Liverpool Rumours 2

24 Aug 2026 16:38:35
Hey Guys
First time poster.

Two things.

Firstly, been told by a friend who lives in Liverpool that an entourage of a couple of cars have just arrived at Axa. Could be nothing.

Heard that we are actively trying to sign Zento Uno (First I've heard of him), Japanese Mid currently playing in Germany.

Hopefully we get a few more in aswel.

24 Aug 2026 17:20:37.
He only just signed for Mochengladbach. 🥱

24 Aug 2026 17:23:44
Thanks for posting.

Uno has just joined Borussia Monchengladbach in Jun 26, so doubt he would be coming our way anytime soon.

24 Aug 2026 17:25:47
The guy literally moved to Germany this summer.

24 Aug 2026 17:29:07
Respectfully, given Uno only moved to Monchengladbach 2 months ago, that would be really quite bizarre.

24 Aug 2026 17:39:11
Zento Uno only joined Borussia Monchengladbach in June.

24 Aug 2026 18:06:56
Uno reverse.

24 Aug 2026 17:24:02
Is your friend Ed25 by any chance? If it is, then I wouldn't bet a single cent on what he said.

{Ed025's Note - i have got no friends Mfahmee..especially on here today, thats what i get for telling the truth i suppose mate..

24 Aug 2026 19:22:12
We still love yah Ed025! : )

{Ed025's Note - cheers KC..

25 Aug 2026 07:06:44
Nobody likes the truth, Ed25. No worries though, we need you to keep telling it like it is, otherwise our love for the club will have us seeing things through rose-tinted glasses.

25 Aug 2026 08:49:14
Everything you said was right Ed. You're honest about Everton as well, which is nice to read.The rose tinted brigade are happy enough, so let them eat cake.

{Ed025's Note - i only say what i see OK, i have always believed in calling a spade a spade mate and if a team or a player is playing well i will give them all the plaudits they deserve, but that works the other way as well, if they play bad i will tell them that as well..its all about honesty..

24 Aug 2026 16:23:19
Rumours this afternoon that Man City and Tottenham are interested in Gakpo, which could push the price up to £70m. With the rumoured fee for Minteh at £70m, and £120m for Barcola, it wouldn’t be a surprise if we let him go.



Yesterday probably emphasised again that we need to keep him, but I guess the money may not be on the table in Jan or next summer.

24 Aug 2026 16:32:26
If Minteh is 70mil, Gakpo iz 95mil at least. If anyone in the club decides to sell Gakpo for 70mil, he should give club another 30mil from his own money.

24 Aug 2026 16:38:51
Ridiculous to let Gakpo leave. Only allow it if they give us Foden in return.

{Ed025's Note - do you really want Foden FK??..

24 Aug 2026 16:40:36
Yesterday emphasised we still need the exact same holes filled as last season.

This current squad right now cannot play 433.

It needs additions, not get rid of Gakpo.

24 Aug 2026 16:40:55
Would have thought in this crazy summer the price already would have been well over £70m.

24 Aug 2026 16:43:32
I wouldn't let Cody go. We shouldn't be selling any 1st team players until Andoni has had a chance to work with them for a bit.

24 Aug 2026 16:45:05
I'd play Gakpo through the middle.

24 Aug 2026 16:46:15
There's more chance of Bonnie Blue becoming a Nun than there is of Gakpo going to City.

24 Aug 2026 16:47:34
Gakpo, yesterday, tried to cross the ball from the left hand side with the outside of his right foot. He had no leverage, so it looked like an average Sunday morning player, instead of at least trying with his left.


On the right, we have a winger that cuts inside... Still!!
Why? Isaak is wasting his talent, making runs for an early cross that isn't coming!!
Get this sorted!!

24 Aug 2026 16:48:45
I'd be very surprised if Gakpo goes for anything close to £95m, though I do think he should (at least) in the current market.

I think Spurs will use Bruno G as an example as they're roughly the same age. But...

Gakpo has a higher goal and assists tally over the past few years, so hoping we argue our case (if we sell).

If he goes for £70m or less, it just shows how inept our Recruitment team is. Buy high and sell low. Completely useless.

24 Aug 2026 16:51:03
Not sure why Gakpo gets so much hate. He's a decent player and he had a bad year last season. With the right coaching, he could improve under Iraola.

24 Aug 2026 16:59:21
Foden! He's been dreadful for two seasons.

24 Aug 2026 17:00:51
Jaysus, they can keep Foden.

24 Aug 2026 17:01:44
Yesterday should have proven beyond doubt that we need Gakpo this season. Head and shoulders our best attacking option yesterday, and I felt he showed some real character when we needed it most. Last season was a stinker, but that could have been said about 75% of our squad.

Still find it crazy that we have spent all summer, and potentially over EUR125m, chasing a player who plays in arguably one of our most stocked positions, with Gakpo, Munoz, Rio, and Wirtz all able to play LW.

I personally think Wirtz should be playing more from that position as he does for Germany and like he did for BL.

Plenty more areas we should be focusing our budget on, such as RB, RW, DM and back up LB.

24 Aug 2026 17:02:13
70m when they sold Savinho for 75m... haha 90m more like. As for Foden, are you mad, he's very overrated. Marmoush and Gonzales straight swap for Gakpo.

24 Aug 2026 17:06:02
It would be nothing short of moronic to let Gakpo go, we saw exactly why yesterday. Even if Barcola and Minteh come in.

24 Aug 2026 17:15:52
If Gakpo leaves and Barcola joins there will
be a goal
deficit, despite Barcola
being superior for the system, he isn’t going anywhere, bag a tonne in the Prem with that level in finishing. Will he make us more
Isak friendly? Depends on more than a winger or two -
We need someone who passes like
Wharton in MF.

24 Aug 2026 17:16:43
While I totally agree we shouldn't be making the squad smaller with sales, the reality is if you are buying in an inflated market, you need to balance that with sales.

In addition, if you are buying Barcola and nurturing Rio, Gakpo becomes third choice at LW. And it would be 2nd and eventually 3rd choice striker behind Isak and Hugo (when he is back).

