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09 Jul 2026 15:46:35
Is anyone concerned about the perceived lack of movement? Maybe I shouldn't be but we have obvious holes that need to be filled. I have to believe that there is a lot of work being done behind the scenes.

09 Jul 2026 16:57:47
Not one bit.

09 Jul 2026 17:01:10
I'm very concerned about the lack of movement... which is why I've just drank a pint of prune juice... no need about holes to be filled there...

09 Jul 2026 17:04:27
With the combination of the World Cup and the well-known efforts the club is making to plug the leaks, I think it's to be expected.

09 Jul 2026 17:06:38
No, we have already added Munoz and Jacquet. Things will be happening in the background.

09 Jul 2026 17:23:17
Yes, we are currently weaker and have less first team options than we did last season.

09 Jul 2026 17:31:12
Nope, not one bit. We have a new manager who wants to assess the full squad, and there's a World Cup on. Oh, and we have bought a player already, and have another joining whose purchase was agreed in Jan.

09 Jul 2026 17:51:28
I think we need cover at right back and maybe an upgrade in CM.
Otherwise we're good.
I'd use Elliott as RW. He's as good, if not better, than all the £100m players we're linked to.

09 Jul 2026 18:12:44
Elliot's as good as Diomande, Barcola or Olise now?! 🤣🤣🤣 I'll have a pint of whatever Ron's on, barkeep!

09 Jul 2026 18:31:42
These are the same people that were defending Slot last season, and telling people we were still going to win the league at a canter, and not to be dramatic. :P

09 Jul 2026 18:47:39
No signings yet!!!!
FSG out.

09 Jul 2026 18:52:00
How long does it take a new manager to assess his squad as a collective?

Only asking, as the full squad aren’t back in until end of July, start of August. Is it a few weeks or a month plus?

Because, either way, it either leaves the club scrambling with a couple of weeks to go or the window actually closed.

09 Jul 2026 19:08:32
There's a WC happening. It's that simple.

09 Jul 2026 19:44:23
Plenty of time yet, just over a week till WC is over, that still leaves 6 weeks until the window closes. But I would say we need to improve the squad massively to stand a chance of competing. Arsenal miles ahead of us at the moment.

City and, dare say it, Spurs probably have a better squad. Not all of them are the same levels as our top players, but they have far more strength in depth than us and no European football to play.

09 Jul 2026 20:06:24
Ibiza, I would doubt if Spurs squad is anywhere near ours. Yes, they have bought a couple of half decent players, but their squad lacks any real quality. I am not worried about 115 either or Arsenal for that matter. We need a proper pre season and get some miles in the legs. Even with limited additions, I still think the squad is equipped to challenge. We have a very good first team squad. Just need the new man to get a performance out of them.

09 Jul 2026 20:18:45
Not so much the lack of movement.

More the uncertainty of who we're signing now. I mean it's always uncertain, but particularly in attack, it feels like a bit of a lolly scramble at the minute.

At least based of ITs, rumours etc.

09 Jul 2026 14:43:49
Bouaddi please.

09 Jul 2026 16:22:25
100 million £ price tag touted, for 1 & half seasons of pro football.

09 Jul 2026 16:43:21
What's your point, prices, particularly when elite teams come sniffing around, are spiralling out of control. Given the alleged cost for Diomande, Barcola, Anderson Tonali etc, it's a surprise that people are still surprised.

09 Jul 2026 16:54:05
Sadiki and Camara.

09 Jul 2026 17:25:21
Fantastic footballer. I'd gladly pay the money to get him in. For me, with him, it doesn't matter how experienced he is, he is just a very very good footballer.

09 Jul 2026 18:09:47
Arne
That's half a season more than Diomande, mate.

09 Jul 2026 15:48:15
Hi eds1 hope you and your family are well.
Quick question if you have time. What do you think Yankuba Minteh.
There's a fair bit of talk about us going for him but I've never really seen anything of him. Do you know if he's worth going for, is he what we need?
Thanks.

