Liverpool Rumours Mobile

08 Sep 2026 07:47:51
Could we be bringing in two Rayans this coming January? Indy reporting interest in Rayan Ait-Nouri. I wouldn’t be against the idea.

08 Sep 2026 08:24:25
Why on earth would we want one of the worst LBs in the Premier League?

He’s injury prone, never bothers to track back, can’t defend on the odd occasion he is in position, loses possession by just dribbling down blind alleys, doesn’t track runners, never wins headers and has the passing range of a teaspoon.

Honestly, this might be the worst player we’ve been linked to since the Hodgson days.

08 Sep 2026 08:55:49
Seen him pocket Salah a couppa times over the years in fairness.

08 Sep 2026 08:58:40
MK, not sure if he is as bad as you said he is.
But when I looked closely at how he played when we were linked earlier to him and Kerkez, I was happy we went for Kerkez.
But seeing how Kerkez is doing, I questioned my earlier judgement, you know.
I think the problem is that we have been spoilt. Robbo was so good, that any comparison just paled.

I do wish we looked at another set of fullbacks over time.

08 Sep 2026 09:13:23
Ait Nouri is much worse than Kerkez. He also NEVER pocketed Salah whatsoever. Easy to look like that when Salah is triple marked.

08 Sep 2026 09:27:57
The worst player we’ve been linked to since the Hodgson days?

We do like to exaggerate on here, don’t we!

He’s a left back that goes forward quite well and doesn’t defend so well going back the other way - the league is full of them. We have 2 ourselves. Wouldn’t be someone I would sign, but not considerably better / worse than Kerkez or Frimpong.

08 Sep 2026 09:34:39
He did so pocket Salah. Why on earth would I say it if it never happened? It’s not a slight on Salah, it’s just that maybe, just maybe, Ait Nouri isn’t as bad as been made out above.

08 Sep 2026 09:39:11
But he is, he is an absolutely terrible defender though, doesn't change the facts what you think.

08 Sep 2026 09:50:24
No problem ASB. He’s a terrible terrible defender. Don't know how he ever made it.

08 Sep 2026 09:50:35
Or maybe he just had a good day when Salah had an off day Florian?

08 Sep 2026 10:00:13
Must have been Ron. Can be the only explanation for it apparently.

08 Sep 2026 10:07:37
Give Kerkez some more time under Iraola FFS, he was hands down the best left back in the league in his last season at Bournemouth under Iraola. Let's give him a bit more time.

On the other hand, Frimpong... I'm still yet to be convinced (despite his likeability)

08 Sep 2026 10:13:42
Florian loves a wee argument. He can turn the most basic of posts into a fight

08 Sep 2026 10:16:28
I think Frimpong could maybe play right wing in cup games or come on at end of games to add some pace. I think Araujo looks so much more comfortable at right back.

As a team, we just looked so much more solid with Araujo at right back. I know the sample size is small, but I can see the same team sheet for Fulham game all being well.

08 Sep 2026 08:25:15
I would and I suspect Ed001 would too 😁

{Ed001's Note - Ait-Nouri? I would rather bring back Moreno than sign him.}

07 Sep 2026 23:36:32
There's a rumor that LFC have decided that Ronald Araujo will be made permanent. Any truth in that?

08 Sep 2026 00:10:44
Would make sense if the player himself is really happy. Not a bad fee at 47m and replaces Gomez.

08 Sep 2026 01:04:13
I saw a couple of clickbait articles about it - the usual speculation without attribution.

Would make perfect sense given how he has started, but let’s see if his fitness woes are behind him.

Quite an easy one for the tabloids to speculate on, given how he has started. We’ll find out in just under a year.

08 Sep 2026 01:23:20
It would be a strange time to make the decision, DoF just left and only a few games in.
Having said that, he looks an asset.

08 Sep 2026 03:10:12
The pendulum swings again - I’m sure he was an injury-prone Barca cast-off with issues a couple of weeks ago. We are the Redmen and we are, very sadly, quick to judge and fickle.

08 Sep 2026 03:20:36
Why would anyone make that decision after 3 games? He might break his leg in a month.

08 Sep 2026 03:38:16
When it comes to loan signings, the bar for LFC is not exactly high! Araujo has played more minutes in 3 games than Arthur Melo, Ben Davies & Steven Caulker combined! If he plays another couple of games, we could add Ozan Kubak to that list of minutes played as well!

08 Sep 2026 05:47:57
To be honest, I think Iraola should start Araujo at CB to partner VVD and push Jacquet to the RB.

I think the team would be much stronger up back and I don't know why we haven't done this yet.

08 Sep 2026 06:33:32
As it stands, he looks like he might provide the required experience and quality the other (much) younger defenders in the squad would need in the event this is VVD's final year, for a decent price.
That said, I can't imagine such a decision has been made after 3 games when we have a full season to decide and more importantly to budget for such a decision.

If he carries on as he has started and remains selectable then yeah, fine.

08 Sep 2026 07:16:34
Wdw exactly, most didn’t want him as you said, Barca reject, another desperate Melo signing.

08 Sep 2026 07:20:52
Jury still out on him for me. Hopefully he will prove me wrong.

08 Sep 2026 08:43:58
Wouldn’t be jumping in that quick. Thought against Ipswich that if we were playing a better team here we’d be in trouble. Thought people got in down his side a bit too easy. Add to that, he’ll be 28 next summer and I just don’t see us given near £50m for him.

08 Sep 2026 08:45:19
Don’t wanna get ahead of myself a couple of games in, but we already look better at the back, both look an upgrade on Konate, but early days.