So why would he want to hang around knowing he could be first choice at Spurs?

We may have no real choice on this one. It's not the same as the Lucho sale, as we have a replacement coming in - Barcola. Plus Rio is a year older and Munoz can play either side.

24 Aug 2026 17:17:08
Agreed Sal, why sell cheaply to then buy expensive every time, makes us look weak.
Wouldn't sell our main threat as it stands, makes no sense, but neither does leaving it till last minute to plug holes in first team.
Buy or dont, just dont dilly dally about, as shows selling club were desperate and price goes up or terms worsen.

24 Aug 2026 17:25:14
If it's Spurs, take Gray and 30-40 million and deal.

24 Aug 2026 17:29:01
Would be crazy to let Gakpo go.

24 Aug 2026 17:40:26
I wouldn't swap Marmoush and Gonzalez for Gakpo Magico. I think they're just about average players with the odd glimpse of excellence. Gakpo is a very good pro and valuable asset. We cannot sell him. It would be totally stupid to do so.

24 Aug 2026 18:11:38
Have you been in the class A's again Down-ey? Gakpo tried and failed abysmally to take his man on, so resorted to going inside (as always). He had a golden chance to cross to Isak for a tap in but decided to shoot from an obtuse angle. He's allergic to pressing in a manager that insists upon it.

Granted he scored, but believe me, yesterday didn't highlight to me that we should keep Gakpo because he's a good footballer; it highlighted to me that we should keep him because we have no players. There's a big difference.

24 Aug 2026 19:33:44
Agree to disagree, Jari.
Clearly, people will have developed an opinion of Gakpo after the ridiculous social media stick he got last season.
He wasn't great, but was better than most (not saying much, I know).

He's more than capable of beating a man on either side too.

He goes inside more often because that's a strength, where he gets shots off from dangerous positions. I find it mad that people use possitive attacking play inna negative way. It wasnt a problem when he was cutting inside and scoring regularly 2 years ago.

24 Aug 2026 20:04:56
@ Kloppdog, I was having intercourse 4 times a night 2 years ago and I can't do that anymore. It's about what Gakpo is producing now is what's pertinent. So you want to keep Gakpo because he scored a few goals two years ago? I respect your opinion, mate, but come on, the guy's a liability and supremely limited as a footballer.

The notion that City want him is incredulous and baffling.

24 Aug 2026 20:28:12
Kloppdog, he goes inside more often because that's a strength.
Do you think Isaak is pleased about that? Keeps making his runs, finds space, time and again, for what? To watch Gakpo smash one into the crowd again or bounce one off the defender.
I like Gakpo as a player, but he has to put his cross in, not all about him.

24 Aug 2026 20:29:34
Jari, bar Isak, who's high-risk in terms of injuries, Gakpo's the only one in the team who's hit 20+ goal contributions back-to-back in the PL. Nobody else in the squad even comes close. And your missus told me otherwise in regard to your first claim.

24 Aug 2026 20:53:23
There's a player in Foden for me their Ed, if he stays fit and hungry (which may be the issue) he's a versatile player. Personally I'd rather keep Gakpo.

{Ed025's Note - he’s a highlight reel for me FK. Can be excellent at times but is only in the game for brief periods. And when the going gets tough he goes missing not a player you need imo mate..

24 Aug 2026 22:44:34
Jari, I'm not sure what happened over a 2 year period for that to happen you but condolences. Maybe try a blue smartie?

No I'd keep Gakpo because he's a quality player.
Who gets goals and assists, consistently, who's regularly one of the best performers at international tournaments.


Isak made runs, I must have missed a few of those.
Gakpo does beat a man on his left also. People just have blinkers on and don't see it, because it doesn't suit the narrative. He also played balls into that space for Kerkez.
The quality of cross there, was then the problem.

25 Aug 2026 08:31:40
Foden's best games occur when the team are playing or are winning comfortably.

24 Aug 2026 16:08:47
Hi all,

Manchester City have made a late approach in the window for Gakpo. I imagine he still is Spurs bound once we get our incomings sorted.

24 Aug 2026 16:32:17
Any word on us bringing in a dm Victor? Cheers.

24 Aug 2026 16:36:43
If we sell a fit Gakpo and replace him with an injured Minteh, with the season already underway, then I will have lost all confidence in the club's recruitment team.

24 Aug 2026 16:39:54
Sell/swap him for Marmoush and Gonzalez.

24 Aug 2026 16:40:44
I think we'd be replacing a fit Gakpo with a fit Barcola, NK.

24 Aug 2026 16:43:26
Ain't no way City are in for Gakpo that's absolute bunkum.

24 Aug 2026 16:44:03
Keep him, he was one of the few threats going forward yesterday.

24 Aug 2026 17:05:46
We need him until January anyway as a striker option... Would be foolish to get Barcola and sell Gakpo, given on the right we only have Munoz. Rio on the right was toothless, and I felt sorry for the boy yesterday.

Minteh is out until November as well, so why not get him in January? Isak has hardly shown anything yet, and I do not see him capable of playing 2 matches a week, week in week out. So we definitely need Gakpo as a striker option imo.

24 Aug 2026 17:07:53
Selling Gakpo is a moronic move but I'd settle on a swap deal for Marmoush with £30m coming our way if the club was adamant on him leaving.

24 Aug 2026 17:11:39
If City are interested, then I'd ask for Marmoush in return since City are looking to sell & he can cover the front line.

24 Aug 2026 17:16:58
A DM won't solve the issues. Caicedo hasn't solved Chelsea's.

24 Aug 2026 17:22:12
Why would we sell to S***y????
Must be click bait. Would they sell to us? Of course not.
They should be in 1st division now after all the years of rule breaking (allegedly). Makes you wonder how much money has greased hands to smooth over all of the mess they got into.

24 Aug 2026 17:31:43
Newcastle just signed Nico Gonzales. Would've liked him in Liverpool as he plays a variety of midfield functions like box-to-box, regista and defensive midfielder.

