Liverpool rumours 6

11 Mar 2026 11:01:07
Slot is gone come the summer, this was engineered some months.

He knows it, the club knows it and the players know it.

In my opinion, the whole situation has been and is being dealt with appallingly.

Ta.

{Ed025's Note - cheers Carra..

11 Mar 2026 11:09:52
Cheers, Carra, much appreciated as per usual.

11 Mar 2026 11:13:13
Appalling is a soft word, mate. This is a disaster of a season, and I bet we will lose against Spurs.
Spurs are so down, and the only way is up, and they couldn't get a better opponent than us next.

Says a lot!!!

11 Mar 2026 11:13:33
Cheers, Carra. Hopefully him going at the end of the season is irrespective of, by some miracle, winning a trophy?

I just want him gone, and Alonso in. Should have been done in November, but here we are. And, as for Edwards and Hughes, what a complete shambles!

11 Mar 2026 11:22:57
Cheers, Carra, being held appallingly is an understatement. He needs to go now, the players know it makes it the biggest s*** since Barnum's circus.

11 Mar 2026 11:16:06
The only person who doesn't know it is Florina Musiala. His heads too far buried in the sand to see the wood for the trees.

11 Mar 2026 11:53:18
MK S, I would say nobody outside the club knows anything for sure, and I would not be at all surprised if Slot sees out the remaining year of his contract. We may not want or like this to happen, but it is not up to us.

11 Mar 2026 12:13:49
Hi Carra, thanks for the update. Could you pls elaborate on the engineered part? If one is to stick with a manager, at least support him, and keep your cards to yourself. If the players and Slot both know this, no wonder any motivation to salvage this situation has gone down the drain.



Then again, these are highly paid professionals, should they not be giving their all anyways on the field, which some are not doing?

11 Mar 2026 12:26:03
The situation goes a long way in explaining why we're consistently dross and not improving. What a mess of a season. Let's hope and pray we can get a CL spot and reset in the summer.

11 Mar 2026 13:18:57
Negligence on the part of the decision makers at the club, in itself, grounds to dismiss them too.

11 Mar 2026 14:26:19
I think, before Slot, we should let go of the people who have hung Slot out to dry, i.e. Edwards and Hughes. What motivation would one have to come to the job every day knowing he is out in a few months?

It is just beyond bizarre that the team looks like it needs another 500 million to compete, when we just spent that last summer.



We need to let go of Slot, Salah (not the poster here :) ), Konate, Macca, Jones, Georgi, Gapko to start with.

11 Mar 2026 14:34:13
@ MK Scouser: Brilliant.

11 Mar 2026 14:30:39
KBL, nobody knows when he will go for sure, but you'd have to be oblivious to not be able to see he will not survive past this summer.

This has been the worst season for over a decade in my opinion. Probably Roy Hodgson's 6 months is how far back you'd have to go to find something similarly as bad. We're only still in the mix for the Champions League spaces because Villa are wobbling under the pressure and Chelsea/Man United had horrendous starts which resulted in Maresca and Amorim getting fired.

There is just no universe in which Slot is not sacked for this. You simply cannot spend circa £450m on a title winning team and not even be able to play exciting football; never mind actually compete for trophies. Realistically, even if we turn it around against Galatasaray at Anfield, we are not playing well enough to actually win the Champions League, and it'll take a minor miracle for us to beat Man City at the Etihad in the FA Cup quarter finals. They battered us 3-0 there in the league and that score line flattered us to be quite honest. Our owners are patient, but they will not be happy at such a significant outlay being squandered to the extent our revenue for the next financial year is could quite realistically see a 15-20% decline.

People who don't understand the financial side of the game will point towards the net spend (due to albeit significant sales) but those people are failing to realise is that the money we've spent last summer will show in the accounts for approximately the next 5 years (depending on contract lengths, as a transfer fee is spread across the length of a contract). On the flip side, the money that we brought back in last summer through sales will only show on the accounts for the 2025 financial year. If we miss out on Champions league football that £450m split 5 ways, leaves a £90m black hole in the 2026 accounts that we will struggle to fill, especially on top of investing further to replace players like Salah, Robertson, Virgil and Alisson in the next 6-18 months; all of whom are not likely to recoup much, if any money at all.

