Liverpool Transfer Rumours

09 Apr 2026 14:16:14
Not from my player and I’m not back up the ladders for his windows until next week but someone else in our place who has some of the Cheshire lads (incl. #LFC players on his books) …

Slot to go before the end of the season.



Incidentally, I’m trying to nick one of the LFC boys off him in Alderley Edge in the summer so that will hopefully increase ^ my intel.

All the best, guys … We will be back. 🤞

09 Apr 2026 15:32:12
Love it, clean sheets. Keep bringing the filth!

09 Apr 2026 15:54:37
Love these types of rumours, Slot is becoming a pane in the gl-ass!

09 Apr 2026 16:07:56
Any news on the transfer window, Cleansheets? And please be transparent.

09 Apr 2026 16:11:20
Love it ...
Thanks, man.

09 Apr 2026 16:33:02
Doesn't really make sense... before the end of the season is like right now... what's the point in going with 2 games left!

09 Apr 2026 16:36:25
Might have to stop blaming Arne, sounds like he might have been framed, and winning the Champions League will be harder than climbing Everest.

09 Apr 2026 17:45:27
Arne Slot isn't going anywhere until the end of the season.

I hope we see the following next week.
Ekiteke
Rio Wirtz, Salah
Szoblai
Joe Gomez as a defensive midfielder.
Kerkez, VVD, Konate, Frimpong

(Macalister and Gravenberch) don't even make the bench. I just don't know why we play these two awful players this season.

09 Apr 2026 18:42:30
I can see straight through this rumour.

09 Apr 2026 13:33:39
I’m sure Carra and others have posted this much earlier but I’ve also heard Slot knows he’s gone.

I don’t know how that thinking plays out but for the players I don’t think they can engage anymore. Season is a write off.

09 Apr 2026 15:05:43
Jurgen is a leader, a figurehead, a motivator, and one of the great football brains. He commands respect.

Slot is a bloke from Holland who knows a bit about football.

09 Apr 2026 16:40:05
Looking at past Liverpool managers.
Some were charismatic. Shanks and Jurgen.
Others maybe not so much, Kenny and Bob.
But for all these men, players would run through a brick wall for them.
Does Slott inspire the current players?

09 Apr 2026 11:17:13
Can anyone comment definitively as to why Alonso can't/won't join now?

Of the most plausible possible reasons (ranked in order):

1) Alonso can't join another team that is still in the CL if Real are too - this one makes sense, albeit if this is the reason then he may be available to join soon!

2) Alonso's agreement with Real prohibits him from joining another team this season - again plausible and in which case we have to wait and see out this season without him.

3) Alonso has decided to take a break from football until the summer - I think, as was the case with Klopp, that given our dire straights right now, we could have persuaded him to join sooner.

Of course, these are only the reasons that Alonso wouldn't be able to join us.

There is also the scenario that our powers that be are genuinely giving Slot a chance to turn things around.

I did at one stage sympathise with this position - we're not known as 'hire em and fire em' employers and I am very, very pleased about that. However, I'm with virtually everyone on these boards in fearing the worst case scenario of no UCL next season, and the impact that would have on recruitment both of players and even the manager.

Anyone got a sense of which of the scenarios above (and indeed any others) as to why Alonso is not here already making his plans for both getting the most out of this season and making his plans for the future?

09 Apr 2026 11:26:27
How old are Alonso's kids? Maybe, he doesn't want to move them mid-school year and unlike Slot, doesn't want to do a half arsed job cus he's flying back to Madrid every few days.

09 Apr 2026 11:30:01
Could be any or many of those you mention, Zeddicus. Might also have to do with the football hierarchy going through significant change again this summer with Edwards' and Hughes' futures in doubt.

The best coaches/managers would prefer to commit to stable clubs.

09 Apr 2026 11:52:56
I suspect he doesn't want to come in now and possibly miss out on CL football.
Better to start with a clean slate in post season.

09 Apr 2026 12:00:43
Slot is still employed, that would be the main reason Alonso hasn't joined, I would think.

09 Apr 2026 12:20:32
I refuse to believe that Hughes and Edwards and beyond that FSG can't see that Slot is the wrong man.

