Current Avatar:
No Avatar image uploaded
No Avatar image uploaded
Liverpool Rumours Member Posts
The Southern Red's Profile
The Southern Red's Posts and Other Poster's Replies To The Southern Red's Posts
To The Southern Red's last 5 rumours posts
To The Southern Red's last 5 banter posts
To The Southern Red's last 5 rumour replies
To The Southern Red's last 5 banter replies
The Southern Red's rumours posts with other poster's replies to The Southern Red's rumours posts
08 Apr 2025 15:04:47
Any interest in Gittens sounds like he’s going to be leaving Dortmund.
1.) 08 Apr 2025 15:50:20
He seems to have a higher ceiling than Gordon, and we are going to need English players when trent, Elliott and Gomez leave.
2.) 08 Apr 2025 16:19:29
Gittens will not be HG, Vango. He's been in Dortmund since he was 16 and he will be 20/ 21 (birthday in August) by the time he joins another team.
Although he will qualify as U21 for the 25-26 season, after that he will be non-HG, unfortunately.
3.) 08 Apr 2025 16:04:45
Gittens will not count as homegrown player!
4.) 08 Apr 2025 16:33:57
Sorry, he signed for Dortmund on his 17th birthday and he will be signing for his next club a month or so before his 21st. Either way, he won't have spent 3 years between the ages of 16-21 at an English club, which is what you need to qualify as HG.
5.) 08 Apr 2025 16:40:36
He is a very good player with a lot of potential. He has also already been linked to us by a few media outlets, would probably depend on our ability to move someone on (namely Diaz if that is the plan) .
6.) 08 Apr 2025 17:33:20
Zeddicus - Thanks for clearing that up. Looks good from the little i've seen. City's academy has been somewhat of a production line, it seems.
7.) 08 Apr 2025 18:01:01
Looks like he has a high ceiling, definitely shown enough and has the raw materials. But would he hinder Ngumoha? We seem to rate him very highly, I know Ngumoha is 16 but Gittens is only 20 himself. Still in favour of the signing. If Diaz does leave we would be short a wide receiver who just run at the opposition so I would be open to it.
8.) 08 Apr 2025 18:43:16
Tbf we shouldn’t worry too much about HG quota since Slot doesn’t seem to care about using more than around 15-18 players.
9.) 08 Apr 2025 22:40:03
Strong Jadon Sancho vibes, feels like a £80m+ mistake for some poor chump. No thanks.
17 Mar 2025 21:34:35
VVD to PSG god could it get any worse!
Scenario of losing all 3 is getting more significant.
{Ed025's Note - VVD to PSG? OMG.. :)
1.) 17 Mar 2025 21:57:03
€80m over two years, €20m up front, apparently.
If he goes (and let’s face it, that’s a lot of money who can blame him, any of us in our own professional careers would take a new role for more money), the blame only goes one way.
2.) 17 Mar 2025 23:11:17
I find it hilarious that the same posters who are pooh-poohing stories from ‘tabloid websites’ linking us with Mbappe, Bellingham etc are quite happy to take these tabloid websites word as gospel when it comes to negative stories about us.
3.) 17 Mar 2025 23:54:53
Will any replacement not cost the best part of €80m and then big wages on top of that?
4.) 18 Mar 2025 00:23:16
Agreed Viktor.
5.) 18 Mar 2025 00:57:32
VVD to PSG, OMG LOL.
6.) 18 Mar 2025 06:36:06
But Onekiss, the right replacement probably won’t be 34 when the next season starts…. I’d rather keep these players but they won’t go on forever.
7.) 18 Mar 2025 07:07:41
Let me guess you’ve got that story from mr potato head on you tube, the absolute worst blurt about. Kid drives me mad.
8.) 18 Mar 2025 07:21:09
The “blame” will go to the player who has taken the decision to let his contract expire and test the market.
The club has absolutely no choice but to join that market.