But we may not need to sign a CDM as I've read that Jacquet started his career as a midfielder, hence the comfortable ball control.



Maybe, we ought to try him in front of Vvd and Araujo? Either as a lone CDM or as a pivot partner to Szobo.

With regards to Gakpo, as long as City drives his value up in a bidding war with Spurs, I'm happy to let him go. Maybe, 95m-110m based on current market sample.

24 Aug 2026 17:34:25
If Bayern were genuinely in for Rio for, say, £50m, would you let him go, or Wirtz for, say, £95m, instead of Cody. Given we need to raise funds to buy two attackers, and we seem to have a limited number of saleable assets, we could shift one of them instead to make it happen.

I'd clear out Chiesa on a free, Elliott, Endo, Tzimi for small fees, just to get rid. Promote youth to replace those 4 and use the wage headroom to bring in an additional centremid like Sadiki.

I'd sell Macca or Grav to help fund it.

Finally, go to Brentford and put a big offer on the table for the right back c£60-70m. I'm sure he'd prefer CL football even though he's just signed a new contract. If that's an absolute non starter, then go for a loan of Trent with an option to buy back.

In Jan, if Kerkez doesn't shape up, look to replace him.

That would be the end of the window we need, shelve the Brighton lad until Jan, if at all.

24 Aug 2026 20:55:52
Caceido has been great for Chelsea. They've been woeful as a club and they've bought horribly, but he's been very good.

24 Aug 2026 21:56:35
Marmoush would not be an option, as they oversold Savinho to undersell Marmoush, so they didn't have to pay the sell on fee.

25 Aug 2026 00:05:44
Barcola Rio Ekitike Isak Munoz Minteh looks good, but I'd keep Gakpo until Ekitike is back.

24 Aug 2026 13:13:50
Minteh is done subject to medical.

Cheers

DjimiT

24 Aug 2026 13:37:49
Is it Minteh instead of Barcola or Mbaye, or could they come still.

24 Aug 2026 13:39:54
I really hope not. Minteh played 30 odd matches last reason and scored 4 goals. His assists were about the same. He is currently injured as well. This player will not add anything to the team, unless he is merely a Curtis Jones replacement squad player. We need a Salah replacement ASAP. We also need an Isak replacement because he is Rubbish.

24 Aug 2026 13:42:47
Cheers Djimi.

24 Aug 2026 13:42:56
Not sure how trustworthy Plettenburg is considered when it comes to transfers outside of the Bundesliga, but according to his Twitter, Barcola and Minteh are both top priorities, and we might even be looking at one more player.



He hasn't clarified who the third player might be (if there even is a third), but I really hope it's someone who can help us look more defensively sound. We looked wildly open on the counterattack yesterday.

24 Aug 2026 13:45:52
Cheers, Djimi.

24 Aug 2026 13:47:21
Rax, at the moment we have walked away from both because PSG have inflated the price on Mbaye, so unless something drastically changes, I don't see Mbaye being a Liverpool player.

Barcola is a bit different. A fee was agreed, but the structure of the payments is a problem.

PSG are indicating they won't budge, so we've said we'll move on to new targets, more than likely in the hope PSG lower their demands, but for now we've walked away from both.

I'd imagine (and a personal view) that we end up back in discussion for Barcola, but not Mnaye.

Cheers.

DjimiT

24 Aug 2026 13:49:03
He is lightning quick and crosses a lot, so this will help with Isak massively. Honestly, I think he will help this team out and especially to get us up the pitch quicker with quicker counters like in the Klopp era, especially when we get Barcola as well. Lots and lots of pace. It will be frightening for other teams.

24 Aug 2026 13:50:51
Rax, Minteh is a left-footed right winger, and Barcola is a left winger.

24 Aug 2026 14:39:18
If PSG are playing hardball, walk away from Barcola. Play Wirtz from the left, Szobos at 10, Minteh right wing. Sign a new double pivot. Look at Barcola next summer when he is in his last year of his contract or a new left-wing option if he is not available.

24 Aug 2026 14:39:55
@RossDo, Out of interest, who do you think can replace Salah? One of the greatest players in our history, with outrageous consistency, and who is available? Surely the hope is that, like Mane and Salah before him, that with better players and coaches (we hope) he gets better and better.

Writing players off based on their stats, at 22, isn't always the best to do either. He feels like he's on an upwards trajectory to me.

24 Aug 2026 14:45:37
Medical might be tricky. 😂

So, "not done".

24 Aug 2026 14:53:54
I thought Minteh would end up at Citeh.

24 Aug 2026 15:00:15
This makes no sense to me at all.

24 Aug 2026 15:17:21
Great news! Always rated him and think he is the right winger we need.

24 Aug 2026 15:20:52
@RossDo, out of interest, who do you support?

24 Aug 2026 16:12:03
I don't think it's unfair to expect more from Isak. Yes, he has had injuries, but he has been here for a full season already and had a full pre season under the new manager to learn tactics etc.

There is only so much slack you can afford players. The same goes for Wirtz, both need to show their value and sharpish.

24 Aug 2026 16:39:59
I don't disagree with you, BeKind, and certainly, if in the next few games he also does very little, I will be questioning him.

However, his preseason was disrupted by the WC to a certain extent, and it was the first time playing in front of a very hostile Newcastle crowd.

In my opinion, it buys him a pass for the next few games.

24 Aug 2026 17:07:03
I'm a fan of Barcola, but the fee is just unnecessary when we have so many other concerns!! Despite his injury, I do think Minteh is a good option long term and would get the deal done if possible, as Munoz can cover there, no issue.

Keep Gakpo to cover LW and CF, and push Wirtz left to rotate with Rio. Focus our money on a solid CM/DM and sort out that RB position. Right now Barcola is a luxury that we cannot afford. Hughes has made some massive errors with this squad!

24 Aug 2026 17:19:13
Imagine if we had Suarez or Torres, or someone of that calibre upfront. We wouldn't be giving them a continual list of excuses as to why they do nothing in games. We wouldn't need to, as they were self motivated top players who just performed from the off.

