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11 Mar 2026 20:36:40
Liverpool rumours: “I wouldn’t take any cretin from Madrid in a swap deal…!”

Valverde: “Hold my pint”.

11 Mar 2026 22:01:45
I wouldn't take any cretin from Real Madrid, I stand by that. Vermin, the lot of them.

11 Mar 2026 18:46:40
I think this guy in Twitter Indykaila is saying slot is sacked. I don't know who this is but it popped up in my feed and I like it 😂.

11 Mar 2026 19:15:08
He who shall not be named on this site!

11 Mar 2026 20:25:53
It was clickbait that didn't actually say that.

11 Mar 2026 20:49:42
Posturing at its finest on X.

11 Mar 2026 20:48:24
indy fat kid from bolton

11 Mar 2026 18:24:50
Just on the manager front. Carra has covered most of it below but for those asking about Slot knowing.

He has agreed in principle to join Ajax at the end of the season. I don't know how true this is because it comes from someone I met on a recent business trip to the Netherlands, but it would indicate that he knows if true.

I've also been told to Iraola is likely off to UTD.

11 Mar 2026 20:18:37
Thank you, Fields. Fingers crossed.

11 Mar 2026 20:54:27
Nice one, Fields.

Hope all is well.

Ta.

11 Mar 2026 20:59:48
Got to be the most "ITK" thread on here, thanks Thefields and Carra.

11 Mar 2026 22:18:18
Seems that way, posted this a while back. He is definitely resigning at the end of the season. That much is pretty guaranteed.

11 Mar 2026 23:19:58
Ajax appointed a new manager a week ago.
One who worked several times with Jordi Cruijff. Wouldn't come for 2 months.

Slot ain't going there, or at all.

Ornstein said this earlier tonight.

11 Mar 2026 18:21:44
David Ornstiene in his podcast has said slots job is safe under contract until 2027 and and the board are happy with him and expect him to lead us in the future? Good God how much more can we take of this with the clueless slot in charge.

{Ed025's Note - i believe Carra before Ornstiene Grav..

11 Mar 2026 19:57:22
Why is it as soon as Carra or some other ITK reports here, Ornstein releases what he has heard from the club. 😂

11 Mar 2026 20:17:42
Is it disinformation from the club via Ornstein? Not necessarily disinformation for fans on a football forum, but for the club's competitors?

11 Mar 2026 21:41:54
Ornstein and Joyce regularly get briefed by the club. More recently, Alex Crook, who is close to Hughes, has been getting briefed too.

11 Mar 2026 11:20:04
A lot of people asking about the manager. I will repeat what I know.

As I say, Slot can be considered gone.

As far as replacements, Gerrard was spoken to and talks were very positive regarding a interim role.

The club decided to stick instead of twist.

In the meantime, Edwards has spoken to Cesc Fabregas whilst in Como. Talks were positive but nothing really came of it.

Interestingly, Hughes wasn't privy to the talks and was a bit shocked that he wasn't consulted.



Luis Enrique's agent has been in brief talks with us and whilst he loves the idea of managing in the EPL he also feels he still has work to do in Paris.

Alonso has spoken of his desire to become the next LFC manager and the club have identified him as the next man for the job.

Dotting I's and crossing T's, I expect him to join in the summer.

Ta.

11 Mar 2026 11:42:36
Cheers, Carra!

11 Mar 2026 11:45:09
Tear in my eye.

Thanks, Carra.

11 Mar 2026 11:47:14
Cheers, Carra. Respect, mate. Just one question, if you can please. Why will they not let Slot go now?

11 Mar 2026 11:54:29
Cheers, Carra. Light at the end of this very dark tunnel.

11 Mar 2026 11:56:21
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'd take Rafa Benitez until the end of the season, with his objective being to secure Champions League football next season.

11 Mar 2026 11:57:32
It was an internal decision, Barry. That's all I really know.

Ta.

11 Mar 2026 12:05:22
Ok, thanks, Carra.

11 Mar 2026 12:26:05
Cheers for the update, Carra.

With us possibly not being in the Champions League next season, will that have any effect on Xabi coming?