{Ed001's Note - I am not a fan, he is quick and works hard but lacks end product and that is the most important thing.}

09 Jul 2026 17:26:33
Sounds like Ben Doak. Who admittedly had the excuse of only been a baby.

09 Jul 2026 17:33:59
Ed001, I'm thinking back to Salah, when we were first linked before he went to Chelsea. Would you have said the same about him then? I remember his goal scoring at Roma but not at Basel.

{Ed001's Note - possibly, but I hadn't really seen him play much at all then and we were in a very different position then too.}

09 Jul 2026 19:10:11
Minteh is dreadful.

09 Jul 2026 13:17:13
PSG latest suggest they want 150 million Euro for Barcola.

Hard pass at that price. I would test Juve on Yildiz for the left if CG is going.

09 Jul 2026 13:33:54
We have to be smarter in the market. Spending 100+ million on a player rarely works out.

09 Jul 2026 13:57:38
Well it certainly hasn't worked out for us so far, livered.

09 Jul 2026 14:28:42
Journalists are trying to spin narratives and stories to continue keeping up their clicks, and/or social media 'influencers' are trying to get more likes and follows.

Unless your source is not one of these, I wouldn't believe it.

Transfers don't happen minute by minute, just as 24-hour news can be pretty boring, as news doesn't always happen round the clock.

I keep saying that most of our business will happen towards the end of the window for obvious reasons. It makes sense. But, I also am with most of us who need our hourly/daily dopamine hit, so I get it.

09 Jul 2026 14:18:00
Have PSG ACTUALLY said that? Really? Via a spokesman directly from their PR dept?

Or is it what another clickbait site wanting clicks, or another X aficionado wanting likes and followers who has said that?

09 Jul 2026 14:32:57
Barcola is a great player, but nobody is worth 150m euro unless it's Yamal or Kvaratskhelia. Walk away from Diomande and Barcola. They're talking crazy fees now.

Just keep Gakpo, and then replace Chiesa with another more cost-effective winger option to grow alongside Rio and Munoz. Fernandez-Pardo, Minteh or El Mala would do nicely. They'd all be more in the £50-70m bracket, I think.

09 Jul 2026 14:35:02
No sources from me, pal, just good old Google checks every so often.

The only source I have is HP on a bacon butty.

09 Jul 2026 14:50:04
Yet they're looking to spend 150 mil euros to buy Diomande and Aliouche guy........ that they don't even need.

Hard pass. I'd leave that minefield well alone.

09 Jul 2026 15:06:14
Think Chiesa has been replaced by Munoz.

09 Jul 2026 15:16:32
L'Equipe seems to be the original source of the EUR150m claim

I'm not saying the claim is legit, but if Leipzig want EUR130m for a 19 year old with 1 good season, I don't see why PSG wouldn't ask EUR150m for a 2x Champions League winner.

09 Jul 2026 15:38:44
Barcola is a great player, yet the greatest manager currently in the game is happy to see him move on. These World Cup matches are overrating a lot of players. The season has shown a lot to be what they are, which certainly isn't "great".

09 Jul 2026 16:46:23
I disagree, @Ron. Barcola isn't a great player. He is a good player with the potential to develop further but whether or not he steps up to the next level is open to debate.

09 Jul 2026 19:14:24
I agree with you, WDW. Barcola and great player do not belong in the same sentence. Khavaraschelia? Yeah. Now, that's a great player who was more proven and better than Barcola was at Napoli even before he went to PSG and put Barcola's arse on the bench.

Even Doue is better than him.

Sorry if these players are better and well ahead of you then, a great player you simply are not.

09 Jul 2026 12:23:19
Newcastle United interested in Stiller, would love to steal another one of their targets.

09 Jul 2026 13:20:39
I think he's a great Tonali replacement for them. Hope they get him. Always had a soft spot for Newcastle, as my youth integration to football was at the time when they were good and playing entertaining football, and the famous 4-3 games.

09 Jul 2026 16:42:59
He'd sure be able to make the fans smile and laugh this season.

09 Jul 2026 19:16:41
We're gonna have to go do our own business our darn selves rather than waiting for others like Newcastle to do it for us. It's getting a bit cringe, imo.