08 Sep 2026 08:58:00
A bit early to be waving contracts around.

08 Sep 2026 08:56:56
That is a desperately low bar Andred71

05 Sep 2026 12:11:44
Liverpool have made an official statement confirming that Richard Hughes has left the club.

05 Sep 2026 12:19:31
I thought he left back in April. 😅

05 Sep 2026 12:20:41
Bracing myself for the numerous Hughes comments incoming on this haha.

05 Sep 2026 12:21:23
Was it done via Internet Explorer, as we've known he was gone for months?

05 Sep 2026 12:33:55
We can finally move forward from last November now those 3 are gone. 😂

On a serious note, it’ll be interesting to see if the new owners take full control before/after the winter window.

Maybe that decides who the new sporting director is.

05 Sep 2026 12:37:44
Good job they made the statement, otherwise no-one would have noticed. 😁

05 Sep 2026 13:26:38
He was never here. He'll be working from his Sandbanks home for Saudi too.

Hope the next guy attends games and shows up at AXA regularly.

The sporting culture of the club requires showing up, unlike Arne and Richard did.

05 Sep 2026 13:49:08
I hope it was along the lines of 'get f***ed'.

05 Sep 2026 14:42:51
Good riddance, the toxic trio are gone.

05 Sep 2026 16:42:44
They single-handedly dismantled and ruined all the work and progress achieved during the Klopp years. All in one year.

Shows you how long it takes to build something, and how long it takes to take it apart.

Complete idiots.

05 Sep 2026 16:15:40
Ed01 was right all all along about Edwards and Hughes. Hopefully we get it right this next go around

05 Sep 2026 18:41:20
ArAy, that’s a major over-exaggeration.

Under Hughes' tenure, we won the league in his first of two seasons, with a manager Hughes appointed. We had one bad season and then got rid of the manager.

If you think what Klopp has done has been dismantled, I would say be careful what you wish for. A dismantling of what Klopp built would mean we’re back in the Rodgers days, and that is very much not the case.

05 Sep 2026 18:52:24
Out of interest... is Ward still around?

Hughes and Edwards have been spoken about quite a bit recently... but I've not seen anything about Ward.

{Ed666's Note - yes ward is still at the club and is the technical director whatever that means

05 Sep 2026 19:41:02
I don’t see PSG, Man City or Real Madrid saying, “You know what, let’s get an ex-player in to handle an important part of the club.” Just get the best person for the role, not Gerrard or Fowler simply because they’re club legends. I’m sure the soon to be new owners, the 1892 Consortium, would be thinking along the same lines.

The dream would be Luis Campos, but let’s be honest, that’s unlikely at best. Tiago Pinto would be a shout, and there are some very good sporting directors in the Bundesliga.



If we are going down the appointment from within route, then for me there is only one option, and that’s Pedro Marques. He appears to be doing a fantastic job in his current role, which I feel could potentially translate well into this vacant position. His skill set also seems to marry well with Andoni’s philosophy and his work with talented young players.

06 Sep 2026 01:10:45
Viktor, I'm just going by what I saw. Of course, Slot has my gratitude and appreciation for winning during what most thought was a transition year. But how much of that was due to his leadership and guidance? Didn't you get the feeling that the players were on auto-pilot the first half of the season until Slot started meddling and putting his tactical brilliance into play? And Slot's second year was full on Slot all the way.

We saw the results.

And there can be no greater condemnation than Klopp himself saying that LFC was nowhere ready for the title and that he expected Chelsea to win it (my paraphrasing).

06 Sep 2026 06:18:56
@ArAy, we are playing CL football this season - the idea of the club being dismantled is an exaggeration.

06 Sep 2026 12:52:58
I hate winning leagues.

06 Sep 2026 12:25:45
I'm pretty sure those supposed quotes from Klopp are fake, Aray, what proof (from a reputable source) is there that he actually said those things?

06 Sep 2026 16:29:56
For crying out loud, anyone would think we were in the Championship.

Hughes, I assume, played a part in us signing Barcola and Munoz, and the loan of Araujo. I couldn't care less about him, personally.

I just wonder who folk are going to moan about now.

{Ed666's Note - I’m gonna moan about Kerkez because I can’t bitch about Cody anymore 🤭🤣

06 Sep 2026 17:28:22
I can't moan about Frimpong till he's back in the side again!

06 Sep 2026 18:26:44
I'm really quite confused as to why it's always the same here. I fail to see why our title winning side of two years ago hasn't been improved upon or why sufficient steps haven't been taken to address issues in the squad. You all (to be hyperbolic) read too much clickbait, I reckon. Decided it's a ship show before the show's begun.

06 Sep 2026 20:28:07
Patrick Burgher. What proof is there that you and I exist, other than you and I saying so?

06 Sep 2026 20:36:55
But you win, Patrick. I just fact checked the quote from Klopp and it is indeed a fake. 🙏🏼 (God, I hate this internet thing. I already have trust issues as it is.)

06 Sep 2026 21:23:49
I’m going to whinge because they don’t do Bovril at half time anymore.

07 Sep 2026 09:03:57
How have we gone from “a new coach will turn it around” to “the club has been dismantled”?

Honestly don’t think it’s near as bad.

We have some gaps and they can be fillers but we also have a very promising group of youngsters coming through as well.

07 Sep 2026 11:00:36
Faith - we are not title contenders after spending £700m. You can call that dismantling, or just poor squad management and recruitment. Pota(y)to, pota(r)to.

07 Sep 2026 11:20:13
I'm registered blind, can I have that in Braille please?

07 Sep 2026 10:56:16
It's incredible how almost all of you read what you want to read, and then start feverishly punching away on your keyboards, with immeasurable glee and joy. I clearly wrote that the work and progress by Klopp had been dismantled. Nowhere did I mention the club being dismantled. Otherwise who was that whom i watched for 3 games in red shirts and liverbird badge?

Drama queens.

07 Sep 2026 11:57:02
"He was never here".

Well Pelican, can we say the opposite for 2 of his other bozo colleagues?

Not sure you can.

07 Sep 2026 12:44:29
No idea what the other two did, Oli.

Either way, we want people who want to work at and for the benefit of the best club in the world.