24 Aug 2026 17:21:03
So by your own standards then, Djimi, it's not done.

24 Aug 2026 17:26:17
Hope this done is a proper done, sick of seeing this word used with no end result.
Fingers crossed.

24 Aug 2026 19:13:24
Chewy, you seem to be spending too much time chewing VG. Let it go mate. Deal agreed, if he doesn't pass his medical then its not done is it. How's that Barcola deal doing that was done 6 months ago according to your boyfriend?

Is that noise of Arsenal sniffing again round Barcola? Who could have told you that.

Cheers

DjimiT

24 Aug 2026 21:11:22
DjimiT, if you spent more time being a bit more humble rather than slagging off people that have given good info in the past, like VG, people might take you more seriously and respect you more. VG didn't just come in and everyone believed him, it took time.

24 Aug 2026 22:00:09
I see a poster asking for Isak replacement because he is rubbish!!
This time last year, this site had been checked by most people every 5 minutes to see whether a deal for Isak was completed.

24 Aug 2026 22:07:35
Lfclee, I'm genuinely not bothered.

I came on here and gave info, got abuse for it, so gave it back.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I've said Barcola is not done for weeks and those slating me for saying it keep counter arguing that VG, Carra, TheFields, Ned etc etc all say it's done so it must be, but here we are on 24 August and Barcola is still a PSG player.

You don't need to believe me, just Google who he plays for......

Cheers.

DjimiT.

25 Aug 2026 00:05:31
Djimi, we comment with hope in our hearts, lol so any counter to your info is in hope that the info we want to hear is more true than yours! Or at least, that their info will pan out more than yours does!

I really like Minteh, always have. And will be more hopeful assuming there is no ligament damage.

With Barcola, it feels like it's 50/50 and we'll just have to see where it all lands.

Literally have run out reasons to think why PSG or ourselves would want to delay an announcement. So that would seem to rule out the idea that the deal is "done".

Just reading the tea leaves, so calm your knees and your thumbs from jumping at a perspective that leans towards the idea that Barcola may not be done / isn't coming lol.

25 Aug 2026 01:27:58
Chewy didn't even mention VG in this thread, though, so not sure how he came into the crossfire.

24 Aug 2026 12:08:15
Do we still have any interest in Alvarez of Athletico? Looking likely to leave and seems UK is an option again, plus we had interest in the past.

24 Aug 2026 13:15:12
Alvarez isn't moving to Liverpool nor any other team in England. He wants to go to Barcelona and that's pretty much it.
I'd have thought PSG would have made him their key target this summer, but nothing ever came of it.

24 Aug 2026 13:17:00
He would cost an atomic bomb.

24 Aug 2026 13:29:08
Do a straight swap for Isak.

24 Aug 2026 13:29:59
Alvarez was extremely homesick when he was at City, that's why it didn't work out, lads.

24 Aug 2026 13:39:31
Lauturo Martinez was the man to buy ahead of Isak, Alvarez or anyone else. Alas, not to be.

24 Aug 2026 13:49:48
He was the striker and player I wanted, when we were spending big last year. Just far move suited to how we had played. But hey, if he has no interest in moving, what can you do?

24 Aug 2026 14:07:36
We all know Isak can excel in this league. Give him a chance. He spent most of last season unfit, and then injured. He is now in a team changing the style completely. Even some of the players who have been here years are struggling to adapt.

If Barcola and Minteh come in, the situation will improve drastically. More direct attacks and balls delivered quickly into the box. I can't believe the impatience of so many on this site.

24 Aug 2026 15:01:23
Guirassy was the player I wanted instead of Isak. But I was told that he was "too old". He banged them in again last season.

24 Aug 2026 15:42:44
It all seems a bit weird to me tbh. I don't get why we would sign a player who is most likely not going to be available until December, leaving us short of options for a couple of months when we need him to be available from the off.



I'm still of the belief we won't be signing him. If we do sign him, to me it shows how terrible those working on transfers are. Smacks of pure desperation, especially when there are better options available around that price.

24 Aug 2026 15:57:59
This window won't end well, I suspect.

24 Aug 2026 16:16:04
If Arsenal sell both Nwanari and Martinelli this week, is there a chance they will approach PSG and gzump us for both Barcola and Mbaye? Is this PSG hoping for a price war at the eleventh hour, hence the delay in agreeing the deal with LFC?
If so, and if we want c these two players, we need to just pay up and them to AXA training ground and get ready to play ASAP.

24 Aug 2026 16:28:37
There is more talk around that this afternoon, Clemence.

It may well be we're needing to offload Gakpo to part fund buys, and that's what's holding this up, but if we get gazumped, it wouldn't play out well.

Although quite a few supporters don't want Barcola (if it means we don't strengthen other positions), there would be kick back from some if we don't get him.

24 Aug 2026 16:55:30
I agree with TF. I just don't get it at all.

24 Aug 2026 17:23:44
Liverpool are going to have to spend an atomic bomb if they want anything more than a top 4 scrap. What's the point in getting Iraola if you aren't going to give him players. We need 2 wingers, 2 midfielders, 2 full backs and another striker. You either get the players in and try to win, or don't bother and wonder why you don't win.

24 Aug 2026 17:30:44
Agreed, Fields, we need players now, not in 3 months once match fit.
He doesn't add many goals to the team either, and for so much money, we should be looking for someone who can add goals.

24 Aug 2026 17:48:11
I don't think anyone gets it, Stone & TF. I don't actually believe that this is a real story. Makes zero sense.

24 Aug 2026 20:50:48
What if we sign a player to start now and he gets injured?
Do we just buy another to start now?

25 Aug 2026 00:07:57
If Minteh is the guy we want and we can get him, then go and get him. He's young and looks like an injury around his ankle. Not like it's an ACL, or an Achilles.

Who are the other players that are better and available for around the same price?

24 Aug 2026 10:32:50
Hi all,

Daily post to say we have not walked away from the Barcola deal. We can all move along now.

