Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

I was making the same point here last week, 50m for him is crazy if true. He's only 20 and is no where near ready to step into Fab's shoes. He is also only a few months older and made just 11 more first team appearances that Bajcetic. I don't see him as been any upgrade on what we already have in Bajcetic... In my opinion, we either write Fab off and spend the 50m looking for a more experience replacement or we give Fab another year and we trust what we have in Bajcetic to cover for him, then use that money elsewhere, a new young centre half would be my preference. 

The one thing that's clear is fab is on the down slope of his career so we need a replacement.

I'm not sure if Baj is the answer for 6 so if it were up to me I'd pick Lavia up for 50mil as fabs replacement and then Baj as a backup 8. Either way we'd have two excellent young players to build with. Add in Jones and Elliot and the squad is moving nicely.

Only issue left then is the defence 🙈

So it’s probably a shrewd move on behalf of the club and player if it happens, but I think it would be a mistake to let Hendo go this season. With Milner already gone, there really aren’t that many leaders in the squad. I’d even have Robbo as my choice of captain over VVD or Salah.

Nothing concrete, just plenty of Twitter talk, I just hope it’s not true.

Think Bajcetic is more of a natural No.8 than a No.6

Southampton's £50M valuation of Lavia is equivalent to gold fever. Nobody is willing to pay that kind of fee for a player with a season's experience in the Premier League. He's a talented player with great potential but that's it. Southampton think they are on to a great thing acquiring young players from Man City with ridiculous buy back clauses, but those clauses are only worth something if Man City are willing to pay the fee.

He isn't going to be valued at £40M after playing a season in the Championship unless he drags the team back to the Premier League and he's not that type of player. He's a water carrier that allows the attacking players to run amok. Man City have enough players for that role so it's highly unlikely that they will be returning with an offer for Lavia anytime soon.

Man City are moving young players on for serious fees while their 'potential' stock is high. If they keep them, then their potential value will diminish because they are not going to get sufficient minutes in the first team. In reality Southampton are digging them out of a potential hole of having followed Chelsea's model for the club's academy. Man City can't stockpile young players because once they reach the age of 21 there is a restriction on the number than can be loaned out in a season. Phil Foden is the only product of the academy to make it at the first team level. They have big hopes for Rico Lewis to follow his path from the academy to the first team, but they are the exception rather than the rule.

Cole Palmer is 21 and got some minutes last season, but nothing that would suggest that he has a future in the team. He played 358 minutes in the Premier League (numbers from Transfermarkt), more than half of those minutes were after the league title was decided and Guardiola was resting his players. In contrast, Curtis Jones, his midfield partner in the England U21 team played 1,039 minutes in the league.

If Southampton refuse to allow players to move on when they are ready to play at a higher level, then they may find that Man City's other young gems may not be excited at the prospect of joining the club in the future. Southampton paid £10.5M for Lavia a year ago and it may take the management some time to accept that Man City are not returning with a £40M cheque so he's only worth the price that other clubs are willing to pay.

So Salah wins the lactate test this year,no surprise there

Hope it happens, be a nice move for him. He deserves that. And with Farke in charge I think they’ll do well.

£8.5m would be a nice fee to receive for him too, essentially an unwanted player but that will never be said.

Hope he can get a nice career going there for himself. He needs to be playing games.

Chris Bascombe is saying that Henderson is being tempted by Saudi.

I'm not sure whether to believe it or not. A few years ago when Henderson wanted his new contract, he used interest from other clubs to speed up his contract negotiations. As players do. I wonder is there some sort of game being played here, or is it genuine interest?

He has another two years to run on his contract, I don't think the club will be in any rush to extend it considering he'll be 35 then. The club is unlikely to stand in his way if he chooses to leave next summer or perhaps in January depending on the circumstances the team finds itself in, but I doubt it would be sanctioned now.

If there is some truth in him leaving, then signing another natural defensively minded midfielder is very important. a HG one would kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

Henderson is Milner 2.0, so into his fittness, he'll be around until he's 38 somewhere. He only turned 33 days ago, he has two seasons at least left with us.

Trying to get into LFCgo and it tells me my email is already registered. It is since 2010 but I can't remember the password. Used account.liverpool.com to reset but no reset email coming. Anyone else have account password reset issues ? Not in spam etc.

Dom King is saying Henderson has been offered 700k a week to go to Saudi.

Only sell if someone is in the wings to come in.

Looks like Hendo could be off. I guess even getting his wages off the books and whatever transfer fee the club will receive will clear the way for someone like Lavia or maybe somebody else.

Hendo not the player he was obviously but still a big leadership figure at the club.

Oof, whatever about losing his playing abilities (which are still significant when he's rested), he'd be a massive loss as a leader, and as someone the players can go to about things. The ultimate pro.

Would need to be a massive offer, like 60m+ for me to feel reasonably decent about him leaving. If its just some 30 or 40m offer I'd prefer to keep him.

Crazy wages being offered to him though - like, really, genuinely insane - so I can understand if he wanted to push for it a bit.

I do not want to see him leave, especially now that Milner is gone. Those two set the standards expected in the dressing room. He may not start many games this season but he'll still feature in most games especially later on to bring experience to the midfield.

If we'd to lose one I'd rather Thiago go but I feel he has plenty to offer as well if we can manage his game time.

Hendo's drive in getting the best out of the team was instrumental in our success over the last 7 years.

I'd be gutted if he left, genuinely gutted.

But for 700k a week i'd understand.

That' salary is about 4 times his worth. The fee should be 4 times higher too to entertain it.

A seismic moment for football is a bit extreme. Fair enough he is captain of the club but he is well past his best. If Liverpool are serious about competing again then Henderson should only be a bit part player,coming on late in games to see them out. Is he happy with that?

If we got decent money for him and it was used to bring in another midfielder then long term it is the best thing to do. He has 2 years left on his contract so we don't want another player running down his contract and leaving for nothing

Two steps forward, one step back.

Not that it matters but I have been critical of Henderson in the past, I do think he is a massive influence in the club and sets a standard that others look to. He is a leader and someone who knows what is expected of him playing for Liverpool.

With two new midfielders coming in, I think it's a great loss as he would have had a good influence on them and would have been a good person to chat to.

If Henderson has decided it’s time to move on to something new, we should not begrudge him that after all he has given Liverpool over the last 10+ years. And if he is to leave, this in my opinion is the best move for the club. Considering these Saudi clubs seem to have bottomless pits of money, its not crazy to think Gerrard will put in an over inflated bid for Jordan. Stevie managing in Saudi could end up being the best thing to happen to Liverpool in the last few years. The club are rebuilding the squad. FSG aren’t going to reach into their own pockets to provide extra funds. But if Gerrard were to take a few more players for well above their actual market value, it could be help significantly with funding the rebuild.