Liverpool Discussion posts 5

10 Aug 2026 22:23:25
Thursday double deal announced.
Barcola and ………… !! ?? ??
Victor enlightened the masses.

10 Aug 2026 23:02:27
I'm ambitious so I'll say Pedri. ?

10 Aug 2026 23:23:13
I'm thinking Bonmati.

11 Aug 2026 01:30:27
I'll go with Gavi.

11 Aug 2026 07:37:33
My Man Mbaye.

11 Aug 2026 10:54:37
Oh, here we go again.

11 Aug 2026 12:37:22
Valverde.

10 Aug 2026 16:29:33
Re the Bezos and crew money.

Been doing some research and trying to work out what will happen with the cash as due to reasons I don't understand, they can't just spend it on players.

Apparently club debt is pretty low, 200 million ish interest free loan from initial investment and 60/70 million bank loan. So that could be scrubbed right off the bat and I assume that 200 million goes back into FSG group anyway?

If that is all they do with the money I think it puts the team in a great financial position.

Man Utd for instance are servicing over 750 million in debt, interest alone is approx 1.2 million a week.

I suspect they may spend money on continuing the stadium upgrades, (Please do not sell the naming rights Amazon Anfield)

My hope is the multi club model tbh.

10 Aug 2026 17:09:27
Triple A rating for the stadium.

Anfield Amazon Arena.

10 Aug 2026 18:06:15
What cash? The money to buy the stake in the club goes to FSG, not Liverpool. It is up to FSG what they do with it.

10 Aug 2026 19:48:03
They also can't increase stadium capacity without better transport links, so not easy to do. Although we could easily fill an 80k stadium.
I don't think this minority steak does anything for us financially.

10 Aug 2026 20:39:20
Would they be that rich they could sort the transport links? How much would ye be talking?

10 Aug 2026 21:11:02
It would have to be done with the council's help, Flo.

10 Aug 2026 21:28:45
The key fact here is Henry and Werner are both 76. They are looking at how to exit. Likely much of this money ends up with them. For the club, debt will be cleared and liquidity provided. This liquidity is not to change operating policies, but is to make cashflow easier by, for example, allowing the club to pay the huge amounts still owing on Isak, Wirtz etc., without having to sell first, or being able to conclude deals easier because we can pay more upfront.

10 Aug 2026 22:45:38
That was kinda my point. It's FSG money, who could choose to take a small portion of arguably free money.

Very interesting position to be in. Especially considering how bad things have been in the past.

11 Aug 2026 03:00:52
The stake brings a bigger network of interested parties, which should help commercial deals. I read somewhere FSG have a loss to offset, so tax-wise it may be a good time to also realise some profit on their equity.

On the pitch I don't see any impact short term, medium term may help with PSR headroom if they help us grow.

10 Aug 2026 10:19:26
In case people get their knickers in a twist about Barcola apparently preferring Arsenal based on a NewsNow headline claiming a 'pundit' says Barcola prefers Arsenal.

Well, the 'pundit' is Perry Groves.

Enough said.

10 Aug 2026 11:18:48
Just beat you to it, Zed, on the post below.

His actual words were 'I have a source that tells me he wants to live in London'.

All of the other pundits and a French journalist based in Paris said that they expect him to go to Liverpool.

Wishful thinking from Groves, hopefully.

10 Aug 2026 12:40:17
Perry Groves barely knows where he lives, I doubt Barcola has taken him into confidence, lol.

10 Aug 2026 16:32:46
Didn't Semenyo or Guehi say something similar

10 Aug 2026 09:55:57.
Barcola will be back from holiday today, so I think this week we’ll find out more about what’s going on.

I was listening to TalkSh*te yesterday (had a long drive and wanted to keep up to date with our score) and Perry Groves said he had a source who’s told him Barcola wants to live in London.



I know he’s a biased Gooner, but it wouldn’t be the first time a player had chosen the bright lights of London over the North West of England.

10 Aug 2026 15:21:11
Also, why would anyone want to live in London. Absolutely horrific place. I always think of Mos Eisley, Tatooine. "Wretched hive of scum and villainy".

I'd rather live in literally any other place in England. I don't even like going to London for a day trip. It stinks, it's over crowded, it's loud, it's dirty, nothing is being maintained etc. Hate the place.

10 Aug 2026 16:03:42
Couldn't have said it any better myself, MK.

10 Aug 2026 17:52:55
Not to mention, it is overpriced... I only live about an hour from London and I haven't been in a couple of years.

10 Aug 2026 19:49:48
MK Scouser, a post of yours I can't abide with at last. London is all of those things in places. But, it's a metropolis, and has all the things that aren't on your list... like community, quiet streets. Clean roads, so many trees it's classified as a forest apparently!! I've lived in London for over 20 years.

It is s*** and it is beautiful, full of dickheads and some of my favorite people in the world. There aren't too many places on earth like London.

10 Aug 2026 21:16:35
That's fair, 1988. I live about half an hour outside London and I do go into the city on occasion for work and for pleasure.

I've had some great days out in London, it's an amazing city. Being from Liverpool, I couldn't get over the sheer scale of London. It's an enormous city with, yes, some places you really don't want to go, but some places you would be really missing out if you didn't see first hand.



Nowadays though, with the money these guys earn and the transport links, they can go to pretty much any city in Europe on their days off, as we saw with Dom last season galavanting around Rome. I don't think the place they live is as important as it used to be.

