Liverpool banter 7

27 Jul 2026 11:47:22
Joel Ordonoz would be ideal for our rcb option and can play RB. Only snag is he currently is out with a broken metatarsal. No idea on when he will return.

27 Jul 2026 12:18:28
I've read good things about Ordonez, but signing another defender currently injured (I appreciate metatarsal fractures are very minor non-reoccurring impact injuries) seems unwise.

I would like someone with a similar profile, though, for sure. Jules Kounde would be my top pick. However, I'd also be considering Nordi Mukiele or Josip Stanisic if I were making the decisions.

All three of them can play RB and CB to a very good standard. Stanisic can even play LB as well.

Lutsharel Geertruida and Oscar Mingueza are cheaper options for that RB/CB profile, but they're cheaper for a reason in my opinion. I would've been happy with them had Konate stayed, but, as he left, I think we need a slightly more proven/higher profile signing.

27 Jul 2026 12:30:55
We do love signing players who have to wait for their debut due to injury.

27 Jul 2026 12:40:08
I personally would go with someone like Geertruida.

He's not got as much potential as Ordonez, but he is cheaper, has had a season in the prem, and won't be blocking anyone.

We have a load of really good options at CB at the 18-21 age group, and I'd like to give them a path.

Leoni and Jacquet, in my opinion, are our future CB pairing, so we need, basically, a Gomez replacement who can cover a few defensive roles, but who is relatively robust! Geertruida has a decent injury record, and, at around £20-£25m, could be a decent option for a few years.

27 Jul 2026 13:19:35
Mingueza has gone to Palace Mk. I'd like Kounde also, but do we have the budget?

27 Jul 2026 13:30:43
Interest is still held from last summer, he is a possibility no doubt.

27 Jul 2026 13:48:10
KP, I honestly don't know. I think monies should be available for such a crucial position, though. Last season we had about 6 different players at RB. Frimpong, Bradley, Gomez, Endo, Jones and Szoboszlai all had a crack at it. Nobody was both good enough and reliable enough. It was the single biggest weak link in the squad.

Brutal, I know, but we're in this game to win trophies, so we can't go into next season with the exact same RB options that let us down last season.

The only exception to this would be if Calvin Ramsay is miraculously making a comeback and Iraola wants him as 1st choice RB. I think that's very unlikely, though, to be honest.

Kounde is our man in my opinion. Soon as Barcola is done, he'd be my next priority signing.

27 Jul 2026 13:48:46
If we are to sign another CB this window, I'd rather someone more experienced. It doesn't make sense to buy Ordonoz when we already have Jacquet and Leoni as the development CBs. Someone like Schlotterbeck or of that ilk.

Lacroix would have been great, but the ship has sailed.

27 Jul 2026 14:06:59
Lacroix is a very limited CB in my opinion. It's quite easy to play in the middle of a back 3 like he did at Palace. In fact, I think it's the easiest position of any defender in any formation if you're over 6ft2 and can head a ball. Keepers will typically play the ball out to the wider CBs, so Lacroix has less need to be good on the ball, and if a wing back gets caught out of position it's the wide CBs who have to get out to engage a tricky and rapid winger.

As the middle CB, your main job is to head away long punts up field, and head away crosses into the box.

Lacroix will do well at Chelsea if they stick him in the middle of a back 3. If they're playing a back 4, though, then he's going to be horribly exposed. Just like he was for France when England put 6 goals past him. They even hooked Konate, thinking that would stem the flow, and it made zero difference because Lacroix was just as bad as Ibou.

27 Jul 2026 11:46:41
Hello all. Fan of the site and first time poster. I see Wharton looking odds on to Chelsea with the bookies today. I'd personally love him at Liverpool and think the full summer off will have done him good. Anybody know if he is destined for Chelsea or could still come to us?

27 Jul 2026 11:43:00
Adam Wharton I really rate. I think he'd be top class for us. He's for me a fantastic footballer and moves with the ball effortlessly.
I do not want to see Gravenberch next season anywhere but the 6 position or it's going to hamper us.

27 Jul 2026 11:30:47
One player I haven’t seen linked to us who I think could be turned into a great option in the double pivot is Noah Sadiki. He’s a bit on the smaller side (5”8) but was fantastic in the World Cup for DR Congo and last season for Sunderland - played a huge part in getting them into Europe, and I feel like he’s gone very under the radar.