04 Sep 2026 00:40:34
Rumour on X that Lamine Camara has signed for LFC?

Must be some kind of pre-agreement if true.

04 Sep 2026 08:12:18
Now what have we been told about Twitter and social media, in general? If and when we sign somebody, the club will make an official announcement.

04 Sep 2026 09:08:49
You mean Indykaila... Yes, I saw that too.

We'll see, I guess.

04 Sep 2026 09:34:03
We will all be here to find out what has actually happened with the Camara saga.

04 Sep 2026 10:05:30
Well, the club's doing well to keep that one quiet 3 days after deadline day.

04 Sep 2026 10:18:03
Rumour on Twitter: Hughes started global warming and invaded Ukraine.

04 Sep 2026 10:38:33
Looks like we were definitely in for Sarr given Crystal Palace has officially come out and said he will need time to get over it falling through.

04 Sep 2026 11:40:52
Hughes was obviously very busy during the window, with his 2 jobs and all that.
So, so busy.
Are we saying he had to wait until the window closed to actually achieve anything?

04 Sep 2026 11:55:39
Liverpool should boycott any dealings with Palace. Are they that pissed that we sold them Sakho?

04 Sep 2026 11:58:51
If it's on X it must be true. 🙄

04 Sep 2026 12:13:59
I suspect who the next Sporting Director is going to be a lot more interesting than January's business.

I assume the new investors will want to chime in on who that will be.



It would be nice to get someone who actually wants to spend time at the AXA, watch all of the games, and isn't going to be threatening to leave for Saudi 12 months in.

04 Sep 2026 13:29:36
I wouldn’t trust the original source of the story to get my fried chicken right.

04 Sep 2026 14:32:16
@stone Not until it is on Truth Social.

04 Sep 2026 14:36:45
Aye, OliRed, will definitely be interesting to see how the Camara situation develops. I guess he just couldn’t picture himself at Chelsea. Surprised he didn’t end up at Lens myself. Anyways, hope he stays focused and doesn’t get too negative.

04 Sep 2026 15:52:51
Indykaila only posted that LFC agreed personal terms. Well apparently we did that with so many players in the "silly" season: Diomande, Mbaye, Minteh, Sarr, but they also were never signed.
Indy has posted so many non-saying messages this summer, just to get viewers and replies because he did not have any real 'scoop'.

04 Sep 2026 16:02:14
Could be true but it would be pending a medical as there’s a chance he could get injured in the meantime.

04 Sep 2026 17:57:39
It's Titi Camara, it's an old, old article?

04 Sep 2026 18:28:10
I'm the new Sporting Director!

05 Sep 2026 01:59:12
Good old Titi. He flopped with old age, apparently.

05 Sep 2026 06:00:59
Get Klopp in for SD. Bit of part-time work, juggling with his post as Germany National Team Manager/Head Coach.

If STC can make it work remotely, I'd rather have Klopp. Knows the system, his impeccable intuition and player standard requirement (attitude, hardworker and good background) added to our available Data Driven ethos, would be perfect.



Far cry but much has been weird.

If not, Rangnick would do fine.

05 Sep 2026 07:15:25
I'm the new Sporting Director!

04 Sep 2026 23:35:50
Ed001 should be the new sporting director assisted by Ed025

05 Sep 2026 12:17:53
The eds definitely would be better than hughs and Edwards, Bill and ben would be better also 🤣

05 Sep 2026 16:45:13
It's just agreeing to personal terms with the player. Signing him will be altogether a different story, considering the history we have with Chelsea (Caicedo and Lavia).

06 Sep 2026 18:07:38
I can't stand X, and was never on Twitter. A load of shabite. Everyone thinks they're a journalist now. I'd sooner hear it on YouTube so you can call them out more as they're more accountable. In saying that (and Ed 2 said the same), we've always had a crazy transfer mindset in this city for decades, which is quite unique.

I think it stems from being a city with a village mentality and everyone knowing all of the gossip from the players in the ale house as they mixed with fans after a dozen bevvies. Now, we just have divvies with sensationalist articles and titles craving their dopamine rush.

03 Sep 2026 23:46:55
Any ITKs aware of interest in signing Dani Carvajal on a free?

04 Sep 2026 06:44:23
Given he is now 34, was on 10million per year salary, missed most of 24/25 with a terrible knee injury and only played about 17 times last season (again injury interrupted), I'm not sure why we would be interested.

04 Sep 2026 07:11:53
He could keep Gomez and Bradley company in the injury room

04 Sep 2026 08:00:24
Would make sense we do love an injured right back.

04 Sep 2026 08:33:48
Went through painstakingly to find the post - it's by some chap named David Ornside! Not the man, fan account.

04 Sep 2026 09:34:50
@Man, why would we do that? Don't you know that 3 is already a crowd?

04 Sep 2026 11:54:21
We have registered our squad and have no NGH spots left. He’s not coming

05 Sep 2026 12:42:10
Get Mr Finnan from retirement, Mr reliable.

03 Sep 2026 18:28:41
Interestingly, the 25-man squad has just been announced, and included is Isaac Mabaya, the young RB from the academy. Chambers is in there as well, so that's lcb/lb cover.

03 Sep 2026 19:15:38
Damn, we so set :P

03 Sep 2026 19:15:49
World class those two. Hard to believe we went from Trent and Robbo to what our options are now. The fact that AI has said “Don can cover RB” tells me he is going to be a “yes man” and toe the company line.

Would love it if he could say what he is really thinking.

Imagine getting a dream job like Liverpool to then be told that “we aren’t going to replace Salah, we aren’t going to give you a right back, you’ll have to make do with MacA and Gravenberch in that midfield.”
It’s shameful and I feel sorry for the guy.

03 Sep 2026 19:26:36
Inbeta

What a ridiculous comment. AI was clear the window had not been perfect. Do you really think Hughes was after Munoz or Araujo were Liverpool bound before AI was appointed?