This dreadful season on the pitch could have a serious knock on effect to our ability to rebuild the team in the face of losing our first choice keeper, our first choice CB/captain, our vice captain and our 3rd all time top scorer. Anybody making light of this seasons performance, or the amount of money we spent last summer is, frankly, being a fool. Slot and Hughes will have some serious questions to answer, and at least one of their heads will roll, probably both. I'm not even in the know and I can say with conviction that Slot will not be Liverpool manager next season.

11 Mar 2026 17:18:56
MK S, I agree with everything you've said there, but all I'm saying is no one knows for sure, and with the like of Hughes and Edwards around, nothing would surprise me. Of course, your reasoning and comments make absolute sense, but do the 2 mentioned above have the same sense?

11 Mar 2026 18:30:57
I'm with MK, I cannot see us beating City at their place in the cup. They've beaten us comfortably twice this season, and as for the home game against Galatasaray, Slot has normalised losing at Anfield in a way that makes Roy Hodgson look competent.

It's more likely that we get nothing out of that than somehow claw that one back. They know how weak we are in midfield and defence, and Slot has not bothered to fix that, but instead he's rigidly stuck to tactics that have failed all season long.

10 Mar 2026 19:55:42
I genuinely can't understand why the club are persisting with this? How long can this go on? Eds, Carra, Fields, anyone, are we looking at alternatives?

10 Mar 2026 20:05:44
See, ordinary managers chase results. Slot is bravely exploring post-result football. A new frontier where the scoreboard is merely a suggestion and the real victory is vibes, growth, and narrative architecture.

10 Mar 2026 20:14:52
If Slot is here next season, we deserve chaos.

10 Mar 2026 20:29:52
It's beyond a joke. I'm at a loss to understand why Ngumoha and Jones didn't come on at all tonight. If I were Ekitike I'd be getting frustrated and hoping Slot Foxtrot Oscars soon, the lad needs service, and he's getting Jack from Salah and Gakpo. Gakpo even came on ahead of Ngumoha when there's clearly something seriously wrong with his hand/arm.

And don't get me started on Konate who's gone back to being Bambi on crack.

Any caretaker for what's left of this disastrous season will do. 14 defeats the season. SMH.

10 Mar 2026 20:35:33
The decision to stick with him to the end of the season (which I pray to god is accurate) is in of itself cowardly. Slot should have gone in November and most could see it then, if not before. I know he's not a good manager per say but I cannot believe for a second that Gerrard would do any worse as interim until the summer.

As a fan there is no way he would accept that type of football or performance, even if he doesn't lose, lose with some f****** pride! All Klopp's work being undone in 18 months. Awful.

10 Mar 2026 20:49:56
Not a hope in the world will he be the manager of LFC next season. Zero.

10 Mar 2026 21:12:13
At a loss to think that anyone would want things to continue like this with Slot given another season.
The results haven't been great, but the performances have been even worse - at times when we've won we have been awful & it's been like this for over a year, so it's not player turn over in summer.
Such pedestrian & uninspiring football and LFC and the supporters who pay good money at the ground deserve better.


Thank you Arne for the tweaks you made at the start of your tenure which took players Klopp left & turned them into title winners, but now this is fully your system & "tactics" it's simply not working & you seem unwilling or unable to change so it's time to go.
A new manager bounce would hopefully propel us to a CL spot & will also give new guy a while to get his feet under table in summer effected by players zipping off for WC.

10 Mar 2026 21:53:19
Hopefully it doesn't take too long for any new manager to completely uncoach everything Slot has programmed in to the players.
My worry is not just about the damage Slot's coaching has done but also his controlled decline of fitness.
Hughes should 100% follow Slot out the door.