I don’t “blame” anyone. He’s given the best part of his career to the Reds, we’ve won everything with him, he’s cashing in on one last big contract. Good luck to him and he’ll get a legends welcome when/ if he returns.
9.) 18 Mar 2025 10:17:50
Losing the best cb in world is a disaster. Easily 2 more seasons of top class football in him.
10.) 18 Mar 2025 10:34:08
LMFAO.
11.) 18 Mar 2025 10:47:25
I’m highly emotional post this week, I’ll take any fear mongering as gospel.
12.) 18 Mar 2025 10:50:30
Could be worse if vvd to everton and salah to man united.
13.) 18 Mar 2025 11:04:34
All part of the dance, I guess. International break. Slow news. Lots of time for media mischief. It will be a long 15 days.
14.) 18 Mar 2025 11:30:18
As VVD said on Sunday there have been no decisions made and everything is a lie until he, or the club, make an official announcement.
15.) 18 Mar 2025 11:46:17
Sorry OP, didn't mean to be sneery! I'm just not prepared to accept anything from the usual tabloid sites right now - positive or negative.
We'll hopefully be able to get the league done by the end of April, and then focus more on what is likely to be a very massive summer!
16.) 18 Mar 2025 13:21:16
VVD to PSG rumours are fabricated nonsense.
17.) 18 Mar 2025 14:29:51
I’d rather have the best CB around who’s 34/ 35 than someone not as good who’s 25. Silva, Pepe etc were still brilliant past 35.
18.) 18 Mar 2025 14:57:48
This is a story I wouldn't say is nonsense. It may well be, who knows? But it's not nonsense for a team like PSG to be interested in a player like VVD, he improves any team. I think there might be something to this story, any team getting him on a free will be laughing for the next year or two.
This is what concerns me more than anything is the three lads are all going to be getting offers from all over the place. The fact they've not agreed anything with any other club proves what Ed1 is saying - they want to stay. Get them signed up .
Last game at Anfield were going to see the three saying their goodbyes. Absolutely shocking.
19.) 18 Mar 2025 14:58:59
This is nonsense.
20.) 18 Mar 2025 15:06:16
VVD to PSG? OMG LMFAO.
21.) 18 Mar 2025 17:42:40
They should change the site name from "Rumours" to "Absolute Gospel" with the number of people who believe the worst they read on here.
Comical stuff.
22.) 18 Mar 2025 22:38:14
just putting it out there - besides Trent due to his age, but the market isn't exactly on fire given these 3 are on the market.
23.) 19 Mar 2025 11:45:53
Panic on the streets of Merseyside
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ.
12 Feb 2025 10:32:53
Sounds like we’re in for a massive overhaul of our forward line!
Seems like we should expect Diaz, Nunez and Jota to all leave as well as potentially Salah given the continuous lack of signing (although if rumours are true and they are holding back until end of season for Trent maybe it’s fine)
1.) 12 Feb 2025 12:21:19
Diaz lacks end product
Jota is made of biscuits
And Nunez it just hasn’t worked out for him but out the 3 he would be the one I’d keep as he never lacks effort .
All 3 if we are honest can be upgraded.
2.) 12 Feb 2025 12:23:53
I'm not sure we should 'expect' them to leave. It's possible that any of the 4 may leave but with the exception of Mo it will only be if the right offer comes in and the right replacement is available.
3.) 12 Feb 2025 15:38:39
We should be replacing them 1-2 at a time, giving the replacement time to bed in, and keep the continuity.
If Gakpo / Chiesa stays
Salah? / Diaz / Nunez / Jota leave
Replacing 3-4 of them at 1 go? Honesty I have no confidence in Hughes / the club to pull it off.
My worry is that we will let 3-4 go and only bring in 1-2 players. that will reduce our depth from 6 to 4.
Even if we win the league / CL this season, we should be strengthening from a position of strength, instead of overhauling the whole team, considering we will definitely need reinforcement in LB, DM, CB and potentially RB if Trent leave. That makes it 7-8 players required.