Jokes aside, this has taken way longer than I thought it would. If I gave a reason for why I think it’s still been taking its time, I’d be lying. In truth, I’m not entirely sure why it’s dragging on because I was assured it was on the verge of finalisation a couple of days back.



Hughes is playing a dangerous game but the deal still gets done regardless. I’ve zero doubts about that. It’s just the wait that p***es me off.

24 Aug 2026 10:50:29
Not the first time we have seen transfers dragged out for no reason.

Is the fee agreed?

24 Aug 2026 10:50:38
I’ve spoken to about two dozen LFC fans, and not a single player me wants Barcola. No one has any idea why we want him. We need a right winger and a cdm above everything. It’s just shocking business. Not a single LFC fan wants a PSG bench player.

24 Aug 2026 10:52:33
Cheers, VG.

24 Aug 2026 10:57:34
Nath, thanks for speaking for all the Liverpool supporters world wide or you have the ability to read all their minds. I, for one, think we desperately need a tricky winger, so maybe your radar is slightly off.

24 Aug 2026 10:58:44
I'll take Barcola every day of the week. He is a great player and will be a better player than Gakpo, although I think that Gakpo is pretty good to start with. Maybe Gakpo moves to striker.

24 Aug 2026 10:58:44
I want him. I think he's better for how we want to play than Gakpo. I think we will sell Gakpo and get in Barcola and a RW.

24 Aug 2026 11:05:11
Nathlfc, that's bull. He isn't a bench player, he has played every time he has been fit. He had a long injury last year, and PSG have some of the best wingers in world football. He is better than what we have, also we are after a right winger, why do you think we been looking at Minteh and Mbaye.

Come on, the ITK's have been saying all this, too many down beats in this chat. Now we will be strong once the season gets going, and I sure do want to see Barcola and Minteh in our shirts, they will both be class.

24 Aug 2026 11:05:45
We want him because we need pace in the side more than anything, and when it comes to running in behind and eating up space, he is the absolute best in the market right now. Though his finishing can leave a bit to be desired, he is also an absolute chance magnet in terms of creating for himself and others. Forget the fact that he plays left wing, and think about what attributes he brings to the side.



Look at what Munoz brought to the team when he was introduced in lieu of Rio yesterday. Pace and athleticism are supreme in the prem now.

Also, I imagine that a lot of folks on here want this PSG bench player (and Mbaye, another PSG bench player). I wasn't entirely convinced before, but the more I think about it, the more Barcola makes perfect sense.

24 Aug 2026 11:09:55
Hi all, is there not a strong CDM somewhere in the world available for us to sign? Driving me mad watching us.

24 Aug 2026 11:11:01
Barcola on left and two of Mbaye/Minteh/Ngumoha on the right would be a great end to the transfer window, save for an addition in the midfield that we crave. tbh I hope we don't sign Minteh, he's injured till December and we're wanting to pay for an injured player?

24 Aug 2026 11:11:16
Barcola, Minteh for additional pace out wide and revert back to a Brexit midfield. Would love a 6 this week.

{Ed025's Note - Thats what your players said RR, unfortunately they all got a 3, a 4 or a 5 mate.. :)

24 Aug 2026 11:12:53
Mad how the best forward on the pitch yesterday was bought by previous SD/ manager and the half a billion Hughes splurged on players looks wasted. Stop him spending now, wait til January before anymore transfers.

24 Aug 2026 11:14:07
Gakpo should stay. It would not be a good decision to sell him.

24 Aug 2026 11:15:35
Any word on a midfielder V?

24 Aug 2026 11:18:47
Whatever we might think of the club's transfer policies and targets, I think it's very important that they don't think about what players supporters want to see us sign! I remember the apoplexy around us not signing Timo Werner (after we'd just won the title too and should have been in celebration mode).

24 Aug 2026 11:32:45
Just would like to add that I too don't know what the hold up is - I was told the fee and payment structure is all agreed and it's just a matter of coming for the medical and signing over the weekend.

Not had anything since from my buddy, presumably no news is good news - as counter-intuitive as that seems.

As my buddy is getting info from the PSG side, it's hard to understand what the LFC side is doing - but to reiterate that PSG have agreed a payment structure with LFC as of late last week.

Diddly out.

24 Aug 2026 11:34:53
From the outside looking in, it appears that STC is leaving Liverpool out to dry. I don't understand why business couldn't be done and dusted weeks ago. But then again, I'm not very knowledgeable about these things.

24 Aug 2026 11:35:59
I love this time of year when 25 gets to pipe up with the jibes, then gets humbled by November. Warms my heart. 🤣

{Ed025's Note - i cant abide players who dont give their all Murfo, by the way im as scathing with Everton players as well if they are not producing the goods mate, no doubt i will be told again that all your players are "world class" and i cant wait for November either...i love fireworks.. :)

24 Aug 2026 11:46:14
PSG are the best negotiators in the business and they won't fold for anyone. This is a game of poker face.
Edwards buys inc Kerkez, Isak, Frimpomg and probably Wirtz are going to
go
down as the worst splurge in football history: defence starts in attack, and yet look what a far cry our new lightweights at compared to peak Jurgen.

24 Aug 2026 11:56:12
@Nathlfc,
"And not a single player me wants Barcola."
What?

I'll put my trust in VG & Ned, thanks.

24 Aug 2026 12:06:39
Richard Hughes really does appear to be living up to his name. So out of his depth it is not funny.

24 Aug 2026 12:06:32
I wouldn't be shocked if PSG are just holding out to see if someone like Arsenal bid if they sell Martinelli.

I'm pretty sure the player has reiterated his preference is us, but stranger things have happened.

Ken.

24 Aug 2026 12:06:33
Been a part of those negotiations then, Baldrick?

24 Aug 2026 12:08:00
Majority of fans don't see what Barcola brings to the table and hence are not bothered... In fact, they will be silently happy if we don't sign him (looking like Isak saga all over again).

The ones who want us to sign Barcola are ITK's who said he will sign and their fans.

24 Aug 2026 12:14:51
Cheers Vg and Ned, we desperately need wingers who get in behind and not just cut inside all the time, Munoz made a massive difference when he came on.

