Liverpool Transfer Rumours

02 Apr 2026 22:38:24
Tensions have been mounting around Alessandro Bastoni at Inter Milan, with the club's defensive mainstay now reportedly considering a move away.

Tuttosport.

02 Apr 2026 21:31:08
Slot. Is. Gone. In. The. Summer.

Xabi will replace him. That's it. Forget about anything any journo says. There's been no power struggle, it's been cordial. He doesn't want to be in England and we want Xabi while he's available.

02 Apr 2026 22:43:01
Fingers crossed.

I'm sick of Slot's boring no clue 'low block' excuses week after week.

02 Apr 2026 22:55:49
Nice and concise. Cheers, Victor.

02 Apr 2026 19:29:03
More rumours breaking that Slot has won the power struggle with Hughes and will have greater influence on players released and signed.
He never wanted Salah's contract renewed and has won the battle in getting Salah released at the end of the season.
Fringpom was allegedly signed as Salah's replacement and Slot wanted to sign fullbacks who could inverted and also cover multiple positions.


Have no idea if these rumours are true, just passing on what I have heard.
Personally I would prefer Alonso and the system he used at Beyern Leverkusen. Salah being released and our recent purge on centre halves could also point at this.

02 Apr 2026 20:11:29
Purge on centre halves? We still have bare minimum for a 4 let alone a 5 at the back.

02 Apr 2026 20:47:22
I'm not accepting any decisions have been made yet, but thanks for the rumours.

02 Apr 2026 20:51:29
We have signed 5 CB's in the past 12 months.

02 Apr 2026 21:04:58
A purge would be getting rid. A splurge would be signing some.

02 Apr 2026 21:14:23
Sounds like a load of nonsense, to be honest. Not sure what power struggle you could possibly win when your job's on a knife edge. Mo had a record season last year, best of his career. No manager in their right mind would let him walk.

He's leaving of his own accord, it's been clear for most of the season that he's very unhappy. If he was being forced out, he'd hardly agree to tear up the contract, as I'm sure he'd be looking at a considerable payout.

02 Apr 2026 22:29:56
All RTFP.

02 Apr 2026 22:42:56
Slot never wanted him to have a contract renewal and now he is off! Read into that what you want.

02 Apr 2026 22:44:17
Why even read or think or believe this rubbish is in any form accurate, nor will come to pass! It is total garbage. Just even think about it... Slot being left in charge? How in the name of God does anyone, let alone those making such decisions, come up with the conclusion that this is the way forward??? Ignore the total rubbish by Joyce and fellow AS supporters. Ignore the what ifs and buts of winning some cup competitions this season, and forget his winning title 20. That's yesterday's news, and now irrelevant. He's past tense. He's out. And thank God for that. LFC will move on in May and they'll be God Damn Right to do so.

A disastrous season overseen by disastrous decisions made solely by a disastrous manager or whatever his title may be. Good riddance. Let the season play out and let there be no further what ifs about it. He's regressed the club back 10 years. I couldn't care less about him nor his entourage. I'll say no more about it myself until the end of the season. The rest of you who find any redeeming attributes about him currently can argue it further amongst yourselves, but it'll be for nothing. We'll have a decent manager come May and I'll be behind XA 100 pc from then onward.

02 Apr 2026 15:05:55
Doing the rounds on Twitter that Konate has just signed a new deal.

Big fan of this forum too, been following for many years.

Cheers,

02 Apr 2026 15:55:05
Oh no.

02 Apr 2026 17:16:59
No doubt he'll be on £300k-a-week with Hughes.

02 Apr 2026 17:18:01
Personally, I'm glad if that's the case. Selling him would leave us with too much to do in the summer window.

02 Apr 2026 17:32:06
I agree - hope this is true. We need something stable to start the season.

02 Apr 2026 17:34:52
I'm with you, PB (albeit marginal). As long as we are not paying him £300k+, which he reportedly wanted a while back, then I think it provides some stability and allows players like Leoni and Jacquet time to establish themselves and provide competition.

Replacing Salah, Macca, Robbo, possibly Gakpo (or at least rejuvenating him), belatedly Diaz too, gives us plenty to be getting along with.



Even if Konate re-signs, I would be keen on a flexible RB/CB, like Geertruida or others, to both provide competition and squad depth, so we don't have Dom playing RB!

