Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

martyos121

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120715876#Comment_120715876

Yeah the £50m fee is one thing, but the £35m Aramco sponsorship deal for Inter’s over 55s ladies team is another entirely.

mormank

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120715647#Comment_120715647

Am I the only one who thinks Jude will prove to be essentially a flop for Madrid I wonder?

ben.schlomo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120716436#Comment_120716436

Good chance you are yes.

~Rebel~

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120716436#Comment_120716436

Who knows, it's another big move - though has everything there he needs to succeed from a footballing perspective. Some brilliant midfield around him, which compliments his strengths going forward too. The one question is the pressure at Real - it can turn ugly very quickly over there. Assuming his knee isn't anything too serious, I think he'll do well though.

atilladehun

Yeah, there's very little room for inconsistency at Real. Many fail that are fairly decent players.

Fitz*

Chelsea v Liverpool opening game.

TitianGerm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120716696#Comment_120716696

There's nothing official yet though, that's the leaked fixtures.

Fitz*

Like last year, I'm gonna guess that fixtures are;

(A) Chelsea

(H) Bournemouth

(A) Newcastle

(H) Aston Villa

(A) Wolves

(H) West Ham

citytillidie

Opening fixtures

paulie21

Christmas schedule:

Arsenal (h) Burnley (a) Newcastle (h)

Final day: Wolves (h) AGAIN

tinpib

That's a nice set of fixtures for me. Lot of away games against what should be our main rivals in first half of the season, more home ones in second half. Also the final 6 games look 'easy' on paper.

TitianGerm

Seems to be reasonable enough fixture wise.

Lots of away games to the other big teams early on but obviously have the home leg in the back end of the season.

citytillidie

Sunday 13 August 2023

16:30 Chelsea v Liverpool (Sky Sports)

Saturday 19 August 2023

Liverpool v AFC Bournemouth

Saturday 26 August 2023

Newcastle v Liverpool

Saturday 2 September 2023

Liverpool v Aston Villa

Saturday 16 September 2023

Wolves v Liverpool

Europa Match Day 1

Sunday 24 September 2023

Liverpool v West Ham

Saturday 30 September 2023

Spurs v Liverpool

Europa Match Day 2

Sunday 8 October 2023

Brighton v Liverpool

Saturday 21 October 2023

Liverpool v Everton

Europa Match Day 3

Sunday 29 October 2023

Liverpool v Nott'm Forest

Saturday 4 November 2023

Luton Town v Liverpool

Europa Match Day 4

Sunday 11 November 2023

Liverpool v Brentford

Saturday 25 November 2023

Man City v Liverpool

Europa Match Day 5

Sunday 2 December 2023

Liverpool v Fulham

Tuesday 5 December 2023

Sheff Utd v Liverpool

Saturday 9 December 2023

Crystal Palace v Liverpool

Europa Match Day 6

Sunday 16 December 2023

Liverpool v Man Utd

Saturday 23 December 2023

Liverpool v Arsenal

Tuesday 26 December 2023

Burnley v Liverpool

Saturday 30 December 2023

Liverpool v Newcastle

Saturday 13 or 20 January 2024

AFC Bournemouth v Liverpool

Wednesday 31 January 2024

Liverpool v Chelsea

Saturday 3 February 2024

Arsenal v Liverpool

Saturday 10 February 2024

Liverpool v Burnley

Saturday 17 February 2024

Brentford v Liverpool

Saturday 24 February 2024

Liverpool v Luton Town

Saturday 2 March 2024

Nott'm Forest v Liverpool

Saturday 9 March 2024

Liverpool v Man City

Saturday 16 March 2024

Everton v Liverpool

Saturday 30 March 2024

Liverpool v Brighton

Wednesday 3 April 2024

Liverpool v Sheff Utd 

Saturday 6 April 2024

Man Utd v Liverpool

Saturday 13 April 2024

Liverpool v Crystal Palace

Saturday 20 April 2024

Fulham v Liverpool

Saturday 27 April 2024

West Ham v Liverpool

Saturday 4 May 2024

Liverpool v Spurs

Saturday 11 May 2024

Aston Villa v Liverpool

Sunday 19 May 2024

Liverpool v Wolves

Vicxas

Chelsea at home and then Arsenal away in a 4 day period could be nasty

Fitz*

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120717056#Comment_120717056

Especially while Salah is gone to the AFCON.

