Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Sounds great except Werner is on £270k a week with Chelsea

Rumour was Suarez was going to go to BVB while Haller was out.

Agreed

He is arguably our most natural finisher and excellent in the air.

I think it's unrealistic to expect a double digit number of goals from him. Alexander-Arnold cannot become golden era Gerrard-like in his role in the current setup. If he continues to deliver 2-5 goals and double figure assists then he will be doing very well.

Gerrard was a permanent fixture in the Liverpool midfield in various roles and his most productive strike rate was under Benitez. Under Houllier, Gerrard had averaged 5-6 goals and 8 assists in all competitions each season. Benitez transformed him into the player that scored double figures every season (13, 23, 11, 21, 24, 12).

The transition of Kimmich from right back to midfielder for Bayern is probably the closest comparison for a potential transition for Alexander-Arnold. At full back Kimmich delivered 2-7 goals and 17-19 assists each season. As a midfielder, he has delivered 3-6 goals and 12-14 assists in the past two seasons. I think that has been a successful transition but the numbers would suggest that the team may have been better served with him remaining in the full back position.

The brain team are back

So Tyler Mortons loan move is on hold due to injuries in our squad

Ox is the only midfielder injured, Surely then we are looking to bring someone into midfield if we plan to laon out Morton??

I agree with you, and don't see this happening, but...

...next summer he'll have a year less on his contract, could conceivably pick up an injury, even drop off his level. It's not out of the question we could arrange something. But, like I say, I agree with you, it's just a fun thought during preseason 😋

We have been patient before for the right player, I think it could be 2024 before Bellingham is signed, I just hope that there isn't tunnel vision leaving us short of options till they sign him or someone else does.

The biggest issue is that Dortmund don't want to sell him this summer.

Would be a blow to lose Firmino at this stage. Still has more to give, losing Mane, Minamino, Origi is enough.

While Klopp is in charge of this club, I’m confident we could sign most players on a lower wage than they could get elsewhere, and that rings even more true for Bellingham who’s made no secret of the fact that Gerrard is his idol and would surely love the chance to be our next legendary number 8.

The question is how much less he’ll settle for. If City and United are prepared to offer him 350k a week, could we get him for 200k? Even that’s a bit of a stretch for a 19 year old in our wage structure.

Still, it’s a transfer I believe we’re in a strong position to make. It sorts a position in the starting 11 for the short, medium and long term. FSG will pay a huge transfer fee for that reason, I’m quite confident about that. As others have said, it’ll come down to wages.

I get the impression it's klopp he wants to play for..am confident he will be our player next year.

Milner is like, '' eat my dust''

How does he do it

https://twitter.com/LFC/status/1551184770083786754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Ive seen Bellingham run the show a few times in the Champions League. He's had 1 decent season as a 17/18 yo and a very good season as an 18/19yo. IMO he's better than Gerrard was when you compare ages. Granted I've only seen Bellingham a handful of times but from what I've seen I think he's gonna be a monster if a midfielder when he hits 22/23 and failing any major injuries he's gonna be a top midfielder capable of playing in any team in Europe for 10+ years.

None of that really matters to Liverpool for now tho because there's zero chance of him signing this year and only a very minor chance of him signing next season due to the finances it'll take to get him.

To be fair though, Naby has shown immense ability at times - which is kind of how he was in the Bundesliga too. Was brilliant the season we paid for him, but more mercurial in the season before he actually joined. And Sancho has been at an absolute mess of a club who have refused to set up the team in a way that suits him - he's not a flying winger like Sane or Diaz - he's a technical player who does a lot of linking up with the players around him more like Bernardo Silva almost, and he was stuck playing with football's ultimate narcissist in Ronaldo, and even a guy like Bruno who as good as he is, likes to do things by himself. I'd still take Sancho in a heartbeat, reckon he'd be unreal for us.

Even Werner's actually been excellent in general play - except his finishing, which has just totally deserted him.

The jump from the Bundesliga is definitely a big'un, but I still think it's a league where great performances can be a decent indicator of what they may do in the PL - every transfer even within the same league comes with risks of settling into a system that works for them though. All of these players stood out in teams and systems that suited them, allowing them to shine. We've seen that Bellingham can look brilliant against Man City for instance, in a team that works for him. As a club, Liverpool have generally been very good at not just identifying good players, but the right players for how we intend to use them.

After Werner & Sancho im wary of any players coming from Germany ,

I think Jude wants to come to Liverpool he seems to have a very close bond with Hendo whenever you see him with England i think he knows Liverpool is is next club ,

We need another CM in my opinion , another ball winner with legs, I hank we should do it this year,

next year we will lose OX, Milner and possibly Keita & Hendo & Thiago will be pushing on

Get his brother signed up as well.

Can't see the club selling without a replacement lined up ,

The problem is you need to sign a CF who will be happy playing second fiddle to Nunez,

If he want's one more big payday / challenge the same way Mane did and the club are happy to cash in on him rather than let him leave FOC next May we may find that Jota is in fact his replacement. With Nunez clearly the #9 and Diaz clearly preferred on the left Jota is already battling with Firmino to be backup to Nunez. If Firmino does go Jota will get lot's of game time rotating with / covering for both Diaz and Nunez.

IF Bobby goes he HAS to be replaced

Wed have gone from 7 attackers who all played and scored plenty last season to just 4 ,

Probably easier to find another young inside Forward and as you say leave Jota & Nunez for the 9

Isn't there a certain Portuguese chap who plays CF looking for champions league football at the minute , ha ha

Actually id love to see us sign Pedro Neto

Leicester fans seem so content with owners, but since Rodgers has gone in they've not spend a dime, even this window no one.Rodgers net spend must be close to ZERO there.

He was backed somewhat at Liverpool, but his signings mostly failed, bar some of course. God only knows what he absolutely showed no interest in Spurs job when it was available, and publicly made that very clear.

It would have been interesting to see him at a top club like Spurs, but it looks like they'll just continue to milk Vardy and hope to survive, Shirley Tielemans will leave this window, before walking for free in 11 months. Of course, looks like we now want Jude.

No way do I want Bobby to leave at all, if he's happy to be more of a bit part player going into his thirties then that would be great, if he wants a final payday also I would totally get that aswell...

Call me sentimental but I want him here for another few years at least...

He's such a versatile player, I think they will drop him further back (position wise) in later year's...

Don't be a sap panda.

Why wouldn't they be content? They are a mid-table team that has won the league and FA cup in the last 7 years. That is more than Arsenal and Tottenham, two of the big six. Their owners are spending money and backing the manager. Rodgers has spent around 230m euro since his arrival and sold two players for 137m euro in Chilwell and Maguire. He has been backed but they are over performing where you expect them to be.