Liverpool Transfer Rumours

08 Dec 2025 22:21:52
David ornstein has reported that LFC insiders have said they want Salah to stay until end of his contract, not sure if anyone can confirm this? In other news gakpo and chiesa out of tomorrows game maybe this is a chance to start Hugo and isak together?

08 Dec 2025 22:50:30
Ornstein is an FSG guy. Maybe its to attempt to keep some value on him. There will be interest and they will want to get as much as possible.

08 Dec 2025 22:55:46
Two up front and midfield 4 as a diamond might be worth a try.

08 Dec 2025 23:18:38
Who is “they” who want Salah to stay. It won’t be FSG, they don’t interfere. Edwards and Hughes make those decisions in consultation with Slot.

I don’t think Salah “really” wants to stay and I think this is a natural break for him to leave.

Good luck to him. He should have kept it all in the dressing room, what’s done is done. Legend and always welcome at Anfield - the Egyptian King.

08 Dec 2025 23:22:46
Spoon fed straight from the furry goblet of FSG. May the game of chess begin.

This is the touch paper for a bidding war between the Saudi's and San Diego in the MLS.

100M anyone?

08 Dec 2025 18:21:56
Club Brugge have sacked Nicky Hayen he's a young top coach. He's done a fantastic job with Club Brugge especially in the UCL despite this decision


Question for Ed001/ ITKs?

Would he be a potential interim option for LFC?

{Ed001's Note - no idea, sorry, don't know anything about him one way or the other.}

08 Dec 2025 18:59:59
Presumably he’s not that great if he’s been sacked?!

08 Dec 2025 19:15:49
Dont know Cardiff, seems to be in vogue these days that winning coaches are up for the chop.

08 Dec 2025 19:18:21
From a crap league as well!

08 Dec 2025 19:56:46
Quick let's sack a PL winner and grab a Club Brugge reject haha.

08 Dec 2025 21:01:14
@Cardiff Red

Apparently he wanted a better squad.

08 Dec 2025 14:19:36
Salah won't be travelling to Italy.

08 Dec 2025 14:43:29
Unfortunately Slot will.

08 Dec 2025 15:51:06
Wrap it up “Whatsup”, if you can’t support them when they’re losing then don’t bother supporting them when they’re winning.

08 Dec 2025 15:56:54
Well said Ron.

08 Dec 2025 16:14:06
Ron Slot is destroying the club. This is not Mo he did not play against Galatasaray absolutely terrible performance, last 3 games we have played teams we should have won but we won 1 of the 3. Has Salah been any worse than Gakpo but he still plays so does Kanate.


It is nothing to do with supporting the team when losing we have been losing since February we can’t compete anymore because of slot he will send us years back if he stays any longer.

08 Dec 2025 16:18:55
6.45 for the pre match interview

I hope slot can only answer football questions.

His response should be its internal and been dealt with and just keep repeating that until they actually ask a question about the game.

Either that or club should send someone else with him. He is the coach at end of the day, not manager.

May not be his biggest fan but don't want him to be hung out to dry either. .

08 Dec 2025 16:27:50
Ron just chill mate it’s just banter and Whatsup has a very good point.

08 Dec 2025 16:38:36
Slots our manager and whilst he’s our manager he should get some bloody respect from the “fans”.

You don’t have to love him. You don’t have to agree with his football style or tactics or substitutions or selections but “Whatsup” was out of order there.

The team never ever does well when the fans turn on the manager.

