join Neil Jones for his weekly column with EOTK Insider, exploring all the latest and greatest transfer and news stories around Liverpool Football Club

[From left to right: Andre, Max Eberl and Manu Kone]

Hello and welcome to my column with Empire of the Kop! You can read about all the latest updates around Liverpool Football Club and its forays into the transfer market right here, every week, with EOTK Insider. Thanks for giving this a read and let us know your thoughts in the comments!

Today’s top stories:

• Could Max Eberl become Liverpool’s next sporting director?

• What next for Fluminense’s Andre ahead of the January transfer window?

• And further updates on Manu Kone, Andy Robertson, Ryan Gravenberch and more!

Reviewing the season so far

If you look at the general state of the league table (three points off the top!) and the fact Manchester City aren’t streaking away at the summit either, it’s all looking quite positive and it feels rather open at the moment! The way Liverpool have played, some of the results they’ve had, the fixtures they’ve had… it does, I think, give real cause for optimism. Especially when you compare recent events to the prior campaign. If I was writing on 16th October last year, I think it would be a very different mood and vibe at Liverpool under discussion! If you look at the next batch of fixtures that are coming up after this international break, there’s a sense that Liverpool can make some progress and put themselves in a very strong position. They’ve had a good start - that’s all it is - but it’s better to have a good start than a bad one! Liverpool have put themselves in a position now where they can build on it.