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10 Jan 2025 13:08:25
A few reports out of Germany are saying that we're interested in Joshua Kimmich again. Either a pre-contract for June, or £10m to get him this month. It would make sense given the desire for a ball playing defensive midfielder and the possibility that Trent might go and leave us short at RB. Just passing on a rumour, I know how much you dislike him, Victor!
1.) 10 Jan 2025 13:46:49
He is on €400k wages. Absolutely no chance. We have more chnace to land the Boxer Joshua than the footballer.
2.) 10 Jan 2025 13:55:35
Obviously he is a magnificent footballer, but he is on big money and very much lacks pace.
3.) 10 Jan 2025 14:10:58
Position wise it would make sense. But no way we would pay those sort of wages.
4.) 10 Jan 2025 14:13:37
He’ll be 30 next month and wants the thick end of £400k+ a week (he’s on £350k at the moment by all accounts), that should be the end of the discussion.
Last thing we want is an over rated, over paid, way past his best player from Bayern, I’d hope we’d have learnt from wasting money on Thiago. He’d get absolutely battered in the premier league as he’d not have the time he gets on the ball in Germany, he’d struggle dealing with the pace and physicality, if he was playing right back any wingers would have a field day against him as he has no pace. He’s also one of the ring leaders of the notoriously toxic culture at Bayern along with Neuer, Muller and Sane.
Thankfully it’s silly season so hopefully there’s nothing in it. There are far better midfielders out there than him, and it is fair to say that right now, Bradley is a better right back. There is no reason to consider him.
5.) 10 Jan 2025 14:34:27
I think the only reason to consider Kimmich personally is if slot wants somebody to approximate what Trent can do inverting into midfield and dictating play from the full back position. Kimmich has an excellent passing range and can hit them long or short, but for me the plan probably should be (and looks like it might be) for the full back to play a more traditional role defensively while underlapping and overlapping in offense and staying wide.
I think one of the reasons we haven’t got another maestro metronome type midfielder is because Trent is so central to how we play from a creative perspective. So if Trent goes (which I hope with everything that I have that he doesn’t), then the solution should not be somebody like kimmich imo but another 6 who can create from deep and dictate play but is also defensively decent.
6.) 10 Jan 2025 15:03:05
Good shout that Patrik, think you’re right as Trent recently has spent a lot of his time drifting into midfield even if tactically he hasn’t been told to, and it looks like he’s going. Earlier in the season he was more disciplined and playing wider, and we looked better for it.
Still can’t see it with Kimmich though, why would we pay those wages, he’d also get overrun in the Prem even though he’s a good footballer.
7.) 10 Jan 2025 15:35:52
No Juventus players because of Arthur and Chiesa and no Bayern players because of Thiago?
Got that and I'll add those to the ever growing list.
8.) 10 Jan 2025 15:52:25
Also no players that have ever played for, supported or admired Manchester United. No wonder we never buy anyone, the Victor approved list has about 4 players on it.
{Ed025's Note - that many?.. :)
9.) 10 Jan 2025 16:37:04
Victors team should be 5-a-side.
10.) 10 Jan 2025 18:43:43
According to the media PSG put £176m transfer offer in previously for Osimhen and the Georgian which was refused. Times passed and contracts have less time on them so the value might have shifted a bit. Either way we’d need to sell quite a four or five players to allow us to fund that, and massive wages, and a full back.
11.) 10 Jan 2025 18:49:01
@Rigsby, Can you add anybody over the age of 24 - they are too old at that age.
12.) 10 Jan 2025 20:08:34
Viktors right a lot of the time to be fair, I enjoy his posts. He cuts to the chase, sod the romance, and the rest of us apologists for why we haven’t done this or that and the near misses.
The last time we did great deals were Szob, and Grav. Macca and Endo have weaknesses but were good business as well. From what we know they were driven by Jurgen and the German interim, less data driven perhaps and more sentiment and old fashioned talent based decisions.
The other major business in the last ten years has been funded by silly sales when money was free and easy (Coutinho), or when Saudi went mad (Hendo and Fab) .
When we’ve recruited youth it’s rarely worked in the playing sense, but has made some money, and when we look for older bargains in terms of transfer fees it’s nearly always been a failure and left us with huge wages to pay injured players.
Most of what we read is probably just smoke and mirrors, much as we want to believe it. We operate best in the mid market. Robbo and Mo were the best value buys in the last twenty years, Fabinho excellent as well together with the German interim buys. VVD and Ali great, but only afforded by big sales.
13.) 10 Jan 2025 22:21:22
You think he’s right most of the time, JS? Think we’d have to beg to differ there, I often very much disagree with his assessments of players because they are sensationalist, one-sided, padded with vapid insults and don’t actually tell us anything about why they might be under consideration in footballing terms- I’m pretty sure he would have called gravenberch an arrogant waste of space, Bayern’s sloppy seconds, neither a 6, an 8 or a 10, Liverpool shopping in the bargain basement for other teams rejects before he arrived. He sometimes likes to make stuff up about players he actually does like, which probably amounts to about two or three over the last few years (ederson being an obsession) .
14.) 11 Jan 2025 00:03:25
He did call Grav that, Patrik. He also claimed that we are bargain bin shoppers and we'd sign Berge, Adama, Kone, etc. To be fair to him, I do agree that we won't sign Kimmich, Davies, or Osimhen but Viktor does tend to think in extremes, either a player is p. poor and has no right to sign for Liverpool or a player is too good and Liverpool doesn't have the balls to sign him. There's no middle ground for him.
15.) 11 Jan 2025 00:46:44
High salaried, 30 plus yo players, that's Man Utd style of signings over there. Look how they have become.
16.) 11 Jan 2025 05:51:18
Kvara would be the next Ali/ VVD level signing, which is why i believe we are genuinely in for him.
17.) 11 Jan 2025 08:18:30
Like the “by all account” @Victor - nice little disclaimer.
07 Jan 2025 15:13:12
Anis Hadj Moussa of Feyenoord is being heavily linked today, but mostly by the classic click bait media to be fair. Seems like a Liverpool type signing though for a change, rather than something made up for lots of clicks. Might be one to watch, might not, but thought I'd share it anyway. He's the lad who scored against Man City the other week and he has 6 goals and 2 assists in his last 10 games since breaking into their first team.
1.) 07 Jan 2025 16:05:47
We ain't got a pot to p@ss in, Henry has got billions of them though.
Someone needs to wake up Henry and tell him that if Forest beat us next week they are 3 points behind us with only one game in hand (Everton away)
Get the Cheque book out and support the club Henry.
2.) 07 Jan 2025 16:44:37
Jesus, does the whinging ever stop?