I'm sure they have been working on options but for whatever reason the right option has not been available. This is such a huge decision that they have to get right, so I'd much prefer them to wait if that means getting the right man in the summer.



I'm not a fan of interim managers, it's too much upheaval and too many voices in the players' heads. I completely understand why they would not want to change mid season just to change again in the summer.

09 Apr 2026 12:22:19
Additionally, to what was said above, maybe Alonso is not the target? I don't know who could be, if not Alonso, but maybe.

09 Apr 2026 13:21:54
Could be a hefty financial clause in his Madrid contract, whereby he is still getting paid.

Didn't Di Matteo carry on being paid his full salary by Chelsea after he was sacked until he found a new job, so he basically just went on holiday for a couple of years and got paid £130k a week.

09 Apr 2026 13:28:18
Definitively?

No, no, they can't.

There are other plausible scenarios.

1) Alonso doesn't want to manage Liverpool, he's turned us down before.

2) Alonso is not first choice and the first choice is not free until the summer.

09 Apr 2026 13:38:23
And maybe because Slot still has a year left on his contract, which he intends to fulfill.

09 Apr 2026 14:26:40
I don't think Alonso is the first choice and I can see why. I'm sure FSG have others in mind who are currently employed. They are gambling on us getting CL next season and if we don't they see it as a blip.

One season out of the CL happened under Klopp.

It's not the end of the world. What matters most is the rebuild. I can see Alison, Konate, Robinson, Macca, Jones, Cody, and Freddy all joining Salah out the door.

09 Apr 2026 16:31:52
Alonso probably put on gardening leave, which usually means he is still under contract and has to abide by Madrid's say so, and they could also ask for a fee to release Alonso from his contract.
Plus Alonso would lose a few million in wages.
So he has to sit tight while negotiations go on to free him from contract.
YNWA.

09 Apr 2026 18:14:32
Hopefully Alonso doesn't join. Boss player and cheered him every second week from the Kop, but something tells me he doesn't truly want the job. Don't know him, as it's an opinion, but it'll end in disaster. If the other fella wins it again with PSG then hopefully he'll want that new challenge.

09 Apr 2026 07:10:53
For what it's worth (and it's not that much), Allisson is sharing the front page of today's Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy). Apparently Juventus have approached him and he gave off positive vibes about it. Apparently Spalletti (his ex-Roma coach) wants him back.

09 Apr 2026 07:59:04
Another massive summer of change, already losing Mo and probably Robertson. With uncertainty over the manager and the board and the added World Cup it's really not ideal.

09 Apr 2026 09:35:23
Allison is constantly on the treatment table, it's time for change.
We had a brilliant squad during the Klopp era, but most are now past their best, Salah, Robbo, VVD, Allison all need to go now, it's done.

09 Apr 2026 09:37:26
Can see why it might appeal to him now, but I hope he'd see out his contract. He's the last one left from Klopp's golden team who hasn't had noticeable decline yet, but has missed more matches with injury than almost any keeper I can think of.

09 Apr 2026 10:06:50
This is a big transition job, and it needs to be led by the best we can get. In terms of the manager, the team of coaches, and the directors of football at the big clubs in Europe, it's hard to see who can step in as a back room set up and be guaranteed to deliver success.

I think the FSG approach of recruiting to a model of an up and coming head coach, with an inexperienced sporting director from smaller team background pulling the strings, would be a failure if they went down that route again.

We need big club mentalities and workaholics who will do what it takes to ensure we can stay near the top.

Xabi, maybe can pull it all together, but perhaps the better option given where we are would be Simeone. He and his team have defied the odds over a long period of time, and apparently are looking for a change in the summer.

09 Apr 2026 10:14:42
I would not want to be in the dressing room with Simeone if I had only given 99.99%. The man is a beast.

09 Apr 2026 10:14:54
Shughes55, and got to sell Konate asap as he's a total and utter liability. Absolutely woeful and clueless last night, stumbling around like a headless chicken!!. 😡😤

09 Apr 2026 10:26:42
I'm personally not concerned about the transition - I expected it when we spent so much in the summer.
I'm more concerned about having the right coach and leadership group to manage it. Both of these have been substandard this season, and both need to be dealt with.
Not sure changing the coach will be enough.
Who are the leaders now?

