Liverpool banter 10

25 Jul 2026 13:05:07
Just heard a short interview on Radio 4 this morning with Kieran Maguire Professor of Football Finance at the University of Liverpool about American's buying into English football as they see bargain bin prices for PL clubs with global fan footptints. (an NFL team would cost £10Billion with no real global footprint and Liverpool £5Billion for a huge footprint) and the introduction of dynamic pricing for tickets and a push for more commercialisation of adverts such as we saw in the world cup with 4 quarters and 30 minute half-time.

Wrexham was bought by Reynolds for about £2M and is now valued and 100 times that! So expect Bezos as a minority LFC shareholder in not too distant future.

25 Jul 2026 14:09:46
Should be rules introduced so that the sport and its layout cannot be changed as 4 quarters and a half time show in the Prem and, seriously, that's me done with football. World Cup was a hard watch for 6 weeks. Imagine that every weekend for a full season. 🙈

25 Jul 2026 14:35:05
Football didn't need quarters and has no reason for bringing in hydration breaks, so FIFA has no excuse to bring it in, they should leave well enough alone.

25 Jul 2026 14:36:17
With middle-class now being squeezed, sporting revenue is going to have to be diversified. On the flip side, digital opportunities grow. The beauty of digital is, there are no geographic limitations and you can iterate cheaply.



It would be of no surprise that the likes of Amazon, Netflix, Airbnb, Google, Meta will be looking for opportunities across multiple sports. In some ways, Red Bull stole a march on everyone.

25 Jul 2026 14:47:18
Lots of posters seemed happy with ticket price increases, so I'd imagine they would also be content if illegal streaming was completely rid of, and tv companies charge £68 a game to watch, so all fans are paying the same and contributing.

25 Jul 2026 15:08:50
The minute the yanks take over football is the day I finish watching it and watch Sunday league instead. The world cup was rhe biggest load of sh*te i'd seen, and with 4 quarters and half time show. Literally get lost

25 Jul 2026 15:17:50
If they bring 4 quarters and halftime shows to the Premier League I expect full-blown riots, which I wall gladly be a part of

25 Jul 2026 12:41:14
I really don’t see a lot of players coming in or out of the club despite all the rumours.
A right winger and right sided cb/rb a new manager and coaches will bring us back to where we should be.
If any senior players leave Gakpo, Macca then it might be different.

25 Jul 2026 14:12:59
Thank you! At last a post with a modicum of composure and common sense. I'm losing my mind reading every other post panicking because we need 7-12 new signings.

If the season started tomorrow we'd still comfortably qualify for the Champions League again.

As you say, we need 2-3 new players and we'll be back competing at the top. We didn't replace Trent or Fabinho adequately and we now need to replace Salah too. VictirGoddam said it yesterday; patience.

25 Jul 2026 14:36:24
In fairness, Mk, we didn't comfortably qualify for the CL last season. Thankfully, the performance of English clubs gave the 5th CL spot.

25 Jul 2026 15:04:48
We didn't at all, JK23. I completely agree. But I don't envisage we'll give the player 2 days off a week this year and play with passive tactics. It shows just how good our players actually are that they still scraped into the Champions League in spite of such bad management.

25 Jul 2026 15:14:46
I'm never one for panicking over signings. I'd always want the academy looked at before we even make one. And also agree there won't be many, but I cannot agree that if the season started tomorrow we would comfortably qualify for the Champions League.

We might well still qualify, but we would be taking an awful gamble. For a start, if the season started tomorrow, 3rd would be the absolute maximum position I would expect us to finish, maybe even 4th. But that would be everything, like injuries etc, going our way.

25 Jul 2026 15:16:23
Mk, let's hope so mate. Last season was dire. I know absolutely nothing about Iraola so I'm hoping he is as good as people are claiming.

25 Jul 2026 15:20:10
All depends on what our own players want to do, if the likes of Gakpo, Macca, Jones, Gomez, Chiesa, Endo want to stay, then they'll stay, but if they were sold tomorrow, they'd be no loss to the club.

25 Jul 2026 15:47:46
We defo need two strong midfielders, a right sided player n an older CB, but if one or two leave they'll need replacing. We're ok up front, GK, LB, we can fill in at RB, so not a priority in my eyes.

25 Jul 2026 15:49:06
As things stand, I'm not confident at all of qualifying for CL. Chelsea have strengthened and don't have European football, so will be a far bigger threat. Mk, to say we'd qualify comfortably, I respectfully disagree. We need a new RB, CB, and at least one new forward to have any chance of challenging.