Would be price dependent, of course, but I wouldn’t be against bringing him in, at 21 he’s got plenty of room to develop and Iraola would love him, I reckon!

27 Jul 2026 11:51:51
The great Kante is even shorter. The height doesn't matter. Sadiki is my top choice.

27 Jul 2026 11:50:35
This would be Ed001's wet dream for this window. He's been waxing lyrical about him for a few weeks/months now.

That is why we NEVER mention his name on these boards. If the world knows Ed001 wants him, it just won't happen.

The first rule about Sadiki?

You don't talk about Sadiki.

Cappiche?

27 Jul 2026 11:53:37
Don't know ed001 has cited Sadiki as his ideal midfield signing, so that is an informed opinion as he has an eye for a player

27 Jul 2026 13:11:22
Cheers DontKnow not a chance we get him now.

We need a rules page.

Never discuss Ed001's wishlist.

27 Jul 2026 13:21:20
Hahhaha I'm a new poster, so had no idea about this! Sorry if I've jinxed it.

27 Jul 2026 13:23:28
If Arsenal get their way, skill will be irrelevant and the best teams will be the ones who are made up of 7ft tall players who can score from (and defend) corners.

27 Jul 2026 13:54:20
ShipleyKopite, I think the league is there for the taking if we get it right this summer tbh. Teams will figure Arsenal out. They don't play to win, they play to not lose. Playing that way won't win you titles year in year out imo.

27 Jul 2026 11:28:22
With the crazy money PSG are wanting for Barcola, Palace wanting for Wharton, and with Diomande off to Real, I would hope we are having a look into these options.

Antonio Nusa
Kees Smit
Rodrygo
Angelo Stiller

27 Jul 2026 14:30:21
Smit and Stiller out of those 4, but they'd still cost a fair bit.

27 Jul 2026 10:51:46
Alex Crook this morning: “The next few weeks are going to be Very busy for Liverpool in the transfer market”.

I think Barcola is almost nailed on, but as for others, links have gone very quiet. I think Wharton is deffo on the cards - the fact no one else has moved for him is very telling, and seems to be an industry acknowledgment behind the scenes that he’s got his eyes on Liverpool.

As for others, not been many links - we might get some out of the blue signings like Munoz!

As for outgoings, I feel like there won’t be many given Iraola’s comments about wanting to hold on to key players. I do think Macca might be sold though with interest in Spain. Elliot might be used in a Wharton deal I think.

What’s everyone’s predictions?

27 Jul 2026 11:14:14
Iraola has mentioned a few times, unprompted in his pressers, about signings and adding to the squad, so it's coming straight from the horse's mouth.

The club made a brave decision in sacking a title-winning manager, so I very much expect them to back the new guy.



I'd like to think at least another 3 signings will be coming in that will go straight into competing for first 11.

27 Jul 2026 11:26:33
I don't have predictions, but of all the rumours in and out, what I would like to see happen is

Out
Cody, Macca

In
Barcola, Scott, Geertruida (not a rumour, but would like him for RB/CB).

27 Jul 2026 11:27:42
Agreed, JK23. I think the positions we need to cover are:

Winger (Barcola)
Defensive midfielder
If Macca leaves, Wharton in.
Right back (starting)
CB

I could see a scenario in which we compromise and bring in a hybrid CB / RB option. Apparently, we have big interest in Acheampong, who is a huge talent once again rotting over at Chelsea.

27 Jul 2026 11:28:01
Brave? I would argue long overdue, but that's my opinion. It was brave to keep him on when most of the fanbase had turned on him.

I do agree on the feeling they are gonna back him and go into this market planning to grab a few.

27 Jul 2026 11:40:13
Mr Jones, only say brave, as I don't think it was guaranteed that he was definitely going to go.

If Slot had stayed, then Anfield would still have been sold out for the first home game of the season.



That's not me saying he should have stayed, because I was very much in the Slot out camp.

But replacing a manager who won the league and finished 5th with a manager who finished 6th is quite brave.

27 Jul 2026 12:07:44
The manager who finished 6th also had his entire back line decimated and his best forward sold, whereas the manager who finished 5th spent a few hundred million pounds "improving" the squad.

27 Jul 2026 12:19:08
Consider the direction of travel, JK, and you probably have your answer.

27 Jul 2026 12:27:16
Calm down, gents. I'm not trying to defend Slot. I wanted him gone also.

Regardless of how you look at it, finishing 6th will always be worse than finishing 5th.