02 Apr 2026 17:35:08
I don't think we would want to sign him if he played for someone else. Far too inconsistent, if he can sort that out then great.

02 Apr 2026 17:49:32
Get a utility defender and a DM and we can cover Ibou's inconsistency and help him out. Even Hansen would struggle without a midfield shield.

02 Apr 2026 19:13:21
For the amount of supposed change that'll happen over the summer, might be best to keep him so we have stability.

02 Apr 2026 19:18:22
Hopefully we've signed him to protect his transfer fee. If he plays the same way next year, we can move him on.

{Ed025's Note - or maybe just give him away for nothing Strom...because hes been a good servant.. :)

02 Apr 2026 19:46:36
Real Madrid just dodged a bullet there !!!

02 Apr 2026 20:06:06
Can't see PSG, Real Madrid wanting him after the season he has had. Still, I think it would be good if we got him resigned for a few years, at least gives us bit of time to sort out other areas and for Leoni + Jacquet to bed into team.

02 Apr 2026 20:16:35
Please remember that his Dad was ill and then passed away this season. If that doesn't affect your consistency, nothing will. Give the guy a break, stop using consistency this season as a stick to beat him with, and if it's true that he has signed, support him fully and let's see how he performs next season.

02 Apr 2026 20:36:53
I do remember Stoneage, inconsistency has always been an issue with him. Nobody is beating anyone with a stick, just saying it how it is. He is entering his prime years and, to repeat myself, if he can become more consistent with his performances then great.

02 Apr 2026 21:36:32
Ed025, well we do seem to give our players away for nothing don't we, We must have a ton of money hiding behind John Henrys sofa or in Tom Werners ice cream van 😀

{Ed025's Note - it baffling Strom, you have sold players who were not very good players for big money and got rid of superstars for nothing mate..

02 Apr 2026 22:51:07
Well imo that's a horrendous decision if correct. He's rubbish. Sluggish. Rash and unreliable. A total liability. A top team requires top CBs who instill and promote confidence throughout the whole team. He never has nor never will be one of those. Let him away on a free and we'll be the better for it. If we want to win the big ones, he's certainly not going to contribute further. Overrated. Overpaid. Terrible defender. Out Out Out.

02 Apr 2026 15:04:21
For those still asking about Slot here is your virtual fridge magnet -

25 Mar 2026 13:03:41
I keep getting asked the same thing over and over and over about Slot.

Bookmark this, stick it on your fridge this is my information and that is final.

Slot was told months ago his position at Liverpool was virtually done.

His family arrangements haven't helped, discussions over a termination went amicable and Slot was happy to work on until the summer.

Edwards spoke to Fabregas in Como, nothing came of it.

Luis Enrqique's agent spoke with Liverpool, very difficult as he's invested into the project at PSG. Would love to manage LFC in the future.



Talks with Gerrard went positive regarding a interim role, club decided to stick with Slot. Gerrard is there if FSG change their minds.

Hoeness is very well regarded and could be considered. I would think as a second option to Alonso. Would jump at the chance to manage LFC.

Xabi Alonso though is and always has been the main candidate, wants the job and will most likely get it this summer.

If Slot wins a Champions League does it change things? This is a two way street and Slot seems happy to go back home. I personally don't see that changing things but you never know.

The conclusion - Slot leaves this summer. Xabi Alonso joins LFC.

Ta.

Carra.

02 Apr 2026 15:22:39
Sassy, I like it.

02 Apr 2026 16:27:55
Oh, how fabulous!!

02 Apr 2026 16:41:04
Cheers for the info, Carra. I think many fans are simply disgusted he's been allowed to continue, he's dismantled this season and left a bitter taste. The club are playing a dangerous game allowing him to continue as if we miss out on CL, we're set back further.

02 Apr 2026 17:26:15
Are people aware this is a copy and paste from a Carra post a week ago? Just checking, as replies suggest they haven't spotted this isn't an original or new info?

02 Apr 2026 18:44:43
I don't think people read like they used to.

02 Apr 2026 19:06:49
I don't think people are red like they used to.

02 Apr 2026 19:33:49
I clearly wasn't, unfortunately. I thought April Fools was done.

02 Apr 2026 20:17:18
If Ornstein and Joyce are saying Slot is going nowhere and being backed, even suggesting he could be given more power over ins and outs, Salah just the start, Slot won that power battle, Slot will still be in the dugout next season. Put that on your fridge.