So much is being put on Iraola sorting things out, when I repeatedly said last season it wasn't all down to Slot. I hope he's as good as most people are making him out to be, and I welcome the change of coach, but the squad, as it stands, needs improving.

25 Jul 2026 16:04:01
Good point, Rome. Strongly agree, competition for CL spots is going to be even more fierce this season.

25 Jul 2026 19:40:12
I'm in the same camp, I don't think we're nailed on for anything next season.

If Iraola can get Isak and Wirtz fit and firing that'll make a huge difference on its own. It's a big if, though, right now.

I've never seen Jacquet play, so don't know how that'll go, and it's obviously a key position.



Munoz, equally, I don't know. He's got pace, but so has Frimpong, and I can't say he's done anything much yet to justify buying him.

So the jury's out. Iraola is definitely a front foot coach, so we should be good to watch, but let's not put too much expectation on him as the gaps in the squad are all very clear.

25 Jul 2026 20:04:46
I don't worry my head over things I cannot control re: signings. I value my mental health and peace of mind.

I let the club do their job and we will roll into the season ready to play, signings or not. I still think we will do business this window cos clearly, the club is on the case.

Let the process play out and if things don't pan out, people can complain.

Whining and crying about something that has not happened yet is a waste of my time, personally.

25 Jul 2026 13:07:28
I think we go for Rayan and Barcola.

25 Jul 2026 13:41:38
Not a chance.

25 Jul 2026 16:05:01
Agreed, I think we'll go for them alright, but I'm not so sure we'll get them.

25 Jul 2026 12:14:56
Mk scouser wrote a great post on our current midfield. That Klopp had those same players.
The irony in that we didn't win a league under Klopp with those same midfielders.
Slot helped us win the league, that will never get forgotten. Amazing memories.
But, Virg and Salah carried us over the line. Salah had insane numbers in goal contributions and we were all wanting him to stay longer. Virg had an excellent overall season and carried the backline.
Grav played well as a progressive 6 consistently that season.
Last season, however, Grav's performances for the most part were nothing short of disgraceful.

He's on 300k a week now and couldn't win a tackle last season. Couldn't track back and was chasing shadows.
Macca, we know what Macca is.
Klopp's a better coach than Iriola.
A reality check is needed on what we have available. I'd welcome Wharton and a Roy Keane type midfielder.
I'm not interested in what Macca or Jones want to do. They both should be looking at two new midfielders ahead of them in the pecking order.
We'll be 20 points behind Arsenal again if we do not strengthen the heart of our team.

25 Jul 2026 12:59:38.
Slot killed us by swapping, giving Gravenberch too much attacking freedom last season and refusing to give Endo any minutes. It left either Macca or Jones sat back alone, and neither is capable of that as they don't read the game well enough, and they can't tackle very well. Jones is soft in the tackle, and Macca is like an Argentinian Paul Scholes, just waiting for a silly yellow card.

Iraola will hopefully make better tactical choices so we don't leave ourselves exposed.

However, if we are still going to let Grav go forward, Wharton is not the right player either. Lamine Camara is the right type of player, and there's no reason why Endo can't be brought in from the cold as cover.

Ideally, we just tell Gravenberch he needs to do what he does best; sit back to screen the defence and take the ball on the half turn to beat the press, then release it. Then he probably could play with Wharton.

25 Jul 2026 13:00:21
Tbf the tactics hampered our players greatly, not to mention the lack of training, professionalism, etc. Don't get me wrong, there is no denying the players dropped their standards last season, but, the season before, they performed to such a degree that the season was sown up pretty early with a title win.

I genuinely believe the midfield simply needs structure. Slot opted to play a style similar to Brighton, having the midfield and offensive unit so high, up against the opposition defensive unit. Grav, who had previously been Ypot for his performances as a DM, was suddenly hoisted into an offensive role, to stand beside the opposition defence. That caused a massive chasm which every opposition hit, again and again.



It was amateurish from Slot, stubborn to the point of insanity, especially when you are conceding and losing games so readily. Now, with Iraola, we have a manager with a closer style, identity, etc, to Klopp, and that will support the players refind their form.

We still need signings, however. Absolutely no doubt about that, and our current targets do appear to be moving elsewhere. Incredibly poor management up top. To release Salah a year early, without a contingency ready to enact, is a borderline sackable offense. No idea what Hughes is doing.

But, with Slot gone and Iraola in, we have at least made a first step to fix the mess of last season.