08 Dec 2025 16:43:07
I agree Ron.
Also strange that the whole internet was calling for Slot to grow a pair and drop Mo and the second he does that he's disrespecting a club legend.
I'm so disappointed in Mo. The media circus is the last thing we needed and its feeding the internet. We were close to getting somewhat on track and its not Arne's fault Ibou keeps shooting himself in the foot. that's on Hughes because right now, Ibou is cannot be dropped, not even for his own good.
Say what you want about Slot as a fan but from in regards to Mo- Slot gave him every chance to perform this season, its not his fault Mo can't seem to beat almost any half athletic fullback. Mo hit insane numbers for us last year and is of course a absolute club legend but it was Slot who helped him achieve those numbers by given him a pass in defensive work, he will literally allowed to cheat the off the ball stuff, remain high. Thanks to Slots tactics and Doms running power to cover the distance of two players, and Mo's end product is why we won the league- a team effort. Slot actually said at one point last year that our job is to cover for him to preserve his energy and our main tactic was "to bring the ball to Mo". He was taken out of the team as a last resort and it kinda worked hadnt Ibou messed up again. 7 days after being taken out of the team and he runs to the media. Wirtz, Isak, Hugo, Macca, Robbo, Kerkez, Gakpo, have all been taking out a different stages in an attempt to find some recipe that half works because our DoF left us with no wingers (with a manager who built his career off wingers good at 1 v 1s), no CBs and clearly gave Slot the wrong profile of Fullback he wanted. Everyone knows Slot plays with a plus 1 at the back and values ball progression (TAA, Geertruida) but instead he got two flying full backs who both want to play as wingers.

This is more on Hughes than Slot right now and im not saying Slot is the man for the job either.

08 Dec 2025 16:44:31
Why do people keep talking about slot, slot being rubbish is no excuse for how Mo has acted. Mo has kicked the club will its down. he's just proven that his problems come before those of the club. can't have that. doesn't matter if he's been treated wrongly or not, doesn't justify his actions.

08 Dec 2025 16:46:03
I’m with you Ron.

Sort of know now why I’ve not been on the site for a while.

This club is bigger than any player and it is a team game.

No one is perfect but dignity and respect is a thing of endearment especially when related to an entity that actually made you what you are?

Liverpool the club is bigger than any player (or manager) and those that forget that lose credit in my book!

{Ed025's Note - spot on Metro..

08 Dec 2025 16:48:06
Ron the contrarian is back. I support Liverpool not Slot and want Liverpool to do well and whilst Slot is currently in charge that’s not happening. Yeah, it’s unfortunate that Slot is travelling.

08 Dec 2025 16:48:41
Supporting your club does not mean blindly following a manager who repeatedly shows an inability to handle the situation at hand. Ignorantly supporting incompetence doesn't make you a good fan. It makes you a deluded one.

Wanting what's best for the club doesn't mean managers automatically get support. If that were the case we never should have gotten rid of Hodgson.

08 Dec 2025 17:00:01
The team was already failing even before the fans turned on the manager, Ron. We’re not on our worst run of form in over 70 years because the fans turned on the manager, it’s because the manager simply doesn’t know how to turn this around.

Or maybe he does, but he’s too stubborn to do it because it doesn’t align with how he wants the team to play.

08 Dec 2025 17:03:10
I thought Whatsup’s comment was Banter so was in the right place and was funny. Anyone suggesting a comment like that was disrespectful needs to have a good hard think about themselves.
Keep them coming Whatsup and others, this what the site is about.

08 Dec 2025 17:15:14
At the end of the day you can agree its Salah fault or its Slots fault . but the common denominator is were are fking awful and something has to give, we've all been discussing it for months on here and there is no change of style of play, on players performance, on winning games.

We are now almost half through the season n if continues we will finish nowhere near were we want to be and then we will see proper moaning.

08 Dec 2025 17:20:35
Anyone think it’s possible that Mo fell on his sword for the fans and club?

Yes, maybe he could have done it in a better way, he certainly didn’t hide behind his agent and leak info, he stood in front of an audience and basically said there’s issues behind the scenes (again, there’s ways and means’s) .

Lots of people are questioning Slot and coaching team at this point, for good reason in many ways.

Genuine Question, how long does a new style of play, positioning and all that goes with it, would you expect Elite players to take to be competent at the new demands, obviously there’s coaching but games give you more scrutiny (such as now), what figure in games (10 or 15 etc), would the creases be ironed out?

08 Dec 2025 17:47:46
You’re not supporting the team by attacking the manager.
If you attack the manager, the team falls apart.

