Liverpool Transfer Rumours

06 Jun 2026 15:11:29
Source: Transfer feed.

Ordonez on the radar.
Fede back to Juve.

Paul Joyce says Mac could be sold for circa 55 million also.

06 Jun 2026 15:33:36.
We need to get more for MacAllister.

We paid £35m upfront plus £20m potential add-on fees, some or most which have been triggered. There may also be a sell on percentage to Brighton.

Minimum £70m for me. Ideally £80m.

06 Jun 2026 15:39:46
I am a big Joel Ordonez fan. Not sure we need him after signing Jacquet, though.

I would say Fede should get to choose what is right for him. I don't get the impression we have treated him as well as we should have.

06 Jun 2026 15:41:42
We would love to have more for our players, but who outside the Premier League can pay 70 to 80 million pounds for MacAllister? At least not with his last year's performance.

06 Jun 2026 15:46:17
I'd take their hand off for £55m for him.
His poor performances, constant diving and theatrics have worn out their welcome.
Nobody is going to pay 70 or 80 million for him.

06 Jun 2026 15:49:04
I'm sure we bought Macca on a release clause so there would be no requirement for add ons.

Of course, I could be wrong.

06 Jun 2026 15:54:35
Given that Mac Allister is approaching the last two years of his contract, and also how we totally messed up on Konate & Arnold. I'd say £55m is fine in that context. As he could easily leave for nothing. No point holding out for a fee we won't get.

06 Jun 2026 15:56:40
You are not wrong, JK23. People love making stuff up.

06 Jun 2026 15:56:41
Love people saying we should be getting 70-80 million for him, but he's absolutely crap supposedly so how is he worth that much?

06 Jun 2026 16:00:43
One of the conditions of the add on was that MacA ran a bitt, so as far as I know we don't have to pay the extra add on yet.

Sorry couldn't resist a dig. But yeah, £55m seems realistic. He is not worth any more than that, I'm afraid.

06 Jun 2026 16:10:06
MacAllister is a World Cup and Premier League winner. He's had one poor season in a year where the entire team underperformed. £55m is an absolute joke and should be scoffed at; he's worth £70 at an absolute minimum. I would want £80 for him in this market, where unproven players with 1 good season are going for £100m.

{Ed001's Note - one? He was awful when we won the league in most games. I spent most of my time moaning about him then as well. He would pop up with a good goal every now and again and everyone forgot about the other 89 minutes he spent stinking up the place.}

06 Jun 2026 16:15:43
On form, I would have valued Macca at £30-40m. I would goals £50m all day long.

06 Jun 2026 16:33:43
£50m would be a good deal. I suspect the suits agree.

06 Jun 2026 16:35:49
Tbh, Chewy, agree with much of what you say about him being a World Cup winner and league title winner. It should count for something, but unfortunately the reality is that I don't think we're in a strong position on this.

Mac isn't a player in significant demand, or at least the type of player who is in demand (like Elliott Anderson, for example).

So his market value isn't as high. He's also approaching the last two years of his contract, so our bargaining position is fairly weak.

06 Jun 2026 16:45:27
Get as much as we can for him, and let's move on. His antics for me this year especially are not what I like to see in the game. Would be suited to Spain or Arteta's teams for all the diving and time wasting, faking injury.

Embarrassing at times.
Take as much as we can and reinvest in another player.
If we can get 55 and spend the same on an Alex Scott, for example, I see that as a huge upgrade for the team/ squad.

06 Jun 2026 16:48:15
The player that every fan on this forum unanimously wants rid of is worth £70-80mil.

I wish people weren't so blind to their double standards.

These same people will lose their minds if we let him run his contract down and go on a free.

He's worth what people are willing to pay, which apparently £55mil.

06 Jun 2026 17:18:21
Jacquet predominantly played on the left side of the CBs for his former side. I’m not sure what side Ordonez plays usually, but I personally think Jacquet is considered the long term Van Dijk replacement as well as an immediate Konate replacement.

Leoni actually played as the middle CB in a back 3 a lot of the time back in Italy.

I don’t think it hurts us to have 3 highly talented young CBs. I like the look of Ordonez from clips I’ve seen and things I’ve read.

