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24 May 2026 12:58:11
It looks like Liverpool have looked at GK Bento from Al Nassr for the long term. The Brazilian is contracted there until 2028 but could be available for sale next summer.

24 May 2026 14:00:30
Fray Bentos Pies?

24 May 2026 14:10:03
I love Fray Bentos Pies.

24 May 2026 14:24:04
A pie out a tin with a side of Smash... I can actually hear that irritating robot jingle now 30+ years on!

24 May 2026 15:04:26
Let's send Arne a Fray Bentos pie as a leaving gift.

As a joke, I once sent Brendan Rodgers a parcel of PG Tips teabags and a loaf of Hovis Sliced White Bread to Celtic's training ground.

Not sure if he ever received it, though, or knew anything about it, as they were probably binned by his PA.



I sent it to him because when he was Liverpool manager, it was said he would pore over tactics at 3am in the morning over slices of toast and tea.

Not that it did him any good. His tactics were still poor He should never have been LF Manager in the first place.

24 May 2026 16:51:43
We can knock Rodgers, but the football we played under him for the season we finished second was some of the best I've seen Liverpool play.

24 May 2026 17:54:36
Best. Mmmmhh, not really. Entertaining. We will outscore you. Yeh.

Until the girls dries up, and we were... pretty much where we are now, awful at the back. Stake. Lacking attacking intent... Lacking quality... Lacking... well, in pretty much every department.

24 May 2026 18:12:47
Fray Bentos pie, Smash and Marrafat peas... That's my tea sorted. Thanks lads!!

24 May 2026 18:11:08
Girls hate boring football

24 May 2026 18:58:25
One great season out of the Rodgers tenure. The rest was made bearable by the quality of tu Frontline and especially Suarez. I still shudder at the 4 CBs at home vs Southampton and losing 1-0.

West Brom battering us 3-0 and sauntering through the team when we drew 1-1 with them. Rodgers showed how out of depth he was after Suarez left. 2014/15 was as dire a full season until arguably this season.

24 May 2026 19:02:49
There's more meat on a caterpillar's c**k than there is in one of those stray Bentos pies. It even says on the tin, danger- may contain meat.

24 May 2026 20:05:32
That season under Rodgers was incredible attacking football but it was pretty much down to Suarez. Whatever your views on him, you cannot deny that was one of the incredible seasons by any player in Premier League history. 31 goals in 33 appearances with 12 assists. Insane. Just a shame he's a cheating scumbag

24 May 2026 20:10:17
HH, I'm sitting at the pool in Miami for the Memorial Day weekend, enjoying the airshow. But I'd swap this for your suggestion! You've made me hungry!!

24 May 2026 20:46:06
The only difference is Rodgers and Slot is Salah got Slot over the line. Suarez didn't get Rodgers. Suarez left, we fell off a cliff. Salah's level dropped, the same happened. Imagine that 13/14 team with VVD and Alisson at the back.

Would Slot have won last season with Mignolet and Skrtel? There is no point going into next season and making the change in November and writing another year off. He's not the man for the job.

24 May 2026 10:43:03
Morning Gents.

Been told Ali has no intentions of leaving Liverpool this summer.

Some good news.

Happy bank holoday weekend.

24 May 2026 11:06:50
Heard the same myself mate. This really is good news. Just need to keep him fit now.

24 May 2026 11:12:35
Boom! The best news.

24 May 2026 11:13:50
Great news! (So long as Edwards & Hughes aren't here when we go to find his replacement.)

24 May 2026 11:17:23
That is awesome news!

One more season with The #1.

I just hope Slot or suits doesn't decide to try and push him out!

The debate for him or Clenence as our best goalkeeper of all time can be put aside until he does leave.



Never have I been more wrong about a signing. I remember him in goal at Roma when we ran riot... and were linked with him that summer and Butland... I thought Butland was the safer bet!!!!!

The man oozes class.

24 May 2026 11:28:58
Yesssss, Robbo!

Cheers.

24 May 2026 11:39:48
I'm too young to remember Clemence. Think my first goalie was James, then the Dutch guy. Neither of which will be remembered for their greatness. Reina was good, but I think Allison for me is the best.

24 May 2026 11:41:51
Brilliant news.

24 May 2026 11:46:58
Slot - "Hold my beer."

24 May 2026 11:51:40
Best goalie by a mile in my lifetime. Needs to stay fit though.

24 May 2026 11:52:59
Cheers Robbo, that's brilliant news. He's the one leaving that I was most concerned about.

If his next season turns out to be his last, then we need to use that year to either ensure Mama is coached by the best and ups his game, or we look for a better replacement.



