Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

And he usually misses a chunk of every season with an injury as well

And has been really off form for quite a while now, from the end of last season to the beginning of this one. It would be remarkably remiss of the club not to bolster the midfield in this window but it looks as if that's what's happening.

With Carvalho and Elliott looking the part maybe we're right to hold off, with Jones back in full training, and Keita and Thiago almost back. Suddenly things look crowded in midfield, Keita is key, he had a great 40 game season for us last season, down with a mystery illness for weeks, then back in training only to get injured in training, unlucky

I’m not surprised we’re not getting anyone in, but it’s a real kick in the teeth to Klopp. He extended his contract on the same terms so his staff could get increases and get investment in the squad.

Obviously FSG are far better owners than the Glazers, but they’re still not fans - they might be happy enough with going for the CL places this year by holding off until January to see if signings are required to meet that objective.

We don’t have too many years of Klopp left though, so not backing him when he needs it feels like a real missed opportunity. Everything will be more difficult when he leaves.

Sancho and Haaland's wages will have no bearing on Bellingham, unless he signs for City or United. The only metric that matters is what he is on now and what we could offer him. If he only wanted money he would move to United or City or even Chelsea. If he wanted to play for Klopp and Liverpool he would accept a lower wage than those teams can offer.

I am sure we had these arguments and discussions with CB's in 2020-21. The same arguments about value and waiting for the right player and posters saying there are players out there we can sign without being specific or knowing that the players and team they are playing for is open to a transfer.

We haven't a hope if Madrid want him IMO...

He's an English lad he may get fed up of living abroad,

Every time he is with English he seems to be glued to the side of the Liverpool lads,

I honestly think he will join us when he leaves Dortmund if we a re a champion league club,

I think Jude wants to be the next Gerrard,

Elliot and Carvalho are too young to carry the midfield. Fulham fans also suggested that Carvalho's form was up and down last year in a Championship side. He can't be replied upon for a PL title challenging team.

Jones is yet to show that he is up to standard.

Keita is never available and didn't have a 'great' season last year. He played well when the team played well as a whole but never shined when the team were off form. He's unable to grab a game by the scruff of the neck.

Henderson is on the decline. He can do a job against most midfields but sadly not able for it anymore against the likes of City and in cup finals.

We badly need a midfielder. One this season and another next season when Ox leaves and possibly even Keita.

Of course their salaries will have a bearing. Do you think his agents aren't going to use the 2 most similar recent transfers as a benchmark of what he'll expect from Liverpool?

Jurgen not sounding very confident of us getting another midfielder in before Thursday night. Bloody travesty that they've even left it this long.

Firminho was at best a very attacking number 10 or advanced wide player in his brief midfield days. He is no where near suited to the type of player Klopp's system requires in the middle!

All the media talk of Bellingham been pretty much a done deal in the summer is a strange one. There must have been a dozen reports or more from different sources stating this over the last week...I for one can't see it, if he has even a semi decent world cup to back up a decent showing for Dortmund this season his value could be in and around 120/150m mark, coupled with the wages a player like him will demand it just seems very unlikely.

A certain former Southampton player famously chose to play for Klopp over the money on offer at Man City and Chelsea. The decision about what club to join isn't always about money.

Sepp Van den Berg has signed a new contract and been immediately loaned to Schalke. That’s a decent move for him, he should be starting most weeks against a decent calibre of player.

Ken Early has been banging that drum for a while now. I still think we'd lose too much moving him there and could he even do the other midfield tasks needed.

Its not that simple, Trent comes onto play because he's at right back so he's coming on to the ball with everything in front of him,

He also gets the space to do this because he is a RB , he rarely has anyone directly closing him down which he would in midfield 95 % of the time Trent gets the ball he is facing forward,

Putting him into midfield changes our whole dynamic, not just him put the whole team set up would change

I get the clubs stance of buying the right player, but in fairness to them the injuries so early in the season to a vital section of the squad is unprecedented.

Yes but I also would of thought it meant we want to keep our best players and win more. To win more the playing squad needs investment, selling a key player like Mane and replacing with a young unknown Darwin Nunez actually leaves the squad weaker before we even mention another year older our midfield is. Yes Carvalho and Harvey are promising but they are just kids and raw, they can't start 40 games at this level.

I dunno why but players do it all the time. Salah literally just accepted a new contract which was a fraction of what he could have gotten elsewhere to stay here and play for Klopp. All those same teams were interested in Salah and would have given him more wages than he accepted with us. In fact I dare say every member of our starting 11 over the past few seasons could have gone to another club and received higher wages but didnt, can you explain to me why that is?

FSG are blessed to have Klopp. He's the ideal mudguard for them. Won't kick up a fuss and his genius as a manager and a leader covers up a lot. He gets absolutely everything out of that squad.

Think he only has a year left on his contract.

They're not "blessed" to have him. They chose him. Them being "blessed" to have him would be a situation where they bought the club and he was already in place or something like that. Saying they are blessed to have him totally forgets the fact that it was them who brought him to Liverpool.