3.) 07 Jan 2025 16:45:31
Impressive stats MK mate, I've never heard of the lad. You seen much of him?
4.) 07 Jan 2025 17:20:38
The the clueless FSG brigade are starting to surface again ?.
5.) 07 Jan 2025 18:04:04
Those stats aren’t so impressive when you look solely at the league form, 3 goals and 1 assist in 13 league games, sounds like another Assaidi to me. Bang average Eredivisie winger.
6.) 07 Jan 2025 17:58:30
Is he a forward MK?
7.) 07 Jan 2025 19:21:17
I mean its scary actually to play a team that plays with total freedom like Forest. They already reach their target of 40pts! Anything else is a bonus. Every player in Forest team can play with freedom, creativity, abandonment! They are actually a dangerous team to play against.
I would not surprise if they get a result against us.
8.) 07 Jan 2025 20:59:37
When will some on here learn that fsg/ henry don’t run LFC.
9.) 07 Jan 2025 21:00:51
Similar profile to Salah apparently. Left footed right winger who likes to come inside. Never seen him play, just passing on a rumour as it sounded more believable than links to guys like Rodrygo and Nico Williams.
Victor, you’re including about 8 games where he came off the bench with 10-15 minutes left in your figures. Since being given a proper run it’s 8 goal involvements in 10 games, all comps. It’s a weak league but he’s doing it in the Champions League too so I don’t want to be dismissive of a talented young lad making his breakthrough. He’d definitely be coming in initially as a back up to Mo, if the rumours are true.
10.) 07 Jan 2025 22:41:03
Nottingham Forest is a counter attacking team who soaks up pressure before using their pace on the break to score goals. But Leek is describing them like they are prime Barcelona or something.
11.) 07 Jan 2025 23:04:15
Only three of those games were where he was subbed on the last 10-15 minutes, other than that it was 5 starts or an average of 45 minutes played. All three of his league goals came against clubs in the bottom 5. There are more Antony’s, Ziyech’s, Assaidi’s than there are Robben’s, Van Persie’s or Gakpo’s in the Dutch league. Quite frankly I’d rather give Doak a chance as back up than waste a non home grown spot on a potential Assaidi or Antony, he’s a non home grown player, and non home grown spaces are like gold dust and shouldn’t be wasted.
12.) 08 Jan 2025 05:16:34
@victor. that's true but it dosnt really negate what MK said. He stated "since he broke into the first team" which to be fair would equate to when he consistently started to be a starter for the first team which I reckon you can argue is really his last 6 games in the eredivisie. It also happens to correspond to when he started scoring goals. That doesn't mean you are wrong about your opinion on giving Doak a chance but does give a bit more context. However Feyenoord have a 5 year contract on him so i suspect he won't come that cheap.
13.) 08 Jan 2025 09:48:03
Well said, Phil_LFC. I'm not against giving Doak a chance either by the way, so wouldn't disagree with Victor if that was his stance on this. The fact remains that in his last 10 appearance Moussa has 6 goals and 2 assists. In the 8 before then he had zero yes, but he averaged 22 minutes per appearance in that period and didn't start a single game. I don't believe it's fair to judge a young player who was new to the club and not getting consistent minutes on that period of his season.
I have no dog in this fight ultimately, because I don't really care if we sign him or not. I've never seen him play. I just passed on a rumour and a few facts!
14.) 08 Jan 2025 10:59:54
007 - in your posts you’re saying that Musk will be able to “spend billions” and “like there’s no tomorrow” but the reality is PSR restricts spending.
As Newcastle are finding out, it doesn’t matter how much money your owners have or want to plough into the first team squad.
You’re spreading misinformation and I’m surprised so many people have up voted your posts as I thought most people would know this.
15.) 08 Jan 2025 12:02:07
@NK, I get what you’re saying, but. if Musk was buy the club, could he not do a Chelsea and spend copious amounts on players and give them 10 year contracts (I’m aware this is an exaggeration 10yr), they game out 8 year contracts for fun to circumvent to a degree the restrictions, but they often sell their youth for income.
{Ed001's Note - no, they blocked that loophole.}
16.) 08 Jan 2025 12:18:38
007 thanks for your insight into our finances.
17.) 08 Jan 2025 12:30:36
Ty Ed.
18.) 08 Jan 2025 13:01:15
Couldn’t Musk (or anyone else who took over with a similar business profile) put in place commercial arrangements through his many business contacts - ones that benefitted us commercially so long as they’re arms length and reflective of market value. He or an entrepreneur like him may be more willing or able to do that than a hedge fund, depending on their motivation for the acquisition.
19.) 08 Jan 2025 14:08:21
JordanSimon, is this not what Man City are in trouble for?
20.) 08 Jan 2025 15:00:19
Yes I think some of its related to that Otty, but I’m not sure the exact basis of all the charges. Is it partly that some of the arrangements don’t have a clear market rationale? These big businesses and corporations, and business people generally, are always doing deals with each other so there must be some flex to do arms length deals with people you know or have done business with before.
21.) 08 Jan 2025 16:11:51
Why do people think Musk would invest massively in the playing squad? Have you not seen what he has done with twitter, cutting staff down to bare bones. His supposed role with the US government is all about cost cutting as well. He would see liverpool ownership as a purely profit making scheme.
22.) 08 Jan 2025 18:05:28
@007 - You do realise don't you that the wage bill at Anfield will increase massively in April this year after the Government increased the NI contributions for employees.
How much of an increase will that be on Salah's £350k a WEEK? and don't forget about all the rest of the players and staff employed by FSG. I think a few teams will suffer because of that.
23.) 08 Jan 2025 19:17:17
Apparently Nouri from Wolves is now the left back target, and we’re not or no longer after the Bournemouth player. Also Diaz has turned down a new contract.
24.) 08 Jan 2025 20:27:41
If you guys think Elon musk will chuck money in the never ending pit of football finances you're sorely mistaken. He's basically a south African Jim Radcliffe. It'll be cuts to staff, hikes in ticket prices and the absolute worst PR ever, every single day.
When he took over Tesla he immediately fired 5% of the workers, cancelled the production line and meddled in car design. When he took over twitter he immediately sacked 20% of staff and started charging for badges. When he bought his way in at openAI he tried to do all that but they wouldn't give him control so he threw his toys out the pram and left.
He's the tech bro version of a robber baron. It will be the biggest mistake in Liverpool's history to have him as an owner, even bigger than hicks and gillet.