06 Jun 2026 17:19:45
He was better in a Brighton shirt tbh.
I've been disappointed.

{Ed001's Note - he tried for them, rather than just spent his time playacting and diving.}

06 Jun 2026 17:23:53
If we can use that money to get in a mobile, defensive-minded central midfielder, I'm game for that. Lamine Camara, please. Plus the extra towards Wharton or Scott. Still need that rb, please, and maybe the two wingers. Feels like we will be rocking and rolling next year then.

06 Jun 2026 17:24:31
I've had some arguments over the years over Macca being crap. I can put up with crap players, especially if they try their best, but Macca doesn't try (unless it's v RM), and his theatrics boil my p*ss.

06 Jun 2026 16:51:20
I don't believe any team in the world would pay 55 pence for a player whose only ability seems to be rolling around on the pitch for five minutes, clutching his face and literally crying because someone ten yards away looked at him funny..If AI does one and only one single thing this year, I'd have it be telling Macca he's not allowed back on the pitch till he finds his balls and has them thoroughly reattached.

His faking getting fouled is an integrity issue for me (and now I'm done beating this horse).

06 Jun 2026 17:19:34
It's a fair point Ed, he did go missing a lot and tended to only pop up with good moments here and there amongst the mediocrity. Not a great season, but by comparison I wouldn't really call it a bad one myself, especially if this season sets the standard for what we call bad.

I would say 24/25 was pretty middle of the road, for his standards anyay.

06 Jun 2026 17:38:17
ChangingoftheGvardiol, same happens with Jones, mate. People who think he's useless will then say to sell him for £20-30m.

Macca was superb in the first half of the 24/25 season, in my opinion. He was struggling with injury the 2nd half of the season, but still popped up with some important goals. The thing that kills him is that he is extremely slow. Slow players are the first to get exposed when general fitness levels drop, because if they lose a yard to stop and take a breather, they don't have the pace to recover the ground they lose. Also, if they're not fit enough to get tight to their man, it allows their man to turn and run at them, which slow players cannot deal with. I hope that is the case anyway, as the alternative explanation is Macca downed tools. In my opinion, Macca was just the worst impacted by Slot's poor fitness coaching, but whatever the explanation is, the fact is he's regressed so incredibly far since January 2025 that he now looks bang average.



After such an awful season, preceded by an injury-hit 6 months, I think we'd be lucky to get £55m. If the club have decided we want to sell him and get someone with a different profile in his place, I'm not against it, but I will be disappointed, as I was so happy when we signed him. I'm actually in Greece right now, which is where I was when he was confirmed, and I remember tanking several pints of Mythos to celebrate that night. It's sad to see how far he's fallen, but right now, if he wasn't already a Liverpool player, I would not want us to pay anything over £20m for him, and even that would be as a squad player.

If whoever signs him gets him fit and back to his 2024 form, though, £55m will be a bargain.

06 Jun 2026 17:42:53
@Chewy, who is going to pay 70-80 millions? That is the main issue. This market is only high for a few teams:

- PL's big six
- Real Madrid, Barcelona and sometimes Atletico
- PSG
- Bayern Munich
- Maybe Juventus
- Saudi teams

So, realistically our only option is Real Madrid, and I wouldn't be surprised if they are more interested in Szobo than him.

Is Real Madrid or somehow getting interest from Saudi, which I don't think he will accept.

06 Jun 2026 18:17:24
Another team in Europe can quite easily have 70m to spend if they sell one of their slightly above average players to the EPL for similar money.
Madrid could sell Tchouameni for that fee and then come calling for Macca. His style of play would suit Spain, and he'd probably be OK over there.

06 Jun 2026 18:17:43
I don't think Real are interested, but I do think Atletico would be.

06 Jun 2026 18:14:08
Agree about his play acting but I think he was much better than you're giving him credit for in our league winning season Ed

06 Jun 2026 18:20:07
Only Mac Allister and Salah earned PFA player of the year nominations for that season from our team. Only Salah had more goal contributions than Mac Allister (5 goals 5 assists), and that was with him playing deeper.

I don't like his faking injury all the time, and he was atrocious this season gone, but I do think he was an integral part of the title triumph.

{Ed001's Note - we will have to disagree on that, getting that nomination just shows what a joke these stupid individual awards are in a team sport.}

06 Jun 2026 18:36:15
Only worth what someone is willing to pay, Fidby. Based upon last season, getting more now than what we paid for him would be good business.