09 Apr 2026 10:27:36
Simeone sets his teams up to be a solid, defensive block and hopes to nick a goal whilst employing darker arts than he who shall not be named. I do not think he would be a good fit. I don't believe he speaks English either, let alone Scouse!

09 Apr 2026 10:42:13
Apparently his favoured move would be Inter. I just think, with this group of players, with a lack of leaders in the dressing room, we need a manager with real presence. The players need a leader and figurehead, and the club needs push back against Edwards and Hughes.



The Americans are good business people, but I think they're less good at choosing the right football people. The Glazers had a similar problem, and the Chelsea lot look equally devoid. Jurgen may have been too obvious to ignore.

09 Apr 2026 11:16:48
There are many issues, but I would remind people that Utd looked abject under Amorim, and a common sense manager has made a huge difference. There's still some real talent in this squad, problem is the players lost faith in Slot months ago, and have sub-consciously lost all of their edge / confidence, that's why it's so baffling that the decision to sack him hasn't already been taken.



Spineless leadership.

09 Apr 2026 11:45:25
Part of the problem seems to be that the Americans have delegated all football decisions to Edwards and Hughes. They're not being held accountable yet as the hedge fund don't care about the quality of football so long as we get CL qualification, so Edwards and Hughes are not holding Arne accountable.

09 Apr 2026 11:45:58
We cannot afford to let Virgil and Alisson go. They're pretty much the last part of our 'spine' albeit a very spineless season. Let them go, you've got another season of finger pointing at replacements who haven't bedded in.

09 Apr 2026 11:56:26
DSL, I don't think anyone really wants them gone. It's more a case with Ali that he just can't do it physically, and VVD is visibly declining, and how many errors can we afford? They're both on huge money which could be recycled to get better players in.

The new players won't be better than them at their best, but better than this version of them, that's part of the transition.

09 Apr 2026 13:08:54
Fair enough mate, think I've heavily got blinkers on when it comes to them two. In relation to Alisson, I firmly believe his legs have gone, hence why we're playing short passes from goal kicks - my theory, that is not saying it's gospel.

09 Apr 2026 13:12:35
They might become better than them too, Overkill, but it'll be a very hard act to follow that's for sure.

09 Apr 2026 16:03:08
They're the best keeper and centre back that I've witnessed playing for us. Hypia was great as well, and keeper wise Reina was the next best I've seen but not at Ali's level.

09 Apr 2026 18:36:30
They are fantastic. They have cemented a legacy for others to aspire to.

08 Apr 2026 16:16:45
Rumours of us playing a back 5 tonight.

08 Apr 2026 16:55:10
If true, then what a time to change things! Either a stroke of genius or disaster waiting to happen.

08 Apr 2026 17:18:13
I'd play a back 10.

08 Apr 2026 17:25:27
Last time he did that was against Palace in the cup when we got dry bummed 3-0 at Anfield. We were all over the place in midfield and defence that night. He really hasn't got a clue what he's doing.

08 Apr 2026 17:39:52
Ah, that was only because he'd thrown the team of kids to the lions, Victor. The seniors'll be grand.

08 Apr 2026 17:47:27
Lots of pessimism here, which I guess can be justified.

Let's rally and get behind the team though, whether you're Slot in or out - we want Liverpool to win & Slot turning things around isn't a bad thing.

Diddly out.

08 Apr 2026 17:52:16
The other rumour being Alonso is in the stands tonight. Maybe he's already the new manager and he's trying out his Leverkusen formation? Lol.

08 Apr 2026 17:58:42
Getting the players ready for next season (if Alonso is the new manager) after he's gone.

08 Apr 2026 18:02:41
Do we have 5 defenders?

08 Apr 2026 18:21:16
To be honest, it wasn't really a "team of kids", Florian, only really Nyoni, Morrison & Ngumoha were really kids. I think, given how badly organised, unfit & off the pace we are, it's not unreasonable to think tonight is not going to end well.

08 Apr 2026 19:07:40
Teamsheet has been released. Could be a back 3 of Vvd, Konate and Gomez with Kerkez and Frimpong as wing backs.
Or could just be a regular back 4 with Frimpong and Wirtz out on the wings. Let's see.