10 Mar 2026 22:08:26
Thats it SG84EVA, nothing like Slots programming to give these players a free pass into next season. i can see it now, Ibou does an Ibou on Xmas Eve and it'll be poor Arnes fault while he's off managing some other club.

10 Mar 2026 23:14:18
In the words of a better manager: "If we lose, don't judge the players, judge me!" In the words of Florian "Blame everyone but the manager."

10 Mar 2026 23:20:27
Florian, the reason Slot won the league was apparently the programming Klopp set in place, said so by Slot himself, it works both ways.
Hopefully Ibou will be doing an Ibou at Madrid or PSG or Bayern or whatever club he seems to be holding out for.

10 Mar 2026 23:22:41
Is Florian actually Slot and bigging himself up?

10 Mar 2026 23:50:05
Another game where we lose 'without conceding any chances'. I hate those non-chance scoring teams. It's just not fair. Everyone should be like us and have non-scoring chances. Awful.

11 Mar 2026 07:52:19
Over the course of a season, what transpires on the football pitch is the result of squad management. An odd game here and there is generally down to the players not performing on the day. Over 50+ games, it's generally down to the manager and his vision of what he wants. This is all on Arne. There is zero debate about it.

11 Mar 2026 10:28:26
It's gonna take a new coach and his staff a while to cure the Slot rot that has infected the squad. The longer it's left to fester, the tougher it will be to put right. He should have gone months ago, and that would have given the new regime time to assess the squad and go about fixing the problems, like the lack of fitness and lazy attitude, ready for the start of the new season.

If Slot's position will only be reviewed at the end of the season, so should Hughes' and Edwards' tenure likewise.

11 Mar 2026 11:25:58
I honestly don't understand how Salah gets a game? Was this agreed on his comeback from AFCON? Or just because he spits his dummy out whenever he's subbed off, half-time you struggle to know he's on the pitch.

11 Mar 2026 18:15:05
Reading these posts every day, it's as if there are two main people at fault...

Arne Slot and Florian!!!

I say, #slotout, #florianout.

:=

10 Mar 2026 12:10:42
EDS,
There is a lot of talk about Diomande and some concerning Nico Williams. They are, in my opinion, both excellent players but are these realistic targets for LFC?
Thanks.

{Ed001's Note - Diomande is but I would be surprised if Williams was as he has little interest in moving to us and his wage demands are monstrous.}

10 Mar 2026 14:34:57
Williams, I would avoid like the plague!

10 Mar 2026 15:50:06
Goldbridge saying that Man U are trying to sign Diomande.

10 Mar 2026 16:08:44
In that case, I reckon he has done his medical for us already.

10 Mar 2026 16:11:24
He basically just re-advertises what tweets are from Ornstein, Romano, and others' posts!

10 Mar 2026 16:57:29
I'd sooner have Serena Williams and stick her in goal.

10 Mar 2026 18:40:14
Williams' wage demands are monstrous, whilst we're handing out massive wages to everyone within the squad.

10 Mar 2026 20:50:27 Tell 'em about Williams @Vik .....

10 Mar 2026 01:52:42
More links today to Caleb Yirenkyi. Ed001, do you know of any interest? Looks like he might be a decent profile as an Endo replacement in the squad, not out and out defensive but another option to play in the holding role.

{Ed001's Note - I don't know of any, sorry.}

10 Mar 2026 08:31:45
He looks slightly better than the league he's in, but it's a weak league. We do need a physical presence in midfield, so I wouldn't be against signing him, but realistically we need a nailed-on starter, a midfield hard man, for the next manager. It just depends whether the transfer team want to get the finger out and actually fill out the squad properly.

10 Mar 2026 08:40:00
Seems like the kind of player Brighton sign for peanuts then flip for a big fee.

10 Mar 2026 10:08:51
You mean the type of player posters have been asking for years, why we can't pick them up before teams like Brighton, in order to stop us having to pay high fees for them?

