Liverpool banter 2

03 Feb 2026 02:16:07
Salah and wirtz situationship has thawed after dressing room punch up earlier in the season, where the adonis Salah absolutely battered wirtz, and they now are both ready to move on to save Liverpool's season.

{Ed078's Note - should I even allow this through??

03 Feb 2026 05:13:51
This is utter nonsense.

03 Feb 2026 05:38:54
Yeah, why not. This ain't a comedy-free zone.

03 Feb 2026 06:11:49
Call me boring but for me it doesn't fit with the tone of the site, more like playground nonsense. Adonis Salah battered Wirtz? Forgivable if the op is under 14.

03 Feb 2026 06:38:24
Ernest don't take it too seriously dude. It's a forum not BBC Question Time.

03 Feb 2026 06:54:06
Ed78 asked the question Frode. Do you really want to encourage this kind of dribble on the site? Happy to talk any of the football stuff and even enjoy Fornax bizzare ramblings but this is just garbage mate.

03 Feb 2026 06:58:17
I'd say this site is a hell of a lot more honest than anything on BBC Question Time.

03 Feb 2026 06:59:52
It is better than boring SLOT out post after post after post.

Need some fresh air honestly.

03 Feb 2026 07:41:27
Slot out

I'll get my coat.

03 Feb 2026 08:54:56
Ed, no wonder NOBODY likes Salah and has NO friends in the dressing room.

03 Feb 2026 09:13:58
You mean jaquet, Barry.

03 Feb 2026 09:52:07
Desperate Scoucewives wasn't real either ?‍♂️, funny tho.

03 Feb 2026 10:34:21
OP, produce some prof or jog on. P#ss poor trolling. @78, thumbs down from me, get rid. Without any evidence it's pretty close to defamation.

03 Feb 2026 10:42:21
Amazing that posters think they can tell other posters what to write about,

03 Feb 2026 10:49:51
Posters aren't the judges of what is acceptable. Become an Ed, WDW. Actually, that would be a nightmare.

03 Feb 2026 10:59:14
Fair play to Wirtz powers of recovery because after being "absolutely battered" by the "Adonis Salah" I didn't see a mark on him. Good news for the future if he recovers that quickly from assault.

Or maybe it's not true …….

03 Feb 2026 11:04:24
@Strom, grow up. There is banter and there is malicious rumour to stir up trouble. It needs to be called out and if you don't know why then that's your problem.

03 Feb 2026 11:43:05
Is it actually malicious?

The use of the term "situationship" makes me assume that this is just some Gen Z openly sharing some of their own homo-erotic fan fiction.

It's clearly fiction and there is no point getting upset about it.

03 Feb 2026 12:28:50
Even in the UK, which is more litigious than even the US, the ludicrous nature of the original post would protect it from being classified as libellous.

03 Feb 2026 12:41:28
There's a lot of conjecture on the site, some posts you just have to point and laugh and that's one of them.

03 Feb 2026 13:33:34
Wdw behave yourself. malicious rumour haha obviously only your righteous self has taken it that way, at least he's not on here telling everyone what to write about, like some posters.

03 Feb 2026 19:21:36
The fact that no-one gives the original post any credence protects it from being malicious IMO.

03 Feb 2026 01:44:55
Ed001 what do you know about Nedeljkovic from the Bundesliga? Promising young RB?

{Ed001's Note - nothing mate, I haven't seen any Bundesliga for a while.}

03 Feb 2026 02:14:22
Fair enough, I think he is on loan now but around a year ago I recall we were linked with an interest in him?

03 Feb 2026 11:40:37
OP, I watch some Bundesliga depending on the game/ matchup and I have no idea who this guy is. What club does he play for?

03 Feb 2026 13:58:30
No one taking Bradley's place he's going to be great for us.

03 Feb 2026 14:39:51
He is 20, Villa player on loan at Leipzig where he is not playing, had a few injuries, mostly knee issues.

03 Feb 2026 18:58:35
Ah thanks, EarlOfFrodsham. He would be perfect for us, then.

02 Feb 2026 23:23:38
just heard the window slammed shut hours ago. I must have missed all the razzmatazz about all our new signings - who did we get to play right back?
What about another CB? Did we get and LW who can score or a RW who can get the ball past a defender?