11 Mar 2026 12:30:04
Cheers for sharing, Carra.

11 Mar 2026 12:30:10
Carra, whoever made that decision to keep Slot on, are they not as culpable for the mess that we are in?

11 Mar 2026 12:50:28
Think it's a disgrace if everyone at the club knows Slot is going, including himself.

If I was Slot, I wouldn't give a toss if we win, lose or draw.

11 Mar 2026 13:01:45
Nice one, Carra...that's my day a lot brighter...thank f*** he's going. 👍

11 Mar 2026 13:04:02
Maybe Slot wants to leave in the summer with a payoff. We have no idea how he feels. I can easily see how last summer's tragedy could affect a person and make them feel like they want to be back with their family.

It's a bold prediction on Alonso.
A lot can happen between now and August.

11 Mar 2026 13:10:39
Cheers, Carra, for updating us all. Hopefully this utter carp footie is soon confined to history.

11 Mar 2026 13:12:17
Thanks for the update, Carra. Do you know if Ted Lasso is available? Believe!

11 Mar 2026 13:28:30
Cheers for the update, Carra. :-)

11 Mar 2026 13:40:06
Lovely jubbly!
Sooner the better!!
I've actually started to fall asleep during games. And I certainly won't be travelling to Anfield to watch thon dross the bald eagle serves up!

11 Mar 2026 13:48:12
Thanks, Carra.

11 Mar 2026 13:49:20
Barry, I am guessing with Gerrard, who I would take till the end of the season, and it should have happened at the end of November. Only problem, if he did well, it would be virtually impossible to get rid of him because of his history with the club, and maybe they do not think he would be a good long term option.


I do not care what people say about him, though, Barry, I would love Gerrard to be part of Alonso's back room team.
What we need is a good tactical manager, but also a ruthless one that will put the club first over the players, and with the contracts being given out at the minute, that is not happening.

11 Mar 2026 14:23:24
Thanks, Carra, mate. I think they might have let Slot stick only if Alonso or any of their preferred candidates were not ready to take the job before the summer. Seems strange to me, considering Alonso could have gotten 3-4 months of bedding in time without any expectations.



Once we go out in the CL, which I think might happen against Athleti or PSG, I think we should sack the man. Unless we want to save on the money we might have to give Slot if we sack him mid-season.

But then, what do I know. ;)

11 Mar 2026 14:41:08
Carra, do you think there's any chance Slot is still sacked if we go out the cup and Champions League, and get Xabi in early, given City will surely take a shot at getting Xabi as Pep's replacement, which sounds like it'll be needed this summer from the interview today.

11 Mar 2026 15:25:39
There are still some childish, nasty comments aimed at a manager who actually succeeded and tried his best. Most of you couldn't even point out Anfield (or Liverpool, for that matter) on the map. We've been spoilt to a degree, yet when things go wrong, many are first to ridicule.

It must be difficult to stomach after signing up to become a Liverpool supporter when winning things, and then having to contend with a loss of form as per the usual trend that is footie and the Premier League.

11 Mar 2026 18:10:26
Gerrard was the captain, not Alonso. So, psychologically, bringing Gerrard back as a #2 would likely cause issues. Gerrard has never been a #2 in his life, and, worshipped as a god by fans, would gain more voice than Alonso. So, much as on paper it might work, I do not believe it would work in practice.

11 Mar 2026 18:19:01
Great info, Carra. That's what this site is all about! Much appreciated.

11 Mar 2026 18:45:52
I think the board are fully behind slit, and he has a free pass till next season.

11 Mar 2026 19:03:38
I'm so glad to see this update because I just read some of Ornstein's update from today and, according to him, Slot is exactly the coach we want and that there is no intention of changing him before his contract is up in 2027. If that was the case, you would really have to question if Hughes or Edwards have ever watched us play, because irrespective of injuries, squad imbalance etc, the results and performances have been dire and not at the standard of Liverpool.

Very grateful for what Slot achieved last season, but we can't give free passes for past performances.

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

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

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

Ta.

{Ed025's Note - cheers Carra..

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

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

Says a lot!!!

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

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Arne Slot and Florian!!!

I say, #slotout, #florianout.

:=

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If so, I am sold on him, Vik.

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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