Either way, he's almost irreplaceable as there's such an obvious drop in quality and general standards as a player.

I'm really gonna miss him when he goes. (Not been this disappointed since Torres left and Beardsley years before that.)

24 May 2026 12:20:08
Am a massive Alisson fan, best goalkeeper since Clemence, but you can't compare them just because of what Clemence won, he was outstanding and should have been England's no1 over Shilton.

24 May 2026 12:31:13
Very difficult to replace him.

I mean, to find a no1, I don't think a proper, actual replacement exists tbh.
Such a good keeper. Too good for Juve, perfect for us.
Len.

24 May 2026 12:31:53
Well, that's one we can strike off the 'players who absolutely despise Slot and can't wait to leave' conspiracy theory list for the time being, thankfully. Of course, it could be possible that he's been told that Slot's leaving.

24 May 2026 12:37:27
That to me is the best news I've heard in ages. Love him.

24 May 2026 13:06:01
The best possible news.

24 May 2026 14:44:21
I hope his fortune turns regarding injuries. It will be great to have a top class keeper available for the greater part of the season. That is one of the foundation stones for a title challenge.

24 May 2026 14:49:27
Didn't Edwards play a big part in signing him?

24 May 2026 14:57:13
Great news. Still No.1, and the longer the other keepers in the club train with him, the better!!!

24 May 2026 15:56:08
Great news!

24 May 2026 17:00:01
Mama is very poor with the ball at his feet, and doesn't particularly command his box physically. Difficult to see how he can be coached on both those aspects. He seems a decent shot stopper, but nowhere near as good one on one as Ali either.

24 May 2026 17:42:10
Alli poor for that goal today.

24 May 2026 20:11:06
Thx, Robbo. Let's hope Ali tells FSG it's him or it's me. Landslide.

23 May 2026 13:11:55.
The end of season review will take place within the next 2 weeks. I am not privy to the actual date, just that it will be in that period. Things will become more clearer then if Slot goes or stays. Currently, I'm still led to believe he is leaving.

This is from a rep of The STC.

Talk of a Reijnen being appointed is off the mark, they are considering it. Slot has sounded him out about it but nothing is confirmed.

23 May 2026 14:10:18
I don't see the need for an end of season review, or have they not watched any of the games all season? What reason could they have to keep him?

23 May 2026 14:10:48
So, Fields, may I ask why everyone says he's staying? Every reporter, every journalist. Even the Anfield Agenda guy has said he had an inside guy tell him Slot was going; he came back on air at 12.35 am and said he got it wrong. Slot stays. He's even said he will resign from Anfield Agenda. What makes you think he will go, Fields?

23 May 2026 14:24:42
@Thefields says he's staying as well as Carra, so technically that's not "everyone".

23 May 2026 14:25:29
The Anfield Agenda guy is not the person you look at for credibility.

23 May 2026 14:26:32
Grav, Romano said there'll be an end of season review. I know he's not the most reliable, but there's 1 who said so.

Also, Slot may stay, but there is always an end of season review at every club to see what went well and what didn't. Whether that points to Slot staying or going is another matter.

23 May 2026 14:27:50
Feels like the "review" angle covers both outcomes - if he stays, it's after the review, if he goes, it just backs the earlier info.

At this stage, it's anyone's guess really.

23 May 2026 14:28:15
Another thing I've listened to Craig at Anfield Agenda a few times. I would take everything he says as gospel. He may be right on this, but I still wouldn't hold him to it.

23 May 2026 14:34:36
It's mad to think that we live in a society now where if you get one thing wrong you have to quit or step down. I'm glad no one ever scrutinises my work or I'd be out on my ear.
I reckon his offer to stand down is just a bit dramatic and I doubt he will actually do it.

It's easiest if people just accept that Slot is here until he is not here. He will be sacked at some point. Maybe just not this year or the following year. It would be mental if he got his wingers and stuff and won us the league again. But I don't think he can. Not with that midfield.

23 May 2026 14:35:51
Thanks TF. How can you remain the manager of LFC having lost 20 games and seemingly lost most of the dressing room? Not to mention the majority of the fanbase. The review should be straightforward and done already. I hope you're right. We need to snap up Iraola before he gets snapped up elsewhere.

23 May 2026 14:57:13
Would be ridiculous to wait 2 weeks to make a decision. Potential replacements may be signed up by then, esp. Iraola.

23 May 2026 14:39:01
Gmil, the review is not just about football matters. It covers financial and commercial stuff as well. Hence it being an end of season review.

