Liverpool Transfer Rumours

27 Jul 2024 05:19:55
Hi Ed2 I can't seem to find a list of cdms we are interested in. The need for one was clear last night are we showing any further interest in any?

{Ed002's Note - I have provided lengthy lists of players the club have watched.}

27 Jul 2024 09:46:13
How, I don’t think a CDM will be arriving mate.

27 Jul 2024 10:14:17
The club are deluded if they don’t think we need one.

27 Jul 2024 11:07:03
I think that’s what frightens me most. It will take time for the players to adapt to slot etc but we have lots of injury prone players like Jones, Jota, Konate, Gomez and need some signings to sure up key positions like midfield and defence.

27 Jul 2024 11:28:05
I don’t think we’ll be signing one, by the time it becomes an issue, though given our apparent targets (Rabiot, Kimmich or Koopmeiners, none of whom are remotely good enough for the role), maybe it’s not a bad thing. Another season with no title awaits us.

27 Jul 2024 11:52:45
Kimmich isn’t “remotely good enough” to play cm?

I don’t agree with that.

I think Rabiot and Koopmeiners are also well thought of central midfield players. Although they might not be your preference.

I would like us to sign a central midfielder that can play deeper. I don’t necessarily align with the view that he’s got to be a “destroyer” though and I also think there’s plenty of players that could do well for us that aren’t Rodri or Rice but are still good players.

27 Jul 2024 12:05:36
PANIC! EVERYBODY PAN THE FOLK IC!

27 Jul 2024 12:10:50
I think that's me done with this site for a while. Far to much negativity and stressed out people. 5 odd weeks of the window to go, plenty of time together stuff done. I'd hate to see how you lot cope with every day stress.

27 Jul 2024 12:24:05
@Victirvaughn - what are you on about? Kimmich has been one of the best CDM’s of the last 10yrs, and koopimeiners is also very highly rated. I’d take either over endo in a heartbeat. You need to step off your high horse.

27 Jul 2024 12:32:57
Tristan. why u done with the site for a while . just skip past the ones u don't like . I don't agree with 3 qyluarters of what people say.

27 Jul 2024 12:35:04
Navy, none of them are remotely good enough to play number 6. Kimmich isn’t well thought of by Bayern Munich fans as a centre midfielder let alone as a defensive one. He’d get absolutely rinsed in the premier league, he was awful last season at Bayern and was binned off in midfield he because he was costing them games. A right back with midfield delusions. There’s a reason he has been dropped from midfield for Bayern and Germany.

Koopmeiners is far too similar to Mac Allister and as we already have Mac Allister there’s no point signing another identical type of midfielder, if we didn’t have Mac then he’d be a fine signing, but let’s be clear, he’s an attacking centre midfielder not a defensive one (I’m not buying that “he can play there” line) so wouldn’t offer us any more protection than anyone already at the club.

As for Rabiot, he could continue playing for another 1000 years and never be good enough to play for us. Offers nothing to the team defensively, he’s just a slower, less mobile, less good version of Curtis Jones.

27 Jul 2024 12:46:37
I’d say if we were to make one signing this summer it would have to be a DM.

27 Jul 2024 13:09:53
Victirvaughn - Not buying a DM will not cost us the league - might be worth looking back at last season and how we fell behind early in most games, no press, no intensity, no closing down the opposition in the final third, turning over the ball then going on to score, a trait that served us so well the year we won the CL and the league. Conceding silly goals from set pieces, playing the inverted full back, congesting the midfield.

27 Jul 2024 14:18:03
Plenty of interest in Baj, who will want game time.
Something has to give in MF if we do buy a DM, so who should that be?

Rice definitely improved Arsenal, although remains leagues behind Rodri.

Its a risk not buying one, and a risk to good young players opportunities if we do.

26 Jul 2024 15:37:53
Hi Ed02, sorry if this has already been covered but with you saying you expect us to go back in for Gordon I wanted to ask if this is regardless of Luis Diaz possibly leaving and a right-side forward potentially arriving?

