Liverpool Transfer Rumours

20 Jun 2026 15:23:18
Ben Jacobs is reporting that, should we fail to land Diomande, we have other targets lined up: Brighton’s Minteh, Lille’s Fernandez-Pardo, and Koln’s El Mala.

A key factor in these targets is allegedly the club's belief that we need to inject pace into the team.

I’m a big fan of Minteh. Not seen the other two play enough to judge either way.

Hopefully we get Diomande done soon.

20 Jun 2026 16:13:57
MK, if this post by Jacobs is anything to go by I will take it with a pinch of salt.
Ben Jacobs] Liverpool have no plans to complete a summer review into Arne Slot's position at the club, with the Dutchman not under pressure to be sacked.

20 Jun 2026 16:51:35
Just wanna hear that Diomande is officially a Red.
Was hoping it would be done before the Germany game tonight.

20 Jun 2026 16:58:33
Never mind Ben Jacobs.

20 Jun 2026 17:14:30
Thanks, MK. Good to see all the other options. Minteh looks great, doesn't he.

If paying 100+ for Diomande means not getting Wharton/Scott, another RB and/or CB, then I'd go for a cheaper option personally.

20 Jun 2026 17:23:27
Jacobs? He's crackers. His legitimacy is more fragile than a water biscuit.

20 Jun 2026 17:30:34
Skezza11, don't worry about money, we're top 5 wealthiest clubs in the world. Minteh might 'look great', but is he great? 7 G/A last season, we're trying to replace Salah here. As it stands, Minteh is not the man for the job. Diomande outperforms him in every relevant metric from pass completion to chance creation. Brighton would charge us £80m for Minteh anyway.

20 Jun 2026 17:56:59
Minteh really isn’t very good. Has no idea what to do with the ball other than head down and charge at defenders. He’s nothing more than a diet Adama Traore, and given that Brighton will ask for north of £80m, I’d want a lot more than 3 goals & 4 assists a season. His final ball and decision making are appalling.

Pardo isn’t particularly impressive and Lille have a history of extracting big money for underwhelming players (Nicolas Pepe, for example), El-Mala’s scoring record is very good, but there was that whole thing that he wouldn’t sign for Brentford unless they bought his brother, which feels like a red flag.



Also, there are far better midfielders out there than Wharton and Scott for half the money. It’s just English tax.

20 Jun 2026 18:15:56
'Diet Adama Traore', another Victor classic. 🤣🤣

20 Jun 2026 18:19:06
I really like Minteh. In terms of actual talent and work ethic, he stands out even if his stats aren't there yet. I'd prefer Diomande, but Minteh is not a bad alternative if Leipzig play hard ball. 7g/a for Brighton in the Prem is probably pretty not far off being comparable to 21g/a in the Bundesliga for Leipzig! What both players have that really sets them apart is their work off the ball, though.

That's rare in young wingers because they normally think they're too important to try hard if they are skilful and fast.

20 Jun 2026 14:15:06
Felix Nmecha's agents sounding out clubs for him. £52m package. Spoken to us and Utd.

20 Jun 2026 17:00:33
I like him. Hope we go for him.

20 Jun 2026 17:57:27
Would count as home grown too, I think?

20 Jun 2026 14:06:53
I see Romanian right back Andrei Ratiu is being linked with us, not heard much about him tbh.

20 Jun 2026 17:37:52
It was thought Iraola wouldn't have much input into signings, but the first few left field targets seem to have his imprint on them. If we can't get Koyode, then this type of signing is a good fall back option, and definitely better than using central midfielders at right back.

20 Jun 2026 11:23:07
Hi all,

Real Madrid have entered preliminary talks with Szobos' team. The expectation amongst agent circles is that they will request him to run down his contract.

20 Jun 2026 11:48:07
Surely this is tapping up?

20 Jun 2026 11:50:31
If that's the case he wouldn't get another game if it were up to me. But I'm petty about things like that.
I can't abide Real Madrid.