Grav, if your source of info is from a mentally unstable person who sells themself for views. You need to review your sources. Myself and Carra have been steadfast in our belief Slot is gone, that's not changed since before Christmas. I have a multitude of contacts from agents/reps to executives at clubs which have been nurtured over years of meetings, conferences, events and the work I do.

WTR, it does but if I'm wrong I'm wrong its as simple as that.

23 May 2026 14:42:07
Grav7, Slot staying on is a non-story. Ask yourself why the press is pushing it so hard when it's not news at all. Why has it conveniently been pushed immediately prior to big games on numerous occasions during this critical run in? If you're not sure, I'll tell you. The club uses the media to push narratives during situations of unrest in order to unify the fanbase and rally them behind the team in an attempt to quell the noise. Resounding boos can have a detrimental effect on the players and their performances, so the club does everything it can to prevent that when Champions League qualification and up to £200m in revenue hangs on a knife edge.

Craig from Anfield Agenda does not have inside sources; he regularly runs some of the worst clickbait stories out there and has no issue sharing pieces from dogrubbish outlets with zero credibility. Just look at the chaps thumbnails. He's all about generating views.

23 May 2026 14:50:00
Robbo is here talking me off the ledge. My hero (for now).

23 May 2026 15:09:10
Someone said previously that Gakpo has Slots nudes and that is why he was getting so much game time lol. But maybe slot has Hughes and Edwards nudes in a comprising situation and that is why they are terrified of firing him.

I'm not ITK, just a theory I am working on

23 May 2026 15:21:19
Inbeta, apparently Slot's tongue is more silver than the STC's.

23 May 2026 15:22:34
Inbeta1989, 🤣 Lucky man that Gakpo. Whatever they're up to, they're certainly in bed together.

23 May 2026 15:27:09
Fields, I always thank you for your quick information. I can't predict and tell you every variable that changes so quickly, as someone who does similar work in other countries.

23 May 2026 15:39:07
Not sure what's worse InBeta, our season or seeing Slot nude. 🤣

23 May 2026 16:26:23
I was told a long time ago that there was going to be an end of season review to include all football operations.

It's why I've been steadfast in my view that Slot would see the season out.

23 May 2026 16:51:02
Slot is lucky, as with a head like that it could be suggested that he has two helmets.

23 May 2026 17:38:53
Sound Fields, I hope you're right mate.

23 May 2026 17:49:39
I posted a couple of days ago that there was a massive project going on behind the scenes at LFC, of which a recently reacquainted school friend is a part of.

I suggested that this season was more a data gathering exercise. The project was prepared for roll out during Klopp's last season. Could it have anything to do with his departure? Maybe he didn't consider himself the man to carry it out.

It aims to redefine, reinvent or reimagine the game itself. It goes higher than the three amigos in Slot, Hughes and Edwards.

They are simply tasked to oversee its implementation and analyse the data.

You see Slot using the word 'evolve' a lot now. VVD saying to 'have faith in the process'.

Something big is afoot and you can expect an entirely different season come August.

Listen out for noises around 'big changes', Slot's use of the word 'evolution' or its derivatives. Anything that points to systemic change.

The only question in my mind is whether it will be drip fed or dumped all at once. Recruitment will be laser targeted to fit the project.

23 May 2026 17:58:13
It does feel like things have changed with us fans. The 2022-23 season was awful, with Fabinho and Jordan's form falling off a cliff. But I don't remember fans getting so personal, they just got frustrated.

Some of the abuse Gakpo currently gets feels quite unpleasant. Yes, he's had an awful season (along with our other winger - who seems to get a free pass - and every other player) - but I don't get why people have to be so snide about his relationship with Slot?

Yes, I think Gakpo reached his (high) ceiling last year and he is not at Diaz's level, but he comes across as a very decent guy, and was very effective last year.

23 May 2026 18:13:52
We weren't having a go at Gakpo, it was just a bit of Craic. I'm having a go at the coach for playing him over and over when it is clear the guy needs a rest. I'm sure his confidence is shot to bits. I have nothing against the guy, seems like a good spud.

23 May 2026 18:19:38
Monster,
Social media is one aspect of that. However, I believe we have turned because of results.

Goes with every supporter, but if a team is playing well and winning, it doesn't matter if a player is poor or not as good. Different when you're losing.

23 May 2026 18:29:02
I am with you, inbeta. Craic is fine. I am just a bit overly protective of the players who were so great last year, and thinking more generally about the way we speak about them.

Not a dig at your banter!