We should be looking at 2-3 top class players each season at maximum, players that can come in and really challenge for the 1st eleven, so that current players are being kept on their toes.
4.) 12 Feb 2025 16:01:59
Why would you not have any confidence in Hughes/ club not pulling it off. LFC are considered one of the best teams in Europe and a few days ago fans on here were worried about meeting Bournemouth a team Hughes was instrumental in assembling.
5.) 12 Feb 2025 17:08:22
Wirralean - my main worry wouldn’t actually be with Hughes himself (has in past shown the ability to uncover a gem ) more I don’t think financially we can compete for the absolutely top 1% of players. Aside from getting a player who can step up a level or two, the “bigger” names like Gyokeres, Retegui, Wirtz, Bastoni, or even N Williams (who I personally don’t rate) would have wage offers far above what I think they club would be willing to offer, and that’s IF they were open to moving.
Mean could get in perhaps more players on lower wages who potentially could improve or flourish in Slot’s system - but if did have to bring in say 3-5 if we can’t renew contracts would be a worry…. but I would have never predicted our season so far so wouldn’t be at all surprised if made us better.
6.) 12 Feb 2025 16:50:02
Wirralean - Finally someone with some sense.
7.) 12 Feb 2025 17:04:22
Before we decide to get rid of most of our forwards don’t we need a CDM, a (L) CB and a LB. If Mo goes we need a starter to play on the right side of the forward three and then we could look at replacing Jota and / or Nunez.
Worst case, we need to bring six starters into the first team squad ……. Would all those who think FSG don’t spend money and that Hughes doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing like to join in …. ‘Oh no we won’t’.
8.) 12 Feb 2025 17:33:20
I'd not be too upset if Diaz left, he offers next to nothing. I always thought of him as Sadio Manes replacement but he couldn't tie Sadios boots, no where near the same output in any respect.
Unfortunately i don't trust Hughes' ability to competently replace any of them either.
11 Sep 2024 10:36:27
Ed’s what’s your gut saying on the 3 of trend VVD and Salah with regards to contracts vs what do you THINK we should do?
{Ed002's Note - I think that Liverpool should have found out their intentions and dealt with the contracts before the transfer window opened. I suspect that Alexander-Arnold will be attracted by a move to Real Madrid. Salah could potentially run down his contract and look to the Middle East next summer - I think it will largely depend on what financial demands he has to renew at Liverpool; but they will continue to look for a replacement. I expect van Dijk to renew if financial demands are met.}
1.) 11 Sep 2024 17:16:15
I do appreciate your input ed02 but I don't agree with much of what you've said there. As a local lad I think Trent will not be lured by Real when he will probably captain his ho hometown club and have a chance to win everything with us still. Salah and Virgil too competitive to go to a retirement league at this stage and seem to want to stay. Obviously the club will have to offer them what they want or close to it but I think all 3 will stay. I'm not an exoert by any means but reading between the lines with all 3 I think that's what will happen if the club want to keep them, which I hope they do.
2.) 11 Sep 2024 18:05:48
Hughes is still looking for the agents numbers!
3.) 11 Sep 2024 21:16:49
You can never be 100% sure until signing but club and players feel likely all 3 will renew. Mo and Virg on c2 year deals and Trent longer and paid as one of top players at club.
4.) 11 Sep 2024 21:42:23
Ah yes, Hughes = bad. A mind like a steel trap - once a thought gets in there, there is no chance of it ever getting out eh?
5.) 11 Sep 2024 22:49:46
I have the same opinion on this as ed. The club should have sorted this months ago and lessons must be learnt. WDW this is a banter/ rumours site, if you don’t like it don’t comment.
6.) 11 Sep 2024 22:39:45
Hi Ed, I understand if you won't indulge me with this one, but worth asking.
Has the club made any real effort to renew Trent in the past 12 months? I can understand them allowing Salah and van Dijk to run into the last year of their contract on account of their age (although I think they both still have plenty to offer), but Trent is 25.
