Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

It's the post-season blues - there's 5 weeks to look forward to before pre-season begins.

I'd rather keep Sadio for another year and let him go on a free than take 30m euros tbh.

If he'd agree obv, no desire to stand in his way either.

They did sign Chris Wood though. I would hold off on thinking we know what Newcastle will be doing until they actually start spending.

Signing Chris Wood was strategic - Burnley were a rival in the battle to escape the bottom three and by signing him Newcastle deprived Burnley of the focal point of their attack. I wouldn't at all be surprised to see the player go back to Burnley on loan next season.

I may just be getting older, but on no level does Salah leaving bother me. If he does go, fair play to him he doesn't owe us anything.

After nando left, I realised it doesn't really matter at all, we will get someone else in, life will go on.

Same.

No doubt there'll be some fella along here soon mentioning the trauma of Kevin Keegan leaving.

For me, it was the time Aldridge left...the sight of him throwing all his gear into the Kop at the end of his final game will stick with me.

Torres leaving was a deep cut alright, especially the way it happened and the club he went to

Klopp is the only one I will be downbeat when they leave the club. Any player can go, I really don't care. I have favorite players but like its a job at the end of the day for them.

If that is true that Salah was only offered an extra 15% that's really poor from the club for a players of his quality. The fact he's willing to sign a short term deal too is head scratching why the club haven't sorted him. Wage structure is important but losing Mane and Salah in the space of 12 months will be a massive blow to the squad.

Ah I know, just would have expected more of the ire to be aimed at the club rather than the player.

Will be interesting to see how long the current pay structure holds up with more nd more successful players coming up for renewal.

How is it exaggerating, there's literally a post from earlier today calling him Judas.

So they signed a player from a rival team to bolster themselves and hurt that team. You said they would not be spending like Man U on big name players but we don't know that. If they can sign Salah from us they would be hurting us and have a quality player. The same as they did with Wood as we are most likely going to be competing with them for a CL spot.

Hence my statement, we will only be able to judge Newcastle after a few transfer windows to see what they will do.

He also said it is not about money when it seems to be about money. Just as players show little loyalty to clubs, fans are starting to show players the same. Why should it be a one way street when it comes to showing love and loyalty to the club. I bet you in 10 years time most players will most likely not care about a club they only spent 5 years at, but those fans decrying him at the time when there was reports they would leave will still put their hearts on their sleeve. There are exceptions but loyalty seems to be a one-way street in most cases.

At the very least he can come out honestly and tell the fans what he wants. But saying its not about money but then wanting to be one of thew highest paid in the world by some reports isn't a great look.

They have spent very well in the past few years, but surely there's a point where you go from "not overpaying" to just plain underpaying. Salah has been among the top players in the world in recent years and the alleged offer is to increase his current deal by 15%. Whatever about offering a "prove yourself" contract to new players, if the reward for world class performances is to just about match inflation, then you'll struggle to retain players.

I doubt you will find James Pearce actually said that quote anywhere.

That twitter account is just a spam account and they attach and tag names to the there tweets without the actaul links to where the journo actually said it.

For all the great work Michael Edwards did and he did amazing work and deserves all that credit rightyfully so.

However what may turn out to be his biggest and most costly mistake was to let Bobby, Mane & Salah's contracts all end at the same time.

If any player deserves to go where he wants its Mane. Name a reasonable price and if its Bayern he want's do the deal. Gave absolutely everything to the club, never a word in the media, played where he was told. This is the Thiago at Bayern situation in reverse.

I don't think its doom and gloom just a bit of uncertainty. We knew this was coming though with the way the contracts have went, its not ideal the front 3's all expire at the same time but players move on and a new team is been built. I always felt only one of Mane and Salah get a contract and it may turn out neither do.

Sure Klopp said the best is yet to come during his interview at the end of the parade. Maybe he knows something. Whatever happens I expect us to be challenging again for all the big ones next season.

I feel quite a bit immature by saying this but I am still pissed off at losing that final.

To be honest, if that was their plan, it wasn't a great one... Wood was having an absolute stinker of a season, and really wasn't the one you'd have been looking at to save Burnley. Newcastle meanwhile were desperate for someone, anyone, up front with Wilsons injuries.

Wood looked past it, and the second half of his season at Newcastle pretty much confirmed that. While Weghorst didn't exactly go pulling up any trees himself, he played better than Wood had, and left them with a slightly better team after the transfer.

On the Newcastle thing - they are going to absolutely spunk money everywhere. They probably won't do any big marquee 100m+ global superstar signings (they can't attract that sort of player yet anyway), but they'll be one of the biggest spenders in the world, just as they were the biggest spender in the world in January.

It was all very publicly proclaimed though, particularly with the week long lead in to the announcement. Feels pretty definite.

I'd be astonished if it wasn't real to be honest. Too public, and too unequivocal, especially from a fella like Mane.

You're right that a threat of leaving is totally normal - just not so much directly to the fans after a crushing defeat, without even the hint of issues with his contract offers or any disputes or anything mentioned within it, just; "I'll give you my decision after the CL final", and then; "Sadio Mane has decided to leave Liverpool".

All the stuff you're saying applies more to Mo, and is how these things normally work, with public statements more in the line of; "i love it here, I want to stay, but we need to agree on a contract" etc etc. Not "I'm outa here lads". If you're talking to the public, you're doing to to get public sentiment on your side to add pressure to the club. The way Mane's framed it hasn't done that.