03 Sep 2026 19:33:43
I forgot Robbo was a world class player when we got him from Hull.

03 Sep 2026 19:34:25
Doesn’t take long.

03 Sep 2026 19:22:53
How do you know what he's really thinking Inbeta? Is he a mate of yours?

03 Sep 2026 19:51:06
Imagine getting a dream job like Liverpool and being given players like Isak, Wirtz, Barcola, Munoz, Gakpo, Ngumoa, Szoboszlai, Jacquet, Alisson, VVD and Gravenberch to work with.
It's shameful and I feel sorry for the guy.

03 Sep 2026 19:52:10
I see the battle lines are being drawn. 🙄

03 Sep 2026 20:31:46
Minteh will
replace Salah positionally, but his signing will have a much different effect on the team than Salah since he will do the work of 3 men.

03 Sep 2026 20:43:27
I swear the transfer window is more important than the football for some people.

{Ed025's Note - only for the microwave supporters Ron..

03 Sep 2026 20:14:27
Inbeta, you really need to touch some grass and stop guessing what people are thinking.

Stop your damn moaning and start focussing on the team we have available for Ipswich, it's boring.

03 Sep 2026 21:00:47
The thing is, when we signed Kerkez and Frimpong everyone was chuffed. The best left back in the league and a flying right back with bags of pace. Both much younger than our previous fullbacks with lots of potential.

After one season where Frimpong was injured for its entirety, pretty much, and Kerkez struggled to settle (like the rest of the team last season) and suddenly everyone knew all along that they weren’t good enough and we’ve left the manager in the lurch.



Give them some time F***.

03 Sep 2026 21:03:18
Both will come good with the right coaching.

03 Sep 2026 21:04:30
Oh for God's sake, please get behind Andoni. I personally think he is the right man for the job. He is all in like Klopp, and he will make the team better, I'm sure. Can we all just get behind the team and be the twelfth man again? YNWA

03 Sep 2026 21:17:02
Gladdens the heart to see the fans get behind the youngsters breaking into the squad. You can be proud of the support you are giving them.

03 Sep 2026 21:41:27
I have faith in AI, I have already seen improvements from last year and I think we will get progressively better as the season goes on.

We may lack depth and not have the best balance in the squad but we have some massive talents in this squad.

03 Sep 2026 21:48:02
It’s very good to have optimism and get behind the team. But it’s just the plain truth that we’ve had a woeful window.
AI, a top coach, doesn’t have a good hand of cards (Yes, Fixth Element’s comment is fair, but teams around us have even more to work with).
But I will look on the bright side, and let’s see how this season goes.

03 Sep 2026 21:58:15
Get over the transfer window - it’s done and dusted.

We have a squad of extremely talented players who, if he is worth the job, will be turned into a very strong team by AI.

03 Sep 2026 22:08:20
Like a new signing.

03 Sep 2026 22:21:45
How are these lads supposed to improve and prove themselves if they never get a chance?

If we keep signing ready made players on huge wages for big money, how do our 18 yr olds get a chance?

I’m pleased to see young players with talent get a chance to prove themselves. Much more satisfying than signing someone.

03 Sep 2026 22:42:49
Flip me, guys. I was just having a rant. For what it’s worth, I really like Andoni. I was just venting.

I am disappointed with the window and last year's windows. I don’t think we have had great windows.

I want the team to do well, but I want AI to be given better options in the squad. Is that not what everyone else has been going on about, or is it all happy families again now that the window is shut?

03 Sep 2026 22:46:46
Yes, footy fan, I am best mates with him and have known him all my life. He tells me everything.

03 Sep 2026 22:50:26
Lad, unless I’m mistaken the transfer window closed a couple of days ago. If laying into a couple of kids and moaning about something that cannot be changed now makes you feel better then crack on.
I’ll go back to supporting the players and manager that we do have.

03 Sep 2026 22:55:24
Ron this is a website specifically set up to provide a forum for sad
Old muppets like
Us to waffle
On about transfers.

03 Sep 2026 22:56:06
Barcola could be the "Icing on the Cake".

Leicester were 5000/1 to win it after finishing 14th the season before, mind you they never had 3 £100 million plus signings to select from?

"In football, the greatest satisfaction is winning when people say you can't" - Bill Shankly

YNWA Andoni.

04 Sep 2026 01:02:44
Microwave supporters is a good one, as a lot of the time it does seem like these people's brains have been boiled away from the inside out.

04 Sep 2026 02:25:21
Reading the threads this summer, I've realized that I'm OK with the people having a moan about the squad. What I really don't care for are the people telling other people how to feel and what to say.

04 Sep 2026 04:12:13
It's nonsensical really. Only a small handful of youth players stand out from an early age ahead of their peers. The rest are coached into quality players. That's literally the point of youth systems. I'm sure the coaching team at our club can get at least one or two within the pool of young talent we have first-team ready in the next couple of years.

04 Sep 2026 08:48:38
Kerkez improved loads the backend of last season, so expect him to improve with his previous manager.

I’ve got to say love the team but are obsessed with transfers ever since Ceefax and being a paperboy reading the back pages, a regular caller on Club Call.
Always thought we had signed the best players or hidden gems.

04 Sep 2026 08:52:40
Last year complained the youngsters weren't given a chance. This season complaining there're youngsters in the squad...

04 Sep 2026 10:45:19
After winning the league with ease 2 years ago and bringing in Kerkez, Frimpong, Leoni, Ekitike, Wirtz and Isak I’d say everyone including myself thought last year was in the bag before a ball was kicked. Although the opening 2 games haven’t been great I’m hoping Iraola gets it right and we can judge at the end of the season.

04 Sep 2026 10:30:30
I didn't complain that youngsters are in the squad. The youngsters are probably better than what we currently have in our full back options.
I don't really understand this site. It's a transfer rumour site. I've been using it for years. People seem to see a narrative then jump on it whether they agree with it or even understand it.
Am I not allowed to be disappointed with the window and support the club at the same time?
Is it not possible to do that? Or if you are disappointed with the window does that mean you categorically do not support the club.