20 Jun 2026 11:53:38
This is really pi**ng me off!

If they want him, then put a bid in! This running down the contract malarkey is really annoying me!

{Ed025's Note - you are top of the league at it 2Shoes.. :)

20 Jun 2026 11:56:48
Who cares, let them have him.

He's not pulling up trees every week, so no problem. Liverpool will be fine.
I can't stand anyone who isn't passionate about being a Liverpool player.
So he can go now or later.
Not bothered.

20 Jun 2026 12:00:22
Soon as he started shrugging the fans, I went off him.

I can take players doing the snide Instagram posts, I can get over the outbursts on the manager, but standing there in the middle of the pitch shrugging at the fans leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Wouldn't even blink if he left or signed a new deal, couldn't care less.

20 Jun 2026 12:00:54
We should sell him this summer regardless.
He can neither play double pivot nor play as a 10. He lacks defensive awareness and tackling at pivot, is not press resistant, and is not decisive enough to play as a 10. He lacks vision. I feel the Anderson enquiry could be somewhat related to Dom's departure.

20 Jun 2026 12:02:55
Club to agent chat is legal.

I am sure Real are telling a player somewhere to run their contract down every day.

I really like Dom and want him to stay with us and win lots of stuff together, but equally, everyone has a price.

20 Jun 2026 12:09:58
Firstly, I'm not arsed if he leaves. (I think he's up his own ass billy big balls.)
Secondly, the club need to start asking players at beginning of negotiations what do you want in contract then ask if there is room for negotiation then give the player and agent a 3 month window to sort a deal.

Get tough; if they refuse to be sold, then we know that they're looking to leave for free. I'd remove the squad number and put them in reserves til they leave.

20 Jun 2026 12:12:56
We're kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place here. What are the options? Give in to the rumoured contract terms of wanting close to VVD and Salah wages. Lose him on a free in two years. Or try and sell now, but to who? If you rule out to a domestic rival who could genuinely afford him besides PSG and Bayern? Real won't pay, who knows what Barca's finances are like, and Italian clubs only seem to want to offer Monopoly money for players.

20 Jun 2026 12:13:48
Love Dom as player.

However, I think we make it very clear to him that we put in a lot of work to sign a contract this Summer or we sell him.

I would go big with his offer. If he refuses our very best offer, time to go this summer.

This free transfer crap to Real Madrid needs to end.

20 Jun 2026 12:15:33
It is only tapping up if they contact the player directly and entice him with a future contract, like we did with Virgil.

20 Jun 2026 12:18:02
He is clearly the most likely to do a Trent, but this is where master negotiators Edwards and Hughes earn their corn.
Great business people will find a way to counter players and their agents playing the long game like Trent and Ibou did.

20 Jun 2026 12:20:22
Had a feeling this was coming ever since seeing a clip of Trent and Dom talking as they walked into the tunnel together when Real Madrid played at Anfield.

If his head has been turned, then two options come to mind. Either some sort of a swap deal (or swap plus payment) for one of Madrid's midfielders such as Tchouameni, Valverde, or Camavinga (although Camavinga's injury record is a major red flag).

Otherwise, Alex Scott also has 2 years on his contract left.

His future could potentially be linked, so he might also run his contract down and move to Liverpool on a free in 2 years.

It's not ideal to have a player who wants to be elsewhere, so if he could be sold, then the minimum asking price should be enough to cover however much it will cost to get Liverpool's first choice and ideal replacement, but hopefully with some profit above that as well.

20 Jun 2026 12:23:27
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner for the coming season's pantomime villain... I give you Dominick Szoboszlai, boo, boo, hiss, hiss. Let the vilification commence.

20 Jun 2026 12:37:12
Offer him a contract. If he doesn't take it, put him on the market and start the process of phasing him out, replacing him in the squad. This needs to start being the approach to all players, regardless of importance, when they get to the two-year mark.

20 Jun 2026 12:50:17
The club life and football will go on regardless of what Szoboszlai does. Let's be honest, prior to last season he's only shown glimpses of quality, and most people were happy for Wirtz to be a Szobo replacement. Yes, last season was his best and much improved, but still inconsistent at times, so I wouldn't worry too much.