Unless you can name a situation where the fans have turned on the manager and the team plays better.

I won’t hold my breath.

08 Dec 2025 17:50:11
Does changing the manager mean we'll start winning games again?
Hmmm, I can see why people want it to happen.

08 Dec 2025 18:20:19
I am supporting the club, I want what’s best for the club and if you think Slot is good for the club you’re lying to yourself.

I am 1 million percent certain that if Klopp was in charge we wouldn’t be in this predicament and we’d be higher up the league. Our head coach and his dictator superiors are responsible for this mess.

08 Dec 2025 18:53:02
Iv realised in life not to debate with the likes of ron as you will never get through to them. Slot out all day long. would of done it monts ago as he's "credit in the bank" is out! Absolute pony manager!

08 Dec 2025 18:58:46
Does that turning on the manager rhetoric apply to Salah as well?
I see everything entirely separately. Salah is a club legend, and he should leave now because of how he has acted. Slot is a title winning LFC manager, and he should leave now because he is taking us backwards.


None of these things will stop me hoping LFC win whilst Slot is manager or hoping Salah plays well when he's on the pitch, not that it's likely now.
Extremism one way or the other is to the detriment of all.

08 Dec 2025 19:01:14
I can see both sides of the argument!

Slots managing them tomorrow night - have I lost total confidence in him from even a few weeks back - yes definitely but I still want them to win tomorrow with him at the helm!
Konaté - if he plays tomorrow, which I hope not I want him to have a blinder, same with Kerkez, Macca, Issac!
I just want a win - if that keeps Arne there for a bit longer so be it but I want 3 points .

Whatever the opinions if as Carra and a few others are saying his days are numbered we need to trust the process I suppose!

08 Dec 2025 19:02:31
Attacking the manager means the team falls apart? What it’s been falling apart since the beginning of the year. Supporting slot or not doesn’t win us the next game lad.

08 Dec 2025 19:18:49
I’ve worked with and for a number of good companies where the chief was the weak link, and they were successful businesses despite not because of the leadership. Often the team beneath were good. I’ve known the opposite, and everything in between.

There’s not a one size solution but I agree it’s better if its all in harmony and everything’s going well. You can support a team though and not the manager or the coach, it depends how you voice it.

I’d say the fans turned on Brendan and Hodgson, in the sense it was voiced that enough was enough and confidence had gone. It didn’t make them any less of fans for feeling or demonstrating that. From memory we got better after both had gone.

08 Dec 2025 19:28:47
Quite nice being called a Lad @ 62 SJ.

08 Dec 2025 19:45:40
I’m a Liverpool supporter, I’ll support whoever plays for us, I’ll support whoever manages us. We have to take the bad times, as well as the good and stick together.

08 Dec 2025 19:53:52
I don't think someone should be criticised for clearly making a joke most of us would say down the pub, or to our mates.
Fact is Slot has lost the dressing room. In any walk of business that ends poorly. In football more so. This is not Utd, and these ayers do not have a reputation of doing this.

From what's been said, I'm not sure that Salah has not got a point tbh. Here's a contract, now let sell him and get a fee. Another way to look at it, is he taking one for the team and trying to speed up a change? I dunno, would rather this not happen, but if it means it forces a change, and we can save our season, then great.

Thanks Arne, appreciate the efforts, but we ended last season dire, should have lost our first 5 this season, and are lucky to be were we are in the league. After 400m plus of upgrades. It is 100% unacceptable and he needs to go.

If I managed my Sales force like this, I'd be on a performance plan, and gone.

08 Dec 2025 20:35:29
“If a man…. who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace”

“At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters”.

“The socialism I believe in is everybody working for the same goal and everybody having a share in the rewards. That’s how I see football, that’s how I see life. ”

Wise words.

08 Dec 2025 20:53:27
It’s very easy to support when things are working well, but you get a measure of people and how much they really support when things aren’t going well.

Ron’s original comment (‘if you can’t support when we lose, don’t support when we win’) is paraphrased from Shanks and is spot on.