06 Jun 2026 18:42:27
If it's Madrid that want him, try wrangle £60m outa them. Think that's the max though. He can't run.

06 Jun 2026 18:32:48
If anyone offered 55m for him and it were up to me, they'd be living the rest of their lives minus a hand.

06 Jun 2026 09:48:58
Good morning all, new gaffer wants to talk to everyone before deciding on their futures, Joe Gomez would still like to stay, it was never an option to leave before because his wife didn’t want to uproot, the club have pretty much said it’s up to him what he wants, they respect he’s the current longest serving player.

Joe has told me Curtis loves the idea of Italy which is not good news in my opinion but again Andoni really wants to speak to him and ideally have him in America, let’s hope he changes his mind.

For a fact the club will stop all negotiations if Curtis says he’d like to stay now.

The mood from what I know at the moment is excitement about a new coaching set up!

{Ed001's Note - good to see you ST.}

06 Jun 2026 10:04:32
Cheers Tomato, hope you're well, mate. It feels like it's been years since I saw you post!

06 Jun 2026 10:12:18
Wow,
The nostalgia!
It's gotta be 5+ years since you posted, is it?

Great to hear mate, thank you.

06 Jun 2026 10:16:34
Welcome home ST. Glad to see you posting again.

06 Jun 2026 10:19:15
Cheers ST, great to see you back! Glad Joe is keen to stay.

06 Jun 2026 10:20:39
Welcome back ST. Brilliant to have you back with us.

06 Jun 2026 10:22:49
Nice to have you back, ST!

I'd be very happy for Joe to stay. He's a very good defender when fully fit, adds great experience to the squad, and always seems to have an excellent attitude without complaining about game time or position he gets played in. Top pro in my opinion.

06 Jun 2026 10:32:51
Square, amazing to see a post from you again.

Please tell Joe to stay. And if he can get in Curtis's ear to stay as well and sign new deals.

These 2 are worth far more than the change they could bring in, and we'll need a big squad this year. I sense there'll be minutes to go round.

06 Jun 2026 10:40:36
Welcome back ST. It's been a while.

06 Jun 2026 10:44:13
Nice to hear from you again, St. Personally, I hope he stays around as I just have a lot of time for him. He doesn't cause problems when he's fit, then he's always ready to step into any position.

06 Jun 2026 10:45:21
Always on treatment table so get shut ASAP.
Don't matter how good he is if he's always watching from bench.
No more leaving for nowt.
Clear out all dead wood and replace with fit healthy players.
Agree, he's a keen positive guy, getting paid to sit around most of the year and training in top class gyms, but we need starters who can be called on to play all the time and he can't do it, never done it.


Like him 100% but his body is not robust enough and if new manager want high intensity footy that will defo not be achievable with Joe.

06 Jun 2026 10:48:38
Welcome back ST, we missed you!
Joe has to stay.

1. I think he's a one of a kind on both attitude and skill set. Injured a lot, sure, but still.
2. He is forbidden to leave until he scores. 😅

06 Jun 2026 11:00:29
My guess is that Jones wants to be more important and try something different, and for these reasons I don't believe anything will change his mind.
He also holds onto the ball for too long for an Andoni set up.

He also has only 1 year left and does not want to do a Trent.

06 Jun 2026 11:01:39
Good to see you back, square tomato
Hope all is well.

06 Jun 2026 11:07:19
The hypocrisy on this thread is unreal, 90% on here have wanted Gomez to go as he's never fit, unbelievable.

06 Jun 2026 11:14:09
Maybe it's the 10% who like Gomez who are posting Mr Wallet.

06 Jun 2026 11:16:58
Where’s this poll that fans wanted Gomez gone, notably 90%? I think everyone knows there’s a player in Gomez and I’d have no problem with him staying as he’s versatile at the back. His fitness poses the only issue really.

06 Jun 2026 11:22:58
Welcome back, ST. Good to hear from you.

I think we are all excited (and relieved) at the coaching change - whatever next season brings, it will be fun again.

Would love Joe to stay if he's able to, but if he did move on he'd go with my very best wishes.