Great player on his day, yet to find the consistency to be a great player every game. I think Iraola's style suits him perfectly, and we should see a better version of him, but it's not like we would be losing prime Messi on a free. Hopefully he signs; if not, I'm sure we will find a very able replacement.

20 Jun 2026 12:53:28
Until FIFA cap agent fees for free transfers, or ban agents getting a percentage of transfer fees altogether, removing the incentive for agents to collude with other clubs to get their players to run down contracts, it's gonna be increasingly common. Maybe clubs need to mandate a plus 1/2 years extension into contracts where, if transfer negotiations are unsettled and about to go into the final year, clubs can trigger the option to increase the contract by a year until the player decides to either extend or be sold. It is annoying if true and specifically RM with Trent, Konate, and potentially Sobbo, that's got to be 200M in transfer fees we have lost, and the more players agents and new clubs collude to get players to run contracts down as a business, it's devaluing the value of your assets considerably and business owners don't like that...

in this case if we are 99% sure Sobbo is doing a Trent, and as much as I like the lad as a player... you give him 3 options, sign a new deal, be sold this window, or be training with the youth team all next season with no 1st game time.

{Ed025's Note - im with you Eddie..

20 Jun 2026 12:55:15
Westwood666, That would be counter productive as it would mean leaving one of the top performers out of the side, whilst he is being paid, to eventually leave on a free anyway.
Szob probably wants to earn the same as Isak, which is fair enough since he's done a whole lot more than Isak has to date.

20 Jun 2026 12:56:29
After what happened with Trent and Konate, it might be worth setting a precedent here and playing hardball. Inform Dom that if he intends to run down his contract, then the club only wants to have players that are fully committed, so he may be considered as more of a squad player, rather than a first team regular, for the remaining 2 years.

A top player's career isn't long enough to afford 2 years being just a squad player.

That would encourage him and his agent to try and get Madrid, or another club, to pay up. If Madrid do actually value him that much, or anywhere as much as Liverpool do, then surely they would be prepared to pay.

If they aren't prepared to pay for him, then he might have to question whether leaving is a good move, and especially if Liverpool are flying with top new players coming in and Iraola managing the team.

20 Jun 2026 13:00:53
Are we maybe looking at Thuram with consideration to Szoboszlai's situation?

20 Jun 2026 13:14:36
I'm not saying don't play him, I'm saying make him available and start the process of finding a replacement for the sake of continuity at that point. There's no reason we can't go and find someone better, and the sooner that's done, the better it is for the club, better for the squad, and minimises the negative effects of a sudden change as opposed to a slower transition, even if the player does go for free.

20 Jun 2026 12:08:28
Come on Ed25, yes we've not been by the book on our transfers at all. But at least we have paid the clubs the going rate and above. We don't really do free transfers.

{Ed025's Note - i think you are too nice to your players Janmo, no mater who they are if they do not sign a new contract with 2 years left on their current deal then they should be put on the transfer list mate, other clubs are treating you like mugs..

20 Jun 2026 13:04:01
It's the new way.
As ed025 says, we'll do it or have done it to other teams.
I don't like it but it is what it is.

20 Jun 2026 13:26:09
Always play our best team. Dom's a starter when available,

Line up his replacement, and bring them in asap. Make Dom have to prove he's worth his place in the team.

20 Jun 2026 14:07:37
Offer him a 5 year contract on 250,000 a week.... If he doesn't put pen to paper straight away, get him on the transfer market ASAP, and that goes for the rest of them too. I thought Szob should have been next captain, but obviously he's just another big time Charlie.

Sick to death of players being approached by Real Madrid or Barca. Understand the lifestyle is a big draw, but they can have all that when they retire anyway. No more free players. Ffs.

20 Jun 2026 14:09:33
The only other way around it is to refuse to do any deals with Real Madrid. Don't sell to them unless they offer double the price. Don't buy from them.
There needs to be a Europe-wide agreement to shun them.