From now on, no matter what happens and what way we play, I will say I am 100% happy with everything, including losing and drawing games we should be winning, just to keep everyone on here happy. While everyone on here has double standards and follows other posters like sheep

04 Sep 2026 15:25:31
inbeta1989, mate, I have no problem with a good rant but people can call out and rant about your rant, right?

I think the main issue people had with your post is its general sentiment. Calling AI "a 'yes man' and toe the company line" did rub people the wrong way, and rightfully so as it did to me. What do you expect from him? If the manager has an issue, I'd expect him to be truthful but diplomatic in press conference. That is not a "yes man", it's just being a professional. Klopp was like that also, and we had windows where the team wasn't backed at all. Was Klopp a yes man? A manager can't say his players are not good enough and he needs other players in the positions they play when he has to motivate the squad he works with to achieve, and most of the time overachieve, as a collective.



Most fans, not just us, praised Andoni for not moaning and just sticking to the work at Bournemouth and performing even though his squad was turned apart every window. I like that, and I bet he is speaking his mind to club management privately as it should. Not only in football, that's how it works in real life jobs when you act professionally. It's a good sign he is a professional even when he feels he needs more. For me it's better than a Glasner rant or an Amorim "poor o'l me" childish presser.

04 Sep 2026 16:05:39
Just to add, it’s probably a good idea when you’re new to a big job to be a “yes man” for a few months (often 12) until you can establish yourself.

05 Sep 2026 11:25:47
It’s the transfer section of a Rumours site. We are hardly going to discuss Czech politics and the use of motifs in Hitchcock’s Frenzy.

02 Sep 2026 20:48:53
Gini available on a free … but going to Chelsea. I’d take him back for a season.

02 Sep 2026 20:56:38
Get Millie in there next and they've recreated our Brexit midfield from 2019.

Small club.

02 Sep 2026 21:11:41
Millie would be our best RB available.

02 Sep 2026 21:17:41
Biggest net spend this summer.

Small club.

02 Sep 2026 21:32:21
Damn, if we secured Gini, we would have finally replaced Gini.

02 Sep 2026 21:45:10
It is getting very ridiculous… All roads lead to Chelsea.

02 Sep 2026 23:01:35
Jeez, I’d take Jan Molby at the moment!

02 Sep 2026 23:43:48
There are some things that money can't buy, Faith.

03 Sep 2026 03:26:06
I'd take Riyad Mahrez on a 1 year contract.

03 Sep 2026 05:53:49
Good idea but won't happen.

03 Sep 2026 06:01:33
The scary thing is this year we have the highest net spend, last year must’ve been up there too and we still have a relatively small squad or quality in depth compared to a lot of other clubs.

We need Barcola to hit the ground running and hopefully at the same time Isak and Wirtz to reach their potential. If not, it could be a long season.

03 Sep 2026 06:38:17
Compared to Arsenal, City, Chelsea and United, we have a smallish squad. Not compared to everybody else, we don’t. Any chance we can apply some perspective?

03 Sep 2026 07:06:27
Looking at our midfield, we could do with a lad in.
Now, where's that lamp?

03 Sep 2026 07:43:53
Re-sign "The ghost"? No thanks.

03 Sep 2026 08:26:42
Rob Jones looks in good shape. Maybe come in for the season?

Lamp is life, Rigsby.

03 Sep 2026 08:31:57
Those are our direct competitors, WDW. Not the likes of Brighton or Sunderland. There's perspective.

03 Sep 2026 08:49:40
No, SG, that’s your sense of entitlement.

It was Brighton, Sunderland, Bournemouth and Forest of the PL who were taking us to the cleaners last season. Have a look at the results from last season.

We have loads and loads and loads of talent but it didn’t show last season. Before we name our major opponents we need to prove we are worthy of the name.

{Ed025's Note - please dont mention other teams on here WDW..."i thought this was the Liverpool site".. :)

03 Sep 2026 08:55:08
Gini went missing for us all the time, even when he was in his prime. I always got the impression he was too arrogant to bother in a lot of games against lesser opposition, and too scared to get involved in the game away from home.

He always showed up in the big games at Anfield to be fair, which means he has a lot of iconic moments. But I think across his 5 year stint, he only scored 1 or 2 goals away from home. He was one of the few weak links in our “mentality monsters” side. That’s why Klopp tried to replace him 3 times with Ox, Keita and then Thiago.

Unfortunately, they all broke down with injuries and Gini’s best ability was availability, so somehow he always ended up on the team sheet year after year.

There is absolutely no sense in bringing him back now. He was never good enough in the first place. He did exactly what Curtis Jones got grief for doing (held onto the ball too long and invited pressure/slowed down our play), except he had better team mates around him, so he got away with it more.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

03 Sep 2026 09:23:32
Is it entitled to support Liverpool and think our rivals are the other 'big 4/6'? I do think we have loftier ambitions and should have goals like winning the league.

I think what I'm trying to say is Sunderland don't necessarily go into the league aiming to win it, whereas we do, and I think that filters down to the supporters' ambition wise?

Sorry, not trying to have a dig, just wondering where the line is drawn to what we should expect from the team we support :)

03 Sep 2026 10:10:16
WDW, I think every team took us to the cleaners last season. Nothing much has changed. Still conceding 2 goals a game regardless of who we play.

03 Sep 2026 10:13:18
Really? Gini? Really?

03 Sep 2026 10:41:46
I don't believe that I have any sense of entitlement at all about anything and certainly not in my reply to your original assessment, WDW. Don't know where you're getting that. I just made an accurate point that if we want to win the league, our direct competitors are exactly those teams.

If we want to finish above them, we should have a good enough squad to do so. We don't. That's simple enough to understand isn't it?? I think so anyway.

03 Sep 2026 11:28:51
@MK Scouser, I do like reading your posts, really well articulated and yet again I find myself in agreement with you.