I find it hard to believe we'll sign two forwards (say Gordon and a RW backup/ long-term replacement for Salah) without selling at least one and it doesn't seem definite that any will leave with interest in Diaz from Barcelona cooling and Salah looking likely to stay for at least another year. Seeing as we still seem to be keen on bringing Gordon in, do you think that means we might see him as the 'versatile' forward option who can play anywhere across the frontline?

For what it's worth I'd be keen to get him but I do think a right-sided forward should surely be more of a priority!

{Ed002's Note - If Salah stays to run down his contract, the clubs can forget Bakayoko and the like. Diaz is stuck with Barcelona having other priorities but the club want Gordon. They will likely try and offload Diaz to Mr Emenalo now that all budgets have been defined.}

26 Jul 2024 16:56:54
Diaz doesn't fit at all Slots tactics in my opinion so highly likely to go would be my guess.

26 Jul 2024 18:36:17
A few years in SA would provide for his family for a few generations-god luck to him, if that's his priority.
Id be glad not to have his father in my press feed anymore the blert.

26 Jul 2024 19:53:10
Very classy.

26 Jul 2024 21:32:28
Don’t think that Gordon is signing.

Can see it being a very quiet window with little to no activity, with the exception being if there are free transfers or relatively cheap deals after last summer’s outlay. Either way I don’t think we’ll be adding anyone who will help us to bridge the gap between us and City.

{Ed025's Note - and Arsenal..

26 Jul 2024 19:32:05
Ed002 what do you personally think of Gordon, my honest opinion is that I’m not that fond of him, can’t see the hype around him and don’t think Liverpool need him but who am I too say.

{Ed002's Note - I am surprised by the level of interest Liverpool have - perhaps I have been missing something.}

26 Jul 2024 23:25:18
Scouse premium.

27 Jul 2024 02:41:09
It doesn't strike me as odd. He's better than Diaz (who is also stellar), young, tenacious, and his personal connection to the club drives his deep desire to play for them. It's hard to find guys like this, especially if you're LFC.

27 Jul 2024 07:45:42
I wonder if people see Gordon as better than Diaz only because he could be a new signing that everyone is so desperate to see and because of the Diaz and FCB stories.

Just last season Gordon was being ridiculed for his actions in the pitch.

Fickle much.

27 Jul 2024 08:50:46
JLC, Diaz is 27 and should be in his peak. Yet he has 16 goals and 10 assists in the Premier League since he signed in January 2022, 2 and a half years ago. And yes he missed half a season with a knee injury but that hardly goes in his favour, as he’s not looked as good since then and staying fit and on the pitch is part of being a good footballer.

Gordon got 11 goals and 10 assists last season alone, is 23 years old and counts as homegrown. Plus he’s never had a major injury and rarely misses a game.

Are others fickle, or are you biased?

27 Jul 2024 08:50:43
Gordon highly unlikely to join. Who’s second choice ED2? Thanks as always.

{Ed002's Note - I have provided a list of the left sided forwards the club has looked at - they also have Jota and Gakpo.}

27 Jul 2024 10:18:18
Rubbish JLC, I think Gordon is better because he’s quicker, stretches defences more and is miles better in front of goal. Unfortunately Diaz was brought in as a replacement for Manè and is nowhere near the level. Diaz’ big problem is he can’t finish for toffee, if Gordon is better there it’s a marked improvement already.

27 Jul 2024 12:49:26
No way Gordon is better than Diaz. Diaz got set back buy the injury but was returning to near his best by mid to end of last season. Yes he’s not clinical but when given a free role when Salah was out he was a totally different player and caused havoc.

Gordon is just speed, speed which won’t be effective against low blocks. We have plenty of that in Nunez. We need creativity if Nunez is going to be our number 9.

25 Jul 2024 13:56:49
Hi Ed,
Are the club looking to sell Fabio Carvalho, and if so is there much interest? I would personally love to see how he does for this season.

{Ed002's Note - I expect he will get a run out in pre-season and then the decision will come. He will want regular game time and that may be a problem.}

25 Jul 2024 21:37:46
So far he looks championship level.

25 Jul 2024 23:27:08
He doesn’t fit into what seems to be so far Slots preferred formation as he’s predominantly a 10 🤷🏼.