20 Jun 2026 14:24:14
Real Madrid are just a bunch of parasitic locusts, and are universally hated with their arrogance that any player would go them if they flutter their lashes!! Too many players have gone for sweet F A and that's an unsustainable business model. Szobo needs to put pen to paper and commit or go - he thinks he's Stevie G but couldn't lace that lads boots!!. 🤯😡😤

20 Jun 2026 14:26:35
Pelican and WDW are right. What do you expect a player's agent to do after he signs his player to a contract? Twiddle his thumbs for 5-6 years and be happy with what he's just earned? Of course, he's gonna start working on the next big deal, and almost immediately.

It's really up to the player, in the end. Salah's agent kept trying everything to get him new deals after that first blockbuster season. Salah kept staying and renewing. Both loyalty and money. Not only loyalty. Some players have both, some players don't have it.

20 Jun 2026 14:33:57
It's either Citeh jumping in to pick up our transfer options or it's Real sniding in ref contract run down, either way, they're foreseeable and not being managed properly, or they are and we don't see the logic.

I'll go for the former.

20 Jun 2026 14:36:24
"Sobstorey" is only a Right Back after all! Why all the fuss.

Talking with TAA in the Tunnel, perhaps Trent saying I'm replacing you at LFC, you're going with Maureen sucker?

20 Jun 2026 14:45:51
We could say to Sobbo sign a new deal or we will play you at right back all next season... oh, that's off the table, thank Slot!!!.

20 Jun 2026 14:50:17
Maybe a clause can be put into a contract that stops a player leaving LFC to go to RM - but, once a player signs a contract, they can legally run down that contract and cannot be sold unless they agree to it, and it would also be considered Constructive Dismissal if:

"I'd remove the squad number and put them in reserves til they leave." or "Be training with the youth team all next season with no 1st game time."

20 Jun 2026 15:03:22
There should be a premium tax and an extremely low wage cap on high value free agents to deter this nonsense; it's gotten completely out of hand. Something has to be done.

20 Jun 2026 15:25:05
Don't mind if he's a starter or was Liverpool's best player last season. Negotiate with him a new deal, and let him know if he hasn't signed an extension in the next six months, he will train and play just for the reserve team. Same thing applies to Mac Allister.

Enough of this Real Madrid charade stealing our players in their prime for free.

20 Jun 2026 15:25:53
As Dom is not at the World Cup, that will give Iraola a chance to have a good and thorough chat with him about his plans and future, as soon as possible, and to assess him in pre-season training.

This could well be Iraola's first big challenge to handle and to show his worth.

I've got a feeling that Iraola will be more than up to that challenge, and we will all have plenty of reasons to be optimistic this coming season, with whatever decisions are made about Dom's future.

20 Jun 2026 15:39:32
Szob is a very good player, but not yet a galactico. Neither is Konate or Trent, for that matter.

RM's transfer business more recently seems to be all over the place in terms of piecing together a cohesive team, but financially it must be working for them.

20 Jun 2026 15:54:47
Not sure whether to believe this. Why only Liverpool players yet pay big money for crap like Enzo Fernandez?

20 Jun 2026 15:58:44
Let him run his contract down. As long as he gives his all for us for two more seasons.
He'll be 28 by then and we'll have had his peak years.
There'll always be someone younger and better comes along to replace him. And Real won't be getting a player at his peak.

20 Jun 2026 14:06:37
Been saying this for ages now, puy him in reserves and let him rot if its true.
There needs to be an example made at some point to stop this continually happening.
I would stop all dealings with the white rubbish club too.
Surely there's a chalk board at the headquarters with all names and end dates on it, its easy, just state that no signing of new contract extension at the 2 year mark and your in the bike shed with all the crap, no more games to showcase your skills, your out on Yr own for a the full 2 years with no way back.
Sign at the 2 year left mark or this is what will happen, fact!!
I also said about being creative when a player first signs contract, maybe we have the right to extend at the 2 years left mark whether they like it or not to avoid dirty run down tricks.