25 Jul 2026 14:17:05
Agree with you, MK, on the profile, but disagree on Endo being able to cover. Don't get me wrong, I love Endo and he's always given his all, but the few times he played last season he was well off the pace, unfortunately.

I think what we were missing is legs. Agree, though, I think the key is to make Gravenberch be more disciplined, as he was unbelievable the season before last.

Macca and Jones, and even Szobo, have been slated at some point, and while Macca and Jones were well off it last season, the key difference I saw in our midfield was Gravenberch just being allowed to do what he liked and leaving massive holes, exposing our defence. He's well capable of it, but if he's doing that we definitely need legs alongside him.

25 Jul 2026 13:39:31
Endo is too slow.
Gravy is a fairy.
Szobo doesn't know what he is, but he likes the way it looks.
Macca is too slow.
Curtis is still not able to get his head up.
Bajcetic will never be a LFC player due to his injuries.
McConnell is not as good as everyone thinks.

Trey hasn't had a chance yet.

But don't worry, Iraola is a magician.

25 Jul 2026 14:48:10
FPF, we won the league with Macca, Grav and Dom starting in midfield nearly every game. People would start celebrating the 3 points that year when we were winning, and Endo came on to close the game out. How's that worked then if none of them are good enough? We absolutely dog walked the league as well, and buggered off to Ibiza in April. Jones is a good squad player (nothing more), but I do agree on Bajcetic and McConnell. I don't really see McConnell as good enough, and Bajcetic hasn't played for 2 years because of injury/attitude.



Traore7, I don't think you need pace to be a good DM. Alonso and Busquets are 2 of the best I've ever seen, and they were both slower than Endo. It's more about reading of the game and timing of the tackle. Endo is good enough still to be the back up DM, in my opinion. I do want Camara though because we need a starter. If it is to be Wharton, then you are correct. The key is to get Grav to play like he did in 24/25.

25 Jul 2026 15:02:08
There's too much emphasis on this need of a physical midfielder. I would say we need more competent midfielders, or the ones we have to find their form, which I'm certain they will. Endo is certainly not the answer, that's for sure, but Grav should revert back to what he does best no matter what he or his dad thinks.

25 Jul 2026 15:24:44
Klopp didn't win the league with the same team because he was building. No other reason. There were massive improvements both as a team and as individuals, going from 5th with 67 pts to 3rd with 84 pts. There's no doubt whatsoever that Klopp could have won the league with that exact team had he stayed one more year.

Slot massively benefitted from the fact that Klopp already engineered the rebuild and left a perfectly oiled machine ready to challenge for a title.

25 Jul 2026 15:26:56
MK, that title-winning midfield is myth.

25 Jul 2026 15:50:52
100% agree with Ron, our midfield needs a proper shake up. Grav had one good season when he sat in front of the back 4. Last season was awful, he played like when Klopp had him. Macallister n Jones are not strong tackling n not the fastest. Fix that bfr anything else and we will be a lot better off.

25 Jul 2026 16:09:27
Worth bookmarking FPF's scouting summary above. 😂

25 Jul 2026 16:20:32
Coulda shuda wuda...

25 Jul 2026 17:27:37
Ron, you can read my posts back through the years moaning about our lack of midfield building. No need to bookmark, as there'll be more moaning to come given historical data.

25 Jul 2026 11:08:29
Read an interesting article on BBC Sport yesterday on this, Ed001 - I think it's still there if you go hunting.

Basically, it's a very specific deal structure (essentially exploiting a loop hole), as far as I can see.

The downside of a deal being counted as a swap is that the prices are automatically reduced, as far as I can see. Not entirely sure on this but I would assume that it is worse for SCR if the 2 deals are combined and treated as a swap.

So, it can't be a straight sale to each other within 45 days (or longer if a 'swap' is suspected), nor can it be a loan with option to buy as that isn't a deal, nor can it be a loan with a straight obligation to buy with no parameters as that would be treated the same as a straight purchase within 45 days and therefore treated like a swap.

In the Rodgers/Garnacho deal, Rodgers is a straight sale, but Garnacho is a loan with conditions to be met to obligate a future sale. A bit like the Elliot deal. If I was Garnacho, I wouldn't have done this given how badly Elliot was treated.