It would appear to be a major blunder from the club to allow his contract enter its last 12 months in this manner.
{Ed002's Note - No, that is what they are doing now.}
7.) 12 Sep 2024 09:23:29
Yes the club should've got it sorted sooner but I'd imagine after Klopp announced his departure, and the changes at senior management level, that VVD, Mo and Trent would've wanted to see how things were under the new structure before signing.
8.) 12 Sep 2024 14:09:46
@Mark, are you saying people should only post if they agree with the post in question? You and the Ed and anybody else, including me, are entitled to your / their / my opinion. Just because you agree with someone doesn’t make it right, per se, and equally, just because I disagree doesn’t make my opinion right either. That’s the fun of it all. In this instance it isn’t so much an opinion about contracts, even though I disagree with you, it is more about the tedious repetition that Hughes is a ‘bad thing’. It may or may not be a valid point of view but just saying the same negative thing repeatedly is actually detracting from any point of view that you are trying to make.
9.) 12 Sep 2024 20:12:46
Is Hughes the new scapegoat for the Doom Crew now?
29 Aug 2024 21:42:15
Looks like Dunks off to Hull!
Makes more sense for a full season in the championship as more game time, they took good care of Morton and carvalho.
1.) 29 Aug 2024 22:04:00
Lewis?
2.) 29 Aug 2024 22:25:29
Don’t type after a few glasses!
*Doak.
The Southern Red's banter posts with other poster's replies to The Southern Red's banter posts
18 Apr 2025 12:21:19
Gut feeling that the Trent Saga isn’t over.
1.) 18 Apr 2025 14:41:29
It is/ was a long time ago.
2.) 18 Apr 2025 14:48:50
Wish it was over.
3.) 18 Apr 2025 21:21:25
Clubs creating a feel good factor, salah and VVD signed. Getting reporters to write about the big summer and push to bring in quality etc.
4.) 19 Apr 2025 01:10:29
Darn propaganda.
30 Mar 2025 15:58:48
With Konate unlikely to sign a new deal, do we think we will see him sold this summer?
1.) 30 Mar 2025 17:01:40
I’d imagine he’s waiting to see what direction the club is heading and what the ambitions are before committing himself.
2.) 30 Mar 2025 17:56:14
You have to sell if he doesn't want to sign this summer, if we have to rebuild our entire back and forward line this summer, we can't keep letting players go for free.
Not even our management is that incompetent surely.
3.) 30 Mar 2025 18:46:32
world cup year, you either sign or go!
4.) 30 Mar 2025 19:28:20
He’s waiting to go to PSG at the end of next season. The club can’t sell him if he doesn’t want to go. PSG save £50 - 60m if they wait for a year so where’s the incentive for Konate not to run his contract down?
5.) 30 Mar 2025 20:23:42
Direction?
The club is heading to be champions.
6.) 30 Mar 2025 20:29:10
the club can bench him, as said above world cup year. enjoy the bench.
7.) 30 Mar 2025 20:53:21
And who is playing instead of Konate @Kurt. You don’t get the math. The club ain’t got the money to bench Konate. Other than a left back I don’t see any additions to the backline this summer.
8.) 30 Mar 2025 21:39:58
If he doesn’t sign then sign his replacement this summer and stick Konate on the bench or in the reserves all season.
9.) 30 Mar 2025 22:37:21
Nah, rather have him in the squad.
10.) 30 Mar 2025 23:23:31
Why am I reading posts saying we don’t have money. Clearly that’s nonsense.
11.) 30 Mar 2025 23:24:24
If he’s here, use him. He is contracted to the club and is a good (sometimes very good) player. It’s a business and he would be a valuable asset next season helping us to (at least) qualify for the CL in the following season) . Cutting off our collective nose to spite our face, is economically speaking, unsound and is also childish.
12.) 31 Mar 2025 02:35:45
Sell him there will be plenty of takers, PSG would spend £40-50m on him this summer defo.