Either or both would work for sure and if we have to pay wages for a non starter then so be it.
It won't happen too many times after the first example is made.
Hate the Spanish cheap skates, why should everyone else pay for players and they be able to do this over and over.
Employ someone to bug their place and get the evidence of tapping up players then sue their arses, be worth paying out for someone to bug their phones, we could ask MR Craig, he's well versed in that rubbish and would probably do it for free.

20 Jun 2026 14:01:22
Thing is Ed25, you can put them on the transfer list all you want, but you can't sell them unless they agree to the move. Clubs are basically screwed to be honest, maybe they should all just agree to bin off transfer fees, every player just exists on 3 year deals and can leave at the end of that and no earlier unless there is mutual agreement (probably not legal though).

That or they all just exist on 12 month deals. Transfers fees are getting out of hand big time, and Madrid are taking the piss year after year with clubs all around the world.

{Ed025's Note - it just seems unfair to me Hopefull, clubs pay big money and obscene wages to these prima-donnas and they just do what they want mate..

20 Jun 2026 17:03:30
DarrenA, it's not that easy, mate, I'm sure a sporting director would love to implement that strategy, but you'll be hard pressed to find a manager who would be happy to sideline their best player, run the risk of losing games and put his own reputation/career on the line. They're going to want to play the best possible team at all times.

20 Jun 2026 17:43:49
People view this far too simplistically.

Ok, so Madrid tells your player to run down his contract. If we know, then so does everyone else. Which means if you try to sell him, who will bother trying to buy, knowing they're competing with Madrid free transfer wages?

Let's assume someone does think they can. The player still has to agree to go. This was part of the issue with Trent. You can list the player but the player can still refuse to go.



This also means that if you list them without the player requesting a transfer, the club still has to pay all the loyalty bonuses to the player as per the contract (they're usually pretty high), and everyone buying knows you want to sell, and so you will get less money for him.

It's not FIFA, guys, if you don't want a player you can't "just sell him".

20 Jun 2026 18:08:07
Exactly, Nevada, it's a no-win situation for clubs.

Having reflected, I think the only real solution is a UEFA-wide team wage cap. So if you want to play UEFA-sanctioned tournaments, you have to limit how much you spend on wages as a team.

Not related to income, just a single figure the same for everyone. It works in NFL, it can work in UEFA.
If you want the £400k per week Salah, then you won't be able to afford the £500k per week Mbappe.

20 Jun 2026 18:15:37
Wenger spoke about this some time ago. Madrid are prepared to pay the high wages and signing on fee as long as they don't pay a transfer fee.

Remember, David Alaba went to Madrid on a 'free', but he earned approximately 20 million euros per annum on a 5-year contract.

20 Jun 2026 18:24:23
Snowflakelfc you mention a Anderson enquiry, what have you seen? i haven't seen anything. cheers

20 Jun 2026 10:10:19
Is it true?

Context (someone posted this on X):

Exclusive: I can confirm Liverpool have had a 3rd bid accepted by RB Leipzig for the transfer of Yan Diomande.

Fee agreed: 94.8 million euros plus 18 million euros in achievable add-ons with a 15% sell on fee.

Contract terms agreed until 2031 at 180k a week.


Carra or Robbo.
Can you confirm?

20 Jun 2026 10:41:09
The ITKs normally post once they know something, mate. I normally assume if they haven't already posted about a certain rumour, then they don't know anything about it yet or are not confident about it.

20 Jun 2026 10:48:32
Wouldn't that be our second bid?

20 Jun 2026 10:53:10
I'm pretty sure we have only bid once according to reports, so the idea of having a 3rd accepted is strange.

20 Jun 2026 11:25:35
It's all just posturing for optics on each side. We don't usually make bids unless we know the parameters of the deal. The pattern on the Wirtz signing was similar. So, I assume it is close or even possibly agreed, but being kept quiet until today's Ivory Coast game is out of the way.



