Ten senior players and coaches have left and the new structure will make it difficult to attract replacements
Last week, a player exodus at Liverpool continued apace as their two-times title-winning captain Gemma Bonner switched to Manchester City. Something is seriously wrong on Merseyside – of the starting XI that faced Chelsea, the Women’s Super League 1 champions, on 20 May, just three players remain on the books. The departure of Scott Rogers and the arrival of the former Rotherham manager Neil Redfearn from Doncaster Rovers Belles, the WSL2 champions, seems to have come too late to steady the ship.
There were high hopes for Liverpool for the 2017-18 season, a feeling that they would be involved in the small group looking to challenge the growing might of Chelsea and Manchester City, yet they never got out of the blocks.
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