23 May 2026 18:35:25
Anfield Agenda is just a click bait site, all he does is moan, knows sweet fa.

23 May 2026 18:08:38
Eda. Edit this to be presentable. i'm saying it as I feel.

Get the person out of the club. the club has lost its soul, and his style.of football ain't bringing it back

23 May 2026 18:45:31
It's the way we are losing. It's unprecedented for its dullness.

23 May 2026 19:20:21
Spot on, Karlos.

Enough is enough now.
If by some miracle this guy is still our manager at the start of the next season, then there is something seriously wrong at our club, and we should all be very concerned.

23 May 2026 19:22:42
Cheers monster. I have noticed that there has been a lot of abuse of Gakpo. But for me it should be directed at MacA, Konate, VVD, Wirtz, yeah, Wirtz and even Szobozlai at times. Szobo has saved our bacon a lot this season, but I think he can be better. Konate has been a complete disgrace all season, and wouldn’t bat an eyelid or care at all if he left for free. Never rated the guy.

MacA is probably the most frustrating one that angers me. He was so good last season and has been miles off it all season.

So, if so many players are all massively out of form, you can only assume it is because of the coaching or tactics. That is why I am giving most of these players a bye ball this season, because I think the blame lies with Slot. He tried something and it hasn’t worked, and he is not good enough to fix it or turn it around. Fingers crossed we get our m wish of a new manager and things start seeming a bit more positive.

23 May 2026 19:49:46
But something is up with Mac? He had an unspecified injury which kept him out for months. I don't think the guy is very well.

23 May 2026 20:03:55
Everyone think it's not just a coincidence that most of our players have had a stinker this season... just coincides with Slot putting his slant on tactics and things going to complete s***. People saying Konate, Robbo, Macca, Salah etc form was naturally dropping and should go.

What happens if a manager comes in and gets all the players firing again... I think we'll really regret losing Mo and Andy, as well as whoever decides to leave because of the way the team is being managed.

23 May 2026 19:00:33
@Giveisafagmax i'm not saying your wrong but the fact that Slot doesn't have a new contract in front of him I'm not sure he's the one to take the club forward.

23 May 2026 19:15:59
The Americans are coming, and they hate nothing more than their asset depreciating (PR embarrassment). A change is 100% inevitable.

23 May 2026 20:27:43
I can't believe FSG are so far from the feeling of the fans towards Slot. I really can't think of things being so bad between the manager and the fans.
FSG own two of the biggest clubs in sport, where the fans are so important, with us and the Red Sox.
They will have social media monitored, and will see how far it's gone.

They have seen bad times with us, but the last few games the feeling in the ground is toxic towards Slot.
It should have been announced that he was leaving before the last game, for fans to say goodbye to Slot alongside Salah and Robertson, but nothing, and I feel the atmosphere will be very strange tomorrow because of this.

23 May 2026 20:29:05
Dare I say it, but I think the club reckons no manager could have done well this season. Diogo's death was so awful, and so unprecedented, that no manager can be judged on this recovery programme of a season.

I reckon that the club sticks with Slot. I am not convinced that is the correct call, but I reckon it is likely. I, for one, have huge sympathy for Slot this season - it cannot be easy managing a grief stricken squad, particularly if you are also hit by grief.

I love Mo, but he has behaved like a bellend over the past few seasons - to Klopp, and now to Slot. Self-serving posts don't help the team, nor the club. I know that great performances over a decade give him some leeway, but he has behaved like a total wanker. And it's totally inappropriate given what happened to the club.

23 May 2026 20:37:22
Fields, question you don't have to answer, but do you know Carra? Just out of curiosity.

23 May 2026 20:40:10
@Giveusafagmaxineimgasping -

Can you narrow down more what you are referring to? I am led to believe the data led approach has increased even more than previous but in what way "reinvent" the game?

Ken

23 May 2026 20:47:17
I completely agree. Robbo has much more to give. So does Mo, I reckon. Clearly they can't stand Slot.

I really want Slot to go, but if he stays, we just have to hope the club knows what it is doing and has some contingencies in place for a season or two outside of European competitions and a high turnover of mediocre players like the end of Rafa's reign.



I personally don't think I can sit through another 90 minutes of Slot ball. It just bores the life out of me and is stressful. I just wish some of the guys would run a bit and pass it forwards. Just basic stuff like.

23 May 2026 21:08:15
Iago, good question. 😂 Tbh, mate, no I don't know Carra, but it's possible our paths may have crossed and neither of us would have known. Liverpool is a small town.

23 May 2026 21:23:54
I do hope that bald idiot does quit Anfield Agenda. Conner is much better. It's just fluff to listen to in the background but that bald guy so angry with the world. Jeez

23 May 2026 21:30:11
Giveusafagmaxineimgasping - The data is going beyond players, and now involves to patterns of play, trends and how to stay ahead of the curve.