Yes, he's very expensive, but he's also very unique - two footed, good off the ball numbers, speed over distance as well as from standing start and comfortable on either side. He has all the attributes of Semenyo but younger and better one vs one.

20 Jun 2026 12:25:15
@Racey, perhaps that's why we always pay so much..... Someone at the club can't count. 👍

20 Jun 2026 12:53:10
Anybody got any idea why Rangers, Villa, Bournemouth, and Chelsea rejected him? Seems strange that only 2 years later he's a 100million player.

{Ed001's Note - Rangers didn't reject him, they just wouldn't pay 7k a week.}

20 Jun 2026 13:06:41
Oh, fair enough. I can understand that, cheers. I do love these wildcard, "non-institutionalised" players. Always something less predictable about them.

20 Jun 2026 17:59:56
Line up his replacement, make him the first choice and say Szoboszlai that he's welcome to run his contract down, but he'll have to accept a diminished role in the squad, so cup games and warming the bench.

19 Jun 2026 22:09:08
Diomande rumour going about:

Fee agreed 94.8 million euros plus 18 million euros in achievable add ons with a 15% sell on fee.

Contract terms agreed until 2031 at 180k a week.

19 Jun 2026 22:25:08
Sheesh, that's some lay out.

19 Jun 2026 22:29:42
Jokes on them 15% sell on fee... don't they know all our best players leave on a free. 🤭

19 Jun 2026 22:42:40
I laughed out loud at that Sofa fan and then realised Konate just left on a free. Maybe not our best players eh?

19 Jun 2026 22:43:36
Less than £100m.

19 Jun 2026 23:00:23
£82m rising to £97m isn't too bad. That's a total package of £153m over 6 years. Isak at £125m plus 280kpw is £212m over the same period.

19 Jun 2026 23:09:52
That's some serious £s for a 19yr old with 1 season. Let's hope he's that good!

20 Jun 2026 00:34:24
No chance we accept a 15% sell on clause paying that much.

{Ed001's Note - any sell on would be on profit I would expect.}

20 Jun 2026 07:39:55
If we have agreed a sell on fee that is pretty stupid. We're giving them 100mil f***s.

20 Jun 2026 08:24:22
Why such a short contract? 5 years only?
Then, we struggle to get the player to extend and lose them for free?

Need to add option to trigger an addiction 2 years.

20 Jun 2026 09:46:14
5 years is short???... Just garbage. You want us to become Chelsea by any chance? Wake up.

20 Jun 2026 10:24:42
I don't think we should be turning the lad into an addict. 😉

20 Jun 2026 10:39:59
I'll be watching him up against Wirtz later today, I remember him from AFCON, when Egypt put 3 past them in the quarters. He looked okay, but I feel we are getting our pants pulled down by Leipzig here. We have paid them really good money for Keita, Konate & Szoboszlai, and they still overprice the living s*** out of us.

Those players would have moved anyway, so it's not like we are poaching or stealing their players. Oh well, I hope he is a huge sucsess and we completely forget his cost. 🙏

20 Jun 2026 11:20:14
Watching him against Wirtz?

Has Slot taken over Germany and employing Wirtz as his new right back? 🤣

20 Jun 2026 11:24:34
That's just good business on their behalf, ASB. It's totally irrelevant who we bought and what we paid on previous deals. They have him. We want him. Pay the cost to get what we want or move on. Those are the choices. Hopefully he'll prove to be worth every cent.

20 Jun 2026 12:41:39
JK23, Wirtz plays on the left for Germany, and Diamonde on the right, so Dimoande would be up against Brown & Wirtz 😅 You good? Hehe.

19 Jun 2026 19:04:15
Not a rumour. Just wondering if there is any interest from ourselves in Said El Mala. Looks to be a quality player albeit another predominantly left sided one.

19 Jun 2026 21:49:05
You have answered your own question, no?

20 Jun 2026 10:34:11
I heard he was bad.

19 Jun 2026 18:38:11
Heard some rumours that Thiago is joining the coaching team.

The Spanish Inquisition has begun

Diddly out.