02 Apr 2026 20:50:53
I choose to believe Carra. Not a doubt in my mind that Slot will be replaced this summer. Of course, the Ornsteins of the world will report that Slot is safe, because that is the narrative FSG want right now. I believe it will be spun into a family matter for Slot to leave.

02 Apr 2026 21:56:59
For what it's worth, I think Arne is gone in May, but I don't agree about this being the narrative that needs to be put out. They could just say nothing at all, as everyone expects him to be gone anyway.

02 Apr 2026 10:10:14
How accurate is Paul Joyce as he's said this morning fsg fully back slot to turn things around after a difficult season. Make of that what you want.

02 Apr 2026 10:21:19
Well, this is concerning, to say the least.

02 Apr 2026 10:30:04
September 2015, Paul Joyce wrote FSG predicted a slow start to the season and will continue to back Brendan Rodgers.

He was sacked a month later.

02 Apr 2026 10:32:05
I guess if they believe he will secure top 5 and get to the CL final, then fair enough he may well earn another season. But if he fails on either of those two points, and Xabi is willing to come in, their stance would change?

02 Apr 2026 10:33:38
Honestly, I thought he was gone pending a Champions League win at this stage.

It seems he might not need that.

I would think he certainly needs Champions League football next season to save his job.

So where I'm at right now.



Champions League: definitely keeps his job.
No Champions League football next season: definitely gets sacked.

The in between, I'm not sure, but my gut is telling me he goes at the end of the season and we have a new manager next season.

02 Apr 2026 10:34:33
The club will always publicly back the manager until they release them from their duties.

Paul Joyce is and always has been a mouth piece from the club, he isn't as intertwined as he used to be, but the club pushes things to him when they want to.

02 Apr 2026 10:35:57
They will back him whilst we still have a chance of winning something. They're hardly going to say at this point that his position is under threat etc.

02 Apr 2026 10:42:24
The title of his article is "Will Liverpool's owners stand by Arne Slot this summer?" The most committal thing he seems to say is "FSG remain steadfastly behind Slot and want him to emerge from the turbulence," but that could just mean that they haven't sacked him because they want him to finish the season strong before making changes in the summer.

You can read into it as much as you like, but at the end of the day, he is a journalist, and he is sitting firmly on the fence, and writing in such a way that you can interpret his words either way, and he can never be proven wrong whether or not Slot stays or goes.

02 Apr 2026 10:43:56
A coincidence that it comes a day after the Simon Hughes article, which basically described the uncertainty behind the scenes at the club.

I wouldn't be surprised if part of Joyce's article was briefed to counter that and give Slot some air cover for these next set of fixtures.

The way I look at it, only a Slot contract extension would indicate he's staying beyond the summer.

There's no sign of that, so everything else is just trying to control the narrative by the club's PR people.

If Slot had intended to stay, it might have been nice for him to take in some of the local community activities & events and witness the Legends game last week. But, no. He's back home in the Netherlands.

02 Apr 2026 10:49:05
This is standard PR. They're hardly going to turn around and say he's gone unless we finish in top 4/5, win Champions League & FA Cup.

02 Apr 2026 10:56:33
Would usually think it's a piece to save face from the club with the never ending scrutiny Slot is under, however, the section pretty much ruling out Xabi Alonso completely suggests it has more legs to it, or it's readying fans for when Alonso isn't the man they go for, and more than likely get a yes man to follow whatever Edwards/Hughes wants to do at the club.

02 Apr 2026 11:04:17
Joyce can be fairly reliable but he will produce PR driven pieces. That's what this looks like, if I had a penny for every article that came out just weeks before a manager was sacked claiming he had the full backing of the club, I'd be a very wealthy man.

02 Apr 2026 11:27:43
His word is usually taken as gospel, or was. No one, including on here predicted the Jacquet signing or the Mo announcement, so the club seem to be keeping things in house. Suppose if he's saying something you want to hear, he's ultra reliable, not so much if he's delivering bad news.

02 Apr 2026 11:46:34
I think club sounded out XA. Obviously we want to finish the best we can and therefore the club have to back the manager. They can't exactly go about saying yeah you are done after the season.
So both Joyce and Pearce are at it as club's mouthpiece to calm down waters.

02 Apr 2026 11:50:00
I am under the impression that Slot will see out his contract, which means another season.

02 Apr 2026 12:19:23
Think we should all check our fridge magnets ...

Been discussed so many times ...