If so, I am sold on him, Vik.

10 Mar 2026 10:50:37
From what I read somewhere, he surprised the scouts with a standout performance in an academy match. They then tried to make something happen in January, but it didn't work out.

Brighton are very keen. They see him as the next Baleba.

But even then, they would probably send him to their second club for a year to get more experience first, I would think.

He's very raw. The type of signing that we might make if we had that second club.

10 Mar 2026 10:57:53
BalloonCack, yeah, we need someone who can dominate, put tackles in, lock down the midfield, break the game up, but with Grav's new contract seeing him on near 300k, I'm not so sure the club feels the same. It will be interesting to see what happens with Macca if he goes, and what type of player the club brings in to replace him, but for now, I don't see us bringing in competition for Grav.



RedQ, agreed. I don't know how many times I've heard that we're monitoring players, only for somebody else to snap them up and see their value skyrocket. Had we made moves for Semenyo last summer and Olise the year previous, we could have snapped both of them up for less than £90 million. Seems like we wait too long for the stat men to accrue their vital data before making moves these days.

10 Mar 2026 12:24:12
So, Graeme Souness then, Chewy.

10 Mar 2026 13:10:31
Appreciate my comment is slightly tongue-in-cheek, as Brighton will have more capacity to give development game time to these players, etc. However, it would be nice to get to the front of the queue and be successful with one of these hidden gems.

As referenced by FPF, if the multi-club idea was in motion, this would be ideal; however, that is a hypothetical.

10 Mar 2026 14:01:01
Why don't we get our scouts undercover to follow Brighton scouts and look at who they are looking at and jump in first and buy them. saves time and if they are not what we want sell to Brighton!!! YNWA

11 Mar 2026 18:16:56
Sounds like LFC should buy Brighton...

09 Mar 2026 16:40:07
Alonso has an agreement to takeover Liverpool next season on a 3 year deal, provided Slot doesn't win the Champions League.

That's from Okdiario, which is a Spanish source and not sure about the reliability. However, way things are right now if my Everton supporting next door neighbour said this, I'd take it as legit.

09 Mar 2026 17:03:10
Fits with what people on here have been saying.

09 Mar 2026 18:06:49
We're gonna give ye the job "if" Arne doesn't win the European Cup? Which is on the 30th of May. Can't see it meself.

09 Mar 2026 19:12:47
There's absolutely no chance we will win the Champions League playing like this.
It would take a monumental shift in basically every aspect of our game to even reach the final.

09 Mar 2026 23:53:02
Okdiario probably translates roughly as Okdiarrhoea.

10 Mar 2026 06:41:36
You cunning linguist, @Vik!!

@Fowler, where did you hear this?

10 Mar 2026 07:25:23
Alonso has been given a three-year contract, though there is a clause in there that says if pigs fly, Slot remains.

10 Mar 2026 07:41:49
WDW, that's from Okdiario, which is a Spanish source and not sure about the reliability.

10 Mar 2026 11:13:50
@wdw, it was on my Twitter feed from their account.
Like I said, I don't know how reliable they are, but if you think I'm going to choose to believe a source with no credibility or reliability, when it comes to a story about Alonso to Liverpool, then you're right.

10 Mar 2026 12:47:52
This is not how negotiations work.

Alonso will have his pick of clubs in the summer, but he's agreed to maybe take charge of us unless Slot wins the CL?

10 Mar 2026 16:46:47
As a very famous Ed on this site used to say, "Twitter is this".

09 Mar 2026 08:48:22
Hi Diddly Ho,

Been quiet on my side of things for a while, my old source is no longer able to give me insight.

I have been told that Szoboszlai has agreed a new long term deal. I am not sure when the club is going to announce it.

This is a new source vs my old one so, let's see how this goes.

Diddly out.

09 Mar 2026 09:35:23
Agreed or signed? They are 2 very different scenarios.

09 Mar 2026 11:56:31
Howdy neighbour.

Thx Ned, your posts are always welcome. You don't have to share info you've heard.