19 Jun 2026 18:47:34
I'm still over the moon we don't have to watch Arne ball next season.

19 Jun 2026 18:50:26
I wasn't expecting that.

19 Jun 2026 18:51:05
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.

19 Jun 2026 19:07:13
That was a surprise (which is one of your weapons).

19 Jun 2026 19:17:53
Love this... Hopefully Milner follows.

19 Jun 2026 19:46:46
And nice red uniforms.

19 Jun 2026 19:50:11
LFC8, I was only saying to my wife today, if Slot had stayed I could not have watched anymore games with his style.

19 Jun 2026 20:15:32
Seriously though, I like the Thiago / Iraola idea but it seems a bit weird.
Iraola is all about getting the ball forward, either by passing or by dribbling.
Thiago is more of a Guardiola type, at least he was when he was playing. Retain possession at all costs, pass them to death - that kind of stuff. They seem at odds in terms of their football philosophy.

That assumes Thiago coaches the same way he used to play, which could be completely fallacious.



I'm looking forward to Iraola getting his hands on McConnell because McConnell has been coached into retaining possession at all costs. He frequently, too frequently, passes backwards. That's his first intention. Iraola will seek to change that if McConnell takes it on board.
It'll make or break his Liverpool career, hopefully it'll make him.

19 Jun 2026 21:02:38
Thiago was part of Hansi Flick's coaching staff at Barcelona. They played more of a direct and aggressive style of attacking football.

19 Jun 2026 21:24:21
He's not bad as a halftime analyst for the World Cup.

19 Jun 2026 21:44:39
I think you are underselling Thiago, Ron. When fit, and on the ball, he was arguably the standout cm of the past decade. He was insanely good for the high intensity Bayern team that won the treble under Flick. And he was insanely good for us in the 2021-22 season, when we almost won the quadruple. Nothing about his play was slow in my opinion. While he was great at recycling the ball, I have never seen a better line breaking ground passer in my days of watching football.

I loved when he signed for us, and even though we only really got one good season out of him, I feel privileged to have watched him regularly. Definitely one of the most enjoyable players to watch. On a side note, that is why I have high hopes for Nyoni. His line-breaking passing reminds me a lot of Thiago.

19 Jun 2026 21:45:36
Great to hear from you Ned. 👍

19 Jun 2026 22:22:30
I just want good coaches, couldn't care if they played for us or Forest Green before.

20 Jun 2026 08:25:29
Cheers, Ned, appreciated as always.

20 Jun 2026 10:14:15
I'm not into the ideas of appointing ex players as coaches unless they actually are excellent coaches. I don't have any idea whatsoever what Thiago is like as a coach, but if he's being offered a position I hope it's because he fits into the above and not just because he was a good passer of the ball when a player.

I'm sure Iraola would not have him if he doesn't want him. Hopefully this will turn out wonderfully well.

20 Jun 2026 12:28:50
Big Thiago fan, very high football IQ, would love to see him back as a coach.

20 Jun 2026 12:29:10
I'd love for Millie to be taken on to the coaching staff. I'd put money on the squad being a bit fitter than last season.

19 Jun 2026 15:24:05
Ed, earlier you said Palestra was our most likely RB addition.just read that he's pushing for a Inter-move. Do you still reckon he'll sign? Also.who would you deem the most likely midfuelder-addition as things stand?

Thanks!

{Ed001's Note - I don't know anything with regard to Inter, but it would be a surprise if he did choose them. Seems a strange move.

As things stand, I haven't a clue who will come in for the midfield. I hope Iraola will have a look at McConnell in pre-season first, I think he can provide the bite we miss.}

19 Jun 2026 15:56:24
Expecting us to go back in with offer of around 98 million for Diomande.

19 Jun 2026 16:21:50
100% agree on McConnell.

Manager needs to see what we already have before new signings.

19 Jun 2026 16:26:27
Endo, McConell and Bajcetic should definitely be assessed first. There's argument to keep any one of them, but also to sell any one of them.