Can they all play at the weekend? So pleased that we didn't just buy players for the U21 and really pleased that we didn't try and put a really positive spin on a crap window by signing someone for the Summer when we have so much to play for now.

03 Feb 2026 05:40:44
Windows don't always slam, boomboom.

03 Feb 2026 09:22:54
Whilst it would have been nice to strengthen I don't see it as a massive problem. It is well known that it is much harder to sign players in January because teams do not want to let them leave in the middle of a season.

Konate is back and Gomez and Frimpong are not long term injuries so they will be back soon. It's not an ideal situation but I'd rather sign the players that we actually want in the summer when they are available rather than panic buying a compromise now. The club has to think longer term than the next month.

03 Feb 2026 10:36:46
@OP, you're right, we are only as good as our last game …. oh hang on.

02 Feb 2026 22:41:14
Can I ask fellow followers if is just me or does anyone else really want city to win the league. I know we are as they say in transition but I would honestly prefer anyone but arteta to win it.

02 Feb 2026 23:04:17
Doesn't really bother me too much Brian tbh.

Just disappointed that we should be really pushing at the top with City and Arsenal and giving them a scrap for the title.
Push comes to shove I'd rather have City but credit to Arsenal if they win it.

02 Feb 2026 23:32:16
I can't give arsenal any credit for the horrible football they play. As much as I have disliked city for the last number of years they would be a better champion than that negative arteta football.

03 Feb 2026 00:18:23
I could be in the minority but I can't stand it when cheats won so I would hate it if City wins it. I don't like Arteta's style of football but I have a soft spot for Arsenal in general so I wouldn't mind it if they win the league this season.

03 Feb 2026 00:21:30
Arteta and Slot play the same boring, slow, horseshoe, side to side dross. The only difference is they are more of a threat from set pieces and more compact defensively because they play 4 centre halfs.

I've never wanted a team to not win the league more than this current Arsenal side, sincerely think its the most boring, unambitious potential league winners i've ever seen. Guardiola is our only hope.

03 Feb 2026 00:38:15
I'd rather be stuck in a lift with kier Starmer and Rachel from accounts for a year than have arsenal win it.

03 Feb 2026 02:09:34
That's the million dollar question: boring negative dross or underachieving cheats?

I really can't get myself to accept either winning it though; I still hope they both lose every game they play. In the end, you just have to accept some times things are out of your hands I guess.

Unforgivable that we aren't challenging them this year.

03 Feb 2026 04:17:23
Id prefer the dead-ball specialists over the sportswashing 115 but only by a slim margin. Lesser of the two evils is all.

03 Feb 2026 06:39:38
Prefer City, because every title they've won I can say was tainted by 115.

03 Feb 2026 07:06:07
Title race ceases to exist once we're not in it for me. It's like a "no contest" ?‍♂️.
Unless it's ManU, then I always want the other team to win, like when Aguero scored against QPR in injury time, I punched the air with that goal.

03 Feb 2026 07:35:28
I was kinda the same but at the end of the day it ain't us and it won't be manU so I'm less worried about it ?.

03 Feb 2026 07:44:22
For me, I'm disappointed the way Slot has us playing this season as it looked a good summer transfer window so just annoyed we're not challenging but tbf, we've hated the cheating from City, we've all bemoaned the officiating calls they continously got so if Arsenal win, fair play to them - I go on their page a bit and they're a sound bunch of fans so good luck to them

Arteta is tough to take yeah, but between them and City, I'd choose them.

{Ed025's Note - im with you Bill..

03 Feb 2026 07:45:43
If city win, then we can point to the 115 charges and put an asterix next to the date, if Artetas dross wins, they won fair and square and we have a decade of delusional north London fans spouting off.

{Ed025's Note - delusional fans are everywhere Barry, none more than the L4 region of Merseyside mate.. :)

03 Feb 2026 07:58:22
I don't see a problem with Arsenal winning it, it pains me to see that the team that has the most expensive group of big lump set piece specialists is winning the league where that has become the norm, but it makes sense, they were technically ahead of the curve when it came to that.