Others would too.
We need our management team to be as ruthless as the next club, and all this talk of one player only this summer is complete sh#t$ its not possible the squad needs an update and I firmly believe there will be 4-5 new players with 6-8 sold or loaned or leaving.
13.) 31 Mar 2025 07:06:08
If he’s not signing get rid. We can’t afford to keep giving assets away for free. Completely unsustainable for the way we are run. If it continues we will be mid table in the next 2/ 3 years with no hope of winning the league unless we get new ownership who are willing to inject cash. Even that is becoming more difficult with new rulings around ffp.
14.) 31 Mar 2025 07:11:28
I often find there’s nothing more attractive to prospective new targets than to ostracise one of your first 11 on the basis they won’t sign on contract extension….
15.) 31 Mar 2025 09:31:56
Wow. Sometimes that’s all you can say.
@Shughes, do you really not see the similarity in TAA this season and Ibou next season . Real Madrid this season and PSG next season? TAA and Ibou being of a very similar age and arguably not yet at their peak? TAA wanted to move to RM and Ibou wants to go to PSG and the club can’t sell anybody who only wants to leave if they have a legally binding contract which is the case with both TAA and Ibou.
16.) 31 Mar 2025 09:34:08
Other clubs don’t constantly have these issues. It’s non negotiable, sign or your up for sale. Get the fans behind the club. At this rate according to the incompetent few we just simply let all players run down their contracts and leave for free. The most important thing is the club and winning trophies the club needs to become ruthless when it comes to players contracts.
17.) 31 Mar 2025 10:15:53
All this nonsense chat that players who are running their contracts down, on purpose by the way, can't be sold but we need to grow some balls and say rot in the stands then. it's immoral imo that players do this . esp the younger ones . We going for a title n yet all we hear about is contracts. Trent is organising his pay day with his new club n people are saying good luck to him, he been great serant blah blah , I think he is taking the piss, n hope his injury keeps him out for the season so he can't have his 'sad' farewell to the fans.
18.) 31 Mar 2025 10:57:42
If we believe everything we have seen in Papers and social media, we would be left with, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboslai, Jones. and so would need not just 1 or 2 players but a whole new defense and Attack, Oh and a Number 6 to help Grav, that wouldn't just cost a fortune but would also probably wreck any chance of competing next season due to players need time to bed in, let's just chill get the league won and see where the ride takes us. YNWA.
19.) 31 Mar 2025 11:26:41
I suspect a Konate deal will get done when Virg and Salah's deals are concluded.
I think he loves it at Liverpool and would like to stay.
Whatever he's done with the performance coaches this year seems to have worked to minimise his muscle injuries. Other than that Endrick assault, he's been fairly robust (touch wood to not jinx it) .
20.) 31 Mar 2025 12:31:19
@worzal69, this is why the Isak thing is a pipe dream and you didn't even need to go as far as you did in terms of revamping the squad. IMO, We may not need major surgery esp. should the Big 2 stay BUT we're going to need 3 to 4 players at least for the first 11 and those won't come cheap.
We spent 145m or so revamping our midfield 18 months ago alone and those where 4 players. We're going to need that type of investment (if not more due to inflation) this coming summer. Now if the Big 2 leave then, the money's going to be crazy.
21.) 31 Mar 2025 13:21:19
@Strom, how is it immoral? The club and player agree a fixed term contract at 5he agreed salary level for the stipulated term of the contract. There is no morality involved - it is a business transaction willingly entered into by two parties who are aware of, and agree to, the terms and conditions of the contract.
@Mark - ‘sign or sell’ is a pretty good slogan and as it only has three words everybody should manage the idea within their concentration span. The trouble is the club can’t sell somebody who is willing to see out their contract. That is probably what happened with Trent and is going to potentially happen with Ibou. You can’t sell someone who, for whatever reason, sticks within their concentration span terms and conditions of their contract and is willing to sit the contract out.