I'm saying it's brave from the owners. You can disagree as much as you want, but it won't change my opinion.

Excited to see what Iraola does with the club and squad.

27 Jul 2026 14:14:36
Got you, JK ;) I was so upset with the guy last season, when I just hear his name, I start sweating and having heart palpitations. You def up there with some of my favourite posters. Was def not trying to have a go. Keep well.

27 Jul 2026 15:47:00
Mr Jones don't be silly mate a bit of debate & two and fro is what the site is all about. Before the internet fans used to do it at games and the pubs. You can tell who the fans are that follow online are the ones that hit the 'triggered blocked' button as someone dare have a different opinion to them and they've probably never engaged in the flesh.

In regards to me being one of your favorite posters this is where Ed catches me out for having 2 accounts and giving myself some self praise like my other fellow best suporters in the world.

27 Jul 2026 10:25:05
I think if we get Barcola over the line, we won't be signing any more wingers. Barcola, Munoz, Ngumoha, Elliot & Morrison can play on the RW too and Wirtz & Szoboszlai could too. That's also with me counting on us selling Gakpo too, so if he stays until January f.eks we should be more than set in attacking areas.

The worry is the defence specially after Ndkwue was denied a work permit too. Hope we bring in Zabarnyi.

27 Jul 2026 11:05:49
I still think people are sleeping on Chiesa as a genuine rotation option. Fitness was less of an issue last season and more that Slot refused to play him. He only got cameo appearances and it's understandable he'd be off the pace with a lack of match sharpness. He's another who I think can do a job in a higher tempo team.

27 Jul 2026 11:18:56
Did Chiesa play as the centre forward Sat night?

27 Jul 2026 11:42:01
Would love these formations to suit the incomings:
Munoz 35m
Barcola 110m
Wharton 80m
Zabarnyi (loan to buy - 20m)

4231:
Bradley Jacques Zabarnyi Kerkez
Grava Szobo
Munoz Wirtz Barcola
Isak

343:
Jacques Zabarnyi Leoni
Bradley Wharton Szobo Kerkez
Wirtz
Isak Ekitike

Cup 433:
Frimpong Jacques Vvd Tsimikas
McConnell Szobo Nyoni
Koumas Ekitike Ngumoha

Cup 4321:
Bradley Gomez Vvd Tsimikas
Nyoni McConnell Wharton
Morisson Wirtz
Koumas

Prime UCL Team:
Bradley Jacques Zabarnyi Kerkez
Grava Wharton Szobo
Munoz Isak Barcola

Or:

Jacques Vvd Zabarnyi Leoni
Szobo Grava
Munoz Wirtz Barcola
Ekitike

Sell:
Gakpo 70m
Macca 70m
Elliott 30m
Jones 50m
Endo Free

Keep:
Bajcetic
Chiesa

Sale - Incoming = 220m - 245m = -25m.

27 Jul 2026 12:07:14
I think that anyone still putting Chiesa forward as an option needs to ask themselves if they really understand football. He would not get a regular start in ANY other Premier League team.

{Ed025's Note - i agree KR..

27 Jul 2026 13:52:15
Backing someone like Chiesa is a difference of opinion, Kemlyn, and a long way from being an outrageous shout.

Besides from the fact Chiesa could clearly be a starter for about half of the league in terms of ability.

Saying we should consider Rhys Williams as a squad player would be more a suggestion of a lack of understanding of football.

27 Jul 2026 09:56:41
Anfieldwatch say we have reached an agreement in principle on Barcola.

27 Jul 2026 11:11:13
You mean Craig, who was on here at the weekend... I'll wait until one of our "go to" people on here confirm it.

27 Jul 2026 11:13:51
Can we please stop referencing Anfield Watch on here? It's nothing more than a clickbait site and a very bad one! Let's not give them any more traffic.

27 Jul 2026 09:50:24
Good morning

I have it on good authority Diomande is not happening, that ship has sailed now, we are moving on to other targets. Real Madrid will tie up a deal this week. We will wrap up Barcola very soon, Gapko will go to Bayern, Rayan will sign for around 80m, big movement this week.

Y. N. W. A JFT97

27 Jul 2026 11:11:45
Crikey, you're on the ball! ??

27 Jul 2026 12:01:18
Don't forget to come back in a week (if this happens) under a different username and praise yourself!

{Ed025's Note - love it MK..

27 Jul 2026 12:10:21
We need more big movements.

{Ed025's Note - try eating dates WDW.. :)