Just post as a fan!

09 Mar 2026 19:34:59
@ShipleyKopite, great question. I'll try to get clarity as I'm just passing on the words I'd received.

@MightyR3ds, thank you, I've been a viewer on the site for over 15 years, but hidden in the shadows! Once I started getting some information, I decided to make an account. I'll definitely try to engage more, especially on non-Flanders posts! Hope you have a great week.

09 Mar 2026 00:16:22
Any updates on a RB option for the summer?
I like the idea of Denzel Dumfries, great player, great experience, great pace.
Had been injured this season but if we get assurances that he is recovered, he is a cheap option that could do a great job and help Bradley with his rehabilitation and coaching on his defensive duties.

09 Mar 2026 07:07:16
We certainly need one, as Bradley will be 2027 before he gets back to it. Top 4 and another big summer overhaul incoming.

I am personally not a fan of a massive overhaul of the squad, but we really need it.

2 wingers.
2 full backs.
2 centre halves (if Ibou and Joe leave).


2 midfielders (specialist dm is a must).

I'm happy to have Frimpong as a backup right winger and full back in the squad, but I would say we need another left back if Robbo leaves, and a right full back for obvious reasons.

09 Mar 2026 08:47:22
Dumfries, great purchase 4 years ago, a waste of time and money now.

I'd be more tempted to wait and see how Livramento's contract is negotiated, and sound out whether we are interested. Newcastle have gone backwards. Helps out with HG.

09 Mar 2026 09:51:23
Livramento or Kayode would be amazing if possible to do, but given we have to spend big on wingers, I expect they will likely go for cheaper options rather than spend £50m+ on a third RB.

Regardless of whether Slot is here or not, Geertruida seems like a smart squad option, as he can play CB, DM and RB. He would probably cost £25m.

Other names we have been linked with for RB are:

Givairo Read (Feyenoord) - very young, very talented - probably £25m.


Martim Fernandes (Porto) - very young, very talented - probably £25m.
Oscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo) - former La Masia grad, free agent.
Vanderson (Monaco) - probably £30-35m.
Rolland Sallai (Galatasaray) - would be a cheap squad player, something we don't really do - seems unlikely.

If Spurs go down (unlikely), Pedro Porro might be one to keep an eye on.

09 Mar 2026 09:57:00
Dumfries would be a poor signing. He turns 30 in April, and is recovering from a serious long-term injury. Hard pass.

09 Mar 2026 11:52:17
Givairo Read is a name that keeps repeatedly cropping up on here and I think it would fit in with the way we tend to do business.

Livramento, for me, would be a complete non-starter. Newcastle are not exactly gonna be queuing up to do business with us, and if he leaves them, I suspect he will join City as part of their "clearly we have gotten away with those 215 charges so we might as well spend, spend, spend!" business plan.

09 Mar 2026 14:27:59
We definitely need a right back to rotate with Conor Bradley, who needs a rest every few games, but one who has a good defensive side and a few years left to play.
Pingpong is much better bombing down the right wing.

09 Mar 2026 17:57:53
I would not go near Livramento. Very good player, but far too many injuries for me. We have enough of that at right back, without adding another one.

09 Mar 2026 19:12:20
Frimpong wouldn't be the first full back to make it upfront... It didn't seem to do Gareth Bale much harm.

09 Mar 2026 19:26:20
Why don't we just sign the Dutch National team
and keep our Dutch manager and be done with it.

10 Mar 2026 16:54:59
Kayode is bang average. He has a long throw and can run, but that's about all.

08 Mar 2026 13:26:25
Alexis Mac Allister's father (Also his agent) has just revealed that there are currently no negotiations taking place to extend Alexis Mac Allister's contract at Liverpool.

Honestly, best news I have heard all week :P.

08 Mar 2026 14:51:03
He was about to sign a new one, but he fell over clutching his leg when Richard Hughes' PA handed him the pen.