The article is an interesting read though - it's called "Garnacho, Rogers and two clubs trying to balance the books" and if a Link is allowed, here it is -

bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvg0723e0jko

25 Jul 2026 10:51:15
Looking forward to seeing some of the younger players in next few weeks - especially given Slot seemed allergic to giving them a chance - lot of chat on here (standard in the transfer window). But for me we’ve already made the biggest signing we needed in Iraola - last season was painful to watch - personally couldn’t care less if we sign or miss out on any of our supposed targets - front foot, fast, aggressive, attacking football is what I’m looking forward to seeing - not some statement signings - the wrong guy blew £500 million last year - how did that work out again? Klopp didn’t need City cash, I don’t think Iraola will either - Remember when we beat Barcelona without Mo? Top fancy new signings don’t guarantee anything (look at Madrid).

The right manager and 11 players running through brick walls will do for me.

25 Jul 2026 11:37:10
Good post, mate, but Alison, Vvd & Fab all played that night and weren't cheap (2 of them record fees for their positions), and they very much changed our fortunes from almost to CL & title winners.

Signing the right players is key.

If Iraola is to be successful he'll need to get a tune out of last season's statement signings that supposedly blew the budget.

25 Jul 2026 11:52:51
Think even Arne gave the kiddies a chance in the pre-season friendlies.

25 Jul 2026 12:17:08
And that was the last we heard of them, Florian.

25 Jul 2026 13:23:50
Agree, JK - my only response would be - Alison and VVD are still here (admittedly older), and Wirtz, Isaak etc weren't exactly for buttons - we have a good squad, imo, mate - just need the right guy to get a proper tune out of them - first season under Slot and guys were raving about him being the best DM in the league - Slot V.20 ego now out of control with a league medal decides nah mate I want you playing as a 10, with Wirtz, Macca and everyone else on the pitch - no wonder we were getting ripped a new one every week - I concede we are a bit light in a few spots, but it doesn't worry me much, mate - can't win everything.

I just want to see us look good trying.

25 Jul 2026 14:42:16
Crazy, all true mate, but Klopp did spend big also. The guys a legend but the likes of Ali, Vvd, Fab, Nunez, Szob, Kieta, Diaz, Jota, Gakpo, Salah, Ox and Mane all cost a fair whack in regards to transfer costs at the time of their purchases.



Hopefully Iraola can get a tune out of this squad mate, because apparently we have the highest wage bill in the league despite how many holes or lightweight we are.

25 Jul 2026 15:32:18
Exactly, Chewy. Looking forward to seeing a loads them playing every week this season.

25 Jul 2026 09:59:24
Stepping away from the transfer drama for a moment, Liverpool start the Iraola era tonight. Albeit it's a pre-season friendly.

What are the posters looking forward to seeing the most tonight?

Personally I am looking forward to seeing how we set up in and out of possession, and who of the young players takes the chance to impress Iraola.

All I am going to say regarding the transfer situation is that Iraola deserves to be backed, yes he is a highly regarded coach, but he is not a miracle worker.



Atm we are sending him to a gun fight with a plastic spoon!

I would say getting another CB in, should be top priority as it would give us that extra insurance, as atm of the 4 center backs, 2 are inexperienced, and 1 is injury prone.

VVD is looking at another season where we are asking him to play another 3000 minutes.

Gambling with our Center halves, we have all seen this movie before.

25 Jul 2026 10:24:11
I'm looking forward to seeing more energy in the team, even though it's the first pre-season game. These games are a bit like a training session for the manager.

25 Jul 2026 10:44:42
The youngsters. Young Abe on the right. Sonni Lambie might catch people's eye if he gets a run. The two CB's also. If they impress, we could finally move Joe Gomez on and get a better, more robust CB in.

25 Jul 2026 10:45:47
Never in my life have I watched a Liverpool game looking forward to seeing how we set up in and out of possession.

I'm hoping to be excited by our play, and usually the adrenaline of scoring and winning a game, but as it's a pre-season friendly, don't really care about the result.

25 Jul 2026 10:47:37
A style of play, any style of play. An identity of any sort would be a very welcome improvement to the previous 9 months of football.

Seriously though, I want to see a sense of urgency on the attack and a massive improvement in off-the-ball movement. If I see that, I know we're going in the right direction.

25 Jul 2026 10:55:10
No injuries and more fitness for the players will do for me. A lot of players still away, 🤔 hopefully, a couple of youngsters can shine so we can say how they'll be the next Virgil or Salah. 🤣

25 Jul 2026 10:57:13
Tell you what though, JK23. Last pre season we had a massive hole in the middle of our team and opposition kept running straight through it.

I wasn't bothered.