Slot is here til summer, then he is not ... no way he starts next season at the helm of LFC ...

2 more months ... 8 weeks ... that's how much longer we still have to wait.

02 Apr 2026 12:27:18
He'll be aiming to win us the Europa League next season if he remains as manager.

02 Apr 2026 12:28:42
I believe the real ITKs and rely on common sense. There's not one hope in the world that he is the manager of LFC next season. Zero.

02 Apr 2026 12:55:34
Europa? We'd be lucky to make the Conference looking at our last three league results.

02 Apr 2026 13:01:16
Going through Joyce or Orstein is like the board indirectly given Slot the vote of confidence. And we all know what happens after a board gives that.

02 Apr 2026 13:12:05
Slot's gone as soon as Xabi's ready to come in.

02 Apr 2026 14:18:49
"If he loses the next game he's gone." 😂

02 Apr 2026 14:34:46
I think Slot will go due to fan pressure, but I don't think Alonso will replace him.

02 Apr 2026 14:38:39
He's as accurate as the owners want him to be.

No decisions have been made yet, so the owners will back the manager.

02 Apr 2026 22:49:06
I want him gone today! We shouldn't even give him til the end of the season. He won the league with Klopp's team and he rode the wave, until he started to turn us s**** from the turn of the year.

This season we have been worse than that of Woy Hodgson era!

He is destroying the club more and more each week.

01 Apr 2026 20:26:51
Any truth in Madrid wanting Ekitike? He has been probably our best player outside Dom this season. Be crazy to let him go.

01 Apr 2026 21:02:47
It's April Fools... don't listen to any of it.

01 Apr 2026 21:13:17
Links well and seems to get along with Mbappe. Wouldn't surprise me.

01 Apr 2026 22:21:20
About as likely as Homer turning vegetarian.

Not to say RM will knock in the future.

Diddly out.

02 Apr 2026 08:09:05
They'd have to pay money for him, so very unlikely.

02 Apr 2026 09:07:02
Not an April Fool, and not really surprising given how well Hugo has settled and performed.

The key distinction from the OP's post is that just because RM want Hugo (as I would imagine would many top clubs in Europe) that doesn't mean we will sell him.

02 Apr 2026 10:43:11
Zed, but I thought we were Madrid's feeder club!

01 Apr 2026 05:07:49
Hey, I maybe in the wrong here but been informed the Vvd is also looking for a move! No idea if club will let him go for free or what, but rumours are a couple of Saudi clubs want to open talks with him and have asked us for go ahead.

01 Apr 2026 07:30:14
Doubt he'll be leaving for free.

01 Apr 2026 08:41:38
Happy for his time with us to come to an end, fantastic defender, up there with Hansen (and for me Sami in that bracket as well).
But I passionately believe that we need a total overhaul of leadership and he is part of that group.

A token fee would be acceptable and it would be great to watch him pick up a trophy or two on the continent somewhere.

01 Apr 2026 09:02:36
Van Dijk is still the best defender around, but, in my opinion, the new manager could do worse than reassign the captaincy. He is one of the senior players, but, damn it, he is no leader of men.
Letting him go completely would not be a good idea, as no one out there is better, let alone players we could buy.

01 Apr 2026 09:13:19
I think he'll go next summer when his contract runs out.

01 Apr 2026 09:49:45
Check what the date is. 😂

01 Apr 2026 12:18:48
Agree, Lowe, he's definitely not a good captain.

01 Apr 2026 14:00:27
He isn't moving next season.

01 Apr 2026 14:48:44
First I saw of this was a TeamTalk article a couple of weeks ago claiming Saudi was planning a triple-raid for Mo, Virgil & Ali. The rumours have since been recycled on social media and referenced in a couple of outer articles over the last 2 weeks. TeamTalk are generally a low tier second hand source, more concerned with site traffic and not known for publishing breaking stories.

Nobody major has picked up on the claims since, which should tell you all you need to know. I believe the same rumours about Virgil started around this time last year as well. I've no doubt Saudi are interested, but claims Virgil is actively looking for a move are pure speculation at the moment, unless one of the ITK's has any solid info, which I'm sure they would have shared by now.

01 Apr 2026 14:57:12
He got at least another season in him... he's still our best defender by far... but I think next season n that's it for him at Liverpool.

