Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Aye that seems a bit sus alright.

Went to a Christian Brothers school back in the 80s and we thrived on getting picked up by the locks and getting the odd chalk board duster getting thrown in our direction.

We went onto reaching two school Croke park finals and managed to win one. Good times, it's a pity we weren't allowed to play football though because we had some handy players.

Never heard of this inhaler thing till the Liverpool conspiracy.

It's worth keeping in mind that there is a distinction between general asthma, and excercise-induced-asthma. Apparently a huge number of athletes fall into the latter camp literally as a by product of long term top level wear and tear on the lungs from being pushed to the limit so often for long periods of time.

So the comparison with the general public is not so relevant, as in the cases we're talking about here it's literally come about as a result of being a top athlete. And to be allowed to use inhalers etc, you have to show proof of this type of asthma having developed.

Bit of an article on it here from the European Lung Foundation.

Having said all that, in Liverpool's case there was never any confirmation that loads of them are asthmatic. There was only ever that one joke of an article from that weird Irish fella in Russia that read like it was written by an 11 year old, and who only cited a 'source close to the club', and that was it. Nothing more concrete than that. So, major pinch of salt that Liverpool are actually an outlier I'd say.

Here's an interview with the Head of the Exercise Respiratory Clinic at the University of Kent talking a bit about that rumour, in connection with excercise induced asthma (and debunking the actual performance benefits of inhalers);

I still wouldn't rule out a mane u turn, if firmino, origi and minamino were gone..... I presume it might hinder investment in to bringing down the average age of our midfield though.

Surely all that matters is the evidence. Does anyone writing articles or commenting on the % of Liverpool players registered as Asthmatic have actual published referenceable data or is it all conjecture?

So about one Harry Maguire.

Hopefully he hits the ground running now.

I’ll wait for the official picture complete with a good angled lean.

Don’t forget Fekir did the interview with LFCTV n full kit before the club then decided to pull out of the deal.

I knew there was a recent one but couldn’t think of his name when posting

Funded by sales again. Imagine what Klopp would do if the club could get a £1.5bn loan from the owners (that never had to be paid back).

A reported £120k a week wages on a 6 year deal.

Imagine what he could do if he could manage a club that were a commercial superpower that could get hundred million euro "sponsorship deals" from start up's despite only being successfull a wet week!

Salary will seem very low in a couple of years

Let's hope he is more like Kane and less like Karius with the Uber long contract

Alisson signed a 6 year contract when he was bought and VVD signed a 5.5 year contract when he was bought, in January. They were the 2 previous biggest transfers, so there is history with giving the longer contracts to the big transfers.

Clubs, in their financial accounts, will amortize players transfer fees over the duration of the contact, so that could have played a part too.

Hopefully Diaz improves next season, needs more of an impact in the massive games.

Is Tapping Up a fact of life these days. It used to be a term thrown around to shame both players and agents, but these days it's a free for all. We all know Mane is a Liverpool players, fact, but we all know Bayern have talked to him, and agent about a move according to reports. Mane's Agency is located hour from Bayern

Barca again are promising Salah the moon and the stars come Jan, 6 months away.

I guess you cannot stop agents from speaking to club representatives to gauge interest in their player. Once it is known another club is interested the power lies with the player so they are in pole position to ensure the move will happen. I would guess with football being quite a small family as well it is in your interest to maintain good relations with the other clubs rather than approach other players without the permission of the club he currently plays for.

As you mention it seems to be an open and shut case that tapping up happens, but no club would be innocent and it makes no sense to start throwing accusations as it could come back to bite you. If we do accuse Bayern of tapping up they may throw Thiago at us.

Adel Taarabt on his team mate Nunez

Tiz done,just the leaning to cement.

Couple more billion and could be able to score in a final.