08 Apr 2026 19:13:29
Oh right, Victor. Just thought there was more with how Slot had been said to have given up on the Carabao Cup that night. Oh well, no kids at all in tonight, we should be able to give it a right good go.

08 Apr 2026 19:15:01
Has to be a defensive team out tonight, right to rest Salah, we need 11 fighters out there.
For me, I will lower expectations and hope for the best, we should beat them at Anfield.

08 Apr 2026 19:48:25
Kop That, we couldn't beat Spurs, Sunderland, Burnley, Fores, Man United or City at Anfield. How you think this shower, led by that man, is going to somehow muster a win against probably the best side in the tournament defies logic.

08 Apr 2026 20:03:57
Slot deserves what he gets, but I always want a win. He has to go.

08 Apr 2026 20:16:26
I want us to win, but it's not happening the way he has us set up and conditioned. 1-0 down within 15 minutes says a lot.

08 Apr 2026 21:36:35
2-0 now. How many do we have to concede to accept the ties dead and fire him?

08 Apr 2026 21:53:57
Sorry, OP, it was actually a back 10.

08 Apr 2026 21:54:56
Slot out.

08 Apr 2026 22:06:04
This feels like a waking nightmare.

08 Apr 2026 22:14:09
Someone said we were playing with 3 at the back tonight. That's factually wrong. We didn't play at all.

08 Apr 2026 22:21:00
I just don't get how they justify keeping Slot in at this point.

I didn't know it was possible, but the football over the last 3 matches has looked drier and more stale than ever.

I felt like I was watching the same thing for the entire match; PSG attack, we get the ball back for about 10 seconds, maybe boot the ball up to Ekitike who has no help, then we lose the ball again and PSG have the ball for 15 minutes.

It would be baffling to keep Slot. Even the most optimistic fan knows that this Champions League tie is pretty much over if Slot stays, and there's no way we make Champions League if we play like this until the end of the season with Slot.



Why not roll the dice, try to get a bounce from an interim, and see how far they can get you? At least they can say they tried something, even if we fall short. Because it's so painfully obvious what will happen if Slot stays beyond this match.

If we succeed in getting 5th with said interim, our new manager can come in, have some funds to spend, and start fresh.

08 Apr 2026 22:32:45
What was our XG tonight?! Bloody hell, the farce continues... What has this team become? It's shocking beyond belief.

08 Apr 2026 22:33:36
27% possession tonight. Let that sink in. That's how we used to deal with teams in the relegation zone. I've no idea what's going on at the club, but I can't believe anyone is happy with this dross.

08 Apr 2026 22:47:40
Not a shot on target, a fraud playing for a draw, and completely toothless again. Season is over anyway, we may as well keep him on.

08 Apr 2026 23:43:38
This is worse than when Bodgers tried to play for a draw against Madrid and go battered.

09 Apr 2026 00:06:20
Wise up, Ned.

08 Apr 2026 14:52:05
IK and DS both edging closer to new long term deals apparently.

Good news if it comes to pass.

08 Apr 2026 16:47:48
As much as we need to improve on Konate, I think the ideal solution for next season is him staying so we have some continuity while we can bed in Jacquet and Leoni properly.

08 Apr 2026 17:05:54
Probably saves money keeping him. And, as DK97 says, it's good to have 2 experienced CBs with the 2 youngsters.

08 Apr 2026 17:57:08
Agree with that, DK97.

08 Apr 2026 18:17:35
Get rid of Konate... a liability all day long.

08 Apr 2026 20:04:56
Keeping an average defender on a new deal, which is probably at a ridiculously high wage, probably isn't a good thing.

09 Apr 2026 03:29:31
Don't see how Konate signing is good for the club. He almost bagged a nice assist for PSG tonight. Upamacano 2.0.

08 Apr 2026 10:48:43
Alonso's agent (Inaki Ibanez) will supposedly be at tonight's game.

Cheers,

08 Apr 2026 11:48:46
PSG could be looking for a new coach in summer?

08 Apr 2026 11:53:09
So we're getting Louis Enrique instead?

08 Apr 2026 12:07:26
Possibly.

08 Apr 2026 12:50:36
Yes, please to Enrique!

08 Apr 2026 13:09:38
Can't we give a job to that poor set pieces coach instead? Head coach?

08 Apr 2026 13:55:57
What difference does that make.. If we were talking to him... Not sure we need it to be a game day for it to happen..