It’s frustrating for us all but it isn’t illegal, it isn’t immoral it is just the fulfilment of a contract.
The reason it is happening is that it is two very good players who seem to have a specific wish to play for particular clubs. I don’t think this will be a common occurrence although it has (sort of) precedents in players wanting to play for their dream clubs, notably Coutinho and, to a lesser extent, Suarez, who may also have been motivated by money, in the not too distant past.
22.) 31 Mar 2025 14:28:17
WDW football is not like any other job . Liverpool fc is for the fans . n people who play especially born n bred scousers who run down their contracts knowing that the club won't get a penny in transfer after we've nurtured him since he was 6 into a professional very well played footballer, that immoral in my eyes . so all this he signed a contract between 2 parties baloney doesn't wash. don't get me wrong our management should have made it clear to everyone with 2 years left either sign or go. no more bosmans for us, when we can get millions.
23.) 31 Mar 2025 16:17:33
Wouldn't it be interesting to be a fly on the wall in management meetings over the last two years?
Surely, they knew important players' contracts were running down. If they offered the players new contracts and they wouldn't sign didn't they realise it would turn into a huge problem. Looks like Trent did.
26 Mar 2025 14:27:34
Ed’s how would you approach RB now it’s pretty much nailed on for Trent to leave.
I love Bradley but am worried he needs to improve his injury record and we also need cover at least.
{Ed001's Note - we would have to sign one, it is that simple.}
1.) 26 Mar 2025 16:15:11
Makes sense! ?.
2.) 26 Mar 2025 20:54:07
Glad we’ve cleared that up!
24 Mar 2025 21:13:04
Do we think konate is also off this summer if he doesn’t sign?
1.) 24 Mar 2025 23:56:11
Be a shame but if he doesn’t extend and we get 50m we should take it no questions asked. can't keep letting players go for free. We haven’t got a penny for Clyne, Matip, Moreno, Can, Thiago, Keita, Ox, Milner Wijnaldum, Lallana, Firmino, Origi, Sturridge in the last few years. Potentially Trent VVD and Salah this summer. Probably Robertson next summer. I’d start saying to players when they have 2 years left it’s either extend or be sold for a good fee, let alone 1 year left.
2.) 25 Mar 2025 13:56:25
If he doesn't extend then, we should sell him, IMO.
15 Mar 2025 13:35:52
I’ve got creeping suspicion that Konate is going to want to move to PSG this summer.
1.) 16 Mar 2025 13:16:35
As do I. More rumours recently about Diaz to Barcelona. I think Diaz, Konate, VVD, Trent and Salah will all leave. Not bothered about Diaz but losing the others will be brutal.
The Southern Red's rumour replies
20 Apr 2025 14:50:46
I’d take de bruyne if we could get him in a heavily incentivised contract, him passing to salah would be sublime.
18 Apr 2025 21:02:05
Jaros is renewing.
03 Apr 2025 15:08:07
I believe I know of one, he actually plays for Liverpool.
03 Apr 2025 09:13:48
Is he a player that will improve our team? I haven’t seen anything of him but reports out of Germany say he’s decent.
{Ed001's Note - never seen him play sorry.}
27 Mar 2025 11:47:08
Interesting you expect jota to stay, appreciate his value at the moment isn’t great but sounds as though Slot isn’t impressed.
The Southern Red's banter replies
20 Apr 2025 14:54:47
Shame we didn’t go for him direct from Brazil when he was pining for us, £20m shoots up to £60m now.
18 Apr 2025 21:21:25
Clubs creating a feel good factor, salah and VVD signed. Getting reporters to write about the big summer and push to bring in quality etc.
09 Apr 2025 22:50:02
disappointed we haven't sorted out Jaros and Davies, them leaving on a free is not good economics.
03 Apr 2025 09:15:01
Need to do per 90 mins, the above data is very construed.
31 Mar 2025 23:25:31
would be class if on the last home game he just came out and said "i'm not leaving! " and dropped the mike.