26 Jul 2024 02:13:59
Arne slot’s latest interview about incoming transfer said that liverpool has set high standards on incoming players. But we found difficulties to sell tsimikas, nat phillips, rhys williams. do we really set high standards players? I don't think so.

{Ed001's Note - so you think we just buy any old dross then?}

26 Jul 2024 04:23:51
phillips and Williams are academy players. Tsimikas was cheap cover for a position that we lacked depth in at the time. Not sure you can grade our incoming transfers using that as a standard. might be better to use other examples.

26 Jul 2024 06:41:07
Another day. Another poster bitching about how rubbish we are at everything. when talking about standards, it's shows your standards with those types of posts ynwacinere.

26 Jul 2024 09:11:19
II think Carvalho has bags of potential (enough to keep him at Liverpool if he can fulfil it) . His problem seems to be his attitude. He was unhappy and struggled at Leipzig when he was just A. N. Other player. From what I read he didn't apply himself well in training and never tried hard enough to win his place in the team but when he was a big fish in a small pond last season at Hull he was happy and played some great stuff. He will need to fight for a chance in the first team at Liverpool so it will be up to him - is he willing to fight to be part of a great club or would he rather be handed an easy life and be a big player at a smaller team.

26 Jul 2024 09:28:43
Carvalho played as a false 9 in the pre-seasonfriendly against Preston. If he stays at Liverpool I would see him as an alternative to Nunez when Slot wants to tweak the playing style.

The reason LFC have trouble moving players on is that this is a high end luxury store and not many can afford to shop there. By that I mean players are priced accordingly and most players either want to stay and fight for a place or don't want to accept a wage cut.

26 Jul 2024 09:31:49
Problem with Carvalho is, he's a number 10, I don't see him on the wing and no where near the level to be an 8 in this side. He needs to leave to get game time. Slot is pretty adamant he won't be playing a 10. Even if he does he's got Szoboslazi, Elliot even Jones ahead of him.

26 Jul 2024 10:12:18
Bit unfair on carvalho. We haven’t even seen him have a run under Slot yet. And Slot wouldn’t have really seen him yet either.

26 Jul 2024 10:48:55
Ironically Fabio best football for Fulham was starting at the 10 but he often pulled out to the left side and cut in. could be a option for us on the LW.

26 Jul 2024 11:19:24
He snootily turned down playing for the Portugese U21's, sulked about playing time under Jurgen, followed by the rumours of a less than ideal attitude at RBL.
All this points to someone with plenty of growing up to do, not uncommon for young people, but also potentially indicative of his nature.
Surely worth 15/ 20m to a championship or french side.

26 Jul 2024 11:29:24
@bjcd I think you’ll find slot plays with two number 10s and no number 8 so carvalho and Elliot would be perfect for them roles rotating with macallister and szoboslai.

26 Jul 2024 11:33:37
Offer him as part-ex for Inácio plus cash.
Would do well back in Portugal.

26 Jul 2024 11:57:19
Shughes55 and if Inacio, Carvalho and Sporting refuse?

26 Jul 2024 12:10:04
Ben davies, kabak, tsimikas, ramsay, ox, steven caulker, klavan is our high of standard players.

26 Jul 2024 13:07:41
Davies, Kabak and Caulker were stop-gap measures when out four first choice CBs were all injured. Ox was proving real value for money until the Roma game. Tsimi and Klavan were brought in as squad players and Ramsey was 18 and had shown backs and bags of potential.

You also failed to mention Ali (who recently captained Brazil) Robbo (who captains Scotland), VVD (who captains Holland), Endo (who captains Japan), Dom (who captains Hungary), Torres, Suarez, Firmino, Mane, Salah, Fabinho Mac Alister, Gakpo, Nunez off the top of my head and loads more.

If you are going to criticise the club at least try and show both sides of the coin.

26 Jul 2024 13:42:52
Do you mean that i have to mention poulsen, jovanovic, markovic, karius, konchesky, kyriagos, sinamma pongolle, grujic too mate?