Got zoom meeting all over it... John, you're on mute, I can't hear you... I thought you said you want me to be coach not manager... sorry mate.. bin day.. WiFi is dropping out with the bin men outside.

08 Apr 2026 15:52:03
Just as the deal is about to be struck, Xabi's dog walks across the keyboard and inadvertently tells Hughes and Edwards to go f*** themselves. Xabi looks embarrassed and says it was an accident, but we all know it wasn't. :-)

07 Apr 2026 15:31:32
Reports suggest we have made contact with West Ham for Fernandes in the summer.

07 Apr 2026 16:37:25
What??? Why in the blue hell?

07 Apr 2026 17:34:33
What in the blue waffle??!!

07 Apr 2026 17:42:12
Who in the Blue Man Group?

07 Apr 2026 17:57:18
Good, we need somebody like him.

07 Apr 2026 18:07:50
Don't understand the negativity.
He's young, he's able to cut it in the Premier League, he closes down hard, he's always busy, he's 2 footed and he has good technique.

Many is the time he's controlled the midfield against us.

If he's available we should be in for him.

07 Apr 2026 18:34:02
Are you being serious or joking, Ron? Name 1 game Fernandes has ever won against us, let alone 'controlled' against us? Not that I think he is a bad player, you are just talking nonsense though.

07 Apr 2026 18:48:52
Ok, maybe not "controlled", what I wanted to say was "won the midfield battles against us".

He has, he's out-battled our midfielders.

07 Apr 2026 19:03:20
He was the best player on the pitch when we played Wh at Anfield.

07 Apr 2026 19:14:58
Good player, decent in the tackle, good passer, good shot, decent in the air and is fast and mobile. What's not to like? I'd take him no problem, him and Anderson would be great.

07 Apr 2026 19:28:41
Whereas, it's not a very high bar out-battling our non-existent soft as volcanic diarrhoea midfield, he was their best player on the pitch when they played us and has been their best midfielder all season. I'd definitely take him over injury prone dross like Camavinga.

07 Apr 2026 20:39:43
Think any negativity around him has always been about his attitude. Most times I've seen him play, he's been good, and, like Victor says, it doesn't take much to improve on this season's midfield.

07 Apr 2026 20:40:04
He must be good if VV likes him. Gonna get this thread framed. 🤣

07 Apr 2026 21:01:22
If VV half approves I'm totally in.

07 Apr 2026 21:08:16
Kermit the Frog would win most battles against our midfield this season...

07 Apr 2026 21:27:23
Kermit the Frog is injury prone, a hard pass from me. He's also really old.

07 Apr 2026 22:38:54
A midfield of Pee Wee Herman, Mr Humphries off of Are You Being Served, and Duncan Norville would overpower our midfield.

08 Apr 2026 02:43:42
It's just a rumour.

08 Apr 2026 04:56:05
Anderson will be a Man City player by June, no doubts about it, lined up as Rodri replacement.
Liverpool have never pursued a deal for Anderson, and to be honest, I still think there are better players out there.

Our summer targets should be some of the following:

Right Back: Kayode, Gertruida
Left Back: Grimaldo, Palestra

Midfield: Wharton, Ederson, Stiller, Sadiki, Fernandes, Gomes

Wingers: Diomande, Olise (Not likely), Gordon, Barcola (Less Likely).

08 Apr 2026 09:13:06
I'd add Smit onto that list for midfield too, Shughes.

08 Apr 2026 10:00:41
And remove Gordon.

08 Apr 2026 10:28:48
So you're not expecting Xabi in as manager next season then, Shughes55? Need a lot more PL ready CBs if that happens, probably fewer wingers.

08 Apr 2026 11:14:32
Hate to burst your bubble, but we are not signing no RB and probably no LB either. Bradley is on route to make it for pre-season, and we have Tsimikas, Owen Beck, Luke Chambers, Calum Scanlon all playing in the Championship (apart from Tsimikas), and one of them could easily back up Kerkez. We need to fix the midfield and wingers, that's a huge priority.