25.) 08 Jan 2025 22:32:08
It surprises me that people actually want this. First off we’ve been criticising the likes of City, Chelsea and PSG for buying titles for years, so why do we want to do the same? We have almost prided ourselves on the fact that we have created superstars on a budget, however frustrating that has been at times. Secondly, Musk is right wing loon, trying to bankroll right wing regimes in the US and UK, Liverpool is a working class, proudly left wing city, with a reputation for chasing the EDL off the streets - why would any scouser want the likes of him anywhere near our club or city for that matter? Are we that easily bought that we would sell out our values at the first flash of cash? I don’t get it.
26.) 09 Jan 2025 07:21:06
TAV you are absolutely right, but judging by some of the posts on here calling people snowflakes and decrying supposed ‘liberal censorship’ there are certainly right leaning posters on here. Not that I think (thinking and wishing are different things I guess) all Liverpool fans should be progressive let alone left wing, but that explains it.
27.) 09 Jan 2025 09:37:20
There are lots to criticize musk about. Like a lot of entrepreneurs he is part snake oil salesman but to be fair twitter was a financial basket case when he took over.
28.) 09 Jan 2025 09:52:28
FSG don’t run LFC but they do own it. So they do have complete responsibility for their asset.
FSG employ the decision makers. These same decision makers bark at the behest of their employers and toe the party line.
If I owned a car and left someone to manage and maintain it, then that same person kept ? by my car and running it into the ground, do you think I would say something? Or would I stay silent?
29.) 09 Jan 2025 11:26:05
But we aren't being run into the ground, are we? Just my opinion but if the three do walk away on frees at the end of the season, I would expect FSG to step in and do a review of Hughes' and Ward's position because they have ultimately failed. But the outcome of those three are still in the air currently and we are still top of the PL and are in the three Cup competitions, albeit with one foot out in one of them after yesterday's results. For them to step in now, I feel, would be a knee jerk reaction. But I am hopeful that come what may, a review and stock take would be done at the end of the season after results and outcomes are confirmed.
30.) 09 Jan 2025 13:55:58
Dracred: The players are being run into the ground as we speak. How many minutes have Gravenberch and Virgil played this season? How quickly has Konate been rushed back from injury?
We have needed CB and CM cover for 3-4 seasons now, possibly longer.
31.) 09 Jan 2025 14:49:12
Henry and Werner are on the board of directors aren’t they? The board do oversee the running of the business, delegated through the CEO. Certain strategic decisions will be reserved for the board, which may be things like agreeing the commercial strategy, which they’ll sign off and delegate for delivery. They’ll receive performance updates and if things are going off track they’ll call them in. They won’t be micro managing but they won’t be completely remote benefactors that attend an AGM once a year either, and slap backs if the asset value is falling.
32.) 10 Jan 2025 05:07:20
Ahh, got it StEtienne. I thought you meant that the club is being run into the ground. I do agree that the players, like Grav, are currently running on fumes but that is also as much Slot's issue than it is the transfer committee. There were opportunities to rest him and play Morton or Endo more. Or even rest Van Dijk and Salah, and play Quansah and Elliot/ Chiesa more. There will always be a drop-off in quality between the backups and the starters that the transfer committee can try to mitigate with signing better players but managing the player's minutes is Slot's remit.
19 Dec 2024 16:38:30
Lot's of Rayan Cherki to Liverpool rumours coming out of France today. It's alleged that Lyon are looking to take on a South American lad from within their multi-club model and need to make squad space/ money urgently. Maybe one to keep on eye on but I've not seen anything from a source I'd trust.
He reminds me a lot of Coutinho in YouTube clips, only he's seemingly two footed. Looks to be very skilful, beats his man with body feints rather than pace, low centre of gravity, sweet strike on him etc. It looks like he overplays at times though and he also runs into trouble a lot even in his best bits! Anybody watched him play properly?
1.) 19 Dec 2024 17:51:49
All I know is he's been a highly rated youngster for about 4 years but hasn't really kicked on. He probably needs to leave Lyon soon to go to the next level or he could become another Houssem Aouar.
2.) 19 Dec 2024 17:55:27
Not seen him MK but would prefer a CB or LB.
Thought Endo looked ok last night, maybe Slot might use him a bit more now to give Grav a break
Come to think of it, did Klopp try Endo at Cente half before? Think he was forced into it and it didn’t go too well.
3.) 19 Dec 2024 19:33:58
Sounds like an opportunistic punt, to try and turn a few sheckles over-aka the new M. O under eddie and hughes.
If he does join, its surely curtains for Fede.
4.) 19 Dec 2024 19:47:52
Interesting point @Pompey, I guess we have a number of positions that the club would be looking at. The club would probably have a list of priorities based on which position they see as the biggest risk, so let’s say for argument’s sake thee current priority list is CB, DCM, LB, CF and then RW. If that was to be the case and a talented, promising young RW becomes available (rught player and right price) it becomes an interesting question as to, do we go for the RW or do we wait to see if a CB is available and save our finances until we have the top priority? My example is pretty simplistic as I would hope the club have lists of multiple players for each position that they have an interest in and any decision has loads of factors that would need to be added in depending upon each scenario the club could come up with.
5.) 19 Dec 2024 20:54:29
@Vango, how many players have Eddie and Hughes (surely if you thought about it you could come up with something poetic from his first name? ) sold for a shekel.
6.) 19 Dec 2024 21:52:08
A sheckel? Surely worth a dinari?
7.) 19 Dec 2024 22:19:03
Pompey - not sure if Klopps ever used Endo at CB but he has played that position semi-regularly over his whole career but agree with some of the above that it's a position we need to invest in. Gomez is a good squad player and Endo can fill in but we need the next mainstay in now with VVD getting on.
8.) 20 Dec 2024 03:49:06
Love the player but not sure he’s a priority given how many attackers we have including Doak and ngomuha.
9.) 20 Dec 2024 08:07:00
The georgian keeper who can't kick and fede may be the first two who are flogged for a few dinars, under the new model.
10.) 20 Dec 2024 11:55:51
In terms of raw ability I don’t think there are too many on his level, I haven’t seen him play a whole lot but every game you can see one or two instances of brilliance, he is an excellent dribbler and he strikes the ball very cleanly shooting or passing. It’s true that his work rate is not great and he wasn’t asked to do much of it by Lyon in the games i’ve seen, so I don’t know how he’d be a good fit, but apparently his general application has improved a lot since his move to psg fell through. I think from the transfer team’s perspective it makes sense since Lyon is about to get relegated unless they raise a lot of money so they see great value in the player, I don’t know how he would fit besides being a shaqiri type impact/ rotation sub though.
11.) 20 Dec 2024 12:52:47
Crying out for defenders and midfielders first.