As I’ve said, in my opinion, I would have let Slot go a few weeks back but the club have decided to give him time. So the constant harping on is counter-productive. As per last week’s conversation, I want us to win whenever we play and that goes for the Milan game. I’ll be disappointed if we lose and I’ll be happy if we win - irrespective of who the coach is and who’s playing for us - I support the club. Without the club you don’t have a team.

08 Dec 2025 21:36:55
Kew17 depends on the mental abilities of the players, if you look at Amorim, the mentality of their players in general isn't good enough to play in the style he wants to play.

Was listening to the Anfield Wrap on the way to work this evening and they were saying that this might be Mo realising that his time is up as THE star.

If it's in the best interest of the club to invite a sizable Saudi bid for him in Jan to then bring in a Semenyo, then I'm thankful I got to see the very best years of Mo Salah's career.

08 Dec 2025 21:56:17
I think it’s the holy quaternity these days Ron, we don’t have a manager anymore we’ve got a head coach and a director of football. of the two I’m not sure who’s the bigger menace. I’m guessing Ed25 would believe the real holy trinity was Kendall, Ball and Harvey.

{Ed025's Note - they certainly were Hugo.. :)

08 Dec 2025 23:15:39
Apologies to Whatsup if I misread his joke, it just came across as a dig at our manager. We all make mistakes.

I met Howard Kendall and Colin Harvey as a kid. It was in a hotel before an away game -Wimbledon I think. They were lovely men, especially Kendall. My sister was an Everton fan and Kendall made sure all the players came and gave autographs and chatted to me and my sister, must be nearly 40 yrs ago. No excuses, they all had to come. I recently found my autograph book with them all in. And Sir Matt Busby - also a lovely man and giant of the game, he made sure Bobby Charlton and Alex Fergusson signed my book.

08 Dec 2025 23:22:39
I think the genuine sad thing about it all, is the in-house name-calling and bickering among fans at the moment.

This is not what LFC is about.

Whether you think Slot should be sacked or Mo is in the wrong, these players and manager need our support more than ever. And not because we are in our worst run of 70 years, but because only a matter of months ago a dear friend of theirs lost his life. We all said in the summer, whatever happens it doesn’t matter, because these lads would be going through hell. But people said that thinking we would walk the title with new signings.

Time for people to take a look at themselves and realise that everyone is entitled to an opinion (it’s what makes football great), but remember regardless what old Shanks said there is more to life than football and these young lads are going into work every single day reminded of what is missing.

Watch the Robbo interview again after the Scotland match and you will genuinely appreciate what being a human being is. They might be elite athletes but they are still human. And they still need our support.

This season should be about us sticking together and supporting our team.

I have my opinions on Mo’s comments but not worth fighting about.

I am sticking with Slot, the Manager who bought 20 home until FSG say otherwise and I am backing the players who will trophies again!

Come on REDMEN, let’s stick together.

08 Dec 2025 10:43:11
Me again 😂.

Re Salah.

This ain't me taking shots, he's a legend. In my top 5 LFC players of all time, nowhere near the top mind but that conversation is for another day.

I've previously stated he wanted to leave in the summer but signed a new contract anyway. I spoke to a mate who I respect and trust about it this morning. he's a top end financial expert and works with the club not for them.

He confirmed that Salah wanted to leave in the summer and had a move lined up, as I've previously stated. We couldn't find the right replacement and then ended up giving him what he wanted. Even tho the numbers didn't add up for those in charge of these things (Edwards, Hughes) . Salah knows this. A rift started to open up just after the season started between Salah and Slot because of it. Plus Slot had already been making plans for life without him. Resulting in what we have seen recently.

Semenyo is now seen as that replacement and Salah will be moved on.

My mate doesn't think much of Hughes, calls him a Silver Tongued Charlatan. As for Edwards, its not something I can't post on here but to say he doesn't rate him is an understatement.

{Ed025's Note - good info mate..cheers..