As Slot, Amorin and Naby have proven though, stats mean F all if the human factors are not incuded in the reckoning.

FSG are about to elevate the data game.

23 May 2026 21:48:50
Defence of Gakpo is insanity. Opposition has worked him out, full stop. Lack of game time for Ngumoha is beyond obtuse. Don't get me started on the extraordinary amount of goals we've conceded. A Sunday league manager could get more out of this group than Slot; players have clearly stopped playing for him.

Worst period since Hodgson, and with ten times the talent. High time for an Edwards, Hughes and Slot cull.

23 May 2026 21:50:04
Football is not about data. It is a simple game, over complicated.

23 May 2026 22:00:31
Genius, don't use unusual words unless you know how to use them, eg obtuse.

23 May 2026 22:18:40
Obtuse means "difficult to comprehend". Jog on.

23 May 2026 22:30:30
Monstersouness (one word): I have an English degree and copywrite for a living. Don't be an ultracrepidarian.

23 May 2026 22:43:45
I have to say, @FSGen, you hide it well. I assume you have an understanding of the word hyperbole?

23 May 2026 22:55:15
I mean that's literally in both senses what I do for a living. But, whatevs, as you teenagers say.

23 May 2026 23:03:19
He's literally the other end of the age spectrum. It's like criticising the guy who talks about bananas to the pigeons on the seafront.

23 May 2026 23:20:29
Ok, I'm going to have to watch this guy on Anfield Agenda because it seems I'm the only one not watching.

FOMO.

23 May 2026 22:57:38
Giveusafagmaxineimgasping, sounds like a load the biggest load of waffle mate. We didn't spend £450m on some of the most wanted players in the game for a data exercise. 🤣

24 May 2026 00:09:27
Wouldn't bother Ron. He's a wally who regurgitates whatever he's read online as his own info.

24 May 2026 07:58:05
"Laser focused recruitment"? What a load of nonsense. Judging by the purported targets, we'll just have the same problems as this year, only with new faces looking inept and out of place. By the sound of it, we're not looking at bringing in a defensive midfielder, but instead we're looking at Adam Wharton & Teun Koopmeiners, who are both every bit as slow, immobile and defensively non existent as Mac Allister. Our targets for the wing are uninspiring to say the least (Nusa, Bowen, Minteh & Akliouch).

We're apparently interested in Dumfries at right back, which makes absolutely no sense given his age, injury history and the fact he's a wing back who can't defend (as well as the fact he's an utter cretin). Same old s*** next season with the same clueless manager but with players we'll struggle to get shot of when Slot gets fired due to the continuing poor results.

24 May 2026 09:11:17
I think somebody from that toxic site as infiltrated these pages. The guy has serious mental health issues, or is just a nasty piece of work.
I am just to old for all that Entitled bull, that comes from the guy. He demands this from the Owners or that from the Coach. And he has serious issues with the people from Liverpool and SOS, because they see him for what he his. Somebody who is making serious money off the name of our great club. He tries to spread division between all our fans. Making him self the champion of our global fanbase. I honestly have no prejudice against any fan, local or Global. But I will stand up for my city.
I support Liverpool football club and have been going since the mid seventies. Aged 11, I use to get up at 5.30am on a Saturday and Sunday morning with my older brother and meet the milkman up the road, then help him deliver the milk till 8.30am. I am not sure how much my Brother was paid, but it was enough to get a bus to the ground, a bag of chips, entrance to the Kop and a bottle of pop to share on our way home.

Sadly my brother passed away 15 years ago and I pushed him in a wheelchair to his final game. A midweek Europa League game, it finished 0-0 against Sparta and unfortunately my brother never saw the 2nd leg as he was in a coma and passed sometime after.
I don't watch this Craig bloke because of his fake over reactions to football matches, so he makes money from views. If he as threatened to resign, don't believe him it will be self pity click bait.
I know we all have our own stories of how we started loving the club or whatever team we stick up for.
I am a genuine guy, who has come on this site since the day it branched off from the original football rumours. Anyway have a nice day and let's hope we can finish the season with a win. "Come On You Reds." That's for you Kidder.

24 May 2026 09:27:12
Yeah agree with VV, what bright spark speaks up in a meeting and says "I know, let's make our recruitment 'laser focused'"?
The implication being that it's not already laser focused, perhaps it's just 'a bit blurred'.

I do genuinely think Jota's death had a big effect on the players mentally but the tactical approach and intention is still wrong for the Premier League.