12.) 20 Dec 2024 13:58:42
Vango that's very disrespectful, and the gk you talk of is an excellent gk and potentially our future no1 for a lot of years! I prefer a gk that keeps the ball out the net, than someone who can play a 40 yard pass and a average shot stopper or afraid to command his box! Call me old fashioned.
13.) 20 Dec 2024 14:26:28
It’s very hard to imagine him being our number one knowing what slot needs from his goalkeeper. Even Jaros looks much more likely to be our number one if Ali and kelleher weren’t in the picture. As for chiesa, i’m pretty certain he will come good, he is a top quality player, let’s see what happens.
14.) 20 Dec 2024 14:42:49
Alli is hardly Ederson with the ball at his feet in fairness, Stops shots a lot better than him though which is always the most imprtant thing which i heard the Georgian isn't half bad at.
15.) 20 Dec 2024 15:49:15
I think the new keeper deal is that he actually signs for us next summer and isn’t actually on loan currently.
I think that means that even if the club wanted too they couldn’t sell him in the summer window because you can’t be sold twice.
{Ed001's Note - he signed for us in the summer mate. He then went back to Valencia on loan for the season. He is our player.}
16.) 20 Dec 2024 17:44:04
@hey9. Are you saying Alison only a shot stopper?
17.) 20 Dec 2024 19:47:50
@Vango, that’s a very quantum vision of of things, but it does seem that the new model you talk about might not actually exist yet as we haven’t sold any of the players you are using as examples. For the moment it just sounds like you are inventing stuff to have a little pop at the club.
18.) 20 Dec 2024 23:12:15
Ed001 my bad then mate.
I thought that I had read somewhere it was a similar deal that we had struck for Kieta.
{Ed001's Note - no mate, we just signed and loaned him out.}
19.) 21 Dec 2024 10:21:36
Scouse John not at all. Alisson is a well rounded gk in my opinion the best in the world and only his injuries are a issue.
It was more in reply to the new gk we have signed who's a brilliant gk but maybe lacks a passing range. I personally prefer my gk to do the basics extremely well over being great with his feet.
20.) 22 Dec 2024 10:32:05
Cherki has no end product. Highlight reel player if ever there was kind, all fart and no poo that lad.
13 Dec 2024 15:44:07
Lot's of rumours kicking about recently regarding targets for the next 2 windows. The ones that stand out to me as maybe a bit more truthful are Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez, Martin Zubimendi and Joao Pedro.
Frimpong makes perfect sense if Trent were to leave and Ed002 confirmed we had interest but only as a Trent replacement. He's a really good attacking right back, who has lived in the North West before during his time at City. I hope Trent stays personally but rumours we've met with Frimpong's agent during the Leverkusen Champions League game seem to give some legs to the theory Trent might leave. If this happened I'd be gutted but only because it would mean Trent was gone, as Frimpong himself would be a great signing.
Kerkez we know is of genuine interest as it was confirmed by Ed002 many times. Robertson is also in a noticeable decline and Tsimikas seems to be picking up a lot of injuries the last 18 months. Hughes is also a known fan, and I believe he brought him to Bournemouth originally. So this potential transfer makes a lot of sense. I'm not sure this would be my choice but there are worse options out there.
Zubimendi is definitely of interest and was nearly signed in the summer so rumours we might go back for him wouldn't shock me if they turned out to be true. Endo also isn't fancied by Slot so it makes a lot of sense we might try again to bring in a midfielder who we know Slot and Hughes really wanted. Recent rumours are that he literally did the photoshoot in the Liverpool kit before his U-turn, but that could be nonsense. I'd personally rather we moved on to a new, as I found the whole summer saga massively embarrassing for both Zubimendi and Liverpool, but he is a very good player.
Lastly is Pedro, who's little bit more of a wildcard and not so much in the way of confirmed interest. There seems to be a lot of different sources coming up with this though and with Jota being really injury prone and Nunez just lacking cutting edge, Pedro does feel like a player who would fit into our squad and of course Slot's style of play, quite seamlessly. I like the idea of him in our team a lot, but I have some concerns over his recent injury record. Last thing we need is another injured striker.
1.) 13 Dec 2024 17:01:09
I'd like to see us get a midfielder in January, I think we need 1. It's obvious endo+morton aren't what slot wants. Like baleba of Brighton but he won't be sold in January I'm sure. Zubi don't know all that much about but he player that comes with a big reputation and he must've been interested in joining us in summer for the 'transfer' to go as far as it did.
Such a pity we didn't get caicedo, developed into the top class player I thought he would do.
2.) 13 Dec 2024 17:25:59
All pretty logical links given where we are at the moment with squad and contract situation with Trent.
I do wonder whether we would go back for Zubi after the summer rejection. Seems a bit icky now. I would move onto Baleba but that sounds like a difficult deal to do given the sell-on clauses.
All quiet on the CB front at the moment although I did see a spurious link to Benfica's Antonio Silva yesterday in a cut price deal. He's definitely a player we have been watching over the last couple of years. It seems he's not first choice at Benfica this season.
3.) 13 Dec 2024 17:26:53
How is Bajcetic getting on? To lazy to look in to it, but if he is having a good loan, then maybe he could answer some of our problems.
4.) 13 Dec 2024 17:33:59
We have been connected to 25 players the last month. Mostly generating clicks from one of the biggest fan bases in the world. Enjoy what you have before it's gone.
5.) 13 Dec 2024 23:24:35
@MK Scouser,
I seem to remember that we had to be patient with a certain CB signing a few years back which has proved to be one of our best signings in that position of evs! If the recruitment team think that's our guy then there is no embarrassment in taking time to get the right deal.
6.) 14 Dec 2024 00:24:54
I still think Beleba is the one we need for CM. We need more physicality in there as shown in some of our games this season. Still think Caicedo would have really taken us to the next level as well. Would prefer someone in that mould than a Zubimendi type
Pedro would cost as much as Isak and I know who I’d prefer.
7.) 14 Dec 2024 01:35:22
Kerkez -> Bournemouth -> Hughes …. wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more, squire.
8.) 14 Dec 2024 05:32:37
Been reading all the rumours too, but I’d take all with a pinch of salt it’s journo silly season.
The players I would love most are Emerson (Atalanta) Frimpong (TAA replacement) Adeyemi (Jota replacement) and a decent back-up CB.
9.) 14 Dec 2024 08:18:11
What's "the next level"?
Even topper of the league and Europe?
10.) 14 Dec 2024 09:44:22
It’s level 5 @Flash, where you press a button and spend £3bn on an entire new squad.
11.) 14 Dec 2024 11:06:19
Go all out for alphonso Davies but suspect Real Madrid and wages might not work for us.
12.) 14 Dec 2024 12:27:50
Why not chelsea can spend billions and nothing happens to their club.