08 Dec 2025 10:59:32
Long time reader, first time blah blah

That silver tongued charlatan comment made me feel seen so I had to make an account. I think a lot has been said of our data nerds but Sans Klopp, they don't seem to have figured it out. Or at least that's my two cents on it.

Cheers for the updates folks, until the next well spoken insult to our club's management 👍.

08 Dec 2025 11:11:09
Thanks for the info Thefields. Seems like Klopp was right about Edward’s all along I even think ed001 doesn’t rate either so makes sense.

08 Dec 2025 11:20:05
Thanks Thefields, when you say about As for Edwards, do you mean your mate doesn't rate Edwards, or Edwards doesn't rate Hughes?

08 Dec 2025 11:33:06
Didn’t Brendan and Edwards fall out as well? Now that may be a good thing given some of our memories of Brendan, but equally you’re Chief Exec should us usually be in sync with your Head Coaches. If not that’s a recipe for disaster with your company or club culture.

08 Dec 2025 11:34:32
Slightly incorrect though Coulred. Ed001 rates Edwards but not in the current position he is in. I think Ed's words about him were something along the lines of him being way above his paygrade. He was excellent at spotting players but he wasn't suited to the role he was promoted to afterwards.

08 Dec 2025 11:36:20
Rubio, until next time 😂.

RR, my mate doesn't rate him.

08 Dec 2025 11:37:56
Thanks thefields. I believe Ed001 has said Mo never wanted to leave. I also find it hard to believe myself. He wanted to be a record breaker for Liverpool and had just enjoyed arguably his best season for the club. It makes no sense why he'd want to pull the plug on that.

08 Dec 2025 12:06:29
Red9, it was because he knew a contract was not forthcoming at the time. Hence his comments like more out than in and this could be my last time playing at x, y, z.

He had his best season in ages but did his usual thing in the new year and went missing for the rest of the season imo.

08 Dec 2025 12:50:16
Remember what Hetingas agent said about negotiations with Hughesless? Basically said he was a stony faced ****.

Silver tongued charlatan is a nice cuss.


Will he back Slot until CL/ Top 4 is out of the question?

Ill stand by what i said last season when we were winning most games - that side was not a shadow of peak Jurgen LFC and there is a long road ahead to get anywhere near as good as we wer then.
That side would be winning everything, europe wide.

08 Dec 2025 13:14:51
That's great info Fields. TBH, and although I'm in the change the manager camp, after reading the inside info and opinions of Fields, VG etc. I'm coming around in my head that Slots here for the foreseeable and they're sticking with it so perhaps I may just have to roll with it all too.

They'll buy in Jan and perhaps between the team and him they'll clear the air and sort it all out on the training pitch and subsequently in competitive games. Doesn't mean I like it but from the signals I read it's Slot in.

08 Dec 2025 14:10:28
Surely Semenyo will be looking at clubs like City, though he would likely be more guaranteed a start for us.

08 Dec 2025 15:22:43
He gets in our 1st 11 easily Dean.

08 Dec 2025 18:05:40
Why would Salah sign a new contract if he wanted to leave? He wouldn't be too concerned about us not being able to sign a replacement either, would he? We spent over £400m in the summer but we couldn't find a replacement for a player so we made him the highest paid player at the club?
Salah could have found another club as he was out of contract and he would have received a huge signing on fee.

He wanted to leave that much that he didn't do that and signed another contract?
Something doesn't add up to me.

{Ed001's Note - Salah 100% did not want to leave. He was trying desperately to get a new deal with all his interviews, almost begging for one. And I know for a fact that, despite advice to the contrary, he was only interested in staying at Liverpool and did not have any interest in a move. His family is his main motivation and they all want to stay. Like Rafa and his wife, they have become Scousers and want to stay there. Salah's hope, and that of his family, is that he would have retired at Liverpool and then settled down to life there.}

08 Dec 2025 21:53:34
That makes a lot more sense to me, Ed001.

08 Dec 2025 05:40:30
Ed, I remember you being were expecting us to get Guehi over the line eventually and a lot of the ITK on here seems confident we'll get Semenyo. does this rubbishstorm affect those transfers or do you still expect Guehi to sign?

