It is about 8.30am on Friday morning and this reporter’s temper is shortening.
The week had dragged on, with the phone pinging non-stop in the 24 hours before and after Mail Sport were first to report that Mohamed Salah had reached an agreement to stay at Liverpool.
Fun but stressful. So the roadworks on the approach into Kirkby did not help. Nor did the fact we were in the wrong lane. Until a kind gentleman, in a car much nicer than ours wearing fancy shades with the windows down, invited us to the correct lane.