06 Jun 2026 11:49:49
I'd keep Gomez if he's happy to have a fraction of his wage! Lad's a bit part player, if even that!

06 Jun 2026 11:50:49
Wow! I was actually just thinking about posting to ask you how Joe is!! Thanks for the info, ST, good to see you back.

06 Jun 2026 11:52:02
I don't want Jones to stay. He doesn't track back and he fouls every time he makes a tackle. He deserves first team football, but there is a reason we have bought 6 midfielders since he broke into the squad. I do wish him all the best though.

06 Jun 2026 12:17:54
Jeez, what's the preoccupation with players' wages and how much players are worth?

The overwhelming majority, who frequent this site, definitely including me, have f*** all idea about what when we are talking about when they start throwing numbers around on here as if they were fact.

As an aside, Joe is a class act - you can check back on the diet @Fatwallet. If he hadn't had such bad luck with injuries he would have been a starter CB for us for years and would have earned a heap more international caps than he actually has.

As I've said a couple of times on here, the three or four reasonable games that Konate had this season coincidentally coincided with Joe playing RB. Good player is Joe - a good clubman and someone who deserves a lot of credit for coming back from the injuries he has suffered.

06 Jun 2026 12:32:18
Great to hear from you, ST, after all this time. I'd like Gomez to stay. I have always thought he was a good defender, and especially alongside VVD. Certainly a better RB than either Frimpong and Bradley. As we all know his fitness issues are the big issues. You already know my opinion on Jones.

06 Jun 2026 12:33:32
It's been waaaay too long, Tomato, good to see you back!

06 Jun 2026 12:46:36
Welcome back, ST...
You've been missed.

I'm gonna be that guy, mate... we all know the mood was pretty downbeat under the old regime.

What are Joe's feelings about the change... besides your tidbit about the overall team excitement.

06 Jun 2026 13:05:06
An ST post! Welcome back!

06 Jun 2026 13:32:56
Welcome back ST!

06 Jun 2026 13:33:05
Cheers ST, best wishes to Joe YNWA.

06 Jun 2026 13:35:50
I like Joe Gomez. Extremely good player to have around, if and when fit.
Even more so than Jones.

With a good run, Joe may be able to get very close to be in the starting 11, and I can be happy with that.
Jones, probably the 13th or 14th player, if you know what I mean.

06 Jun 2026 14:05:44
Square Tomato is absolutely correct.

Ta.

06 Jun 2026 14:24:50
ST, the OG ITK! Welcome back, and hope you're well. Thanks for the insight.

Pls tell Joe to get on penalty duty when Mo leaves.

06 Jun 2026 14:46:36
Good to hear from you, St.

06 Jun 2026 14:50:20
Gomez only issue, as everyone knows, are his injuries. We can only hope they're all behind him. Great player when fit who can cover a few positions.

06 Jun 2026 15:30:12
Great to hear from you St, it's been too long.

06 Jun 2026 15:39:43
"The people saying B were the same people saying A."

Another style of debating I hate, lol.

Like, do y really need to just fabricate a reality to make your point valid hahaha.

Anyways, Gomez should stay if he wants to stay.



He can go for free.

There is more value in keeping him as a utility than selling him and then spending 10s of millions on a new backup with no connection to the club or relying on a kid to replace his experience.

06 Jun 2026 16:23:31
Joe must stay till he scores a goal. You all know, if he ever leaves, he will score about 6 seconds into his first game for another team, and that would be a tragedy. It has to happen in a Liverpool jersey in front of the Kop.

06 Jun 2026 16:52:39
Has anyone ever asked if Square Tomato is actually Joe Gomez himself????

06 Jun 2026 17:09:16
St knows Joe, and, going on past information, we have no reason to doubt that. Glad to see you back on the pages, Square.

06 Jun 2026 17:52:29
Pay him for the games he plays, he'd end up owing us!
Let him stay, it's not a youth club, get him gone with some sort of money to reinvest in a fit and healthy starter, why will next season be any different for the last 3 or 4 at least, paying a wage for someone who's always on the treatment table is bad business / planning no matter how nice the guy is or what his wife wants !!!
He should have been replaced years ago, we need to sell weaker players and defo ones coming up to the last 12 months or just keep losing them for nothing.