08 Mar 2026 15:32:51
Diaz's dad talked too much, and Diaz was sold, and I don't think it will be too different in Macca's case. He will be sold.

PS: I know Diaz's dad went through s*** in Colombia, and I am not insensitive to the fact that fathers would want the best for their son.

But this is business, and I just don't see a future for Macca with us, and def his dad talking out loud would ease that decision for the club. It's just the way it is.

08 Mar 2026 17:08:10
Macca is one of the worst divers I've seen in years. His play acting is an embarrassment. He offers very little.

08 Mar 2026 17:46:28
I'm pretty sure Diaz's dad was talking about how much Lucho wanted to play for Barcelona before he was kidnapped.

08 Mar 2026 18:12:36
Noo... he said he'd rather be kidnapped than playing for Liverpool.

08 Mar 2026 19:02:04
I'll be honest, I thought he was a steal for £35m but he's just about lived up to that fee.

Disappointed by him overall.

08 Mar 2026 19:39:10
We won the league with him! He was pivotal last season. He's being played out of position in a team that is unfit, and has the worst tactics. Yes, he exaggerates injuries all the time (which I can't stand), but he's a great player and the only one of our squad who is a World Cup winner.

We need a world class manager who can get the best out of our world class players.

08 Mar 2026 19:56:41
We need people like Macca to get their finger out, that's what we need. I'm sure you'll see him breaking his back for Argentina this summer. That'll be all down to the manager, of course.

08 Mar 2026 19:58:01
Alexis might be a soft touch, and his best assets are not particularly suited to the league, but I'm not having it that he's a rubbish player all of a sudden, because the team isn't having a great year, and he's probably better suited further forward than he typically plays for us.

He'll do very well in Spain, I think, and all the best to him if he does go.

08 Mar 2026 22:43:27
That's not very funny, Robbyroll. He could've been murdered. Those gangs don't f*** about.

08 Mar 2026 22:50:14
Flidby - Cristian Romero is a World Cup winner, as is Mario Goetze, and yet neither should ever be signed by Liverpool. Mac Allister has a goal/screamer in him, but that is about as much as he offers and no more. In fact, his fashionable nationality and Messi connections have shielded him from criticism in a way that players from other places wouldn't have been.

09 Mar 2026 02:03:55
With respect, Florian! Absolutely, I get you. However, in reality, no matter what industry you're in, there are managers for a reason. Some employees, few and far between, don't need leadership to excel, and some do. Do any of our players look like they are being led?

09 Mar 2026 06:00:39
I have seen Ekitike dive and playact too. I think Klopp once told Bruno to stop doing that after a game, and that he was a far better player without it. I don't think he would be able to say that anymore if he still managed us with some of ours doing the same every match. Macca is definitely the worst of the lot.

09 Mar 2026 06:42:00
It was after he was rescued, Something Red. And more than once too.

09 Mar 2026 08:13:28
But, Elnino, these guys are not toddlers, you have to tell to hold your hand. A lot of them are very experienced pros. I like Macca as a player. He has been here 3 seasons, and for me it's only this season I've been disappointed with him. But he has been really poor.

09 Mar 2026 09:03:44
Cooler than Fonz... You on about being kidnapped or playing for Liverpool. 😂

09 Mar 2026 17:56:12
Again, when we have a decent manager who plays sufficient tactical football, I'll reserve my judgement on Mac. I thought he was great last season, scored important goals, and he read the game very well.

09 Mar 2026 18:10:01
Ok, free pass for everyone for the season so.

10 Mar 2026 03:45:12
I might hang on for three or four years as well before I make a judgement call. God forbid that anything I say for the next two or three seasons should be taken seriously.