03 Sep 2026 12:01:04
Cheers, MCH. I really appreciate that.

03 Sep 2026 12:55:31
Gini was very good for us but bringing him back now would be scraping the barrel.

03 Sep 2026 13:16:09
Ed025 like a sniper, just waiting for an opportunity 😂
Didn't take long though 😁

{Ed025's Note - im just waiting for a grassy knoll Ron.. :)

03 Sep 2026 14:59:50
Gini was absolutely fantastic for us the year we won the title, to be fair. He just had a very particular skillset that made him perfect for what he was instructed to do. I think I'd even go so far as to say that he was my favorite Liverpool player that year; it was a pleasure watching him receive in a crowd of opposition players and somehow wiggle through on the halfway line before dispatching it to somebody else.

{Ed001's Note - his problem was never ability, it was just that so often he played within himself. The only time he ever came close to reaching his actual potential was the Barca comeback, when he was angry at being left out. If he actually got himself pumped up like that, or close to it, every game, rather than just when he had a bee in his bonnet, he would have been on a totally different level. He had so much talent it used to drive me mad watching him play at 50-60% of his capability most of the time.}

03 Sep 2026 15:16:42
That's the frustrating thing about Wiji, Ed. Even when he was playing at 60%, he's still a steady 7/10 player each time. He could have been so much better for us if he applied himself more

03 Sep 2026 16:41:56
When a club brings in a Milner, Welbeck, Ibrahimovic, Wijnaldum and so on, it blocks the development of a youth player. Iraola is here to work with the players, make them better and save us a lot of cash.

If McConnell, Rio, Nyoni and Koumas aren't good enough, so be it; it didn't have the same million-dollar effect on the budget.
Give the young ones a chance, they might take it.

03 Sep 2026 17:13:22
Gini, sadly for me, was never a player who wanted the ball from our CBs. He constantly hid behind one of the opposition's players in our half so he wouldn't receive the ball facing our goal. He constantly left it to Hendo or Can to get the ball. Thankfully we got Fab and freed Hendo up from the 6 position.

He was strong on the ball when he needed to be. But passing range was not the required level and he didn't exactly always like doing the dirty work of tracking back.

Of the 3 mids he was pretty much always the weakest link...then we got Naby

03 Sep 2026 15:42:51
Gini was so frustrating. I hate to use the term laidback, especially where Dutch players are concerned but I agree Ed01, he could and should have been so much more.

His ball retention was almost without peer. The only weakness in his game was mentality.

So glad he was pumped up for the Barca game though. Great tactics by Klopp haha

03 Sep 2026 15:46:27
Agree Ed001. You probably worded it better than I did. In those big games at Anfield when he really got going he was excellent. Many a time he bossed teams like Man City, Arsenal, Man United, Barcelona etc at Anfield.

Then we'd play Huddersfield or Watford away and he'd be absolutely shocking. So often he just wasn't up for it. Was really frustrating to watch at times.

03 Sep 2026 17:41:57
I even remember Ed01 saying that Klopp replaced Gini with Naby and Thiago (for a diff. reason) while Gini was still in the squad.

That shows how much Klopp rated him. Or not as much as people are fawning all over him right now.

Nostalgia much?

03 Sep 2026 18:32:01
Gini was a ghost for most games. A lot of players have a lot of "ability". Having a great game against Barca doesn't cut it. He was a good player at best and that's all.

04 Sep 2026 08:55:00
Gini? Really? Gini?
Isn't that what Julius Caesar said, OliRed?

"I came, I saw, I conkered."
I've always wondered where he got his shoe laces to play conkers with because he always wore sandals in the books and films. 🤔

02 Sep 2026 17:36:35
I just read this and wanted to know if anybody knows if it is true, or not. Because it is right on the edge of inexcusable, stupid commercial practice. It boggles the mind.

That Hughes is officially employed by Al-Hilal since the last few months and is already on their payroll. That he offered Sarr first to Al-Hilal, and after they rejected him, he suggested the player to LFC.

Sincerely hope this is made up stuff, because if it's true, it reeks of professional malpractice of the worst kind, by those above Hughes. Because what he's done for LFC this window, is just bare minimum.

02 Sep 2026 18:02:06
Hughes seems to have been an embarrassing error. It would appear that Ward/Edwards did his job last summer and Gordon/Woodfine did his job this summer.

It begs the question, what did Hughes actually do?

02 Sep 2026 18:16:21
MK, you're looking at the same direction I'm looking at: those above him, who kept him on, despite all this nonsense going on. If it is true.

02 Sep 2026 18:27:15
It is a beyond silly rumour. Just not true. If Hughes really is moving on, then there will be a 9-12 month “gardening leave” period in which he cannot work, and then he will not be allowed to sign players we had already targeted.



I get the idea he got a lot wrong, but it is nuts to think he was allowed to work for two clubs at the same time.

02 Sep 2026 18:44:45
Yeh. Just sounds a little bit too ridiculous for me in fairness.

02 Sep 2026 19:16:05
But if it's your responsibility to negotiate the best deals, surely he would keep the best ones for his new employees n not for Liverpool. Last 2 transfer windows have shown how incompetent he is. We need football ppl running our club.

02 Sep 2026 19:33:56
What did Hughes actually do, Adam? He took the complete piss, is what he did.

{Ed666's Note - I’m not trying to advocate for the bozo but if the Belgian keeper, the French kid striker come good then I suppose we’ll owe him. He’ll always have bozo status tho.

02 Sep 2026 19:49:12
Hughes was eased out - targets were drawn up and others took over the negotiations. There was chaos and a fallout over Slot/style of play/Alonso during Edwards' final few months. FSG did what they had to do on the down low.

02 Sep 2026 19:54:18
100% Monster.

A senior exec is privy to a lot of sensitive information. The minute they become a flight risk they’re out the door and put on garden leave immediately, generally with some fairly hefty contractual covenants in place too.