I also think the huge summer spending sent expectations so high that they were never likely to be met. To spend 0 one summer and win the league, then spend £450m gross and fall flat on your backside shows there is something amiss.

24 May 2026 10:42:40
Recruitment will be laser targeted to fit the project? Who's project? Edwards' football manager fantasy based on data and trends?
We can already see how that's been working out by choosing Slot, Isak, Frimpong etc.

Edwards and Hughes are incomparable to Jurgen, Ian and Edwards.

This is about power gone rogue.

24 May 2026 13:08:22
If AS was getting bin bagged, I would assume that the club would be professional in their handling of the timing and we would only find out when they want us to. I like that about the club.

No dirty laundry on view.
Also, CG is a decent fella and probably would be more successful if he would just pass to Kerkez.
Finally, Itstrue, really nice post mate.

24 May 2026 15:03:15
Apologies, Genius. Didn't mean to be a twat, but the way you used obtuse seemed like you were having a dig at yourself for wilfully misunderstanding Slott's decisions. In my experience, nasty people call you obtuse if you can't understand, or basically agree with, their argument.



So, it's a word I dislike and I felt it was doing the opposite of what you intended. But my response was poor.

24 May 2026 15:11:23
The decent fella is a slum lord, he overcharges his tenants while they live in rat infested, mouldy and poorly maintained buildings.

Gakpo earns £250, 000 per week and charges working class people higher than the average rent.

They also belong to Jesus.

23 May 2026 12:23:06
Has Liverpool ever shown interest in Belloumi of Hull? Great talent and one of the reasons Hull are where the are today. Plus we would still have a Mo in the squad. 😊

23 May 2026 12:41:21
I would say Hull's success is mainly from Koumas.

23 May 2026 14:54:13
Tobi 3, We're the post saying that Carra says Slot is staying carnt seem to find it. 🤔

23 May 2026 15:01:19
I remember Vennegoor of Hesselink.

23 May 2026 15:29:11
That's a blast from the past, Rigsby!!!!

23 May 2026 16:28:16
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. 😁

Combined with Zoltan Gera for one of the best footballer crisp flavours.

Zoltan Vennegoor of Hesselink.

23 May 2026 18:32:08
Nice one, Ron. 😂

23 May 2026 11:41:37
Liverpool reached an agreement with Celtic FC yesterday for highly-rated 16-year-old Scottish defender Dara Jikiemi, who had been closely monitored by the club for months. He'll officially join the academy setup on July 1st.

23 May 2026 12:45:10
We'll have the best defense in 2030.

23 May 2026 13:24:43
He's Finnish.

23 May 2026 13:26:30
Liverpool are going down the Chelsea model. Buying young players that will never break into the first team. Utter crap philosophy.

23 May 2026 13:41:54
Bit harsh on a 17 year old MK, give the lad a chance !!

23 May 2026 14:36:49
Or maybe just strengthening our youths, TheOne. We shouldnt even be hearing about this signing. You can blame the internet age for that.

23 May 2026 16:55:45
I don't like all this. Was it Ben Doak we signed and seldom played? He was flying before us, and it can ruin a player's morale, particularly a kid. Wrong, and so is waving a new set of keys for their parents' house. I know several local kids here at Utd and City, and it makes my skin crawl.

There should be a rule. Think of your early Utd teams and Stevie and Carra coming through? Clubs are losing their identity! I'm old fashioned but I want the true reserves back; young local Scouse lads playing competitively to break into that main team, but still as a decent standard ready for that step-up.

23 May 2026 21:18:51
We made money off Ibe, Brewster, Sterling, Doak, Solanke. So buying good youngsters and giving them a platform for a season or 2 has been profitable for the club.

23 May 2026 10:15:49
Also been told Alisson & Jones are being pushed out by Slot & they want to stay but that looks like only if he goes.

23 May 2026 10:38:52
Where'd you hear that, Racey?

23 May 2026 10:57:07
Garbage. Alisson is the most low maintenance, top professional you'd find. Anytime he's fit, he's been straight back in the team under Slot. People are forgetting this group had one of the best weeks of celebration under this coach q2 months ago. He ain't perfect, but he ain't Satan either.

23 May 2026 10:45:43
I'll gladly drive the bald clown back to Holland. He is destroying the club more and more each day.

23 May 2026 10:50:13
Florian, Ed already said on the Banter page (cos I asked him) that Slot is trying to purcge the senior players/legends that have been the fly in the ointment for him since such guys like Salah and Jones (not sure about Ali but he is prolly involved) aren't just content with towing the line and will push back.

So essentially since the senior players are against him then, he is going to create and new dressing room and push out the "disidents", so to speak.