24 Aug 2026 12:17:16
Baldock, I'm sorry, but I don't agree. This time last year, when we bought these players, they were the best in the business. Kerkez was probably the best lb in the league. Frimpong was contributing to 10 goals a season at Leverkusen and was being sold at a good price. Isak was in the top 3 strikers in the world and Wirtz was the dream player everyone wanted.

We have been unlucky with Isak and Frimpong with injuries last season, and Wirtz was constantly played in different positions. Once we settle and get in a few more players, they will all come good. People need to just relax. We've had one game, with players coming back late from holidays. The team needs time to gel.

24 Aug 2026 12:24:59
St. Etienne, you mean "dick" or "Hughes-less"? 🤔😀

Really not sure what's going on and why Chelsea seem to sign 4 players during lunch (not that I want to be anything like Chelsea...), but Liverpool can botch up Guehi, Semenyo, Diomande, and maybe Barcola (hopefully not), with months of endless posturing and who knows what.



Salah announced months ago - things should have begun motioning then, but yet - here we are.

Frustrating, but what do I know - maybe there is a perfect plan in place.

24 Aug 2026 12:33:23
Just my guess, but I reckon we are still in for Mbaye and using the Barcola deal to get the price down. Again, only my assumption as to the hold up.

24 Aug 2026 12:35:04
@Nathlfc,

25/26 Season 49 games - 13 goals - 7 assists.

Not bad for a bench warmer.

24 Aug 2026 12:35:45
I thought we would sell Gapko, but think it makes sense to keep him as backup to Isak. Iraola mentioned this during a recent interview, and I think it makes sense, even though Gapko is not a great finisher. Having said that, he finished well yesterday!

24 Aug 2026 13:03:13
That's concerning though, Nijusho. The bench warmer can't even keep the bench warm. ;)

24 Aug 2026 13:39:20
@SamiKewell,
"The ones who want us to sign Barcola are ITK's who said he will sign and their fans."

That is one of the most vacuous comments I've seen on this board.

24 Aug 2026 13:59:35
Of course we want Barcola.
I don't know who can watch our forward line and not want to add a quality forward to it.
Will say it again too. Barcola is just a talented player, he can easily play on the right.
People have been excited about Rio playing there but are adamant Barcola has to play on the left and there only.



Do wonder is the Gakpo situation a reason. He looked odd on to be out the door, but now not so sure.
I hope not as I think we desperately need more options and attacking threat.

24 Aug 2026 14:02:22
Big clubs get their signings done early, and we are still chasing our CDM replacement of Fab 3 seasons later. How can you get a new manager in, and not give him the main core of the players until after season has started? We got all the Dicks doing nothing, we've known since last season we need a CDM, but instead we are trying to sign a LW when we got Gakpo n a very talented boy in Rio, who we are damaging by playing on RW.

It's a mess, n I'm expecting this season to b pretty painful.

24 Aug 2026 14:14:31
I hazard a guess Nath and Sami are the same poster. Gotta love the guys who speak on behalf of all Liverpool supporters in their heads. It's crazy to think people see things differently to you.

There will be fans who want certain players and those who do not. Get over it and stop stamping your feet if it doesn't go the way you wanted.

24 Aug 2026 15:44:25
Nice one VG.

24 Aug 2026 16:46:55
The interest in Mbaye from supporters is a strange one, Patrik. He's not played much senior football so other than the fact he's at PSG I don't know what makes him so popular with some of our fans.



He may be a great prospect, but how could anyone be confident he's worth the money being asked for? I'd rather a premier proven player to take up Mo's position in the team, massive boots to fill.

24 Aug 2026 23:51:46
We need pace, goals and assists coming from the wings. Barcola gives you all that, why wouldn't fans want him? That's ridiculous.

I'd play Barcola on the left and Munoz on the right, to be honest. Rio has a lot more to learn and is still very young. I don't think he should be starting.

24 Aug 2026 10:23:24
Friend of mine spoke to the, usually, very reliable Mr Joyce on Saturday. He said he believes we'll get both Minteh and Barcola. He added Minteh seems easier (obviously); but one thing he did not say was that Barcola was done.

He also added that we looked at Sangare and for reasons known only to those that are in charge of it, we decided not to pursue it. Not to worry, I'm sure we'll get him for £130m next season!

24 Aug 2026 10:53:51
Joyce should ask his mate Edwards when he writes the next puff piece on him.

24 Aug 2026 11:08:47
You know Edwards has gone, right?

24 Aug 2026 11:28:54
The myth of the directors will continue as soon as they step into their well-paid Saudi roles, WDW.

24 Aug 2026 12:16:46
Damn a waste of time on flight tracker then, unless they were in the bar and missed the flight? It's easy done.

24 Aug 2026 12:53:28
Ridiculous to sign both.

25 Aug 2026 01:30:21
@FPF, Far too abstruse a comment for me to have the first clue of what you are on about.

24 Aug 2026 05:19:31
Good morning fellow Reds

May I start by saying we were very, very lucky to get a point yesterday. We will take it and move on. Lots of negative things from yesterday's game, so I will try focus on the positives.

Jaquet looked really good. Araujo also looked good when he came on as did Munoz. Minteh looks done. And we are walking away from Barcola which is a positive. Trust me.

Toodles.

{Ed078's Note - you heard him folks, trust him...

24 Aug 2026 07:02:25
Gentleman don't lie.

24 Aug 2026 07:05:32
Trust me trousers. A small bean regarded.

24 Aug 2026 07:07:39
Based on yesterday's game, I don't think Jacquet was that good. He didn't look the quickest and got outmuscled that could have led to a goal. Certainly no better than Konate, probably worse, if I'm honest. Based on yesterday's game, of course.

24 Aug 2026 07:14:02
I thought Jacques's decision making was questionable, and that his focus wasn't good enough. Felt Araujo looked better when he came on.

Walking away from Barcola but getting Minteh? Not sure that represents good news. Minteh is fine, but Barcola has been the first choice for a long time. If we don't secure that deal, it can only be described as incompetence.