05 Jun 2026 21:45:25
Latest name one I’ve not heard being linked.

Francisco Trincao, 26 year old Sporting Lisbon winger - imagine this is one of the Liverpool want wingers so we get linked to everyone on the planet.

Anyone else heard anything on this one?

05 Jun 2026 22:41:07
Yeh, I heard of this a few days ago, but I don't think he's good enough. He struggled when at Wolves, & I haven't seen much lately to say he's improved.

05 Jun 2026 22:46:00
Lightweight and one paced.

05 Jun 2026 22:56:42
Saw an article on this a couple days ago, only seen him in highlight reels, looks a decent player, nothing crazy impressive, a little lightweight, but has a very good assist rate and a keen eye for a through ball.

05 Jun 2026 23:38:01
Mentioned him as an option several weeks ago. Great scoring record and rarely injured. Full of fitness. Great backup option but not first choice for me.

06 Jun 2026 00:48:09
If hope we avoid, mediocre as f***.

06 Jun 2026 04:54:13
When you think about signings, just ask yourself if you'd be confident starting away at the Etihad with them in the lineup. This is not FIFA, where you can win at the Nou Camp with Joe Allen utterly outclassing Xavi.
Trincao is nowhere near good enough for a team trying to win everything. No go, not happening, never happening.

06 Jun 2026 06:49:49
Gonna cost some money to have a squad of 25 like that, though, Lowe1FC. There's a lot to be done this summer. I doubt everyone we sign will be a superstar.

06 Jun 2026 07:51:08
Florian, you don't sign backup players unless it is a goalkeeper in an emergency. If you need a backup, give a chance to an academy prospect and coach them. Top class squads are built upon buying better than what you have and gradually phasing out players that are on the way down. It works on both sporting and financial sides.

06 Jun 2026 08:19:38
Trincao can do a job in a squad, same as Harvey Elliot, Curtis Jones, Divock Origi, Darwin Nunez, Cody Gakpo, Joe Gomez, Tsimikas and countless others I can't think of right now.

"X" player is nowhere near good enough is the laziest, most useless form of analysis of a player in a squad.



Not every player we're going to sign is going to be the level of demanding a start, and academy players cannot be relied on to be back-ups.

06 Jun 2026 08:43:15
Thanks for educating me, Lowe1FC. Who said anything about backup players? Although I very much doubt every signing we complete this summer will be a first 11 regular.

06 Jun 2026 09:20:00
Yes, Faith, let's just waste non home grown spaces on mediocre expensive dross, what a great idea... He's too slow, too lightweight, and doesn't look exceptionally good at anything. He's about as Spursy a player as you could find.

06 Jun 2026 09:31:04
"Can do a job as backup" - goes on to list a bunch of players that largely proved to be either expensive, not up to standard, or homegrown (Elliot, Jones, Gomez).
You do not sign players to "do a job" in a squad, Faith - period - you will simply end up with an overpaid squad lacking in quality.


It is much better to sign two superstars a season and rely on the academy to fill in.

06 Jun 2026 09:51:28
Our formula to be competitive has been to have a very good first team including two or three superstars on huge money, with the rest of the squad beyond the first twelve or thirteen players on much lower money who are hardly ever played except in cup games.

This has been the blueprint since Jurgen got established and has served us pretty well until injuries hit. We've been pretty lucky with the likes of Mo and VVD as they've been fit for most key games.

We moved away from that approach when we bought Isak as he was never going to be an ever present, and he was in the superstar bracket in terms of money. Wirtz seems to fit the profile fitness wise, but hasn't hit the heights yet.



Unless there's a big bump up in commercial revenues I can't see us moving away from the model and building a bigger first team squad in terms of depth. I think we'll basically replace like for like and retain a streamlined squad of about 12/13 first teamers, with the rest academy products and a few fringe players like Gomez if they're still around and the occasional free transfer like Matip.

Hopefully we move away from carrying players we're looking to rehabilitate and move on like Chiesa. We always seem to have one or so of them, it doesn't work and is a complete waste of money, and a waste of a place in the squad even though Hughes thought it was a market opportunity.

06 Jun 2026 15:04:25
Would be a strange signing.

06 Jun 2026 15:43:29
My point is that we're not going to be buying starting calibre players to pad the squad.

We're going to have a mix of players capable of stepping in off the bench, starting their share throughout a season, and to, yes, do a job for us.