01 Apr 2026 15:19:54
Every year people fall for the April Fools post!

01 Apr 2026 15:21:47
I know VVD has not had his best season but is it his time to be slagged off?
I have posted on how VVD has not performed to his best but the man has not stopped playing since his bad injury.
As for not being a great captain, you could not be further from the truth; he is a leader and he cannot be at fault if players go out of form.


You don't have to scream and shout to be a captain, you just need the respect of your team mates and opposition players.
YNWA.

01 Apr 2026 16:06:48
@Albeyred, Exactly. All the players describe him as a leader. How he sets the standards. Maybe he is not as vocal as Hendo, but Hendo also had Milly and others to back him up. It's the duty of the whole leadership group to drive the team forward. At least he takes initiative and speaks to the media irrespective of how it is going.

01 Apr 2026 16:19:02
Gents - It's April Fools.

01 Apr 2026 17:55:44
I love it: "he's not a good captain" based on zero insight or observation, despite him being a focal point and a rock on the pitch.

01 Apr 2026 18:05:55
Frode, he's had some woeful performances this year, far from being a rock, mate, and he's not captain material, at least not the type of captain we need. Whenever something goes wrong, that's his fault, he just turns around, throws his hands in the air and whinges at the closest person to him, looking for someone to blame.

He's not lighting a fire under anyone out there, he's just not an inspiring leader. I love him, he has been unbelievable for us, one of the best CB's to ever do it, but he's not the captain we need right now.

01 Apr 2026 18:40:36
April 2 will not come too soon.

01 Apr 2026 19:01:46
Yep, moving to Walton.

02 Apr 2026 12:30:48
Just garbage. VVD will continue to be LFC captain next season.

31 Mar 2026 15:16:02
Liverpool are going to sign a player from Wolves is what I've heard.

Seems to make sense. Let's see.

31 Mar 2026 16:23:13
Would have thought/hoped one of Gomes, Andre or Mane. Mane, my least favoured option, as think wingers with more experience required this summer with Rio as our development one.

31 Mar 2026 16:29:20
Matheus Mane, although there was a long term interest in both their Brazilian midfielders.

31 Mar 2026 16:33:25
Not far off Diomande in fairness for experience. And knows the league now.

31 Mar 2026 16:51:23
Diomande has scored 5x the amount of goals in their breakout year and is playing for a much bigger team in terms of where they're competing. Diomande is also a full international, with 9 apps and 3 goals for Ivory Coast.

Diomande is a RW, Mane has been playing on the left. Lots of reasons FM.

But yes, not a million miles of difference in experience.

Would still rather Gomes out of anyone in that squad for what we need.

31 Mar 2026 16:53:18
Like it or not but at some point we're going to have to start buying some English players, otherwise we'll be running small squads every season.

31 Mar 2026 17:07:22
Diomande plays on the left, COTG.

31 Mar 2026 17:12:07
Experience was the only reason I gave Gvardiol. Although I believe Diomande does also play on the left.

31 Mar 2026 17:18:46
Who's the homegrowners Woodman, Bradley, Frimpong, Gomez, Nyoni, Jones, Danns and Rio? We should be ok. Other good young English players at the club in Wright and Abe coming through. Should be trying to produce our homegrown players inhouse anyway to stay away from the ridiculous transfer fees.

31 Mar 2026 17:20:22
Diomande *can* play on the right, but he's right-footed, which would tend to push him out wide and limit Frimpong's ability to overlap.

I'd still love to see us sign him, but as a replacement for Gakpo, not Mo.

31 Mar 2026 17:26:51
Can see us actually signing Wharton, so that would be another. Could Beck cover Kerkez? He's injured, and I haven't seen enough. Can see Utd and City fighting it out for Anderson.
Any other home grown players out there? No idea about what system we actually intend to grow into, but I do like Archie Gray and Morgan Rodgers.

Probably cost a fortune unless Spuds go down or Villa need money.

31 Mar 2026 17:31:52
Nyoni, Danns and Rio wouldn't count in full squad list as they are not "of age" yet.
They'll be on the youth list.

31 Mar 2026 17:50:37
Does it really matter though, Ginger, if as we all expect their minutes increase next season? For all we know Rio could end up our starting LW next season. Stranger things have happened. We are never going to have 25 senior players, are we? Even this year we have 22, and that includes a 3rd keeper and Ramsey, who is never gonna play.