They are not fun to watch, though, but then again I would say neither is City, they have players who can win games with a moment of brilliance in Foden, Cherki and Doku but much of the time they don't even look like a team, which is uncharacteristic of a Pep squad.

03 Feb 2026 09:55:30
I'm with you, Ron. I've never celebrated another team's title win more than the "Aguero" win. Having suffered year after year of United dominance, I can still live with any side winning the league other than them.

03 Feb 2026 10:44:59
I like Arsenal, proper team like us. Arteta on the other hand, well the less said the better.

03 Feb 2026 10:52:06
Exactly Ron. Boot out Starmer the Farmer Harmer and let's get Nige in to sort things out.

03 Feb 2026 11:44:20
So how do I want to go? By a gunshot wound so I bleed out slowly or by getting injected with rat poison and slowly slide away?

Decisions.

03 Feb 2026 11:45:56
Watching man city they are a bit far forward than us but not the complete rebuild .
They are letting to many goals in to be champions . Arsenal for me though ( i hate admitting it) look the more complete team though their football is all about dead ball kicks they play like their manager dark arts football i think they will win the league they remind me of a bit like Chelsea under Jose Mourinho .

02 Feb 2026 21:25:05
ED001 If you're about. the way we've made 6 or 7 singings this season to me is not the way to go about things, I know we done it bfr when buying Alisson, VVD etc n it worked well then but I'd rather we done that once then added one class player a year n the odd youngster with potential, instead of repeating it every 4 or 5 years n hoping it will work again, I know times have changed but back when we was most successful that's what we did.

{Ed001's Note - if we are not going to utilise the academy, then we will be forced to sign lots of players.}

02 Feb 2026 22:07:32
Guehi and Semenyo were not VVD/ Ali levels, but Wirtz and Isak were supposed to be. Wirtz will deliver, Isak maybe not.
There is a reason only 7/ 28 players over 80m have been a success, and the VVD/ Ali purchases were heaven sent, but its not the norm. Big prices come with big risks.

Who is out there that will be available and will be worth the risk? Anderson will cost a tidy packet and will likely go to City. I reckon we'll get Wharton and or Stiller if Mac leaves.

02 Feb 2026 22:26:13
Why do people think isak won't deliver? don't forget wirtz only got his 1st assist setting up isak for the spurs goal that brought his injury. Now everyone thinks he's the 2nd coming of kenny. being injured doesn't mean you lose your talent.

02 Feb 2026 22:32:57
Don't understand why Isak is being written off.

02 Feb 2026 23:24:45
Isak will deliver when he is fit (and I don't just mean uninjured) and gets quick ball. Everybody plays better when we play at pace. I can only hope that Slot will learn the lesson now after past week. That he didn't after real Madrid.

It wasn't perfect against Newcastle by any stretch. But it was a step in the right direction.

I really dread going back to slow football. I can only hope we are learning. And Slot is learning.

03 Feb 2026 00:00:41
ED001, so in your opinion, if we're not going to use the academy, who's fault is it, we spend millions nurturing them, giving them the best chance of making it n yet not many come through. you see the likes of Barcelona who just seem to have an endless supply of youngsters coming through.

{Ed001's Note - that is Slot.}

03 Feb 2026 06:40:38
Jesus people writing off world class talent like Isak. If you're judging players based on this season then only Szobo and Ekitike would make it.

03 Feb 2026 07:38:12
Florian - the issue is the rise of Ekitike. In an ideal world you could play them together or give them equal starts / sub appearances and they would maximise that time with G/ A output matching their transfer fees.

But I just don't see that as realistic.

03 Feb 2026 10:19:12
So let them duke it out faith, not rocket science. Whoevers in better form starts. Build a squad with that kinda calibre of players and you can be sure we'll be playing the bones of 60 games a season. Allowing for injuries and being rested etc that's plenty of ball for both. People are seriously sleeping on Alexander Isak.