JPup

Isn't the reported salary of €230k per week for Jude Bellingham net of taxes? So in £ on a gross basis it is a little over £350k I think which is what Salah is on.

I would have been happy to blow the budget on him at that price and salary, but he wanted to go to Real Madrid so good luck to him!

Vicxas

If we bought Jude he would have been standing in a swamp around him in midfield, we needed a complete midfield rebuild. Blowing all the budget on one player wouldnt have helped the rot.

machiavellianme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120717360#Comment_120717360

Precisely. Let him on to Madrid. If he excels, he may well have ended up there anyway even if we had brought him in, but if he only does OK, he'll be replaced with a shiny new midfielder there in a couple of seasons.

antimatterx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120717360#Comment_120717360

As much as we all wanted Jude, it was the correct decision to not blow the budget on him

Fitz*

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120717561#Comment_120717561

I suppose there is a bit to add to that, and that that is that the players bought instead all settle and bring the team back to challenging for trophies again.

Given the success rate of the transfers over the last 7 or 8 years, I would be hopeful.

BorneTobyWilde

Did we buy Mac Allister, because Klopp wanted him so so much above all others, or because of his buyout clause. ??

BorneTobyWilde

Away to Chelsea, away to Newcastle, away to Wolves, away to Spurs, away to Brighton, away to City

That's some horrible start/ I could not pick a worse one.

mosstin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120718224#Comment_120718224

Klopp out. McAllister's been shite.

JPup

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120718196#Comment_120718196

I'd say it's a combination of factors. We wouldn't buy a player if Klopp and the team didn't think he was good enough to be part of a squad that can challenge for the league and Champions League. That's clearly still the aspiration.

Price is also a big part of the story though. So is squad management. Just look at the calamity that Chelsea made by buying so many players for hugely inflated prices on massive salaries with no thought as to how they knit together or how it would affect morale of existing players.

Lastly of course, the player needs to want to sign for us. MacAllister clearly did. Bellingham wanted to go to Madrid. Ultimately it's not all in the club's control.

Talisman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120718224#Comment_120718224

Why so negative? It's an opportunity for the team to focus on correcting the poor approach to away fixtures last season.

Chelsea are in turmoil, there isn't an overnight fix for them. The first game of the season is the ideal time to go to Stamford Bridge.

antimatterx

City buying Rice, and Gvardiol. Klopp needs to go back to pulling miracles to win trophies.

The league and CL will be hard af, so I hope we take all cup competitions seriously over the next few seasons.

TitianGerm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120721198#Comment_120721198

It's time to forget about winning a league again.

City are not letting go of their stranglehold on it in the next three years and then by that point Klopp will be gone and Newcastle and United with their oil money will be fully up and running.

At best we'll be competing for 4th and 5th with Chelsea.

rob316

We need to be the smartest club for recruitment again that is how we reached the top the last time and how we will do it again. I still think if we plug the midfield gaps and get it right we will have one of the best squads in the league.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120718224#Comment_120718224

That's not the start - we're home to Bournmenuth on week 2, home to villa week 4...

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120721259#Comment_120721259

Ah man. That's Monday morning blues talk. Not Friday welcome to the weekend talk!

I've learned not to underestimate Klopp.

brevity

This week Liverpool had some conversations with people close to Gabri Veiga. Liverpool are one of the most interested clubs in this player, we had reports of a done deal with Newcastle, that is not the case. Liverpool are really interested in Gabri Veiga - this is a big opportunity.

From Romano...

Vicxas

https://www.football365.com/news/liverpool-beat-man-city-to-transfer-of-dutch-phenomenon-as-he-says-yes-to-klopp

Great news if true

Micky van de Ven.