13.) 14 Dec 2024 17:28:05
Only £3bn WDW? Tightwad ye!
14.) 14 Dec 2024 18:18:58
I think our next lrft back had a pretty good audition today. I am not going to criticise Robbo but I think his days as number one are well and truly over.
15.) 15 Dec 2024 09:55:31
Let's worry about a defender first. Midfield is down the list for me and I'm not convinced we can afford both this winter.
16.) 15 Dec 2024 12:04:50
Folks on here lament that robbo wasn’t the player he once was and then pine for alphonso Davies….
17.) 15 Dec 2024 16:43:07
Robbo has a lot of miles on the clock, I just don’t think his form has been as consistent over the last 2 seasons. I think we saw his replacement yesterday in Robinson, I was very impressed with both his defending and forward play. I think Liverpool should get him before MC or Arsenal do.
18.) 15 Dec 2024 19:28:59
Although there are rumours linking players to us from the likes of Bayern we very rarely buy players, or even take free contract players, from any of the top clubs in the prem or foreign leagues unless they’re injury prone. The reality is we may pick up players from the likes of Wolves, Bournemouth, Palace in the Prem or the mid tier teams in top Europe leagues but I’d ignore any other rumours.
19.) 16 Dec 2024 13:38:24
Regarding my earlier post about Robinson, I didn’t realise he is 28, which would make him one of the older players in the squad if he joined, and not in keeping with the club’s determination to buyer younger players who can improve.
V good player, but I wish I had looked up his age before I posted, thought he was in his early twenties.
20.) 16 Dec 2024 16:27:20
D-day, we've all been there mate! I wanted us to sign Alex Moreno and then one of the Ed's pointed out he was in his 30's. I thought he was 23!
I personally think Kerkez will be our new LB before the start of next season. I have no evidence or inside knowledge to support this, I just have a hunch that it will happen.
21.) 16 Dec 2024 17:08:06
I suppose Kerkez is a good possibility. Even Hughes must have Bournemouth’s number.
Is Kerkez any good?
22.) 17 Dec 2024 06:09:21
Grav is playing way too many games with no real back up. Midfielder in Jan is needed imo.
23.) 17 Dec 2024 19:35:36
I'm not so sure about signing Zubi unless we're going to change our setup. He's not better than Gravenberch in that position. If we're going to play 2 in that position as a double block, then fine, but I think he's competing with Gravenberch for position, and he isn't a better player.
24.) 17 Dec 2024 20:36:19
Don’t see why Gav couldn’t play alongside or instead of Zubi. Grav definitely has the ability to play a little further forward also IMO.
25.) 18 Dec 2024 09:54:44
Zubimendi wouldn't replace Grav (although it would allow us to rest him when needed) but instead he would likely play alongside him. It would be Macca's current position that he would likely fill and it would also allow Macca to play further forward where he is arguably better. It would give us increased options in all 3 midfield positions.
26.) 20 Dec 2024 12:18:30
Would we go back in for Zubimendi? Could play instead of Grav in some games, with him in others with Mac or Sobz further forward, would definitely fit in with the type of play Slot is aiming for
Kerkez looks an interesting one, honestly seems a good player and achievable you would think - with Alfonso Davies being a free transfer, would we go for him? Would his wages, signing bonus etc though be perhaps just too costly? Good attacking lb and quick as hell though
I get the Frimpong links if Trent leaves but does anyone know what he is like? Seems to play further forward in that system so more of a right winger than a rb, what is his defending like?
We were linked with Inacio a while back, was well though of - would/ is he still an option at cb for us?
I do think cb could perhaps be the most pressing for us, that and another midfielder as you would worry if Grav or VVD gets injured.
20 Nov 2024 11:47:22
Seeing a lot of rumours online that we've agreed a deal with Sevilla for Loic Bade (24 year old French CB) .
Konate and Quansah have just extended and Virgil looks likely to do so as well. So I'd imagine he would be a Gomez replacement if the rumours are true.
1.) 20 Nov 2024 13:09:57
I think this one is b. s., source is not reliable (Spanish) and not a player that would really fit here imho.
2.) 20 Nov 2024 13:20:55
Or Robertson? Is he left footed?
Or playing 3 at the back?
3.) 20 Nov 2024 13:23:45
There are some online rumours about Eliott's disrespectful behaviour and SLOT is open to selling him in Jan window.
Any truth in it? IAnyone in the know?
{Ed001's Note - what disrespectful behaviour?}
4.) 20 Nov 2024 15:28:31
A new CB doesn't have to be a replacement for anybody currently at the club. We haven't replaced Matip yet.
5.) 20 Nov 2024 15:35:17
Shipley, couldn't you argue Quansah replaced Matip?
6.) 20 Nov 2024 15:55:55
Possibly @MK But we were looking for a CB prior to Matip leaving. Quansah filled that gap because we failed to sign one. Matip has since left so logically you would assume that there is currently room in the squad for an additional CB.4 CBs is not a lot of depth.
7.) 20 Nov 2024 16:39:13
Loic Bade looks top drawer to me.
8.) 20 Nov 2024 17:32:16
4 CBs is pretty standard.
9.) 20 Nov 2024 19:52:19
For me it’s a good signing don’t think quansah will make it to full time starter.
10.) 20 Nov 2024 20:01:12
Supposedly disrespectful towards chiesa in training.
11.) 20 Nov 2024 20:50:50
that Elliot stuff was on Youtube, nothing in it for me, can't see Harvey being disrepectful at all .
12.) 20 Nov 2024 20:59:36
Where has the Elliott rumour come from?
13.) 21 Nov 2024 11:13:29
It's on Youtube. Harvey saying something like Chiesa is the cheapest star to have signed at Liverpool. don't know much but looks like there is something happening.
14.) 22 Nov 2024 03:21:29
With the international break it was a slow news week. Wind-ups, little digs and stuff happen in 3very work place including training / practice sessions for sports. It really is unlikely to be anything of note.
MK Scouser's banter posts with other poster's replies to MK Scouser's banter posts
14 Apr 2025 09:08:49
We're going to win the league! And now you're going to believe us!
Honestly some of our fans need to lighten up. Who cares if we don't romp home to win every game? This is how the Prem always was before Man City broke 115 rules. It's about time we got back to a proper competitive league where it isn't just Klopp and Pep gunning for 92-100pts most seasons.
{Ed025's Note - i dont think its been very competitive at all MK, Liverpool have walked it mate..
1.) 14 Apr 2025 10:15:36
Agreed MK, City and to a lesser extent us have skewed what a title race looks like over the last 5 years or so.
I have been dying for us to be involved in a normal race, and the fact we have come out on top is a rather large cherry on top!