03 Feb 2026 10:21:47
No Lamal's, Pedri's, Fermin Lopez's or Cabarsi's in our Academy unfortunately.

03 Feb 2026 10:46:43
But there should be Florian, we spend enough money and time looking fir them.

03 Feb 2026 10:53:09
@Frode, you missed out Wirtz - the lad is just class.

03 Feb 2026 11:37:33
I think Ekitike could play as LW Isak centre Salah/ or replacement on RW
Wirtz in behind

Then play Szob and Grav in a more disciplined central role, allowing Frimpong and Kerkez to do what they do well and that is run the channels.

But what do I know?

03 Feb 2026 11:47:39
FatSpanishWaiter, and what have you seen of Isak of late, to suggest that he will "maybe" not make it, exactly?

You have to have arguments to support your thesis rather than just put stuff out there in a public forum.

02 Feb 2026 21:16:59
If anyone is looking for a break from the hustle and bustle of the transfer window and fixture list, there's a great interview with Sir King Kenny just come on YouTube, a top channel called the warm up. And for anyone that doesn't know many Scottish lads, yes it has subtitles haha.

02 Feb 2026 19:52:16
No coincidence that Hilfiger got involved and we secured a summer Jacquet.

02 Feb 2026 19:17:56
Fixtures for February
City home prem
Sunderland away prem
Brighton home f. a cup
Forest away prem
West Ham home prem

10/ 12 points for me from those games with city maybe a draw. Brighton we should get through.

02 Feb 2026 19:28:15
17 points - and a Blue Peter badge!

02 Feb 2026 19:39:35
Please one game at a time is the mentality that is required. Treat them all like a cup
Final then see where we are at.

02 Feb 2026 20:35:03
Exactly don't be like United fans and think after a good win that your going to win every game now till the end of time.

02 Feb 2026 20:49:28
I predicted l l l for the 3 games and we have w w scored 10 conceded 1 so hopefully I'm wrong on the man city result.

02 Feb 2026 21:29:24
Honestly think we're more likely to drop points to Forest or Sunderland away than City at home.

Expecting 7 to 10 points. Hoping for 12.

03 Feb 2026 00:19:28
Fixtures for February
City home prem- 2-1 Win
Sunderland away prem- 2-1 Loss
Brighton home f. a cup- 3-1 Win
Forest away prem- Draw 1-1
West Ham home prem- 2-0 Win

7 points and a cup win, that would sum up our performance so far, erratic at best.

03 Feb 2026 05:18:28
Cmon Shughes. give us a draw at Sunderland mate.

That way, we move to Unbeaten in 7.

All we need to do is hopefully get more wins in this unbeaten run than we did in our last unbeaten streak.

That will be progress!

03 Feb 2026 10:55:57
17 points from PL 4 games would be brilliant @Biggun ?.

03 Feb 2026 11:49:21
Relax. Keep calm. And take it one game at a time. All the other stuff is out of our control.

02 Feb 2026 16:07:00
Welcome, Bafode Diakhaby. He's a fantastic, highly regarded youth development specialist we've managed to get after more than 10 years at the Paris Saint-Germain's prestigious academy. The 36-year-old has officially taken up the role of Youth Development Phase (YDP) Academy coach at the AXA.

02 Feb 2026 16:46:55
It seems he used to play RB if he fancies coming out of retirement.

02 Feb 2026 16:47:54
Sounds promising. I had read that Edwards and Ward recently visited the PSG academy as a scouting trip for our next academy infrastructure upgrade.

02 Feb 2026 17:55:16
Can he cover centre back.

02 Feb 2026 19:19:56
Bajcetic and Danns could return at the end of February 2026?

02 Feb 2026 16:02:30
With the signing of Jacquet, do we still have the ld any interest in Ordonez?

02 Feb 2026 17:57:05
Being reported in the last hour that Palace had a £34.6m bid for Ordonez rejected.

02 Feb 2026 18:21:32
I would say almost definitely not. It would be wild to have 3 of your first team CBs be early 20's.

I'd expect 24+ for a summer CB addition.

02 Feb 2026 15:23:51
We are overpaying for players massively.
Ekitike isak wirtz kerkez and now jacquet are close to half a billion dollars worth of players alone. We can't call out city and arsenal now for spending fortunes

Does henry hold a lot of gold and silver?