31 Mar 2026 17:51:46
Florian Musiala do you argue with your own reflection? 🤣 A poster could say the sky is blue, you would say it was green & when they point out how wrong you are, you would say i was just saying its the sky.🤣

31 Mar 2026 18:29:06
FM should literally just change his name to Devil's Advocate.
Nothing wrong with that. It's literally my job! Won't win you many friends though!

31 Mar 2026 18:43:50
Jesus, lads, I thought I was discussing, not arguing. Is this not what we are here for? SzSz8, if you're talking about my reply to Gvardiol, I'm right. They are both having a breakout season. I fail to see where the big difference in experience is. Diomande has played a grand total of 22 more senior games than Mane. At an inferior level.

31 Mar 2026 19:01:29
Florian your doing it again, i'm not on about any one post, it's just your general posting. You love to be right but that means only you can be right, nobody else. Nothing wrong with that, its who you are & you keep being you it makes for an entertaining read.

31 Mar 2026 19:29:57
SzSz8, would you not look at Gvardiol's response to my original post before giving me a character assessment? I mentioned Diomande purely because he's the most linked winger to us and has a near identical level of experience to Mane. Gvardiol hadn't even mentioned Diomande in his post, yet I then got a nice detailed responce on how Diomande was better, even though I had never said he wasn't.

😆 I know it's the in thing to call me out on here, but look and read posts before you play amateur shrink. Ooops, did I do it again?

31 Mar 2026 19:41:56
Florian, I like Rio a lot, he has deserved more game time this season, especially over Gakpo, but if we started next season with him as our starting lw, I would be seriously concerned. He's only 17 and his end product just isn't there yet. It's great to see a kid like Rio coming through, hungry and confident, willing to take on his man without hesitation, but he's just not the full package yet.



Mane looks good, but as you said yourself Diomande's got 22 more senior games, at 18/19 years old that's an absolutely massive difference, don't try to pretend otherwise, not to mention Mane only has 4 league goal contributions whilst Diomande has 17. You can try make excuses by calling it an inferior league but there's no doubt Diomande looks the better more experienced player right now.

31 Mar 2026 19:45:16
If you weren't comparing Mane to Diomande, then why even bring him into a conversation where he wasn't involved?

31 Mar 2026 19:46:21
Read my post, FM, it has sweet FA to do with that post. It is your posts in general that show your need to be right, hence your frustrated tone above! I may be an amateur shrink, but I got your number. 😁 Try not to reply. Prove to me I'm wrong, & you don't always need to have the last word all the time. 😁

31 Mar 2026 20:22:01
Chewy, I would also be concerned if Rio was our starting LW next season. But, seen as a lot would like him to be our starting LW THIS season, stranger things have happened that he could start a lot of games next year. And I don't need to make excuses, I don't care who's better of the two. Couldn't give a flying duck. I merely mentioned Diomande because a poster said more experienced wingers than Mane are needed, and Diomande is highly linked and only 10 months older.

Am I missing something here? And Chewy, in fairness on the goal comparisions Mane plays for the bottom team in the strongest league on the planet, and Diomande plays for one of the top sides in an inferior league. I would imagine he gets the ball a lot more in good situations than Mane would. SzSz8, what's this number you have? I don't have a need to be right. I just happen to be right, a lot of the time. Think that bugs people on here including yourself it seems.

31 Mar 2026 20:38:38
FM, did you reply? Yes you did! That number!

No more replies from me, mate. Keep posting & being you. 👍

31 Mar 2026 20:53:36
Please don't go SzSz8. 😆

01 Apr 2026 08:22:37
Rio is nowhere near a full time starter, looks good with flicks and tricks but no end product, tbh, and this is my opinion, he is so like what Doak was.

{Ed001's Note - I am so glad somebody said that! He is so far off ready.}

01 Apr 2026 09:39:15
I think he's better than Doak, but I agree that he's got a lot of development to go. He should be given more minutes than he was getting, but I agree he is way off being a regular starter, with all the hype and expectancy that comes with it.

01 Apr 2026 10:06:58
I don't think so either, but if Gakpo stays I can't see us buying another specialist LW. The club won't bump Rio down to 3rd choice in my opinion if they were willing to not block his pathway this year.

And, if that happens, and Gakpo has a season similar to this one, then Rio will start a lot of games, I'd imagine. This is all going with the notion that Rio keeps improving and developing physically, of course.

01 Apr 2026 21:04:37
Could we not just get rid of Gakpo?