2.) 14 Apr 2025 10:20:59
I think winning league stuttering over the line is a good thing. If we hammering teams and playing really good stuff people would say we don't need any additions to squad like what a lot of people said in Jan. That was a big mistake that cost us, thankfully hasn't cost us in league which most important competition. We have some glaring issues and great credit needs to go to players/ management for being so far ahead in league with these issues.
3.) 14 Apr 2025 10:30:26
Totally agreed with that mate another league title soon to add to the collection so what's to moan about. But it's just so frustrating to watch this bare minimum approach to the managers tactics, the second half yesterday was pathetic. I couldn't tell if the players were bringing the crowd down or the other way around.
4.) 14 Apr 2025 10:01:57
I think you're wrong ed025, sure city and arsenal have dropped away but every team in the prem can cause an upset now, united even two or three years ago could still comfortably end in the top 6 despite being absolute rubbish, now a team as good as Bournemouth is sitting 10th, and as bad as west ham have been this year you would not have seen a player half as good as paqueta drifting through a press of multiple players and charging/ hitting passes through the lines playing for a team in 16th a few years ago.
City dropping off is not just because they have problems, it's also because their problems coupled with the much tighter margins against better coaches and better players in the prem means that they get punished for not fixing their problems quickly than before. Arsenal may have injury problems but they also have a negative coach whose tactics may not correspond to an environment that is changing more broadly in football.
All things considered, folks can't simply say that arsenal have had injuries and city have had rodri out and leave it at that, the competition has improved massively and we no longer see any one team steamrolling everybody else or expecting to win long strings of games comfortably anymore.
{Ed025's Note - I suppose there are a couple of ways of looking at it PB, there is no wrong or right mate it just about opinions..
5.) 14 Apr 2025 11:13:20
It’s hard to get up for it in the crowd when you’re watching your most attacking players on the pitch turn back and play it to the full backs and centre backs to start more slow build up.
Sounds like a moan but it’s not. Love the fact we’re likely to win the league but just feels a little that modern day football players are being over coached.
Not just us but lots of teams we’re seeing the most talented attacking players on the pitch probably having half the touches of the ball that Keepers, centre half’s and full backs are having.
6.) 14 Apr 2025 12:17:41
Roberto De Zerbi's legacy on the Premier League. We have Virgil taking goal kicks by passing 3 yards to Alisson and we have Ibou putting getting caught putting his foot on the ball.
De Zerbi was only here for 2 years!
It's certainly not helping the crowd sustain the atmosphere at Anfield.
7.) 14 Apr 2025 13:10:13
To be fair jk our build up was quite exquisite to watch at times in the first half, and it doesn't have to be ponderous and deliberate, in the first half we switched gears in a split second when we moved through the lines, the passing was slick and coordinated going to feet. We looked fresh, we looked prepared, but most importantly we looked like we knew what we were doing.
In the second half we saw us at our worst, doing things we have been caught doing at times lately, hitting the ball into spaces where nobody was, making constant errors of judgment in defence, it just looked like a completely different team (and to be fair to a degree it was thanks to slot making so many changes. in all honesty I wonder whether playing endo at right back would have been a better idea than bringing in quansah, he was quite disastrous after coming on) .
It's times like these that you wonder whether slot's approach of scoring and then going down a few gears really makes that much sense, Salah was terrorizing his full back and we should have forced the issue trying to pummel west ham while they were struggling, score another goal or two and then we can start to turn down the heat, klopp style.
8.) 14 Apr 2025 13:42:01
Ed025 you can’t take anything away from Liverpool though mate as saying the rest have been rubbish makes it sound like that’s the only reason Liverpool are likely to win it? We can finish the season on 94 points this season. It can’t be just because the rest have been rubbish?
{Ed025's Note - it can you know SRM, the usual suspects have been very poor mate, City have fell off a cliff, Arsenal are...well arsenal, chelsea never ever got going and United are an absolute disgrace, not that you dont deserve it because you do you have been better than the rest this season, its just that the rest were not good enough to give you a run for your money even though you have not been outstanding i would say..
9.) 14 Apr 2025 14:14:13
Lack of a top quality defensive mid like a peak level Fabinho is causing more inconsistent performances within the 90 minutes than we’re used to.
I’ve no problem sometimes going in front and holding it to conserve energy, even though I’d prefer Klopp style football, but we haven’t got the personnel to do that and it showed yesterday. I hope Arne adapts next season and either addresses that, or ideally goes back to a full press and attacking fullbacks which is great to watch.
10.) 14 Apr 2025 14:19:41
Pat I think some of the build up play in the first half was good and some of it was very reserved safety first keep possession.
I wouldn’t use the word exquisite but that’s the beauty of football. We all see things differently. Just because on of us thought it was and the other didn’t it doesn’t mean one of us is right or wrong.
11.) 14 Apr 2025 16:36:31
Christ Ed025 imagine if we reach 94 points through not being outstanding mate. It’s got to be the way Liverpool are measured and judged mate. I’m ok holiday at moment in Portugal and a manc asked me last night if I think we have had successful season, he said I know you will win the league but would you class that as successful. I mean Jesus F Christ it reeks of BS.
{Ed025's Note - i watch every Liverpool game SRM and i have to say you have been very good at times but have gained points even when you have not been at your best, some will say thats the sign of a great side and it is but having no real threat all season smells of a poor standard league as well imo mate..
12.) 14 Apr 2025 18:04:54
Ed025.heard you say this a few times about the league not being competitive just because Citeh have had a bad season . who has been the main competitors to them over the last 10 seasons, only Liverpool . Chelsea, Man united, Spurs have all been mediocre in that time, even Arsenal have only had 3 decent seasons, won one FA cup BTW. so it's been like this for a while but the likes of Bournemouth, Brighton etc are taking points of everyone this year esp. I think we deserve a lot more credit for what we've done.
{Ed025's Note - i do give you credit Strom you have been well ahead of the pack mate but if im honest its been a bit boring for the neutrals i would say, the standard of the others has really dropped and that is why the lesser lights are getting results against the so called better teams, just my opinion though..
13.) 14 Apr 2025 19:10:00
I remember when West Ham had di Canio.
14.) 14 Apr 2025 19:25:06
Ed025, while the top teams aren't performing, the likes of Brighton, Bournemouth etc have got good teams who can n have give anybody a game, they all go at Citeh now, whereas a few years ago they'd just sit back in hope . but if you look at some of the teams down there . wolves, west ham Fulham have all got some really good players n managers . I think it's competitive across the board .
{Ed025's Note - it is more competitive Strom but thats not because they have got stronger mate its because the top teams have regressed imo...all except Liverpool who have stayed about the same i would say..
