Jeremy Clarke Jeremy Clarke

My grandsons have sensed weakness – and it’s costing me

Liverpool away kit? New basketball trainers? Another iPhone? I’ll get on to it right away

They don’t want much: just the new Liverpool strip with Mo Salah on the back please. [Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images] 
issue 22 October 2022

The grandsons are putting two and two together. Grandad is always lying down and groaning when they video call and he has suddenly become a soft touch when asked to stump up for their material acquisitiveness. ‘By the way, Grandad, can I have the new Liverpool away kit? With Mo Salah on the back?’ ‘You certainly can my dear chap.’

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