Not a chance this is true.

02 Sep 2026 20:21:30
9-12 months garden leave? Really?

I regularly see 3 months (work in the City) and occasionally 6 months for CEOs.

02 Sep 2026 19:44:51
Snake oil salesman

02 Sep 2026 20:12:20
Quote from Nasser Al-Khelaifi, president of PSG.

"Bradley Barcola is an amazing player, but our rule is that any player who doesn't want to stay can leave. Mike Gordon was very professional and very direct, and that's why we closed the deal together. I thank him for that. He also mentioned Amit Bhatia, being helpful in closing the deal."

No mention of Hughes, whatsoever. What do you guys say now? What the f**k was Hughes doing?

02 Sep 2026 20:37:25
James Pearce article today:

Sources close to FSG view the groundwork Hughes put into the Barcola deal over the past 12 months as vital in ensuring the France international ended up at Anfield, and believe the decision to trust him to continue leading the way this summer, despite his impending departure, has been vindicated.



Hughes endured a torrent of criticism online for not doing more deals, but sources close to the Scot and senior Liverpool sources have all emphatically dismissed suggestions that he was dividing his time between Liverpool and his upcoming new role.

All parties insist there was no conflict of interest and he will leave on good terms.

02 Sep 2026 20:40:38
I know a guy who was off long term sick from his job, but decided to mow people’s lawns when he was off sick. It is kind of the same thing. Come to think of it, his name was Hughes too. Flip me, how many jobs does this guy need?

02 Sep 2026 20:27:33
Not sure about months. But it's well known he was allowed to work both jobs.

However it's worth noting and again well documented it was Gordon and the new VP that signed Barcola. It's also known that it wasn't Hughes at Chelsea last week to open talks.

It's also well known Hughes has been allowed to work for us remote.

It's all out there. Richard by name and Dick is appropriate

02 Sep 2026 20:44:59
Why do people believe what's posted on twitter or social media outlets / even stuff on here. 99% of it is rubbish!

02 Sep 2026 20:47:05
Okay Ed666. If we follow your argument, who do we hold responsible for the low (to no) performance from Isak, Wirtz and Frimpong? Sure, mitigating circumstances. But at the end of the day and at this level of sports, only results matter; everything else is fluff. Hughes has been a clear disaster. Calling him a clown is being too forgiving.

{Ed666's Note - it’s a family show mate..A clown is the best I can do 🤣

02 Sep 2026 20:59:49
Absolutely agree Ed0666 but how much of that was actually down to Hughes? Like we are being told that other people had to step in to get Barcola over the line.

{Ed666's Note - I mean he must of had something to do with it. The Portuguese scout must of identified them and Hughes technically would have wrapped the deal up.

02 Sep 2026 21:13:49
He ain't got the authorisation to sign cheques, of course we had to send someone else to close, especially when so much of the deal was dependant on structure. PSG would have laughed is out the room if it was RH constantly on the phone to see what he was allowed to agree to.

02 Sep 2026 21:33:48
No idea on the truth of it.

But, I don't think it is out of the ordinary that anyone starts another role whilst still doing their current role.

Yes, it would have to do with how the employers make the arrangement and agree etc.

Ultimately, was that the impact on our summer business? I don't know, but I also really don't think that it was.

02 Sep 2026 22:42:23
Ed666, those signings were made by Pedro Marques as reported by David Lynch. Marques is the senior talent spotter for young and up and coming players, Matt Newberry was involved as the Director of Global Talent and Julian Ward handled the business side of it regarding contracts and fee. Hughes had very little, if any, to do with it

{Ed666's Note - Than he’s got elite Bozo status. Thanks for the context mate

03 Sep 2026 07:12:18
I wanna know where Hughes was when John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot!

{Ed025's Note - on a grassy knoll somewhere?

03 Sep 2026 08:27:31
What state was Kennedy in when he was shot?

03 Sep 2026 10:07:38
Don't know. But he was in a terrible state later.

03 Sep 2026 12:05:12
Texas. You guys skipped geography and history in high school?

03 Sep 2026 15:47:00
Texas School Book Depository, Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas

{Ed025's Note - great Knowledge StEA..

03 Sep 2026 11:56:03
@ED666
Liverpool's recent signing of young goalkeeper Lucca Brughmans from Genk was credited to the club's global talent department led by Matt Newberry.
I don't think the Silver tongued charlatan* had anything to do with it.

* A direct quote from Ed 001, I think.

{Ed666's Note - cheers mate

04 Sep 2026 00:55:32
Not saying it's true but Hughes has taken a lot of flak while he was apparently doing nothing. He has taken tonnes of abuse from us all.

All the while others were working on these deals and being lauded for getting them over the line. They did this with their heads below the parapet until the signings were being confirmed.

Maybe Hughes has been on garden leave all this time and others are to blame for delays. Perhaps we will never know the truth of it all.

Maybe FSG have played a blinder, having Hughes take the fall when he was already leaving the club.

Maybe not. It would make sense though, leaving those remaining at the club with a clean slate with us as fans.

Again I don't know anything about the running of the club but it would be a great start for anyone replacing Hughes. You can hear them saying now, he can't be worse than the last guy. Maybe I am too cynical!?! 🤯

04 Sep 2026 01:32:51
I love the idea that, as fans, we can apportion responsibility to the owners, staff and players of the club. People have strange ideas about their roles and responsibilities.

02 Sep 2026 13:07:36
Any ITKs have any info on why Balogan and Camara's move collapsing. Seems a strange one and I see some reporters saying we spoke to Monaco and that's why they pulled the plug on Camara to Chelsea. Could it be that we have said we will go back in Jan with a higher offer so they get Camara for 5 months this season or is it just reporters putting 2 and 2 together to make 5.

Just seems a strange one as the deal was agreed so intrigued to hear of anyone has any intel?