10 Aug 2026 08:58:47
What a boring transfer window we have had so far. Surely, our targets were identified months ago. Rh seems to be transfixed with making huge signings e.g. Isak, Wirtz, Diomande and Barcola, so we miss out on strengthening the squad overall.

10 Aug 2026 12:42:32
1) World Cup
2) New Manager who wanted time to assess the players, including those from the academy.

Not really that surprising.

09 Aug 2026 22:59:48
Can anyone see us buying anyone more than a Salah replacement (Barcola). I'm really worried by our defence and think we need a first choice RB, LB and CB to partner VVD. Hope Ajauro helps. Not convinced either RB or LB is good enough to be first choice

09 Aug 2026 23:49:59
They're good enough, Tjury, don't worry.

We have VVD, Jaquet, Leoni, Gomez and Araujo. A partnership of any of those players should be good enough to beat most teams.

I really think Kerkez will have a good season this year.

He looks so determined and I love Bradley, he'll be our right back for years to come.

We might have to improvise for the first couple of months of the season whilst everyone gets fit and up to speed, but there's no need for panic.

10 Aug 2026 00:21:57
Never mind partnering VVD, he himself needs to get back to his best.
He's probably the best defender I have ever seen play in my 30 odd years of watching LFC, but time waits for no-one. He needs to find his feet again, but I am confident he can have one last stellar season.

10 Aug 2026 09:44:51
I agree, Westwood. I thought Virgil was the root cause of most of our issues last season.

He had a couple of lazy moments yesterday too that led to goals and allowed Monaco back into a game they were barely competing in.



Let's hope that's due to him only just coming back, because if he plays like he did last season it'll be a long, hard season again.

09 Aug 2026 22:43:46
Arunjo is a clever signing. Munoz looks good. Barcola and Mbaye look like getting over the line soon. But Djed Spence and Alex Scott should be on our list too. Scott is better and less injury prone than Wharton. Spence is just brilliant, and ridiculously cheap considering his brilliant WC! The lad was good enough for us after his Forest loan, heaven knows why we let him go to Spurs.

Reminded me of the first time I saw Robbo play for Hull.

10 Aug 2026 10:13:36
I think it will be either Barcola or Mbaye, and we may strengthen midfield, although I think Nyoni has surprised in preseason, and with Stephan B on his way back, I cannot see us spending £80 plus on a player we don't really need.

09 Aug 2026 20:03:28
I have a good friend whose relative is well connected somehow to the higher echelons of West Ham Utd.

Apparently Liverpool have been enquiring tentatively about Jarrod Bowen's availability.

It is understood that Bowen is committed to getting West Ham promoted back to the Premier League, but if a big club came in for him then it may turn his head and may want to leave.

My friend is saying this is not concrete that Bowen will leave or that Liverpool will come in with a firm bid; however, it seems to be (from what my friend's relative said) that Liverpool are keeping Bowen in mind in case their other preferred targets do not materialise.

Bowen's transfer fee has not been disclosed, but reckons it would probably be in the £35m to £40m region, including add-ons.

Also, not LFC related, but David Sullivan is proving to be a right stubborn pain in the backside. He has no wish to part with his shareholding, and the other directors look likely to be forced into a dysfunctional working atmosphere at the club for at least this season. Daniel Kretinsky wants to buy the others out and take full control but is unable to. Amanda Staveley also wants in, and it seems to be a huge mess behind the scenes.

09 Aug 2026 20:46:17
He has signed a new contract, it's over, Bowen remains a hammer!

09 Aug 2026 16:06:29
Is this ridiculous but I'm remembering back to the very first season of Klopp, where we'd be awesome in the first half and then pants in the second as Klopp tried to push players that either weren't used to it or weren't up to it into 90 mins of high-tempo?

09 Aug 2026 17:23:37
We're rubbish in the 2nd half because we essentially fielded a senior starting 11 and then threw on the fodder for the 2nd half.

09 Aug 2026 19:01:32
In the last two games, I think we played better football than at any point last season for 45 minutes, and then the worst football in the second 45min. For me that's progress.

09 Aug 2026 19:24:05
@Jari,
I agree. I'll take 45 minutes of good football as it's a 45 minute improvement on last year!

09 Aug 2026 21:04:04
You try to take the positives out of whatever sort of game, and hope the team are just getting the fitness up and learning how to play together. But honestly it's pre season, lose every game or beat beat PSG, Madrid, Bayern, 5 nil and look great.

The 1st day of the season is all that matters.
How soon that is and the fitness levels/sharpness of a lot of our senior players would be more of the concern I have. Though I guess a lot of clubs will be the same this season.

10 Aug 2026 01:21:19
Iraola said after the game we couldn't sustain the level. I don't know if he meant because of fitness or because of the quality of the reserves, but it seemed more like a fitness thing.

We all know the squad isn't the best, been like that for a long while, but fitness we can improve.

10 Aug 2026 07:28:24
I think it is a fitness thing, Overkill. This preseason has been poor prep for everyone because of the extended World Cup. There's not enough time for everyone to get up to speed with Iraola's way of playing because the majority of our first team were away. I am hopeful that it'll get better for us the longer the season goes on.



And that's also why Arsenal are in a strong position this season, since they're the only top team that does not have a new manager. Utd, Chelsea, and City all are adjusting to new managers in one way or another, whereas Arsenal can build from a position of strength. They are favourites to win the league imo.

10 Aug 2026 07:47:39
Momentum and confidence are key. As said, other than Arsenal and City, it's difficult to know where many teams are at including us. If we start well and build on that, top four could be doable, if we start slow it could be a grind.