You are free to consulr Ed01 on this because I did.

23 May 2026 11:10:23
Rightly or wrongly, if there are fractures, then one of the solutions is to clean house.

23 May 2026 11:22:23
Whatever is happening - it all feels very moneyball - get rid of the old guard and use the data irrespectively of what is happening right in front of your face.

23 May 2026 11:22:41
@FM, It was the same person that told me about Slot staying. 👍

23 May 2026 11:26:28
Instead of replacing the manager who fell out with senior players from the group that won everything, we decided to get rid of the players instead. Nice clear-out, that.

23 May 2026 11:53:50
Getting rid of winners with knowledge so no one questions his ludicrous ideas. Get rid of as many players as you want, mate, you can't get rid of 60k fans inside the stadium calling you an idiot.

23 May 2026 12:22:41
I have a feeling they're going to spend fortunes again in an attempt to make Slot work...

Who knows, Fergie used to stay relevant by changing his back room staff fairly frequently, so perhaps that's the aim?

Not happy if he stays, but we have to work with it, I guess.

23 May 2026 12:34:26
It won't just be up to Slot who is pushed out or brought in, will it?
I thought he was the head coach.

23 May 2026 12:40:02
No, Oli, it's grand. Just asking where the info was from. Think it's a fair ask, or is "I'm hearing" the new standard for passing on info? Was curious because nothing has ever really been said about Alli. Only problem with him would be the injuries, as he's missed 33 Premier League games over the last 3 seasons.

23 May 2026 12:46:44
To hear that Slot is pushing players out must be some inside info.

23 May 2026 13:52:52
[Ismael Mahmoud] A source close to Alisson: "All signs point to him staying at Liverpool. He is very happy at the club!"

23 May 2026 10:03:11
There’s lots of talk now that FSG have took on board slots request to have a change of back room staff & transfers as he believes that will help to challenge on all fronts next season. This was sent to me by my friend who has contacts.

23 May 2026 10:47:32
We must have the same friend, called Twitter. Looking at the timing of release around assistant manager recruitment, new players, and Wirtz's latest interview - there's no way Slot gets sacked this summer.

23 May 2026 10:53:11
What did Wirtz say?

23 May 2026 10:57:20
Just can't see it making any difference when we still look like a team that has no style, and it looks, from the outside, that he's lost the players. You can't come back from that.

23 May 2026 12:01:26
@Belfast, Look up Wirtz interview, it's one of the first results with The Athletic/NY Times. Mad how many posters here seemingly don't have Google. 😂

23 May 2026 12:06:14
I did but it was just random World Cup nonsense, I'll check The Athletic.

23 May 2026 14:42:54
In other words, in this scenario, Slot is trying to bypass Hughes and Edwards to get what he wants. Sounds like the logical way to proceed would be to make Slot the Manager and remove Hughes and, perhaps, Edwards, and bring in a DoF who Slot can work with, and who can help Slot bring in the backroom staff and players that Slot might want.

As plausible as any of the other scenarios, I guess.

23 May 2026 20:15:32
Slot bringing his "own staff" is just rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic. He came in with his own staff, how many more of his own staff are there kicking around? This just stinks of Brendan Rodgers blaming his coaching staff for 14/15 and bringing in Sean O'Driscoll.

He'll be sacked by the time November comes around as the results aren't going to change with the tactics he employs.

23 May 2026 10:01:32
Morning Gents, Happy Saturday.

No manager update.

But I'm told Liverpool want to sign Antonio Nusa.

21 Yr old from RB L.

Cheers.

23 May 2026 10:13:41
So we still in for Hoeness then?

Nusa or Diomande then.

23 May 2026 10:16:48
So the cheaper option then.

23 May 2026 10:42:45
Doesn't look like Slot is going anywhere as Etienne Reijnen apparently is coming. Disaster.

23 May 2026 10:44:11
Nusa plays on left & Diomande on right.

23 May 2026 10:44:34
Cheers, Robbo. 👍

Hoping and praying for good news that Slot is gone/going.

Worrying rumour that Reijnen is coming as Asst. That's a disastrous move by FSG if true.

23 May 2026 10:45:20
Good player but he tends to play on the left? Maybe a Gakpo replacement...? Wouldn't mind an older player to 'not block the path of Rio'.

23 May 2026 11:01:45
Rogers mk 2. Give the man that which he insists will make the difference, then sack him a few weeks into the season, when they finally realise Slot is limited.

How did the assistant suddenly get clearance, which was flatly refused previously?