09 Jul 2026 12:20:58.
As Diomonde seems to be less likely and right wing is of course our highest priority position with Salah leaving and no cover really within the squad other than Frimpong (who isn’t a natural wide forward it seems), who are seen as the alternatives for us?

I still like the idea of Bowen if the price was right - Premier League proven certainty but clearly not getting any younger.

Akilouche seems to be going to PSG so likely not feasible.

Rayan looks like he would be extremely expensive and although he has some prem experience, I wouldn’t call him Premier League proven and is still raw.

Hopefully the scouts have some other options on the table. Be interested to know if Carra, Robbo, VG, the fields, have any knowledge of alternatives.

09 Jul 2026 13:16:58
For me, Bowen has missed his chance of playing for a big club. He's at the wrong end of his career trajectory. I'd love Diomande or Rayan, but if there are no top quality options out there, then I can see a world where we see Szobo play there more often next season.

09 Jul 2026 13:23:21
Might be fantasy football, but I would test Chelsea's resolve on Estevao. They have brought in Quenda now and might be open to a sale at the right price. Won't be cheap though.

Minteh would be ok for £50m or less. Anymore than that would be an overpay as there is a ceiling on his technical level.

Other right wingers we have been linked with in the past are Dario Osorio (Chilean winger at Midtjylland), Takefuso Kubo (Real Sociedad), Ismaila Sarr (Palace), Ibrahim Mbaye (PSG kid), Moussa Diaby (Saudi), Allan (Palmerias), Geny Catano (Sporting), Johan Bakayoko (Leipzig) and Abdul Fatawu (Leicester).

Difficult to see any of the above going straight into the first team to be honest.

09 Jul 2026 13:31:56
FPF, given Chelsea paid something around £60m for Estevao, I'd imagine they'd want close to double that to even consider a bid. Depending on what formation Alonso goes for, I think we'll see Quenda mostly playing off the left as that's where they're weakest.

09 Jul 2026 14:17:42
Fuser, I thought Quenda was a right winger/right wing back. And, they have bought in (promoted) Valentin Barco from Strasbourg, who is a left back/left midfielder.

09 Jul 2026 17:05:31
Chelsea will want a king's ransom for Estevao, who is unproven and injury prone.

Next!

09 Jul 2026 17:52:41
Just use Elliott as RW.

Elliott being coached by Iraola is a great prospect.

09 Jul 2026 19:18:41
@Pelican, if you thought Barcola or YD were/are expensive then, I hope you are sitting down when Chelsea quote Estevao's price.

09 Jul 2026
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09 Jul 2026 13:10:40
I've said for a while, that football these days is like the old WWF we used to watch as a kid. You knew it was fake and scripted, yet we watched it anyway for entertainment purposes. Football has gone the same way. It really wouldn't surprise me if the winner of this World Cup was decided a year ago.

09 Jul 2026 13:24:37
As someone who still watches wrestling as an adult, I totally get the analogy, Bulk, very apt.

It's the fact that there is less and less effort to hide it as the tournament goes on. I fully expect Messi to be allowed to play with his hands and feet by the Semis, and the opponent's feet to be tied together by the final.

09 Jul 2026 14:17:57
And yet the same team of officials wouldn't be allowed to officiate an England game because of the Falklands.

09 Jul 2026 16:49:43
Not sure the analogy about entertainment works, just look at Arsenal and, of course, us last season. Not sure that entertainment is the right word.

09 Jul 2026 19:19:20
Wow, Chewy. Now, that will be interesting.

09 Jul 2026 06:43:56
Should have seen it coming... Half time show at the WC Final...

There's obviously always been a closing ceremony before the final, but has there ever been a half time show during the WC Final?

09 Jul 2026 07:44:57
I wouldn't be surprised if it's a longer break than usual too.

09 Jul 2026 08:12:18
Red in Belfast, you're absolutely right, it's going to be 30 minutes.

BBC (and ITV I think) won't be showing it; instead, they'll do extended analytical coverage.

Diddly out.