26 Jul 2024 17:32:33
Do not feed the trolls WDW3.

27 Jul 2024 02:22:14
ynwacinere, that just shows that we, like every other club, buys both good and poor players. We can't have a 100% success rate in the market but in recent times, we have done well. The only high profile player we bought under Klopp who objectively failed was Keita and it was widely reported at the time that we didn't do any of the usual background checks on him. So your criticism that we have no high standard players holds no water.

25 Jul 2024 13:16:14
Jayden danns allegedly in Plymouth about to join on loan.

25 Jul 2024 13:42:37
Yea. heard that yesterday from a couple of Plymouth supporters over at the supercup in n. ireland.

25 Jul 2024 17:13:04
I know it’s about minutes but I’m not too excited about the prospect of Danns joining Rooney at Plymouth after the debacle of a season they had, Rooney has hardly set the world alight with his managerial prowess and seeing him take over a team that barley survived relegation is a recipe for disaster, we should keep Danns far from it.

25 Jul 2024 17:30:46
I don't think that's entirely fair. Derby was his first appointment and would obviously have been a steep learning curve. He didn't do well that's for sure but he did seem to learn from his mistakes there overall and admitted he was part of the issue.

At Birmingham he got 15 games from some owners who missold him the job and conditions.

From what I've seen he's honest and up front about his abilities and expectations and does this same with his players. Is he a good manager? I don't know but his record so far isn't really a fair reflection.

25 Jul 2024 17:59:28
Nevada, how is his record so far not a fair reflection, so by that rationale would you agree that frank lampard and Gary Nevilles managerial careers are also not a fair reflection? Your only as good as your last job, I never said he was a bad manager I said he’s hardly set the managerial world alight thus far and an appointment to a club that survived relegation by a single point is a recipe for disaster, I’d rather Danns be kept in the squad or sent on loan to a team with a proven manager and be surrounded by a higher calibre of player.

25 Jul 2024 17:59:30
Danns coached by one of englands best ever players who knows what it takes to be the best . Yeah sounds like a terrible idea 🤔.

25 Jul 2024 19:11:10
I know what you’re saying Dhfc but in my opinion Rooney was a natural. I don’t think he lifted his game through training and fitness the way C Ronaldo did.

I could be wrong but he was a great player as a 17 yr old and I don’t think he really got much better than that.

Maybe he can help Danns, but Danns needs good coaches as well as playing against hardened pros.

25 Jul 2024 19:23:26
Rooney was a top top player. will be good for Danns!

25 Jul 2024 21:14:18
Wow @ron I can’t believe you think Rooney didn’t get better than when he was 17 . He was a natural but he certainly got better he was unbelievable at times during his career . I know he was a blue and he played for the old enemy but Rooney was quality .

{Ed025's Note - horrible person Dhfc, but an excellent footballer mate..

25 Jul 2024 22:24:30
Don’t know know how you can call him a horrible person ed25! How many people do you know that have a soft spot for granny’s like Rooney?

{Ed025's Note - i can live with the granny slotting Pegleg, its the nasty streak him and his family have that irks me mate..

25 Jul 2024 22:36:25
I agree, Pegleg. there's not many people on this earth that took care of the elderly like Wayne did.

{Ed025's Note - care in the community always comes first for our Wayne DE.. :)

25 Jul 2024 22:35:37
Steve Highway tried his best to get Rooney to Liverpool when he was a kid but his granddad would not let him sing for LFC and Steve was a good judge of young players just imagine Fowler, Owen and Rooney as our front line scary.

Rooney was an outstanding footballer even if he was blue and a manc he was out standing.

25 Jul 2024 23:06:04
What have him and his family done out of curiosity ed? His mrs seems a bit of a narcissist.

{Ed025's Note - they are scally,s Fixer, if Wayne had not made it as a footballer the prison population would have increased shall we say mate, Colleen is actually the nicest of the bunch..

26 Jul 2024 12:01:03
At the end of the day and regardless of whatever we think about Rooney (could not be bothered, really) or Plymouth as a club, Danns needs to be playing regular, Big Boy football with actual seasoned professionals so if Plymouth under Rooney is what that will take then, so be it. Just my opinion.

26 Jul 2024 14:59:13
If he could pick up some of Rodney's skills during that loan it could be a wonderful spell for Danns and inevitably for us.