08 Apr 2026 12:10:30
Holding midfielder a bigger priority.

07 Apr 2026 06:33:53
I hear the Camavinga interest is genuine, reported across several news outlets.
The interest in Camavinga apparently dates back to the Klopp era.
Ed001 or any of the ITKs is this realistic given the wages he might be on at Real, does he have a genuine interest in our project, and would he be willing to move?
Is he any good, combative, ball playing, creative, injury free
I watched him very few times, he has never impressed me too much.

07 Apr 2026 07:43:26
Good player, fitness would be the Q.

An upgrade on Endo in the squad.

07 Apr 2026 08:10:52
Have to disagree, he has been poor this season but haven't most of our lads? We have a good bit to do in the summer and potentially trying to get another centre back in seems like a nightmare, especially considering we are probably not going to get back a fully fit Jacquet until the start of next season and it might take Leoni time to get back up to speed after his horrible injury.

Add to the fact we will probably see Jomez leave, it adds a layer of complexity, Konate has effectively had to deal with a conveyor belt of right backs beside him all season, which also creates tons of room for doubt as you never know consistency beside you.



I think in general we may prep ourselves for another summer of change tbh. Looking at the overall picture we have Mo leaving, potentially Robbo and Joe too, all players who are standard setters and have been about for our period of success. You maybe add to that reduced game time for Ali and a potential change in manager/sporting director and we could once again be in for a bit of an unsure summer, especially with the added complexity of the World Cup.

Very interesting times ahead for the red men and a level of uncertainty I haven't felt around the club since before Kloppo came.

Ken

07 Apr 2026 08:32:36
No, please, he was okay prior to two injury-riddled seasons, but still not a player I would want to target. Good presser, more than capable at filling in at left back, but he is a decent 8 who is usually stuck at the 6 without having the skill set to be a solid 6 (and before people say that's what Gravenberch is, I'd say Gravenberch is a better player than Camavinga).

07 Apr 2026 09:03:01
I think this is where the data models are flawed. We've bought quite a few injury prone players over the last ten years, presumably thinking they represent decent value. We've never been able to fix them, though, and they've just continued to have injury problems, which has brought inconsistent form with it.

We can't afford not to get in a reliable centre mid with a bit of mobility, drive and bite.

07 Apr 2026 09:15:34
Apologies my response was to the Konate comment down the page. 😂

07 Apr 2026 09:27:36
Overrated sicknote who is one of the toxic clique at Madrid, no thanks, if that's the best Hughes & Edwards can do, then they can take their clown show elsewhere.

07 Apr 2026 09:51:41
Didn't want to come to us when he signed for Madrid. No thank you.

07 Apr 2026 10:07:39
Agreed, VV. Totally accurate assessment.

07 Apr 2026 10:17:17
Will Alonso want him though?

07 Apr 2026 10:41:33
His injury record is absolutely insane for someone his age, hard pass.

07 Apr 2026 11:05:41
Another out of date Edwards stat buy, who has not lived up to expectations, like Rodrygo.

07 Apr 2026 14:05:15
Not physical enough, we don't need someone to do much beyond solidifying our midfield unit and shielding defence. We need some steel in there.

07 Apr 2026 16:22:36
I wonder how many people actually noticed that you weren't making reference to Camavinga KingKev. 🤣

07 Apr 2026 16:43:10
Most times I have watched him, he has looked very good even though a lot of the time he is played out of position. He reminds me of the Grav situation where Klopp wanted him, BM didn't know what to do with him and he wasn't first choice in his best position, so Klopp bought him and he flourished. Camavinga has been used in every position bar GK by RM, but put in his favoured position and coached well, he could be fantastic.
Worth a punt in my view, given his age, he would have a decent sell on fee if it doesn't work out.

07 Apr 2026 19:53:00
Would anyone swap him for McAllister??

07 Apr 2026 20:22:37
Red Jones, absolutely not. Cold hard cash, no crap Madrid cast offs in part exchange.

08 Apr 2026 11:29:17
If Alonso comes in and he plays a 3 at the back, where's this leave Robbo, Bradley etc.? Could we accommodate Trent's return as a rb hybrid midfielder and club Captain, as it seems Virgil's Dutch loyalty to Slot has seen him stick up for Slot's tactics and has seen him become a poor advocate within the team, there's clear divisions.

My moneys on Virgil's days could be numbered. His loyalty to Slot is obvious.