That Graeme Souness and Phil Thompson cannot even agree on when their relationship started to break down reveals not only the depth of their feud but also how long it lasted, if it has even really ended.



The pair were pillars of the most decorated side in Liverpool’s history, one which won five league titles as well as three European Cups in the seven seasons they were team-mates.



Their shared story shows successful dressing rooms are not always the most harmonious, especially after a weekend where Sadio Mane’s outburst in Liverpool’s victory at Burnley led to reasonable questions about his rapport with Mohamed Salah. If that is what we see in public, then what happens in private?



Souness (circled left in the image above), at least, wonders whether Thompson’s attitude towards him changed in the summer of 1981 behind the curtains of a private function suite at the Burlington House hotel in Dublin. Liverpool had played a pre-season...