07 Mar 2026 16:06:03
I believe I saw that Grab has signed a new contract. I like that news.

07 Mar 2026 17:38:26
At 280k a week, oh hell no. He is nowhere near any levels this season.

07 Mar 2026 18:07:37
Cafu, never satisfied. If he wanted out, you would be moaning.

07 Mar 2026 18:17:05
Moaning, lol.
We're talking some decent players on absolute fortunes a week, because that's the only way that they'll sign, it seems. Either that, or Hughes and Edwards are intent on bankrupting us.
It's not justified, and it's not sustainable. Why are Gakpo and Grav on the closer ends of 300k a week?! It's ludicrous.

What's sob earning next, 350k for him to stay?! These players are not superstars, or near the level of a De Bruyne. Our wage bill has gone completely off the scale under Hughes, and we've nothing to show for it.

07 Mar 2026 18:55:36
Nothing to show for it? We won a league title for goodness sake.

07 Mar 2026 19:12:52
Forget about the finances!

07 Mar 2026 19:55:23
It's not my money, so I don't care. If we want to spend a billion to buy Mbappe and pay him 5 million a week, have at it. I support the club, the badge, not a financial spreadsheet.

07 Mar 2026 20:10:05
The owners have always made the club run as self-sufficient, so don't worry about the finances. If the club didn't think they could afford it, they wouldn't agree to it. And, by signing him to a 6yr contract, the club can virtually name their price should Real or Barca try to sign him.

07 Mar 2026 20:14:31
It's easy to forget because he's been around forever, but Grav is still only 23. He's still got a couple of years before he begins to hit his peak. We've seen for 6 months last season what he's capable of.

Whoever is in charge should be playing him and Szob in a double pivot, with him hanging back like last year.

07 Mar 2026 20:29:36
He is a good player, and we need good players, so good news in my opinion.

07 Mar 2026 20:55:47
Sorry, I do care about finances. This is a club that had a lot of financial issues not so long ago, and, while finances have gotten better, I worry that the team overpays for average players and gets into Manchester United territory.

Paying that much is not good for the squad. Then Szobo will ask more than Grav. Then others will ask for more, and that only works if you have steady income, but we don't even know if we are getting CL next season, so it's a big risk with the uncertainty around the manager and performances.

It would have made more sense when Klopp was here, because we were more consistent in performances.

I hope the rumours are not true because I'm sorry about the club, and finances are part of it.

07 Mar 2026 21:32:37
I always find it mad when people say, "Don't worry about the finances." All well and good, until we are in major trouble, and people question how we didn't see it coming.

07 Mar 2026 23:08:57
People out here complaining about finances, yet Arsenal and Man City have the majority of their starting eleven on over 200k and expect us to compete with that by paying pennys. Bahaha.

08 Mar 2026 02:38:20
@Hamo, there's a club that meets every second Thursday of the month at The Elephant in Woolton. They meet up to worry about the money the club spends on contracts, and it's pretty good cos even though they worry about it, they know that it's nothing really to do with them as they don't own the club.

07 Mar 2026 23:06:33
But Dominican and Hamo you don't have the first clue about the finances so why worry about it?

Too many people getting ideas above their station. Just support the team, don't worry about how much they earn it's completely irrelevant and beyond our understanding anyway.

08 Mar 2026 06:25:45
Grav was one of our best players last season. Yeah, he's been inconsistent this season, but who hasn't. What's the saying, "form is temporary, class is permanent."

08 Mar 2026 06:36:14
Also, from my reading, it's not a flat wage; some of it is based on performances.

08 Mar 2026 07:35:28
When did we all of a sudden become experts in calculating "performance/dollar ratio"? Was there a company short course offered in football economics? I didn't get the memo. Was it pinned up in the tearoom?

08 Mar 2026 09:02:21
Worrying or not, worrying about finances as a fan isn't going to change anything, though.

Unlikely Hughes will pull the plug on the contract because Graham 54, from Timbuktu, is kicking off on the internet.

08 Mar 2026 10:02:35
Don't moan about ticket price rises then.

08 Mar 2026 10:46:45
Our wage bill, on the scale of last season that was published, was as high as it was because of the incentivised bonuses. We won the league. Every player cashed in on the bonus as a result.

