Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Yeah there's two of them. We want the other one.

If we have aspirations of trying to win the league again,then no. If we are happy to qualify for the Europa league then maybe....

He's a good player alright, but for our next midfield addition I think i'd rather someone with a bit more of a physical presence.

Wouldn't be too surprised if Chelsea end up hanging on to him though, they're losing a whole load of their better midfielders so actually look a bit light there now... assuming all the ones expected to leave do actually leave, they'll just have Fernandes, Gallagher, Loftus-Cheek, and Chukwuemeka. Maybe Zakaria if that loan from Juventus is made permanent, but he barely played so it probably won't be. Of those, only Fernandes is top class, with Gallagher probably next in line. For all their buys, they've a super unbalanced team - still need another proper CF along with Nkunku, and need a few higher-calibre midfielders too really. Such a mad project there.

Thuram would be a great talent to add, he's raw but has great potential. I think klopp could make him top notch. As for Gallagher I wouldn't be bothered at all with him he's never done it at a bigger club (no disrespect to crystal palace).

Mount would be great but the price would be an issue but imagine getting him for a lower price after United failing to land it ha it would make it all the sweeter and more importantly I think he fits in the Liverpool team.

There has been the same speculation for the past month. There's an agreement in principle between Liverpool and the player's representatives. Transfermarkt values the player at €32M however the club president and Sports Director have said that OGC Nice will only listen to offers of over €60M.

They have made it clear that they don't want to sell the player this summer unless they receive an offer that is too good to refuse. PSG had expressed an interest in Thuram but then signed Manuel Ugarte from Sporting. So the only way that they are likely to get a high fee is to entice the likes of Chelsea or Newcastle to make an offer.

There is some weirdness going on with Chelsea and who owns what in the club and Saudi teams buying players from them. Football really is a mess with authorities allowing states to take ownership of teams. What a mess.

Feels like we’re back in 2015 here lately, between the Europa League football and the return of the in-jokes.

Dig out that list Owayn!

I don't actually think there's any nefarious controversy behind the scenes at Chelsea (at least based on the information we have at present), there's just some big risks and dodgy decisions being taken. They're getting a bit lucky with the timing of the Saudi league making such a big push as it's been an outlet to get names off the books early in the window, but it's not unique to them - any big names that are either out of contract or in bad situations are being picked up, with the fees paid being fairly normal (though the wage packets on the other end definitely will not be!). It looks curious, but if those same Chelsea to Saudi deals were spread across European clubs, i don't think we'd be particularly surprised at the prices paid. For instance Chelsea are losing Koulibaly for half what they paid for him a year ago, so not exactly being bailed out. Mendy is going for only 16m which is a steal, and another hefty enough loss for Chelsea. And of course Kante went on a free.

But totally agree about the way the league deals with things that are corrupt or controversial regardless... turning a blind eye to the obvious state ownership of Newcastle being a real kick in the teeth of their supposed rules. And even if the league don't choose to ignore it for a decade before acting (as they have in City's case), the actual process of trying these cases seems like it can be dragged out for so long as to be pretty much irrelevant. In 3 or 4 years will City particularly care if there's an asterisk beside their titles from a decade previous? The only way to actually make a firm point would be to strip the titles, and probably relegate them, but I don't see City's army of lawyers allowing that to happen.

With the clubs who actually follow the rules watching on in frustration, if a statement verdict isn't made I could totally see a collapse of the league with a replacement league (or ESL) popping up in its wake. The ESL's last push was too much, too soon - had they been more calm and clever about it, I think it would've happened.

With the owner of Ineos still in the conversations for buying United it would be strange for him to sell to Liverpool and strengthen us unless we meet their asking price.

Diaz is our new no 7

I've just moved home after a number of years in Australia so haven't been to a game in a long time. I promised my nephews I'd bring them to Anfield but getting tickets seems a lot harder than it used to be! It's getting the membership worth it or best to sell a kidney and go on a tour package?

Diaz came in, settled pretty much immediately and helped the team win 2 trophies.

Before his injury last season in many games he was the only one who remotely looked like he could make things happen and in certain cases was the difference.

Hes incredibly high energy and a nightmare for defenders to track. Hes anything but a flop.

Eh Liverpool's form picked up last season when he returned from injury

If Bajcetic takes the 23, then that’ll be another midfielder sorted too.

Good man Toby, you can always be counted on to lob in a grenade and get some activity going. You've saved me the trauma of having to go looking for the thread.

Your sacrifice will not be forgotten. 😍

mental.

absolutely mental.

AT that price, an only signing, and to lose Firmino, Milner, OX, Keita, and then to sell others and make back the 35m we spent on Mac Allister , if that happened it would be time to protest. I truly believe we'll spend 100m more in this window

That's a very strange take on Diaz. You normally have your stats about right but this time you are all wrong. He came in like a Tasmanian devil and didn't stop until his injury. Caused chaos in defences.

There's a grain of truth in the Diaz thing all the same. Fabulous footballer, looks occasionally unplayable but his end product isn't close to being consistent enough yet. Really needs to become more prolific also. Love him, promising start to his career with us but really looking for more goals/assists next season.

Commitment is 100%, he huffs and puffs, but not a lot to show , 4 league goals last season, 3 assists , 4 this season, 2 assists , City have center backs with better stats. Mane had an average of 17 league goals, in last 4 seasons at Liverpool, and Diaz is 27 in 6 months, if not now when.. he needs a good season .

He's not peak Mane, but he's a lot better than later stage Mane (at LWF), and definitely not a flop. Peak Mane set a hell of a precedent though, close to Salah's standard, which needs an awful lot of luck to replace no matter how much money you might like to throw at it.

Diaz does cause so much trouble that he automatically draws a second man over though, which means one less person covering the middle and Mo's channel, so I think he indirectly contributes to a lot of goals just with his presence, directness, and aggression. And he does look like he has it in his game to grow his goalscoring numbers too.

A great buy all in all, especially for the price.

Gravenberch is a waiting game. It'll take some time to see how things at Bayern are going to play out and then his future will be decided. Liverpool are the only club to have shown an interest in his situation which begs the question why the club turned down the opportunity to sign him last summer.

OGC Nice don't have to sell Thuram and want to keep him for another season so it's up to Liverpool to come up with a serious offer to make a deal happen.

Manu Kone and Gabri Vega appear to be lower tier targets. They are both available at price points that Liverpool is likely to sanction transfers but once again the club appears to be holding out for the opportunity to sign their top choice players.

There has been some speculation about Lavia but I think that's just Southampton trying to get a club to make an offer, similar to the story about how Liverpool were looking at offering £50M for Ward-Prowse a few weeks ago.

We need at least 3 new midfielders,one down, so two to go

This has to be a windup? Worst football opinon I've ever seen expressed here.