19 Jun 2026 16:13:12
Was saying the same thing about McConnell to a mate earlier in the week Ed.
Hopefully AI gives him a go and has a proper look at the lad.
Could be his type of player and what we need.

19 Jun 2026 16:57:32
Being reported in a few places that we're offering 115m euros, with £180k a week, deal for Diomande. Looking to get it sorted in the next few days.

19 Jun 2026 17:28:40
Bajcetic should be moved on. Injuries have held him back. I always liked the look of McConnell, and we need more homegrown players in the squad. I love Endo, but best for him to move him on.

19 Jun 2026 17:33:53
I'll wait and see if Bajcetic can be revitalised by Iraola as he is home grown and club trained too.

19 Jun 2026 17:39:25
Yeh, seen similar. We offered €100m, which is about £86.8m, but Leipzig are looking for €120m, which is about £104m. He’s under contract until 2030, as he was signed last season on a 6 year deal. I’m hopeful on this, as to jump straight in at £86m for a 19 year old tells you we’ve done our due diligence, and apparently been in contact with his reps for a while now. He looks an absolute beast and the potential heir to the Egyptian king. Think we get this one done!

Also hearing Schlotterbeck is done as a replacement for Konate. Apparently Ireola wants a solid, ready-to-go partner for Virg to replace Konate, and Schlotterbeck is seen as the player to do that, has a release clause, and Liverpool will get this done.

Leoni and Jaquet are seen as the future and will provide back up to both VVD and Schlotterbeck. Virg is looking to move on next season, and one of the young lads will step up.

Was given this info on solid grounds, and I’m here for it. Fully trust my source on this one.

Both are seriously close to getting done, but as the lads always say, anything can happen, specially during silly season. 👌

19 Jun 2026 17:42:34
Bajcetic home grown. Needs to get his head and body right. Could save us millions.

19 Jun 2026 17:56:57
Carra said RB have got to look strong regarding Diomande but not to worry. So I'm not.

19 Jun 2026 18:41:46
McConnell. When Klopp was playing the kids in that cup final (and in a few of the games in the run to that final), the hype seemed to fall around Bobby Clarke, Danns etc.

But McConnell really stood out to me. Came on in the final, and was so calm, and tidy with the ball.

The last time I was so impressed by a youth team graduate in midfield, was Carra's debut - as a midfielder! Thought he would be a classy Dm.

Shows that I know sod all.

Debuts can be deceptive. Igor Biscan looked like a titan on his debut (v Man U?), Carra I think scored on his debut, as did Collymore?

19 Jun 2026 19:21:51
Cheers for the info, RpMcMurfo.

19 Jun 2026 19:51:22
I thought McConnell looked great (even though he was being played out of his primary position) last pre season. He then followed it up with an excellent loan where he was even made captain at one point.

Hopefully, he will get a chance because I think he could do a great job for us.

19 Jun 2026 19:52:13
I don't think we can rely on Bajcetic or McConnell to fill the DM role on a regular basis. You need more proven quality to challenge for the top trophies.

19 Jun 2026 20:35:10
Is there anything out there that suggests either McConnell or Bajetic are anywhere near first team consideration.

McConnell has three senior appearances for us in three years, Bajetic twelve in four years. Other than the fact they play centre mid which is an area we're looking to strengthen I'm not sure why anyone thinks they can break into the squad or team. Clean slate with Iraola maybe?

19 Jun 2026 21:42:22
Could be wrong, but Kayode for right back is still my 100% preferred if possible - but big money flying around again and no EPL title money - so maybe wishful thinking, and need to be realistic, I guess.

19 Jun 2026 22:24:46
No, Overkill, there is not, in fairness. It's a big ask for either to get near the 1st team squad.

20 Jun 2026 06:41:47
Nice story, if it happens, I guess. More likely we buy Wharton for CM, also Trey has an outside chance.

20 Jun 2026 10:16:08
Agreed fully, Kemlyn and Overkill.