24 Aug 2026 07:24:42
Seano_, it could also mean the terms are not acceptable.

I don't believe we would wait this long and walk away, but if we do then we will end up overpaying elsewhere. This late in the window, prices go up!

24 Aug 2026 07:32:17
Is this "The Truth Vol 2"?

Trust me....ffs, is that what this has become!?

"Trust me, Bro". 🤦

24 Aug 2026 07:35:02
I'm with Irish, Jacquet didn't look the quickest to me either. I appreciate that you shouldn't judge after one game (but I tend to!), but he isn't suddenly going to get quicker.

24 Aug 2026 07:46:28
Have a day off, Nellie's!

We're talking about a 20 year old CB making his Premier League debut with just 45 mins of football in his legs in the last 7 months. F***.

I personally thought Andoni should have given Araujo the start because Newcastle is always a physical battle, which he is man made for.



Jacquet is young and will be inconsistent. The speed people want to judge and criticise is honestly embarrassing.

24 Aug 2026 07:49:15
@The Irish Rover -

Jacquet, 70 mins played.

100% tackles won.

42 passes with 90.5% accuracy.

Not bad for his first game.

24 Aug 2026 07:55:35
Well that's me told off! He's young and he also cost 60 million. I expected him to be quicker. I judge really quick, it's what I do.

24 Aug 2026 06:43:08
Haha Ed78. well, it's been screaming out that we need a RW and not a LW for at least 3 months so I'm glad they got there in the end.

The Rio experiment on the Right is not working, I think between him and Gakpo we are covered for LW.

Spend that money on a world class CM who can actually put his foot in and make a challenge.

{Ed078's Note - and that "world class" CM currently available is...?

24 Aug 2026 06:48:02
I sense a certain amount of sarcasm here Eds? 🤔

{Ed078's Note - your senses are correct

24 Aug 2026 07:57:27
Population paste, I think you mean a Slot badger.

24 Aug 2026 08:05:57
The two mids who would have been genuinely worth pursuing were Rodri, who wanted Barca and Sidiki who Sunderland wouldn't want to sell.

24 Aug 2026 08:23:46
Jacquet's defensive performance was overall a little bit spotty, but it was his first game in the Prem as a kid after a long injury layoff. His game on the ball, though, was class. Having a center half who can step out with the ball, draw the press, and carry, or have the confidence to fizz one to feet through the lines is such a rare asset.

You can already tell that he has all the skills to make it as a top level modern center half.

24 Aug 2026 08:28:57
Until one of Robbo, The Fields, Ned and VG says we walked away, I will believe it, as I can't see them all saying we are basically sorted it and then go actually f*** that and waste time would be an absolute embarrassment.

24 Aug 2026 09:00:40
Side Note. It's become something of a problem that posters on here can't say they want signings coz they get shot down by the usual "die hards" on here that hardly go the match if ever.

This is a transfer website at the end of the day. We need new players. Let them discuss it. 😂

24 Aug 2026 09:03:34
Rio is not good enough for either wing, Skezza.

24 Aug 2026 09:07:25
Wirtz needs to play CF once Isak gets injured and we can go back to a more
solid MF 3. Defence starts from the front, and yet Edwards dream team signings are all lightweights.
The Edwards myth is well
and truly over.

24 Aug 2026 09:08:56
Rio and Frimpong must never be a pairing again down the right flank. Physically, they were just swatted away as flies, you have to have beef and muscle to play in this league.

Arajuo and Munoz were the RW pairing, muscle versus muscle. Quansah got hooked in his first game under Slot at half time because he was bullied.

The same thing happened yesterday down the right flank, and the same changes should have been made at half time also, like Heitinga did at Ipswich.

Only for the penalty, we would have deservedly lost.

24 Aug 2026 09:11:48
Surely nobody on here would disagree that we need signings, LFC8?

24 Aug 2026 09:16:59
If we don't buy Barcola in this window it will become a rumour/ruse of legendary status. It will supersede Simao and all the others.

24 Aug 2026 09:21:40
I agree with you fully, 007. If anyone thinks the squad does not require upgrading then to see that RHS yesterday has surely opened their eyes.

24 Aug 2026 09:23:24
There was zero threat from the wing, which allowed Newcastle to completely crowd the middle. A couple of wingers who can offer a threat, and it will free up the space for Wirtz and Isak. I'm not gonna slag off Rio, he was really poor, but he is a kid that is being asked to play out of position, because despite knowing that this would be the case for more than 6 months, we don't appear to have even settled on a RW target.

Gakpo took his goal well, but it came from him playing centrally. He seems much happier there than on the LW.

Barcola will make a difference when he comes in, and so will whichever RW we bring in. It will get better.

24 Aug 2026 09:24:31
I think our much stronger (in physical stature) left-hand side was exposed just as much, if not more, yesterday.

24 Aug 2026 09:32:34
@Ron, what do you mean if we don't get him? It's already done...

24 Aug 2026 09:41:38
That's what I saw, @KemlynKev. First goal was down the left, second goal started on the left (ok, and then went through midfield, before flirting with the right), but I worried more about opportunities created by Newcastle on our left than I did on the right.



I didn't think it was a great performance. But I trust the stats; we weren't lucky to come away with a draw. Over the entire game, we didn't deserve to lose, even with the penalty.

24 Aug 2026 09:52:27
Didn't look any different to last season. If we don't get a defensive midfielder, then the current options need to learn to sit, as we can't have both fullbacks and centre midfielders pushing on at the same time every time.

24 Aug 2026 09:57:14
Alan Hansen wasn't quick, was he rubbish?
Also, since when does 1 game make a player? The entitlement of some people.

24 Aug 2026 09:58:17
The ball over the top into either left or right caused us endless problems yesterday. It used to be knock it over Trent's head and you were in behind. Now it is knock it over the top to either side.