But it was still happening up until the last game of the season. 😂

25 Jul 2026 11:02:31
Agree with Chewy, a defined style of play and steps to establish an identity. It's always great to see some new young faces from the academy getting their chance, but the emphasis for these first fee games is to set a precedent for how the team is going to play going forward.

25 Jul 2026 12:10:50
I'm a self-proclaimed miserable git and, personally, I have no interest in pre-season friendlies. I hope we win, obviously, because if we lose there'll be posters calling for Iraola to be sacked. Regards to how we set up, etc., doesn't really interest me.

I will wake myself up for the Newcastle game, by which time we will have recruited well, because, if we haven't, we don't have a chance of doing anything this season, regardless of how good our new coach is.

25 Jul 2026 12:16:28
We should definitely sign a defender and at least one more attacker this window. It's a bare minimum to have any chance of silverware.

Let's hope 1 to 2 youngsters stake their claim for first team football this season, specially McConnel, as it will reduce the need of signing a DM.

25 Jul 2026 09:08:20
Doesn’t seem to be many RW options about available to replace Salah. We’ve known he was leaving for months. Surely there is a plan in place aside from Barcola and Diamonde, who both seem virtually impossible to sign, and with interest growing from elsewhere.

25 Jul 2026 09:24:38
The transfer committee or person responsible is a clown, so many things could have been put in place long before the summer.
It happens every summer. I don't think any club has as many issues when it comes to transfers like LFC.
I think how sad it is that Van Dyk yet again has to play every game.

{Ed025's Note - try being an Evertonian PK.. :)

25 Jul 2026 09:33:39
Rayan. 👍

25 Jul 2026 10:19:22
It didn't happen last summer and this one hasn't even finished.

25 Jul 2026 10:20:11
How can Hughes, who is leaving in 6 weeks, have the best interests of Liverpool Football Club at the front of his mind?

He should've been sacked on the final day of last season, along with Slot and Edwards, for their roles in that disgrace.

I suppose the only benefit of all this, when he's at a Saudi club, we'll be his new Bournemouth.

25 Jul 2026 10:46:29
Well, we have to hope he does now, LFC8. I'm sure he'd like to have a good window and be remembered fondly.

25 Jul 2026 10:50:36
Shambolic that we have such a large number of players and a pretty deep squad on paper, but some absolutely glaring holes in key positions.

25 Jul 2026 10:57:30
Maybe we should revert to a 4-4-2 formation? Old School.

25 Jul 2026 11:07:39
Firstly, the club would rather not sack a manager, Sporting Director and CEO all in one go; it makes the club look extremely unstable and could have a massively negative effect on transfers.

Secondly, Hughes might technically be heading up recruitment/negotiations, but I don't believe he has any real power over major decisions; I think that was stripped as soon as Gordon stepped in. From what I've read, it seems Mike Gordon is calling the shots with the assistance of Julian Ward.

Whatever's going on, don't forget we have an entire recruitment team who have been sounding out a shortlist of potential targets all season; we're not just sitting around waiting for Hughes to make half-assed calls. Our top 2 targets have a combined value in the region of £250m.

Those sort of deals are not made overnight, not to mention there's a fairly complex set of dominoes waiting to fall; all we can do is play the game.

25 Jul 2026 11:08:58
It feels like the problem is actually that our primary targets are not impossible to sign. They are just very complicated like Carra et al have been saying, but the fact that they are possible means that we haven't moved on to other 'easier' but less fancied targets.

25 Jul 2026 12:02:55
The sporting director plans a few windows ahead, it's not a job where you come in and improvise in the moment, Hughes leaving after this window surely doesn't negate the work he had put in preparing for this particular window. Firing him would mean putting all that work in the trash and getting somebody to play catch up, which would make the likelihood of us not getting anybody in all the more probable. I don't get why folks think that because Hughes might have one eye on his future job, that he won't want to do his present job properly?

It was fine with Schmadtke coming in May because apparently Jurgen had most of the say with bringing players in by then and Schmadtke simply had to go make the deals happen.

Iraola, on the other hand, has little input in transfers and prefers to focus on coaching. You'd effectively be trying to hand the keys to the kingdom to somebody who hasn't been spending the last two seasons assessing the squad and drafting a long term plan in the middle of the transfer window, while every other team has done all the groundwork the new guy will have to catch up on.

I'm no fan of Hughes, by the way, but this stuff about him not being loyal to Liverpool and not having the team's best interests at heart, which means he will mess up this transfer window, just doesn't make sense to me, and doesn't seem to take into account what a sporting director is actually responsible for doing at our club.