15.) 15 Apr 2025 04:26:16
I don't see how you can deny that those teams have got much better ed, part of that has to do with the massive amounts of money in the league but also because of good recruitment with that money and good appointments with smart young coaches. Meanwhile the likes of city have stood still and thought it was enough to win. I dare say that spurs, as many injuries that they have had and as perplexing as Ange's setup has been sometimes, would have finished within the top 8 two years ago and united would finished 5th or 6th.
{Ed025's Note - i look at it like this PB, liverpool have been good this season yet imo have not been as good as they have in previous years but they have walked this league, that tells me that the others have been below par and thats why the other top teams are dropping points to the lesser lights, just my opinion though mate..
10 Apr 2025 07:39:01
{Ed's Note - MK Scouser has posted a new article entitled, Liverpool FC - Possible Replacement Players
1.) 10 Apr 2025 14:22:07
Outs
Nunez, Jota, Robo, kostas, Gomez, Trent, Diaz
Ins
Cunha, Aina, Hato, Isak, Edison.
2.) 10 Apr 2025 16:28:05
"Edison". That's a very "bright" idea . ?? (You mean Ederson, I'm sure) .
09 Apr 2025 17:13:14
MK Scouser has written an article entitled, Liverpool FC - Possible Replacement Players
1.) 09 Apr 2025 18:14:46
I get the impression that Hugo Ekitike could be looked at too, he seems a good player with a good all around skill set (would be relatively cheap) .
Nico Williams would also surely be on the list of Luis Diaz replacements!
2.) 09 Apr 2025 18:18:42
Nice simple Summary that MK.
My worry is Hughes, I’ve got a massive feeling this fella is going to mess this up terribly. It’s a big summer for Liverpool.
3.) 09 Apr 2025 18:57:43
Good article nicely summed up, will be interesting to see who we do pursue because as usual the amount of players “linked” is ridiculous. I think a lot will be decided by how slot wants us to set up
I’d say Isak can be discounted from the list simply because he’s unattainable. Heard reports that Ekitike is our top target for the striker berth.
Cunha apparently has mentioned LFC as his preferred destination.
Delap is attractive because of him being HG and a £40m release clause.
For me to replace Nunez and Jota I’d pay Cunha’s release clause and then make the choice between Delap and Ekitike, can’t say I’ve seen Ekitike to make a judgement on him but think Delap could shine in a better team. You could potentially sell Nunez and Jota and get the replacements in for roughly same about (especially if one of the purchases is Delap)
If Diaz is sold I’d want an out and out winger my choice would be between Gordon or Nico Williams both would cost about the same I’d say now Gordon signed his new contract.
Morton replacement- ideally Elliott Anderson but unlikely so Ederson probably more attainable, heard good things of Stiller too.
Tsimikas - Kerkez for me
Hopefully Konate will remain but we still need another option at CB, Husjen would be the perfect option but can see him going elsewhere ideally I’d like him to be left footed to cover left side of defence, if Alonso leave Leverkusen perhaps hincape might be an option?
Trent replacements not easy, I like Frimpong but very suspect defensively but could cover salah as well.
One other to consider would be Geertruida
who has played for Slot before and can play RB cover CB.
4.) 09 Apr 2025 21:22:02
I think if you’re signing players you have to replace the ‘backup’ players and the current starters become the ‘backups’ LB and ST its clear we need upgrades but I’d upgrade Endo and Elliott with players who would be ahead of Gravenberch and Szoboszlai.
5.) 09 Apr 2025 23:13:16
RB: Martim Fernandes or Givairo Read
LB: Milos Kerkez or Jorrell Hato
CB: Dean Huisen
DM: Carlos Baleba
AM: Franco Mastantuono
ST: Matheus Cunha or Hugo Ekitike
Wing: Malick Fofana
Impossible to do in a single summer though.
6.) 10 Apr 2025 02:24:09
Mk a good article thank you for the effort.
It's going to be an interesting transfer window coming up.
Was excited to see how the team changes with Salah replacement but it appears Salah is unortunately staying.
7.) 10 Apr 2025 06:50:03
I would love for us to try and sign Jonathan David. Morton has hardly played all season, so does not need replacing. But we do need someone to play alongside Gravenberch.
28 Mar 2025 14:03:16
Reports coming from Egyptian sources that Abbas and Liverpool are more advanced than ever for a contract renewal to keep Salah at the club! If Salah signs I'll be over the moon and I reckon Virgil will follow suit. I think he's always been the most likely to stay anyway as captain.
This could be massive for us. We really don't want to have to replace 2 of our best players (who actually want to stay) considering we already have Trent, Konate, Diaz and Nunez all angling for moves away.
1.) 28 Mar 2025 15:09:08
I think if Van Dijk and Salah sign Konate will too ;)
2.) 28 Mar 2025 15:13:06
Great news. Both players physically can play on for many years. Let's hope it's 2 year deals with option of one more year. Hopefully konate stays and gets offered a contract with a big pay rise.
3.) 28 Mar 2025 15:15:08
The club can’t continue to pee around. It’s about time the club got its act together. We have absolutely no chance if Salah and VVD leave. I still maintain both will stay because no matter how badly the club have acted, there must be a degree of common sense in at least one of the decision makers.
4.) 28 Mar 2025 15:42:34
Seems likely, this started to come out yesterday mate.
5.) 28 Mar 2025 16:36:50
In fairness saying Konate is angling for a move away is pure guesswork.
6.) 28 Mar 2025 16:49:10
Hope you're right MK!
7.) 28 Mar 2025 20:16:40
Salah is the one I would have let go tbh. Afcon and World Cup next coming up next season. He’s having a great year but I think this is fuelled by contract talk and let’s not forget lots of pens. Think he will drop off after this season slightly and we defs need to replace in 12-18 months so why not now.
If he loses even half a yard of pace in the next year he is finished at the highest level. Let him go out on a high.
8.) 28 Mar 2025 21:32:37
Didn't Konate come out to speak about his contract a few months back. Something along the lines that negotiations have started but nothing has been agreed as of yet. He also mentioned how nice it was to be linked to RM and PSG, and went on to further state that on a personal level, it woukd be nice to play for PSG as his family is there. Does sound a bit like a "pick me" to PSG tbh.
9.) 28 Mar 2025 21:55:06
As has been guessed in the press. The ability to give extra readies to Mo (and VVD) would have gone up when we put the used fivers we had set aside for TAA back in the ‘Contract Funds’ jam jar when the world’s most evil full back ‘done the dirty on us’. That’s assuming, of course, that the multi billion FSG business portfolio runs on the idea of one transaction at a time and no more than 6 transactions a day.