02 Sep 2026 13:35:44
Monaco are a distressed asset (in financial trouble). Chelsea, Liverpool and other clubs saw the deadline to take advantage of that.

Everyone lost out by playing it out to the wire.

02 Sep 2026 13:59:59
I read that they decided to keep Camara since the Balogun deal was progressing and seemingly agreed, but Balogun rejected Everton at the last minute and that there wasn't time for them to revive the Camara deal with Chelsea. I'm still unsure about our promise to them to go back in Jan though. That sounds like a playground rumour to me.

02 Sep 2026 14:31:37
Here are the events:
- AS Monaco needed to make a sale to help resolve a debt issue and free up a non-EU squad spot to sign Mexican midfielder Erik Lira.

- Monaco agreed a deal to sell Folarin Balogun to Everton, but problems and doubts emerged during his medical and the transfer stalled.

- Chelsea then sensed an opportunity. With Enzo Fernandez heading to Manchester City, they went all-in for Lamine Camara as his replacement and reached an agreement with Monaco.

- Everton, meanwhile, turned to Joshua Zirkzee after the Balogun problems — but Manchester United refused to let him leave.

- With the deadline approaching, Everton returned for Balogun and attempted to renegotiate the deal on cheaper terms.

- Monaco preferred selling Balogun rather than Camara, so they pulled the plug on Camara’s move to Chelsea.



- Chelsea could have responded by cancelling Enzo Fernandez’s move to Manchester City. Instead, they honoured their agreement and allowed Enzo to leave — despite suddenly having no replacement.

- And then came the final twist… Balogun decided not to join Everton following the medical and negotiation drama, leaving the training centre without signing.

So after all of that…

- Monaco kept both Balogun and Camara, failed to raise the money they wanted and didn’t free up the non-EU spot needed for Erik Lira.

- Erik Lira therefore didn’t join Monaco.

- Chelsea lost Enzo Fernandez for a Premier League-record fee and missed out on his planned replacement, Camara.

- Everton missed out on both Balogun and Zirkzee. Having already sold Beto to Fiorentina, Thierno Barry is now their only recognised centre-forward.

02 Sep 2026 14:31:45
I hope it's a playground rumour, because that's utterly disgraceful if we've done that.

02 Sep 2026 15:48:13
How is it disgraceful? Every club does it. How many clubs attempt to hijack deals at the last minute? You think Arsenal didn't do the same to us for Zubimendi?

02 Sep 2026 16:28:39
Arsenal didn't hijack Zubimendi from us. They signed him the season after he rejected us. Iirc, it was Sociedad who convinced him to stay an extra season and we didn't go back for him the season after.

02 Sep 2026 16:44:09
According to some on here, someone from LFC had a polite convo with the Monaco hierarchy and asked them to hold off selling Camara, and that Camara only wants Liverpool. Sounds plausible. 🤣

{Ed001's Note - it was posted by some journalist or other. The fact that he thought that plausible tells you a lot about the level of journalism these days.}

02 Sep 2026 17:37:52
The moral of the story was, do not wait until the last day of the transfer window.

{Ed025's Note - fail to prepare ...then prepare to fail Light..

02 Sep 2026 17:39:55
My personal opinion is we wanted Camara, but couldn't free up the space. We naively thought all summer that someone would leave and we could sort it. It didn't happen and we left the door open for Chelsea. Hughes P.P.P., in my opinion.

If it wasn't for Everton buying the striker, he would be a Chelsea player.

It just so happens that the medical delayed matters, and he got cold feet, leaving Monaco in a mess.

However, the notion it was to do with us is adding 2+2 and getting 15. If it was even an ounce true, he would never have spoken to Chelsea originally and waited for us.

02 Sep 2026 18:52:10
Balogun and Monaco seemingly saying that Balogun was badly treated at the Everton training ground after the medical, so he decided he didn't want to join them and wanted to go back to Monaco. Nothing Monaco could do and they had to accept the player back. This is all according to Monaco sporting director Thiago Scuro.

{Ed666's Note - maybe he has a happy disposition and not a bitter one 🤣

02 Sep 2026 19:15:51
Nice summary there, Kaka009. In my head I finished it off with… Will Chelsea find a way to replace Enzo Fernandez after his record-breaking escape to Manchester City? Will Monaco ever forgive Everton for causing a medical meltdown, renegotiating a cheaper deal, and then watching Folarin Balogun reject the move anyway? And will Lamine Camara ever make it out of France after Monaco pulled the plug on his signed contract just to spite the Blues? These questions—and many others—will be answered in the next episode of… Soap.

02 Sep 2026 20:23:34
Is this still the Liverpool site?

{Ed025's Note - how insular of you WDW, its just a footballing topic about a rivals fortunes mate, if we cant mention any other teams i would have to delete more than half the posts...i will keep my eye on yours..

02 Sep 2026 20:30:28
Hopefully Bhatia can close the Olise deal next year.

02 Sep 2026 21:35:13
From our side, we've got Grav, Macca, Dom and Trey for 2 midfield spots. I would have brought in someone like Camara and carried 5 until we can sort a sale in Jan or next summer.

But looks like the club have opted to kick that down the road. I don't think it's wrong per se.

03 Sep 2026 08:53:56
Apologies @25, post-window stress disorder on my part, just the ‘he said that they said that the other fella had said’ stuff isn’t really about football. It’s just gossip. That said, there’s nothing really wrong with gossip, I suppose. I’ll try and play nicely (at least for a week or two).

{Ed025's Note - good to hear WDW, you have been here longer than me mate and we all have to be more inclusive and tolerant my old friend..

03 Sep 2026 14:16:20
Mb0504.

If you want Liverpool to conduct business like an ape then whatever. But I am highly critical of others who do it, so I will maintain that stance no matter what club is perpetuating it.

03 Sep 2026 15:35:54
It's such a shame there isn't a thumbs down button on here, with an auto rule that 10+ (or whatever) results in an auto ban for a period. The amount of asinine comments is staggering