25 Jul 2026 13:47:04
Richard Hughes is accountable for knowing our best two wingers, Lucho and Mo, were leaving well in advance without having a solid plan to replace them.

25 Jul 2026 16:07:08
He did have a plan to be fair, FPF, Diomande was always the plan, the deal just seems a lot more difficult than anticipated.

26 Jul 2026 05:27:12
It's so much easier playing Premier Manager on my laptop. Everyone I know is an expert on their laptop.

25 Jul 2026 08:54:40
Morning Gents

I see RBL are putting out stories of "Rejected" bids.

It's a game of chess.

They want more money upfront.

Simple as that.

Cheers

25 Jul 2026 09:20:00
Cheers Robbo. If RM have bid, I would think he chooses them over us. Not sure it would be the best move for his career though. I would prefer us to look elsewhere in the market and get better value. Diomande didn't look anything special at the World Cup to warrant the high fee. Unproven at £100m + is crazy.

25 Jul 2026 10:00:05
Robbo, you are the only historically reliable source still saying we will sign Diomande. If it actually happens, you realise you've earned God-like status, right?

25 Jul 2026 10:48:37
@Charlies Grumpy Dad

Real Madrid think he's worth it.
Liverpool think he's worth it.
PSG are not out the equation.

Just look at the clubs interested, he's obviously got something about him, mate, otherwise these clubs would not even entertain him. Look at his stats, and I don't mean g/a in the Bundesliga, his running, dribbling, tracking back, take ons completed, he was so impressive.



If he doesn't come to Liverpool I for one will be disappointed, as I do think, with his stats, albeit 1 season in a so called lesser league, aren't a great sample size, where that impressive. If he can transfer these stats and skills to us and to the prem then we would be getting one hell of a player, hence why the club are prepared to pay big for him.

25 Jul 2026 11:09:34
Cheers, Robbo, mate, that makes perfect sense. I just hope we start focusing our energies elsewhere sooner rather than later, I'm sure we are in the background anyway, but it would be nice to officially move on and shift focus.

25 Jul 2026 11:12:06
I do find myself torn over the potential Diomande signing. I truly believe his potential is vast, and I have seen enough evidence to suggest that he does have that X factor that sets the best from the rest. However, he's just not regular or consistent enough, which is understandable for such a young lad. He is a hard worker and does track back etc, so I believe his work rate would endear him to the Anfield faithful should he sign.



The issue is the cost/value of the transfer and the added implications associated with his agents behind the scenes. I am glad it's not my decision or my money. We have to put our faith in the decision makers and provide our support for the lad if he signs, irrespective of the fees involved. Football finance is crazy, but it's something we all need to get used to as fans.

25 Jul 2026 12:07:24
He is actually extremely consistent in the Bundesliga. Every game I've seen him play for Leipzig (which admittedly is not a lot, maybe 7 or 8 games) he has caught the eye, and the numbers back it up.

Everybody saying he isn't consistent is simply basing this on the World Cup. I'm not sure how that is an accurate representation of anything. He was switched between two flanks in the WC and was playing with team mates that he scarcely ever trains with. Now he has a reputation of a player who disappears and blows hot and cold, simply because of a tiny sample size on the international stage, and what makes things worse is that most of the folks on here openly say that they don't care for international football and that it's dull because there is no team cohesion.



I mean, I have seen people on here saying they prefer Nusa to him, simply because of two or three games in the WC. Do you watch Nusa playing for Leipzig? Because if you did watch the two of them playing in the Bundesliga, I would bet that you would choose Diomande 9 times out of 10. He is simply a different level to the likes of Nusa and El Mala, who are both very good players.

25 Jul 2026 13:20:33
Honestly don't know why anyone bothers mentioning Nusa, no end product and by all accounts his knees are buggered. And, as Patrick rightly said, no one who saw Rbl last season would remotely pick Nusa over Diomande, but given we're not likely to end up with Diomande given the clown show surrounding his management and PSG & Real making offers, I'd certainly not want us to go for Nusa as he's more than enough negatives to make him a hard pass.

Quite frankly I'd rather sign Minteh than Nusa as he's at least not made of crisps.

25 Jul 2026 14:33:34
Everybody saying he isn't consistent is simply basing this on the World Cup.

Pat, now speaking on behalf of everybody.

Relax, mate. We know you watch every single player and game, but people will have different opinions to you.

We're all just strangers on the internet. Hardly like you're going to meet any of them at a game at an actual game.