10.) 29 Mar 2025 06:52:59
player linked with huge clubs says its nice"STOP THE PRESS".
27 Mar 2025 09:12:50
Gutted Trent is going because I really and truly believe he's one of, if not the most talented player to come out of our academy in my lifetime. Which is some going given we produced Fowler, Owen, Gerrard, McManaman etc in that time. They're Champions League, Europa League and Balon D'or winners.
Life goes on though. We moved on from Torres, Suarez, Gerrard, Coutinho, Sturridge, Mane, Fabinho, Gini, Hendo, Matip etc. Replacing elite players is never easy but we've done it time and time again under FSG's ownership. We're a well oiled machine. Every time someone crucial leaves, we seem to push on and get better as a team anyway. I see no reason why that can't happen again.
I'm not mad at Trent, I'm just disappointed he didn't want to stay and be a part of the special times that are still to come.
1.) 27 Mar 2025 10:33:12
MKS, Im not gutted cos I knew he would leave even tho, I wanted him to stay. Like you, Trent is a unicorn and always will be for me. I have never forgot his debut and how well he played. The bits he was doing from 2017 to 2020 at least where he was undoubtedly the best RB on the planet and one of the most technically gifted footballers I have ever laid eyes on. All that will stay with me.
Having said that, the club dragged it's feet and messed around and found out. Players want what they want and if you cannot do what it takes to secure them, they will go somewhere else and frankly, maybe Trent feels he has nothing left to prove in the PL. After all, CR7 left for that exact same reason. Just my take.
2.) 27 Mar 2025 10:44:19
Well said MK, share your views.
We'll never know what went on behind the scenes (until the autobiography comes out, I guess! ), but the vitriol aimed at Trent is shameful, as is that aimed at the club when no one really knows what happened, even those allegedly 'ITK' hacks who are most interested in getting to the truth, not selling clicks, honest!
He has won it all with us, I'm just sad he doesn't to win more in the next stage of our development under Slot.
He will "be just another player" (as Klopp said of Coutinho) rather than having statues built of him, but a footballer's career is short, and if he wants to play for another of the world's biggest clubs, so be it.
On a couple of other points:
1) We absolutely should take a transfer fee for him if Madrid want him for the start of June rather than start of July - what is there to be gained by hanging on to him for an extra month with no competitive games? £5m is £5m and may end up buying the next big thing into our academy.
2) I absolutely would welcome him back in the future if there was space for him in our squad - he's going to Madrid, not Utd, City, Chelsea or Arsenal.
Good luck Trent, and thanks for the great times, especially that corner!
3.) 27 Mar 2025 11:10:51
Oli, saying "I’m not gutted because I knew he would leave even though I wanted him to stay" is such a delusional statement. I and several other posters have mentioned several times this season that he looked off and didn’t seem like he wanted to stay, but you always dismissed it as nonsense. And now you’re claiming you knew it all along?
19 Apr 2025 20:10:23
I was resigned to him leaving but I wonder if Real Madrid and Jude Bellingham’s pathetic behaviour, coupled with Virgil and Salah staying, might sway his decision.
18 Apr 2025 20:02:00
Kelleher has been angling for first team football for ages. Jaros is out of contract this summer. Alisson has also indicated he wants to go back to Brazil when his contract is up but that’s at least 2 more seasons away I think. Would make sense for us to be after another back up keeper. None of the academy keepers behind Jaros are good enough in my opinion.
17 Apr 2025 22:10:20
I’d love to have De Bruyne on a 1 year performance based contract.
11 Apr 2025 12:13:23
I personally think Trent will be playing for Real Madrid in the Club World Cup. I reckon they'll offer a token fee to get him out f his contract early.
10 Apr 2025 12:26:24
Brummy, our academy has produced Jones, Morton and Quansah since Trent came through. Jones is definitely a first team regular, Quansah is competing to start, but sadly Morton is nothing more than a squad player. But they've all been with us from 6-8 years old.
Bradley, Elliott and Kelleher are regular first team players, but were all signed around 15 years old. Debateable if that still counts as an academy graduate. Kelleher is almost certain to leave.
Nallo, Nyoni, McConnell, Ngumoha, Doak, Beck and Bajcetic were all bought around 12-16 years old so we probably can't count them either to be fair if any of them do make the breakthrough. I'm expecting Doak, Beck and Bajcetic to be sold to be honest. The rest will probably get loans or Carabao cup games.
The next crop of youngsters who have actually come right through the academy from 6-8 years old are Danns, Koumas and Chambers. I actually think Koumas is the most likely to make it at Liverpool of these 3 despite being the least hyped purely because his body seems more up to it. He's played 2800 minutes this season for Stoke and has 6 goals and 3 assists. Danns and Chambers can't even stay fit which is a worry. Chambers has played 1000 minutes across 12 games for Wigan and then missed the whole season virtually with a back injury. Danns meanwhile hasn't made a single appearance since joining Sunderland in January.
18 Apr 2025 23:36:59
As per James Pearce, Ward will be “overseeing player development across FSG’s football operations, ” which will eventually include a second club once the right target has been found and acquired.
The former sporting director’s responsibilities also include “oversight of Liverpool’s academy, FSG’s loan department, group wide elite player development strategies and the establishment of FSG’s new football innovation department. ”
Sounds to me like his role is more involved in the multi-club model and ensuring a smooth transition for the development of our academy players, and how to manage their transition into senior football; for which a multi-club model would be useful in terms of loan deals or setting up a feeder club to tap into other markets that we have limited direct access to (such as South America) .
18 Apr 2025 20:12:35
I didn’t realise that Ed001 but just looked a Pedri was signed from Las Palmas at 16, Gavi from Betis at 11 and Cubarsi from Girona at 11. Yamal to be fair was signed from La Torretta at 7 years old. That’s mental that La Masia has such good publicity when they’re just buying the best kids.
{Ed001's Note - it is the Barca way, fake is what they are.}
16 Apr 2025 10:33:19
Yeah if he’d been a better manager I reckon we’d have won they’d league this season.
12 Apr 2025 12:12:59
Gazza why would you make Trent captain, out of interest? He doesn’t come across as captain material to me. I don’t see him as one who leads vocally, or by example. I don’t think he’d even be vice captain if he wasn’t Scouse.
I’m one of his biggest fans on here and always defend his abilities (particularly defensively) . But even I can’t come up with a good case for him to be captain.
11 Apr 2025 12:11:45
Call me crazy, but I think Salah should stay on the RW where he's got 44 goals and assists in 31 Premier League games. Just rest and rotate him more if he's getting older. Chiesa could come on for the last 20 minutes and play in the domestic cups for example.