06 Jun 2026 16:26:13
Surely buying somebody like Summerville would be a better use of money?

05 Jun 2026 20:21:22
Remember my first post last Summer? The friend from Crosby who said Diaz had not renewed his lease.

I ask him for any gossip this Summer. He told me Toney intends to move to Everton if they can agree a fee etc.

He went on say LFC have earmarked a house in Crosby for a "big signing"!? Not set in stone but sharing because it fits the vibe of this message board or at least what it used to be!

Kind regards all YNWA!

05 Jun 2026 21:29:58
Love it, and old school rumour.

05 Jun 2026 22:00:08
Nice for Everton if they get Toney. Not saying he is Liverpool level, but there is a player there.

05 Jun 2026 22:22:37
Might need more than one property in Crosby with the number of big signings we'll be bringing in....

05 Jun 2026 20:02:32
Exclusive details | Michael Olise was the secret candidate Liverpool had been negotiating with for weeks. Liverpool had reached a full verbal agreement with Olise and his camp on Tuesday, 26 May. #LFC

⚠️ Absolute priority as a replacement for Mo Salah alongside the pursuit of Yan Diomande.

However, the deal collapsed yesterday, Thursday, for the time being. It remains to be seen whether club-to-club agreements can be reached.

Andoni Iraola approved the Olise deal after personal talks with the 24 y/o Bayern gem (Florian Sweattenberg).

05 Jun 2026 20:36:15
That's almost a carbon copy of the Rio rumour to Bayern. Hmm.

05 Jun 2026 20:46:47
Sherlock would be proud.

05 Jun 2026 23:49:52
Florian Battenberg, the Lidl version.

06 Jun 2026 06:36:35
Olise ain't happening, I also think he is overrated. I think he is excelling in a system rather than him being the best in the world, but maybe I am being harsh. I wouldn't be too confident in his hitting the same heights at another club and £130m is absurd when we need to bulk out this squad.

06 Jun 2026 09:27:18
Both Olise and Diamonde, that would be fantastic, but £270mil, that's massive.
Maybe, Real Madrid can lose their interest in him and he does come back to sunny Liverpool rather than wet n dirty Madrid.

06 Jun 2026 12:31:33
Glad this didn't go over anyone's head. Thought the Florian Sweattenberg would be a giveaway.

05 Jun 2026 18:45:50
Romano - Liverpool stance on Rio Ngumoha, not just today but for months: untouchable. 🔐 Seen as crucial part of the project and no chance for his exit, LFC view is clear. 🏴

06 Jun 2026 05:31:35
For some reason the Len Ganley dance stance popped into my head.

05 Jun 2026 18:44:40
With the fairly cryptic posts about Conor Bradley's injury being a lot worse than originally thought last week, is there anyone who can shed a bit of light on what it actually means?

05 Jun 2026 19:55:22
Weren't there some reports at the time that it wasn't just ligaments but something to do with the bone as well? Can't be sure, but think I remember reading that somewhere.

05 Jun 2026 20:25:40
Nothing has changed. Let the poor lad recover.

05 Jun 2026 20:35:11
I read somewhere there was talk of shattered bone in the knee area. I would assume 18 months from the injury before he will be back to anything like full fitness - so it'll be pre-season 27-28, I would imagine, before he's back fighting for a starting spot, if at all.

05 Jun 2026 20:54:04
Connor who? Lol, only joking. But we are going to need someone to come in for right back 100%.

05 Jun 2026 21:28:42
It was a highly speculative social media post from Chris Williams, who has since deleted it. It seems like nothing more than the rantings of a Liverpool fan who wrongly claimed that the injury Bradley left the stadium with was not the one he suffered when he fell. Trying to suggest that the real damage was caused by Martinelli, which is completely false.

The damage to the bone is not news, it was known about since his initial scans. Both Liverpool and Martin O'Neill have stated Bradley is recovering well. He's been back training in some capacity for over a month now, obviously all indoor rehab work.

05 Jun 2026 22:15:59
I am surprised Martin has been kept in the loop on Bradley. The man just wants to retire but Celtic won't let him.