Thanks.

{Ed001's Note - I still expect Guehi to sign, he gave his word and he seems like a decent bloke who will stand by it.}

08 Dec 2025 07:19:32
Genuinely impressed with guehi every time he comes out in public to do interviews, he looks a genuine pro and takes everything in his stride, if only for his character I think he looks every bit a Liverpool player. Was never that convinced of him in seasons past but I can very much see why he is top of the list right now.

08 Dec 2025 07:33:42
Seems like a future captain material to me.

08 Dec 2025 07:42:32
Guehi being professional is something one or two from our current squad could learn a thing or two from!

If we could get him and Semenyo in January I'm hoping it'll have a similar effect to when Sturridge and Coutinho came in and we went on a great run.

Also hoping that Salah apologises and accepts that until the end of the season he'll play when required and suck it up. That's the only way I see him going on good terms.

Lets hope we can turn this rubbish show around guys.

08 Dec 2025 08:00:10
Lol, thanks for the edit Eds. I forget there's probably a few youngsters on here although "rubbish" show doesn't do it justice! 😂.

08 Dec 2025 08:09:09
Wonder will he get the captaincy.

07 Dec 2025 21:51:50
Supposedly breaking mo won’t be in the squad for inter or Brighton!

If true I think that’s him done and an awful end to his brilliant career with us and I’d be gutted it ends that way as he’s given us years of joy.

07 Dec 2025 22:55:19
I’ve not heard anything but this is devastating.

Regardless of the last couple of days, he’s a club legend.

I’d like to believe things will get resolved and a departure whilst likely at the end of the season, won’t be in bad blood.

The club does have to make a stand though, nobody is bigger than our club.

07 Dec 2025 23:51:35
The only place I can find anyone even suggesting this is unreliable sources on social media, and they're only suggesting it is a possibility, haven't seen anyone actually make the claim.

08 Dec 2025 00:44:03
What a mess this is, feels worse than the Bodgers era, we didn’t have our star players turning against the club in interviews back then, and let’s be honest the results are some of the worst in the clubs history.

08 Dec 2025 05:14:39
If the club wants to make a stand then they should start by sacking slot. He's the real problem.

08 Dec 2025 05:48:54
Mo has bought Slot more time with his outburst. The club can't do anything other than sideline Mo and side with Slot.

08 Dec 2025 06:53:03
Shughes no, but we had Suarez intentionally biting players to try and force a move. That's hardly preferable.

08 Dec 2025 07:40:39
Mo asking for the team to be built around him last season, with players he knew and in a set up that we knew worked for him is one thing, but since the changes, he also has to change and can't expect everyone to dance to his beat.


Jamie Carra's article about Salah only talking when its about him was spot on, and whilst i appreciate that elite sportspeople are required to be narcissistic to a point, the whole contract issue told us plemty about the man.

{Ed001's Note - Carragher is full of crap. Salah is not narcissistic, he just doesn't like talking to the media as things get twisted and he does not trust them. So he won't talk about other people, because he does not want to say the wrong thing and cause them an issue. He talks about himself only because he is then not adversely affecting someone else by mistake. People are making up nonsense in their head because they know nothing about him.}

08 Dec 2025 07:48:54
Exactly Ed001. He defends everyone in the team at various times. Love the guy.

{Ed001's Note - I think people are forgetting he is using his second language when he speaks as well. Some of the things in the interview I think he has meant it in a different way, but got his words mixed up. Or as me nan used to say, worms mixed up.}

08 Dec 2025 11:40:08
That's what I was thinking too Ed. Although it has to be said that he speaks excellent English. I still feel that he is referring to his position in the squad as a leader rather than as a winger and that he feels insulted Slot doesn't take him as a leader seriously.

What I believe happened is that the senior players confronted Slot again after the loss to PSV to revert tactics to what worked during the AV and RM game but he dismissed them, leading to a fall out between them, and Salah being benched. That's the only thing that makes sense to me now and I am slowly convincing myself that it's true.