Liverpool banter 10

31 Aug 2026 15:03:39
Rumour has it no more major signings. Gakpo stays.

31 Aug 2026 14:37:19
Pardon to Newcastle. We can chalk that off now.

31 Aug 2026 15:02:43
Did they pass wind?

31 Aug 2026 15:22:27
Wasn't sold on him, personally.

31 Aug 2026 14:34:07
Bradley Barcola takes the final open non-HG slot as it stands, meaning it is now effectively one in, one out.

31 Aug 2026 15:07:08
Would explain the Mama links...

Quick one, would the new 18-year-old keeper potentially count as HG if he's technically on our books for 3 seasons before turning 21? Or does he need to be playing directly with us and not out on loan? Just trying to make sense of the logic, if they do get rid of Mamadashvilli (not that I think he's good enough, but it's a risk leaving us with Woodman as likeable as he is, unless they really rate Pecsi until Jaros comes back.)

31 Aug 2026 15:23:47
We have 19 non-homegrown players for the Champions League. We can register 17.

Becker, Marmadashvili (2)
Kerkez, Tsimikas (2)
Vvd, Jacquet, Leoni, Araujo (4)
MacAllister, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Endo (4)
Munoz, Gakpo, Barcola, Wirtz, Chiesa (5)
Ekitike, Isak. (2).

31 Aug 2026 15:45:01
He could be loaned out but would need to be loaned to a team in England. If they are on loan outside of England, it does not count towards HG qualification.

31 Aug 2026 15:50:59
Ron, I suspect we'll not register YLFP or Ekitike for the group stages of the CL.

31 Aug 2026 16:17:47
Also, Mamar is leaving, Ron. So we have one more slot to fill in at least. Possibly 2 if you take out Chiesa.

All good.

31 Aug 2026 16:30:55
Can anyone see any two better keepers than Becker, Marmadashvilli, as a pairing in the current PL? I don't see any.

Endo, Chiesa looks the closest to the exit door sadly, both though can just sit it out, they can't be frog marched out of the club as they both still have valid contracts. Where would Chiesa get even half of his wages anywhere else? Perhaps his no playing time was to get him off the wage bill.



If Marmardashvilli and Chiesa both left, they were Arne Slot's only signings in his first PL winning season? One went on loan for a year, one missed nearly a full year out with an injury.

{Ed025's Note - have you actually seen Marmadashvilli bond?, maybe you should take a trip to Specsavers mate...hes bloody awful..

31 Aug 2026 16:32:39
Don't know why you've got Ekitike in that list, Ron, he won't be playing this side of Christmas, so that's 18. Leoni is only due back to first-team training late September/early October, so that could be 17. Endo and Chiesa could and should be dropped for Koumas and Nyoni, which could put us at 15. I don't see an issue.

31 Aug 2026 16:37:57
BlameItOnTraore7, he needs to spend 3 years playing for teams in the FA. It doesn't have to be us. But he does need to have completed 3 full seasons prior to his 21st birthday. He's already 18 and he's being loaned back to Genk for the year.

31 Aug 2026 14:16:30
Dhylian is an exceptional talent. Great move by LFC as we haven't produced striker from academy in ages. Close to 3 decades now.

31 Aug 2026 16:38:17
I'll give you Michael Owen, who actually made his debut in 1997. Would you not class Raheem Sterling as a forward success? £49 million profit transfer seems to have been a good player, agree though I am scraping the barrel and the club is as well.

31 Aug 2026 14:15:31
We need at least one or two top English players on the team in my opinion. There's something about having quality English players on your team in this league.

31 Aug 2026 15:46:53
The problem is that most English players are mediocre and over-priced.

31 Aug 2026 15:51:56
Any attainable names at this late stage?

{Ed666's Note - Slot?

31 Aug 2026 16:25:41
Meant English players for the OP Ed

31 Aug 2026 14:06:47
'Journos' saying no more signings unless Gakpo goes. Sounds like no midfielder incoming unfortunately.

31 Aug 2026 15:47:49
Must be true. I still can't believe that we stuck with Slot.

31 Aug 2026 14:05:25
Bradley Barcola is a Liverpool Football Club player at 14:00 31 August 2026-LFC Channel.

(Subject to International Clearance.)

Bradley will raise the Bar, anyone for a Cola!

31 Aug 2026 15:01:33
Connor Bradley Barcola Goal.

31 Aug 2026 15:23:39
"Connor Barcola". Nice ring to that, I would say.

31 Aug 2026 14:04:20
He's signed!! Good luck Bradley. Ynwa

31 Aug 2026 14:50:52
Hopefully he scores 40 goals, 50 assists, otherwise, he will get pelters from some on here. Good luck, Bradley.

31 Aug 2026 13:58:01
BB about to be announced.