02 Feb 2026 15:40:16
We paid the going rate for them in the market, if we didn't pay, we would get them and someone else would.

02 Feb 2026 15:44:02
Hughes is like the guy you invite over for dinner but empties the fridge and cupboards.

02 Feb 2026 15:44:59
Overpaying? How so? Isak was the best forward in europe, aside from Shrek 2, Wirtz the most sought AM in world football. Hugo, Ok the price was jacked but he is now already worth more. Kerkez was the going rate, as was Frimpong.

Prices are ridiculous, but so is the money going into the game.

02 Feb 2026 15:55:05
Less than £400m depending on what sites ye believe.
Isak £125m
Ekitike £69m
Wirtz £100m (with four £4M add ons for a P
Prem or CL)
Kerkez £40m
Jaquet £55m rising to £60m
Going rate for me for these level of players.

02 Feb 2026 15:58:43
Purely subjective really. Some may call Ekitke and even Wirtz a steal for the price we paid for them. If we sold them in the Summer would they be worth more? Isak at this moment doesn't look a good deal but who knows. As for Kerkez and Frimpong, can't really remember what was paid for them but I think it was around the £30 million mark? Both have a bit to do but if the price is correct we ain't going to lose too much.


I agree that the transfer market has gone crazy but it's been like this for years now. I just wonder when the first £200 million British transfer will be ?‍♂️.

02 Feb 2026 16:02:52
Our net spend last summer was less than Arsenals. We also sold a lot of of homegrown which means you can spend 4x their value. In fact Arsenal and Spurs are higher than us over the last 5 windows.

02 Feb 2026 16:09:23
Even with all that spending we have still have a net spend less than Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Newcastle and Spurs over the last 5 years.

02 Feb 2026 16:11:20
@cafu let the club worry about the money mate. We just want to support and win every game as fans. Couldn't care less if Jacquet cost £60 or 600million I just want Liverpool to win and if he helps us great if he's a load of pony then he's a load of pony but the money doesn't matter as it's not ours.

02 Feb 2026 16:14:58
Don't care what we pay if they improve the team. Why do people care so much about money that is not theirs?

02 Feb 2026 16:21:54
How do you overpay for a player? There is no universal black and white scale for valuing a player. The sale price hinges on two things. One, what the players current club values him at and two, what the buying club is willing to pay. Then you negotiate to try and meet somewhere in between those two figures.

How can anyone not privy to the negotiations and the scouting reports say we've overpaid? You can by all means say that you don't think we're getting value for money, but you've no idea what the starting points were for both the selling clubs valuations and what Liverpool wanted to pay for any of those signings. So saying we've overpaid is just utter nonsense.

I think Isak was very poor value for money in hindsight. But it's impossible to say whether we overpaid because we have no idea what Liverpool wanted to pay and what Newcastle wanted to be paid at the start of the negotiations.

02 Feb 2026 16:29:35
You don't think Hugo is cutting the mustard then? ?.

02 Feb 2026 16:33:43
If anything, in today's market Ekitike is starting to look like a steal.

02 Feb 2026 16:38:54
We only want players for a price that corresponds with the value on transfer market. com or football manager. If not then we need FSG to call an enquiry into the conduct of our directors of football operations.

02 Feb 2026 16:52:33
I'm not 1 for being bothered about the money side, ( isak was overpriced tho) but kerkez was worth every penny just for that assist on Saturday alone.

02 Feb 2026 17:00:41
Yes, we spend a lot.
But we don't spend too often.

If you look back at the windows since summer 2019, we have a few whereby we either did nothing or just the odd incoming.

The summer after winning the CL we only got Adrian, Elliott and Sepp.

The summer after experiencing that crazy injury crisis, we only signed Ibou Konate.

After going to the death for the quad and running the legs off the squad, we only signed Darwin, Carvalho and Ramsey.

And then in Slot's first summer, we only got Chiesa (Marma was loaned back).

That is 4 summers out of 7, we did very little.