Unfortunately, the football world is spiraling out of control financially.

The numbers we see are obscene to the everyday person, but that is the sport as we know it now.

The horses have bolted, and there is no way to get them back if you want to remain competitive.

08 Mar 2026 11:00:19
Barnsey, they rise every season regardless, mate.

08 Mar 2026 11:10:36
It's a lot for Grav, £280k plus bonuses. What will the other players be asking for who have had better seasons than Grav? We will ultimately have a £500m wage bill.

08 Mar 2026 11:13:41
Damn, after Carram Jones I thought Grav was the next to be shown the door.
He certainly isn't a defensive midfielder, and last Saturday none of the midfielders could even be called that, too.

Overpaying wages. VVD and Salah I understand, but Grav, no way.

08 Mar 2026 11:13:43
Gravenberch is 23, with the best years of his career ahead of him. He is pretty integral to the way we play, and was one of the standout players in a title-winning team last year. How much do you think he is worth? It's all very well thinking that, when players ask for that much money, you let them go and scout the next Gravenberch, if only life was that easy.

As for the suggestion that we shouldn't be overpaying for average players like United, this isn't a de Light, Shaw, Mazraoui, or Ugarte we are talking about. The likes of Szoboszlai and Gravenberch are players any top European team would covet.

08 Mar 2026 11:32:18
@Barnsey, we are a multi billion £ business, the finances are a smidgeon more complex than 's***, Grax's new contract means I'm spending an extra 75p on his contract to get a ticket for the match'.

08 Mar 2026 12:09:36
I, for one, am glad he signed a new contract. We have to get used to the fact that money in football is crazy. I'm confident in FSG to run the club in a self-sustaining way.

If we can and want to do it, then we will do it. If that ends in failure, then people usually pay with their jobs and reputation.



Maybe 300k a week is just what first-team regulars get now, and indispensable players get 400k. Squaddies get 150k. It's just the way of the world.

I'm sure we will sell an academy graduate to pay for these contracts, because thems the rules.

08 Mar 2026 12:41:04
£250-300k is the new hundred grand a week. Most players at the top revenue clubs will be or already are on that kinda money. It'll be the norm soon.

08 Mar 2026 13:23:25
I expect the renewal is predominantly to protect his value. I wouldn't trust the figure being bandied about. He was already on quite a high salary, as we had to convince him to join the club while we were out of the CL, and, at the very least, match his Bayern salary.

I doubt it is as huge a rise as is being quoted, as it would make Dom and Ibou deals even more complicated.

08 Mar 2026 14:11:03
JLC exactly the great Ed2 said that numerous time forget it we ain't paying it let the billionaires pay it they don't give a toss as long as when it comes to sell they make a profit

08 Mar 2026 16:38:10
Wdw - "We can say costs are increasing and football clubs are not immune to that, but the vast majority of their expenditure is still player wages and transfer fees," says Dan Plumley, principal lecturer in sport finance at Sheffield Hallam University.
"Clubs are constantly chasing revenue down, not to make a profit, but to stretch their squad costs as much as possible.


"That's where clubs run the risk of alienating fanbases because a lot of fans will see that for what it is.
"Clubs have unwavering loyalty from their customers that you don't really get in any other industry, and there's potential for exploitation that comes with that."

08 Mar 2026 17:48:18
Thanks for that, very instructive. Would you say that the reason the fanbase is at odds with Liverpool is because we bought Wirtz or Ekitike, or because Slot is performing badly?

The quote contains a generalisation about the cost of buying players across the board. As a generalisation, it is a fair enough statement, but it doesn't address, for instance, the FFP changes that are coming in next season which are primarily based on squad costs.



It's pretty obvious that clubs buy the best players that they can and, equally obviously, pay the 'market price' in terms of wages to obtain the player's signature, but there are limits as to what a club can and will be able to do.