09 Jul 2026 07:49:49
I hate this Americanisation of sports .it was like last time Liverpool were in CL final and you had black eyed peas do a medley of songs just before KO gets those idiots of the pitch and let me hear the roar of you'll never walk alone from the Liverpool faithful.

Everything always has to be bigger and better with American's which just takes away from the spectacle of the show which is the actual football

09 Jul 2026 09:08:53
They have already forced the game into quarters through hydration breaks that aren't even needed at all the games, but still go ahead.

President Trump speaking to Infantino to get a red card deferred so their star striker could play.

Pumped the prices of tickets through the roof for what should be an affordable tournament for all fans.

The halftime show works in American football due to the way it is played, with massive squads and specialist teams for each play.

Players aren't affected by longer breaks.

Football is different, and players will pick up stupid injuries due to muscles cooling down and being expected to play again after half an hour.

Nothing surprises me in this World Cup. Where there is money to be made, they have wrung every last penny out of the fans.

09 Jul 2026 09:36:08
Fox apparently set to make $250m from hydration break advertising.

As for the half-time show, for me, it just goes to show what little duty of care FIFA have for the players. It just increases the risk of the players cooling down too much and not having the chance to fully warm up again before the second half kicks off.

09 Jul 2026 09:57:32
The WC should never be held in The USA and should never include more than 32 teams in the finals. This is the crap that we end up receiving when it comes about. Just horrendous. Talk about Saudi sports washing. Those Yanks and FIFA are worse than anyone.

09 Jul 2026 12:40:59
JLC, they are just taking the mick at this moment.

09 Jul 2026 12:48:17
Longer half time for a stupid show = more time for TV adverts = more money.

09 Jul 2026 13:27:13
I figured they would extend the length when I saw the megastars expected to perform at it.

You've just got to laugh, really. Sports is Entertainment these days, and nobody does Entertainment more overblown and gaudy than the US.

09 Jul 2026 13:48:04
Have to disagree, Wispy.
Having sat through the Switzerland Colombia match, I would have liked the half time show to have lasted the entirety of the game.

09 Jul 2026 16:46:37
No fan wants to have shows before, during or after major games.
Complete trash.

09 Jul 2026 19:20:34
@Nukem, American fans will beg to differ esp. regarding the pre and halftime shows.

09 Jul 2026 00:15:44
According to Transfermarkt I've just worked out that since 16/17 until today our net spend is £552m. So £55m average a season. Doesn't include agent fees etc. In that 10 years we have:-

2x Premier Leagues
1x Super Cup
1x Champions League
1x Club World Cup
1x F.A.

Cup
1x Charity Shield
2x English League Cup

Very well run club and could of been much more if we weren't up against a juggernaut in Man City and Pep.

09 Jul 2026 04:48:30
2 UCL via RM.
1 Europa final.
2 EPLs by few points, one with 1 point.

09 Jul 2026 06:57:41
Any chance you can do my tax returns.

{Ed078's Note - gold

09 Jul 2026 11:22:43
As always, there's a bit of nuance.

2016-2019 - Edwards and Klopp working together for a mix of data-driven recruits (Robbo, Gini, Mo, Sadio, Bobby etc) and attracting the very best in class (Virg, Alisson, Fabinho etc).

2019-2022 - Belts were tightened due to a mixture of Covid ticket revenue losses, prioritising capital for infrastructure and bonus payouts for the success.

2022-2025 - Sporting Director merry-go-round followed by Klopp's departure resulted in key player contracts being run down and a preference to do no business rather than bad.

Last summer, we went wild in the market to mark the new era of the new directorship. We now have to go pretty wild again to rebalance the squad, which is not easy to do in this insane market.

Our current Sporting Director has one foot out of the door after only 2 years at the club. The Football CEO and The King of Nerds has one year on his contract and has been told by Big John he can no longer do the thing he was hired to do - buy a second club.

We are well run in terms of not getting ahead of our skis financially, and do not have a load of misfits in our squad like other clubs.

However, a revolving door for Sporting Directors, multiple big player contract standoffs and alternating between good and terrible seasons doesn't scream well run either.

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