02 Feb 2026 17:52:30
Seems to be the way we go pelican. We go big, sweat the asset and then top it up occasionally with opportunistic stuff.

02 Feb 2026 17:54:58
Isak was the best striker in the league last year in the best league in the world. Im not saying he's better than Haaland i think Haalands the best around but last year he was. If ye wanted to buy Haaland ye wouldn't be getting much change outa £200m i would imagine.

£125m for Isak for me was fair, when your having defensive midfielders going for not much less. Youcant foresee him breaking his leg.

02 Feb 2026 18:16:44
Cafu I smell a non lfc supporting visitor to the site.
We didn't spend anything summer 2024 and made a lot from player sales summer 2025.
You should know this.

02 Feb 2026 18:33:50
We are overpaying. In no world except hughes are wirtz jaquet isak and kerkez are half a billion dollars worth of signing.

Not saying they can't prove their worth but for now we are buying at inflated prices and without success this will be a huge risk.

Also selling quansah and buying 100 m worth of young defenders ( leoni and jaquet) just doesn't make sense! Are we saying jaquet has 3 times the potential of quansah. Nope.

02 Feb 2026 18:41:14
We've overpaid until they've won us a CL or PL. Wirtz is the only one potentially will make money back from the Summer. When we sell him.

02 Feb 2026 18:48:10
I don't think there's much in at all, and in any case player valuation is subjective and needs a willing buyer and seller at a point in time. Who says Marc Guehi is worth 300k a week, Answer Man City.

It's a very finite pool of talent, those who can cut it at the top level, and a finite pool of clubs who can pay top dollar.

Ekitike arguably undervalued, Isak maybe slightly over because of injuries etc. Wirtz now looking worth it, a few months ago less so. Kerkez slightly over, but in a year when he settles it'll probably look ok. It's relative as well to sales values, Darwin Nunez or Ben Doak anyone.

02 Feb 2026 19:14:16
Wirtz (£100+16m), Isak (£125m), Jacquet (£55+5m) and Kerkez (£40m) cost a combined £341m and that is if all of their add-ons are activated. Repeating yourself over and over again doesn't make what you're saying any less inaccurate. You're making figures up in your head.

You need to include Leoni (£26+3m), Frimpong (£29m), Mamardashvili (£29m), Ekitike (£69+10m), Chiesa (£10+3m) and Pecsi (£2m) to come up with a total Hughes/ Slot have spent of around £522m. We also signed an 11th player (Woodman) on a free.

You might not like it mate, but unfortunately if you are signing 11 players in the modern era, £500m+ is the going rate when you're dining at the top table. Jacquet (if it goes through) is what will push the total spend beyond half a billion, and we have no idea if he will prove to be value for money yet so just hold your horses.

Hell of an outburst mate. Wirtz is 22 and already balling, Kerkez is 21 and gets better every week and Jacquet is 20 and not even kicked a ball for us yet. I understand the frustration with the Isak signing, but most of us were very happy with him at the time. You don't need to go full 'captain hindsight' on us.

02 Feb 2026 19:14:49
Lenny Henry bought LFC for circa £300 million, he currently wants circa £10 Billion to sell LFC.

Acquiring Money is not his problem spending it is, paying vast wages like Guehi wanted, was well within his current wherewithal!

You are Born with Nowt, and Go with Nowt!

02 Feb 2026 19:28:31
I really don't get this we overpaid for some of our summer signings.

125 million for Isak was the going rate. I have no doubt he will prove the doubters wrong. He's been unlucky with injuries and fitness but have no doubt he will get back to the levels required. He was starting to show this before his leg break.

100 million for Wirtz. Also the going rate for a player with his ability. Starting to look excellent.

40 million for Kerkez. Seems about right. Now settling and looks more consistent

30 million Frimpong. Release clause met. Unlucky with injury, his record was excellent before his move so I'd say just adjusting to the demands of the PL.

75-80 million Ekitike. Frankfurt always sell high when it comes to strikers, but have to say happy we did.

15-20 Leoni. Highly sought after youngster. Unlucky with a season ending injury in his only game for us.