{Ed001's Note - he needed qualifications which he went and got.}

23 May 2026 11:28:17
ITKs talking hot air, I think.
Slot is staying, or Mo defo wouldn't have agreed to go.
Jones defo wouldn't want away in my opinion.

23 May 2026 11:20:15
Do you know much about him Ed?
The coach I mean

{Ed001's Note - no, sorry.}

23 May 2026 14:45:11
@Robbo, first post in thread - "No manager updates"
2nd post in thread 'So are we still in for Hoeness'...

Comedy lives on.

23 May 2026 20:23:34
Imagine going to Red Bull Liepzig, looking at Yan Diomande, who's scored 12 goals and got 8 assists and deciding to sign Nusa, who's scored 4 goals and got 3 assists in nearly the same number of appearances and is inferior in every single metric. Mediocre player him.

22 May 2026 22:24:48
Liverpool want to sign Yan Diomande before he heads off to the World Cup with the Ivory Coast.

22 May 2026 23:52:26
PSG interested too.

23 May 2026 04:26:28
Pull out all the stops to get this kid, best available option to replace Salah on the RW. Not Salah level, by the way, but very very promising indeed.

23 May 2026 04:38:53
I read that he wants to stay where he is for the time being, although it was just in a gossip section somewhere.

23 May 2026 07:07:55
I don't read any gossip forums.

23 May 2026 08:38:18
Looks something else in the Bundesliga. Just hope, if we sigh him, it transfers over to the Premier League. Definitely looks as if he'll be able to handle the phsicality.

23 May 2026 08:50:33
He'll be heading to PSG, I reckon.

23 May 2026 08:59:46
We all know Klopp was a draw to top players, but this season Slot has made us not very attractive to play for. Why would a top young tallent come now? Last season the attraction was there for Wirtz and Isak, but another season like this one and you see it now: Jones, Ali, etc., want out, and then Isak, Wirtz and Slobbo will want out. The problem is not the club, it is Slot and his brand of football.

I can not get my head around why FSG see keeping Slot is the best way to success. Hughes has a lot to answer for to protect Slot; he protects himself, and Hughes must not give a toss about the club to have not noticed Slot's lost the dressing room because of his football. The cure for that is change the dressing room. My God, how low have we dropped to keep this failure of a manager. It's a massive insult to the fans.

23 May 2026 09:09:46
Fbart, Carra is saying Slot goes. I hold on to this until he does.

23 May 2026 09:17:47
I'll be honest, for the 100 million euros being quoted for only one good season in the Bundesliga, I'd wait to see how he gets on in the World Cup. If he's terrible, I wouldn't go near him.

Huge risk making this deal, seems we would rather these players go to Red Bull or teams like Bournemouth first to see how they get on and then pay a premium on them.



Could we not have bought a Diomonde or Rayan a year ago as a squad player with the view of being the starter once Salah leaves.

23 May 2026 09:22:02
If Hughes is involved with negotiations, he'll defo not be signing or Dick Hughes will pay the full asking price like he's done with every other signing.

23 May 2026 09:32:25
Well, he's an LFC fan apparently. And if he has any sense he'll realise he's gonna walk into the team of one of the biggest clubs on the planet if he signs for us. At the moment, his competition is Chiesa.

23 May 2026 09:36:25
Carra also said Alonso was nailed on. I may be mistaken, and wait for next week, but there's loads of speculation that Slot stays. My point on this is, the Prem champions was a draw for players in, if you look at this season, if top tallent had the option of Lfc, Arsenal or PSG, I would have us third choice because of Slot. He is the Carlton Palmer of management, and playing for him is a step back.

I would imagine Wirtz is regretting joining us, particularly if that spam head is in charge next season. Virgil's quote, trust the process, block out the noise. Yeah, in our world that's get behind your buddy, fellow countryman, emotionless deluded manager. We lost 20 out of every competition, and the reward for that is here's more money and try again a new trust the process. Last one lasted 30 years, I remember.

23 May 2026 09:53:51
I'm not ITK; must be one of the few that isn't. In fact, I know very little, but I can read and read a lot. To me it looks pretty clear that Slot is staying. All the signs point to him staying. All the YouTubers and content creators are having a field day with stories and conspiracy theories, etc., but at the end of the day, there is nothing to suggest he is leaving.

The only thing I am clinging on to is F Romano saying there will be a review and Ornstein's stance softening ever so slightly. I hope I am wrong.

23 May 2026 10:10:04
RB Leipzig might 'diomande' upwards of £80m for the winger. 😂

InBeta1989, that sounds suspiciously ITK.

In fact, the only person to me that sounds like they are not "In The Know" is Richard Hughes.

He knows naff all, him. 😂