Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Bellingham and Nkunku in the summer and I'll be happy.

I think he'd be 'free'to a foreign club though, not 100% sure on that, but I thi k it's correct.

I wonder will these younger new players being signed and coming throught the ranks give Klopp a new lease of life to work with them for a while and sign a new contract extension.

The FIFA inspired 'training fee' is capped at something ridiculous like €500K.

There appears to be an agreement in place between the two clubs. Carvalho was happy to join and was reportedly interested in working with Klopp, let's be honest any young talented footballer would be mad to not want to be developed by Klopp. There's also the Neco Williams and Harry Wilson factor, they are testament to the high standards that are expected at Liverpool so the player is not likely to get ideas about cruising through the rest of the season at Fulham.

No doubt there will be a few click bait articles between now and July but I don't foresee any reason why Liverpool would pull out of the deal to sign the player at present. Of course if some long lost uncle of Carvalho's shows up and decides that everything needs to be renegotiated for the good of 'the family' then of course the move is likely to collapse.

Fairly certain it has been the case that there has been money to be spent due to last season Champions League qualification now combined with the additional payments of qualifying for the last 16 of the competition. FSG don't dip into the transfer market with funds that have not be earned by the club either by player sales or on field earnings so I doubt they have suddenly changed their policy for this one January transfer window.

You are aware of the concept of time yes? We said the club spent what it earned and the clubs previous account proved this to anyone who bothered to look. So any money not spent in previous windows on transfers was because it was spent on other things. But it was spent.

Nobody has seen the clubs accounts for the 2021 yet so nobody has commented in on whether they have money now or not.

I personally said I expect us to sign players this summer,we started early because we had to.

I know he isn't allowed to sign a pre contract with another English club however it looks pretty good that it is a done deal.

Lol and this first comment is blaming FSG for not getting it done.

Couldn't get the paperwork in on time, FSG are so cheap won't even get a reliable fax machine. #fsgout

Barca love a dick measuring contest with Real, so will go all out for Haaland I feel.

Neither can afford their target!

Not right now he's not, but if we pay up big for his services, 450k a week, then he becomes one, someone we keep at all costs, who we tie down until he's 34?

In Spain, France, Italy players like Ronaldo, Messi, Zlatan ect can play into their mid/late 30s, but in Premier League we don't see this, Aguero , Aubameyany, Zlatan, and now Ronaldo just can't cut it in this league. I'm sure Aubameyang will find La Liga so much easier for example. Aguero was only 31 when at City he went down hill fast, same with Aubameyang, only 31 when the struggle began in PL.

Vardy is an exception, level has dropped, but plays when fit full stop, so gets his regular supply of goals, but team suffers for it, he has one tackle all season, and one interception. That's the total opposite of a 30 year old Vardy.

We all want Salah to stay, but we need to realize he'll drop off in many areas of his game by the age of 32. That is 4 seasons away though, so yes I want him to stay, but needs to be at a realistic price, we won't be paying over 300k to him, so its a stumbling block, as he can get 700k elsewhere at end of contract.

I don't see us getting all 3 of those targets but it would be awesome if we did.

I think midfield is critical to resolve for next season as I feel it is what is going to costs us this year. We are giving up so many chances to the opposition. I know some of this is down to VVD not been back to his imperious best, but if VVD can't get back to those levels then its even more vital we strengthen the middle with proper technical midfielders.

Henderson cant impose himself like he used too and he turns 32 in June so considering the role he plays that could catch up on him next season. I don't know if Jones has it in him to be a top quality week in week out Liverpool midfielder, he looks good when we are on the ball and going forward but he has completely wilted when the pressure has come on us, he struggles to retain the ball and is weak/poor in the tackle. Ox another who is similar to Jones when we are going forward he has something to offer but can't seem to get on the ball and dictate or slow the game down when teams come at us. He is also a poor reader of the game and considering his role is often to fill in for Henderson and cover for TAA when he goes forward that is not good! As for Kieta, its the same hope we have every year and he never lives up to it.

The Jota penalty might come to back to bite us in the arse.

Not sure why there has been so much fuss about this particular incident.

There have been a lot worse decisions made this year.

Forget Bellingham lads, they will not sell him the same window as Haaland goes. Also he's only 18, give him another couple years to develop at Dortmund, he will ultimately go for stupid money though.

Tielemans would be a perfect signing though.

Because it us. Happened to anybody else nobody would bat an eyelid. As you say there's been so much worse decisions made this season and against us in particular yet none of those refs were stood down.

I can see Tilemans happening for just straight up £40/50m.

I could see Bellingham happening with Naby Lad going the other way back to Germany where its not as phyiscal and he has proven he can tear up that league.

Sign Bellingham for lets say £80m and then sell them Naby Lad for £30m. They could also thrown in Gordon on loan for the season as I think he will go out on loan next season.

Phillips I would guess.

While I'd like a midfield overhaul I just dont see it happening.

Just cant see Klopp letting ox and Naby go. Especially if Milner is leaving. I think they should be moved on to create the wages space but it's just not in klopps nature.

It's frustrating but that's the rough with his smooth. As a result i don't think we'll get two big buys in.

The club have it easy here with Klopp. He'd never ask them to do this.

I also think Bellingham is too expensive. The players we sign mostly have financial space to grow. They're into mid market prices with space to regrow. This is where the club step away rather than Klopp.

Like i said, I'd do it different but I'm not capable of running a successful football club in the premier League.

Homegrownand younger,with a far greater resale value either way, it would be an easy decision.

Diaz playing against Argentina tonight the game kicks off at 11:30pm

Henderson - 32 - A warhorse, our captain, getting on a bit though. He'll be there till the end

Thiago - 31 - We know his quality but hes injury prone, could see him move on in the summer.

Fabinho - 28 - Our best, most reliable midfielder, best DM around. Real drop in performances when he doesn't play.

Jones - 21 - Good on the ball but if hes to have any future under Klopp he needs to improve off the ball.

Ox - 29 - Love the guy but he has no luck with injuries - will see out contract to 2023 I reckon.

Keita - 27 - Plenty of quality but a crock - will see out contract to 2023

Elliot - 19 - Unreal talent, could be playing for us for the next 10 years.

Milner - 36 - Time has finally caught up with Milner, No longer good enough to start for us in any capacity, release.

That is the state of play of the midfield, Fabinho and Elliot aside it's pretty drastic. I would like to see 2 midfielders as top priority in the summer. Tielemans and another combative midfielder around 23-25 years old. With the signing of Diaz and Carvalho possibly in the summer, we should focus on the midfield any funds.

Liverpool were linked with a move for Kalvin Philips in October/November. There was some agent talk about an agreement that he can leave Leeds for £35M in the summer. West Ham had an offer for him refused last week, Leeds didn't want him to leave before the end of the season.

Yves Bissouma is supposedly available for around £37M, he's a player the club has shown definite interest in previously.

The club got burned when signing Naby Keita for £54M. He has his moments where he looks the part but he has failed to deliver consistency. Ideally the likes of Tielemans who never seems to be injured would replace him.

He joined Birmingham when he was 8 years old and left for Dortmund in 2020 when he was 17. The rule is that he has to have been registered with a club for 3 years before he was 21 so he is a homegrown player in England and could become one in Germany also.

Late kick offs are a pain in Diaz.