Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Two midfielders the midfield really needs strengthing and one forward in the summer should and needs to be gotten

Bellingham, Tielemans in midfield would strengthen the team for the next 6/7 seasons.

Bowen or Raphinha as the forward.

Is Klopp looking to nab Martinelli from Arsenal?

He was saying again after the match how good Martinelli is (and i agree he's very good and could potentially be brilliant) surely a bit of courting going on? I think it's the second time Klopp has spoken about him in glowing terms and it's not like he was asked directly about him he seemed to bring it up himself.

Be a great signing if it were to happen IMO

Arsenal are building their team around him - why would they sell?

Saka is apparently on 30k a week, which is obviously not a lot in the football world so they will need to get him to sign a contract this summer or cash in as after this summer the price they can get from him will start to fall rapidly.

Arsenal should be worried about those two running down their contract as Liverpool might not have the cash to tempt them this year but City, Chelsea and United could very well throw cash at them this summer that makes them consider it.

Liverpool allocated 33k tickets, if your had both home games this season in the league cup it’s into a ballot, if you have them plus 1 away game you’re guaranteed a ticket.

He’s still recovering from a year out… way too early for him to be getting itchy feet. He’s also had 3 long term serious injuries in his time at Liverpool and has gotten his place back the previous two times once he waited for his chance. Wouldn’t expect any difference this time. We’ve 2 CBs in their early/mid 20s and 2 into their 30s, so as one of the young ones he’s in a good position.

Klopp has said that Kelleher will start the League Cup final.b

Klopp also saying if you want to buy a keeper like Kelleher it's pretty expensive.

So that put's a big price tag on him if a club comes looking.

Salah for some reason doesn't get much respect outside of England and Egypt, sad. Usually playing for Liverpool is enough to be catapulted on to the world stage. Would be great if he can win Afcon.

The World Cup is on this year, Egypt have a qualifier to get through, but a good World Cup would go a long way in showing the world his worth.

Ah he's really really not. Phillips is excellent at playing within his limitations and maximising his strengths. But Gomez gives you waaaay more, and lets you play in a way that Phillips doesn't.

Gomez biggest/only shortfall is just that he needs to be in good physical shape to play his natural game, which can take a few appearances in a row to build up to. But once he does, he's an excellent footballer.

The flip side to that is if Egypt dont get to the world cup then Salah gets a break mid season for us. If Egypt do qualify he is playing non stop through to afcon 2023 that summer. Could be the run that ruins him.

I wouldn't be too bothered about trying to win extra respect of football fans and media. IMO it weird and a bit of a distraction from whats actually important.

Even in modern style football where everyone needs to be able to play, to pass etc i think u can get away with 1 old style centre half. I think Philips ticks that old style, no nonsense win the challenge, dominate physically. And he can still play a bit. People seem to forget how good he was last season. And how perilous it can be with Gomez. Give me Philips any day, given the quality of the rest of our CBs and the resale value of Gomez versus Philips.

Some very, very short memories here when it comes to Joe Gomez. He was keeping Matip out of the team at full fitness, a player who’s arguably been the best centre back in the league this season. And he’s still only a baby for a centre back, Hyypia was 26 when he joined and there was no indication he’d be as good as he turned out. Van Dijk himself was the same age as Gomez is now when he joined Southampton, he was a great signing for them of course but again absolutely no indication he was going to become the greatest centre back in the world within a few years.

Joe Gomez has shown more quality than both of those club legends at an even younger age, and some people want him sold? It boggles the mind. If he recovers fully from his latest long term injury (speaking in the future tense as we haven’t seen enough of him since returning to determine if he has), we could have Virgil’s succession plan sorted without even spending another penny on the transfer market. If Ibou reaches a similar level as well then we’re laughing, but Gomez should be held onto at all costs. If we had more cover at centre back, then loaning him to a big club abroad would do him the world of good for the rest of the season so he can get his sharpness back but that’s not an option with Matip’s injury history and Phillips probably leaving this month.

Egypt have been drawn to Play Senegal in the world cup qualifiers so one of Mo or Sadio is getting a month off mid season next December.

The quadruple is still on for us, I'm confident we can do it. Hopefully Southampton can do the business today.

If one of them wins Afcon then I'd prefer the other one to win the qualifier!

That will do nicely.

Gives a bit of hope to other teams that City are human after all.

Well done the Saints for showing others that it's OK to put up a fight (like teams do against us) rather than rolling over and being tickled.

Just need to keep doing our job, we have to win all our games until we play them, it's that simple. Get it to 6 points max when we play them, then it's all on the line.

Watch us mess up tomorrow 🤣

Harvey, Salah, Mane, Keita to return, Minamino actually becoming very useful as a squad player, Thiago will miss tomorrow, but looks set to return next game. Jota hitting form, Origi ready for the final shot of the season to win the league. Ox not injured, could play tomorrow.

Right now we just need to beat Palace. But things are looking up

Klopp texting Pep

'' Mind The Gap''