24 Aug 2026 10:12:29
Exactly, Reyrey1.

24 Aug 2026 10:19:55
Not sure if that's aimed at me, Jack Bower, but I never said Jacquet was "rubbish". My observation was the same as Irish. He didn't look the quickest. If that makes me entitled, I'll live with it!!

24 Aug 2026 10:26:51
Hall at LB had Rio in his pocket - what a signing that would be to replace Kerkez, who is a headless chicken at best, and LB is incredibly weak! Araujo at RB and Munoz RW would be a better option imo, and Isak needs to get more physical but he doesn't get service in his defence.

"Team in transition" can only be accepted for a limited period...

24 Aug 2026 10:38:23
Is Jacquet looking nervous more down to VVD making mistakes and blaming everyone else?

24 Aug 2026 10:41:09
If we're walking away from Barcola we'd still need another winger if we sell Gakpo with Minteh, because Rio is young, and the question is, can he play big matches and provide for the team, and the same with Munoz, so is there another winger that we're aiming for, and the other gap is the midfielder, which is fully in shadow.

24 Aug 2026 11:27:33
Shocking yesterday, but we got something from it. Move on.
We should have learnt that you cannot play two full backs that blast up the field, cannot deliver the ball in the box, so the move breaks down, and then we get slaughtered on the break. Instead of trying to take the ball, we drop off a full 50 yards as they waltz through the middle.

Munoz & Araujo did well, as did Jacquet. I would like to see Araujo instead of Frimpong.

Transfers? What is wrong with us. Do we have to keep buying injury-prone players? Frimpong, Gomez, etc., and now we want to pay £70M for Minteh who won't be available until October. For God's sake, get a grip!

24 Aug 2026 12:02:51
Fat Wallet nailed it in my opinion, I think all defence is looking worse due to VVD's play and finger pointing and arm waving. Young lads don't need that from their captain.

24 Aug 2026 12:07:57
Halls is a good player, with good consistent stats for at least a couple of seasons now. The Mancs want him apparently, hopefully they don't get him.

24 Aug 2026 14:07:40
Ed78.say that world class cm has a world class brother who plays rw and is also available.
Love the demand for these players but there's never actual suggestions of who they are.

Olise is mad keen to join i heard, diehard Liverpool fan since the womb, was going cheap too, bayern just don't want him. but we just weren't bothered making a bid.

23 Aug 2026 19:33:43
Hello all, pressed my man in Japan for any info on the youth league development facilities and he said it's pretty much completed now.

Interestingly, he said that Japanese papers are reporting Liverpool are one of the teams making enquiries about Kaishu Sano.

CM that plays for Mainz.

With the departure of Curtis, I guess that would make sense.

This is the first proper rumour I've had from him, so I'm interested to see how it turns out.

23 Aug 2026 20:30:14
Thanks Scintillate, unfortunately, I remember people saying he's got a dodgy past and some controversy about him. I'll say no more.
So it's a hard No from me.

23 Aug 2026 20:39:41
Scintillate, I would love to see him at Liverpool. He has all the attributes that AI needs in the middle of the park. Interesting that Mainz have put a completion date of August 27 to get it done, they need time to find a replacement. Might have some legs to it.

23 Aug 2026 20:48:05
We won the last 2 league with a Japanese in the team. Also he played really well in the World Cup.

23 Aug 2026 20:52:41
Thanks a million. 👍

23 Aug 2026 21:13:24
Skezza, thanks for raising this. I wasn't aware of anything, but after doing some research I agree with you, hard pass for me as well. Shame, very good footballer, not so good human by the looks of it.

23 Aug 2026 23:43:29
Don't want his sort. He's a vile man.

23 Aug 2026 22:34:47
He's the last player we should look at. The man is a rapist. Simple and plain. I'd be disgusted if we went for him.

24 Aug 2026 00:15:55
But he wasn't even charged or convicted of rape, Vik.

24 Aug 2026 00:31:52
That's not the point, though, Rigsby. Like Tom Robinson sang

"It's there in the papers, must be the truth."

24 Aug 2026 01:08:47
He may not have been indicted or convicted, but him making a public apology and saying that he's remorseful and that he made a mistake sounds like an admission of guilt to me.

24 Aug 2026 02:42:44
Rigsby will be saying we need to buy Mason Greenwood next.

24 Aug 2026 00:47:12
He paid the victim off and apologised. Not the action of an innocent man. If yous lot are happy with vermin like that then the standards are in the bog. He's vermin.

24 Aug 2026 00:55:18
And WDW defending a sex offender again.

Nice to see where your moral compass, you need your hard drive checking.

24 Aug 2026 06:40:08
WDW wasn't defending him. Calm down Vik, how many did you have last night?

24 Aug 2026 08:28:12
Drac, for what does it sound like an admission of guilt of? Rape?
He might be sorry and have made a mistake but was it for raping someone?
If it was then that sounds like a confession and he should have been charged and convicted but he wasn't.

The Fifth Element, how confident are you about that? Or are you making things up because you didn't like the facts that I posted?
Why not focus on the facts? It's ok to be wrong but making things up about a lie will make you even more wrong.

Vik, WDW and I never said he was an innocent man. Not being an innocent man doesn't mean you are a rapist though.
I'd be interested to know how much you know about Sano and/or the case. Someone being a rapist in your head doesn't mean they are a rapist. He doesn't need to prove he is innocent-and I can't prove he is innocent- but you can't prove that he is guilty of rape either.
So we don't know and it could well be defamation to call him a rapist.
And the old hard drive check chestnut? Why do people use that as an insult or a threat? 😂

24 Aug 2026 09:31:42
@Vik, you may need to up the dosage mate.

24 Aug 2026 09:54:59
Okay, let me clear a lot of this up because I also spend a lot of time in East Asia. Your source is full of it and would do well to be selective about what Japanese papers he reads. I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that Liverpool will not be signing Kaishu Sano. There is no point in even discussing it further.

24 Aug 2026 10:06:51
I hope 'pressing your man in Japan' wasn't a euphemism, Scintillate.

24 Aug 2026 14:58:41
Looks like someone forgot to take their meds today.
All over a football rumour - comedy gold.