Michael O'Neill might be who you mean, just a guess, though I may be wrong. 😂

05 Jun 2026 23:04:27
We need 2 right backs. Not just 1. Frimpong is just about a football player. Just about. He's another for the exit door if we could find someone stupid enough to pay money for him.

06 Jun 2026 00:10:51
Mbwell77, 🤣 Bit of a mix-up there, yes, I meant Michael, was listening to a podcast earlier, they were debating Keane v O'Neil for the Celtic job and I must have got my wires crossed.

06 Jun 2026 09:47:07
There's a superb player in Frimpong, immediatley in a system where he is given clear direction.

05 Jun 2026 16:54:19
David Ornstein just done an exclusive to say Bayern Munich are after Rio Ngumoha! Hope they don't come near him!

05 Jun 2026 17:18:59
For the right money, they can come as close as they want...

05 Jun 2026 17:20:38
We absolutely should not sell for a whole bunch of reasons.

05 Jun 2026 17:24:07
They can have Gakpo instead.

05 Jun 2026 17:32:06
Will sell for 500m plus Olise and Musiala.

05 Jun 2026 17:40:53
Probably agent trying to up his wages.

05 Jun 2026 17:46:06
He is a great kid, but if they gave us Olise that's good business.

05 Jun 2026 17:48:09
Was just waiting for one of the sheep, who think they're funny, to mention Gakpo.

05 Jun 2026 17:51:22
I'd sell for right money.

05 Jun 2026 18:02:34
No, I wouldn't sell. We've just brought in a manager that works great with young players, and is all about attacking football. Why sell our best young attacking talent? Makes zero sense at all. We will get a profit from Rio at some point. I'm betting Rio starts on the left 1st game next season.

05 Jun 2026 18:02:53
He's not irreplaceable at all. So if they offered say £50 million I'd take it.

05 Jun 2026 18:07:11
If it pays all for Diamonde, bring it on. Rayan is with the Brazil squad, another 19-year-old phenomenon in the making.

When Jamie Car-Rager and John Barnes question Andoni's appointment, you know Liverpool Football Club has got the right man?

Ask any Tranmere Rovers fan about John Barnes' management at their club.

He was sacked after 4 months, and two of them months were pre-season, June, July, and he only won two of his first eleven league fixtures, and he fully backed Slot for another season.

05 Jun 2026 18:08:35
The fact Bayern want him, knowing they wouldn't get him cheap, shows exactly why we should want to keep him. When Olise was at Rio's stage of his development, he'd just come off a season where he'd made 4 appearances for the mighty Reading.

05 Jun 2026 18:26:22
Replacing Olise, who's off to Madrid.

05 Jun 2026 18:29:23
Agreed, Florian, a constant criticism of Slot was the refusal to play youth and now people want the one that looks like breaking through selling. There aren't many 17-year-olds that have had the season he's had, of course he isn't the finished article, but with the right coaching, who knows. I hope we find out whilst he's here.

05 Jun 2026 18:32:36
Wild how willing some of you are to give up our most promising young talent, was not expecting to read those comments after I saw the original post.

05 Jun 2026 18:35:02
Why on earth would people be happy to entertain a deal for one of the brightest sparks in world football, who can be a talisman for us for the next decade and who will need replacing with someone who inevitably would cost more and would have a lower ceiling?

Bonkers.

05 Jun 2026 18:36:30
Hey, let's not storm down on John Barnes. Sure, you may not agree with his views, but one of the greatest to play for us, and did a hell of a lot to change racist attitudes, but was always subject to racist abuse when playing for England.

And struggling with cancer.

05 Jun 2026 18:37:22
Really can't understand people advocating for Rio to be sold. Strange. Hopefully, we can get him signed up to a good long term contract.

05 Jun 2026 18:39:22
Replacing Olise? Is he on a free?

05 Jun 2026 18:50:57
Kid probably just wants to play a bit more, and is scratching his head at how little game time he got vs Gakpo. The brains trust put Gakpo on £250,000 a week so probably felt compelled / contracted to play him as much as they did (3596 mins for Gakpo vs 952 mins for Ngumoha).



Football agent skullduggery most likely. If he gets bigger game time assurance, I'm sure he'll stay. Personally I think he deserves it.