Granny rule activated!

antimatterx

Is he good? I've never watched him play?

machiavellianme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120721770#Comment_120721770

Never watched him play? I've never even heard of him. Can't be up to much. Might as well write him off now.

So. What are all you Panda's having for second breakfast?

dogbert27

7 academy players have been released:

Midfielder Jack Bearne (aged 21), goalkeeper Liam Hughes (21), defender Charlie Hayes-Green (18), goalkeeper Oscar Kelly (20), forward Fidel O'Rourke (21), defender Oludare Olufunwa (21), and forward Iwan Roberts (18)

dogbert27

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120722036#Comment_120722036

Apparently Panda humour isn't appreciated but me currently waiting for the next transfer announcement:

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ebbsy

I am a bit tired of all this scrimping and saving and selling to buy talk.

It is like we are shopping in Dealz.

The Moist Buddha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120722036#Comment_120722036

lambs liver with fries and pepper sauce

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120721259#Comment_120721259

No way man, City are poor, won't take a lot for Liverpool to get back to normal, of course as of yet we've not done that, we've picked up a midfielder, purely to take advantage of his buyout clause, same reason we bought Carvalho, wheeler dealers, net zero hero, Klopp is easily fooled by those who tell him the money is not there.

Teams look at City, and see it as a game to down tools in, they look at fixtures, Luton, Everton, City, Palace, Spurs, and think '' if we take 8pts from this that's fine'' and in that thinking no one is even trying to beat City, it's an off week, a holiday, for every team outside top 5.

City get an easy ride, every team approaches them with a attitude of '' sure lets have a go'' and play into their hands, as it's seen by most teams as a nothing to lose game, while teams come to play Liverpool and are of the mind set, we can get something here, get 50 people behind the ball, no one approaches City like this, their reputation precedes them, people approach them knowing they're losing, with no hope of a win, unlike teams that actually try to get something from us.

BorneTobyWilde

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120721503#Comment_120721503

Dude we win most of our home games, those are the away games to the start of our season, if this was last season, then we're losing all those away games I mentioned, of course the '' hope'' is we're actually going to sign some players, hasn't happened yet, we lost Milner, Firmino, on top of Mane last season, another two legends gone. We need 4 first team players this summer.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120722465#Comment_120722465

You made it look like we were opening up with six straight away games!!

Yes, the away ones are tricky - but we have to go there some time (and we won three of those games last season). I'd happily get the Chelsea and Spurs games out of the way early.

hynesie08

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120722465#Comment_120722465

hasn't happened yet

The transfer window has been open for 36 hours and we've signed a world cup winner.....

mormank

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120721198#Comment_120721198

God, I hope we don't! 😒

dogbert27

Are you actually complaining here or what?

Last September you were saying we should be buying him!

SuperTortoise

Rice is overated, there i said it.

machiavellianme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120723638#Comment_120723638

Long grain isn't amazing but I quite enjoy a bit of Basmati.

dogbert27

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120723638#Comment_120723638

I agree. I'm more of a pasta man.

Mr Crispy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120723691#Comment_120723691

Ah feck off - I don't want us signing another Italian!

Girly Gal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120721259#Comment_120721259

If we sort out midfield this summer we will have an outside chance of winning the league next season, City will of course be strong favourites and in all liklihood will win the league again, but, if (and it's a big if) we get the transfers in right, we can definitely push them all the way again.

I think next season is our best ( and possibly last) chance of winning the league again, City might drop slightly after reaching their holy grail, both Newcastle and United will still not be fully ready to compete and Chelsea will need next season to sort themselves out. I think after next season it will become much more difficult, as both Newcastle and United will be further down the road to matching City, Chelsea will have had a season to sort themselves out and with all our rivals having unlimited funds it will become increasingly difficult to sign our targets.

It can't be understated how poor last summers recruitment strategy was, it has put us on the backfoot at the worst possible time, we definitely can't afford a repeat; Mac Allister is a step in the right direction -his signing alone already makes it better than last summer- we need to add more in midfield and a defender or we'll all be back here again next season complaining about our poor form.