55-60 Jacquet. Sought after young centre half. Who attracted interest from a lot of clubs. Never seen the guy play, but seems the norm in this day and age. Yoro cost United 50 million 2 years ago and is a similar profile.

In my opinion I think we are building an excellent squad. Average age has been dramatically reduced which I think was needed.

02 Feb 2026 20:13:17
Where's Ed002 when you need them.

02 Feb 2026 20:32:18
"Lenny Henry bought LFC for circa £300 million"

What? I didn't know he was so rich!
Must be all those Red Nose Day appearances.

02 Feb 2026 20:44:18
Isak will probably score 20-30 a season from next summer on. Imagine depending on who starts being able to bring Isak or Ekitike on in a big game against tired legs. This is what we've bought, Jaquet is just another pierce of the puzzle. Hopefully we complete the squad next summer.

02 Feb 2026 20:49:25
Ed002 always used to say, ignore the money.
They cost however much they cost, it sounds a lot but this is just the market.

02 Feb 2026 20:52:19
I think jacket and leoni will be belters both highly rated and wanted by a lot of big clubs, great value if it pans out.

03 Feb 2026 12:03:28
Cafu, this is very simple. This is a case of market forces dictating what the going rate is. And remember, there is large scarcity of top talented players at CB, no. 10 and at CF so the ones like Wirtz, Isak and to a lower extent Ekitike will go from top money to BIG money. That is the going rate.

For ex. what we paid for Darwin was the going rate cos CF's are at a premium and we had to pay it cos United wanted him too and were ready to pay. He rejected them and came to us. Jacquet had other suitors so for us to get him, the rate is the rate so again, either pay or keep it moving. Do you understand, now?


Also, miss me with the whole "capt. hindsight" schtick cos I know you ain't saying all that crap about Isak had he been balling. We paid what we paid for the players we signed who are playing now. Why? Cos that is what we were willing to pay as dictated by the market. The market doesn't care what you nor I think, btw. Get with it or sign players from lesser teams/ leagues.

Hint: And you would STILL be overpaying, I promise you that.

02 Feb 2026 14:22:59
Jacquet looks a great prospect and will surely help us next season. We could do with 1 or 2 now though. Only a few hours left. Does anybody know if we are trying to get anyone else in. Appreciate it might not happen but just wondered if any of the ITKs had any knowledge of anything else today or attempts being made today.

02 Feb 2026 14:57:29
According to Datamb (who do lots of football stats), the two strongest u20 defenders in aerial duels are Leoni and Jacquet across europes top leagues, so that's a positive.

{Ed025's Note - some players just fit a club and some dont VV, its always a bit of a gamble mate but on the face of it they both seem to be really good prospects, but for every Andy Robertson there is always a Naby Keita i suppose..

02 Feb 2026 15:25:02
It tells us 2 things.

We've obviously sacked this season off and all eyes are on next season.
There's still money to burn, they're still spending big, and no concern for finishing in the champions league places or not.

02 Feb 2026 18:25:37
Selling quansah and buying two young defenders for 100m doesn't make sense to me.

02 Feb 2026 18:43:19
Yes, it really looks like we've sacked off this season doesn't it. I mean 4th round of the FA Cup, knock-out stages of the Champion's League and mathematically can't even get in the top 4 never mind the title.

Do people who comment on here take this negativity to the match? smh.

02 Feb 2026 19:49:53
How does it not make sense? It makes sense if they end up playing well for Liverpool while the other was surplus to requirements?

02 Feb 2026 20:53:26
Cafu quansah was pony, leoni looked far better in half a game.

03 Feb 2026 02:05:37
Cttf 4th round of the Fa cup lol what a joker.

03 Feb 2026 12:08:39
Cafu, how does it not make sense? Quansah wasn't good enuff so we let him go further his career somewhere else. Isn't that the same ruthlessness people were crying out for? Leoni and Jacquet are worth the outlay, per the club and that's it. That's how all of this works.

Also, to get the top young CB's (esp. cos CB's are at a premium currently), you're going to have to pay top money to get them. And that is what we did. All we have to do is hope the pan out cos at the end of the day, all transfers are a risk regardless of cost.