05 Jun 2026 18:52:13
Rio hasn't even reached the ripe old age of 21 and some are advocating for a transfer. We need to give our young ones time to develop. We may have a big star on our hands. We will never know until we give him that chance.

05 Jun 2026 18:59:52
Just why would you sell Rio? Don't get it, absolutely no need.

05 Jun 2026 19:01:58
Because they know full well he'd do reasonably well on a weaker league, and then be able to sell him back to an English team for 10x the price in 6-7 years' time. Loads of European sides are doing it.

Just look at Sancho, Edwards, and now Barca with Gordon.
It's all about milking the Premier League, I think, rather than seeing incredible talent. There's a reason England have won F-all for 60 years.

05 Jun 2026 19:03:12
Monstersouness, what exactly does Barnes' illness or the racist abuse he experienced 30 years ago have to do with his opinions today? Give over the moral posturing, mate.

05 Jun 2026 19:11:10
True No.8. People whinge wanting more kids getting game time. Only thing is, they all have to be Diego Maradona by the time they are 17/18.

05 Jun 2026 19:14:21
If any left winger was to go, it could only be Gakpo. Rio has too much potential, is exciting to watch, and can actually beat a man.

05 Jun 2026 17:47:37
Yawnstein has lost all credibility. Tiresome fool.

05 Jun 2026 20:07:39
Wirtz PR revenge.

05 Jun 2026 20:22:03
No 17yr old in the Prem got more mins than Rio.
Next season, under a manager who likes to develop youth, he'll likely get more.
I don't see where he gets his mins at Bayern.

05 Jun 2026 20:29:51
I really don't believe that Rio is going to become the world beater everyone thinks he is.
Don't get me wrong, he's been alright, and I hope he makes me eat my words, but I don't believe he's the new messiah everyone thinks.

Reminds me of when Jordan Ibe broke through and everyone was raving about how he was going to be huge and he's so much better than Sterling.

Or when Macheda scored a couple of wonder goals for the Mancs and they automatically decided he was the future.



Rio, in my opinion, has done alright, no more no less. He stood out in a toothless side because he seemed like the only player willing to get forward.

He'll probably do alright next season too, but people saying he's one of the world's biggest talents and stuff are way way way over-egging the kid.

05 Jun 2026 20:50:55
Every player has a price, that's the reality of football in the 21st century.

Rio's price will be high.

05 Jun 2026 21:19:45
Well, Chewy, maybe I just dislike people slagging off our legends - purely because they cannot cope with legends having a different point of view.

And, yes, I think someone having cancer should preclude them from being monstered online by keyboard wizards. But then again, I don't think anyone should be monstered online.

05 Jun 2026 23:01:07
I'd sell him in the morning and purchase Rayan from Bournemouth. He's going to be better than good. Rio is all hype and not much else. He's getting plaudits without doing anything special whatsoever. He's just a mediocre player for what I've seen of him.

06 Jun 2026 00:25:07
Monstered? Relax with the melodramatics. 007's comment didn't 'monster' anybody. He made a bit of a joke in between facts, there was no disrespect. Carragher and Barnes have both shared a number of opinions over the years that have rubbed fans the wrong way or gone against the grain. 007 was simply alluding to that. There was nothing more to it.

05 Jun 2026 15:42:05
I've been told that Real Madrid are interested in Diomande. Have any of the ITKs heard anything of this?

05 Jun 2026 17:26:19
Is he available on a free transfer?

05 Jun 2026 17:27:03
He's not leaving on a free, I wouldn't worry about it.

05 Jun 2026 17:40:31
Madrid want Olise.

05 Jun 2026 18:07:39
Real Madrid are probably already starting talks with Diomonde to join on a free at the end of his 5 year contract at Liverpool.

05 Jun 2026 18:24:27
God, I can't stand them coercing players to run their contracts down.

05 Jun 2026 18:35:52
Perez announced he's making a move for Olise. Wouldn't make sense to go for Diomande too. He could be a back up plan, but I'd expect Diomande to have a deal done long before a potential deal for Olise might fall through.

Bobcat, 🤣 bang on the money with that one, mate.

05 Jun 2026 18:54:20
Bayern are saying they won't even accept 200 million for Olise.

05 Jun 2026 19:02:32
I literally can't stand Real Madrid. Hate everything about them.