Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

A disappointing day? All we know is someone is offering him a load of money? Why is that disappointing? Wait until he signs or says at least anything indicating this isn't just a complete and utter load of speculation, rumor and transfer nonsense before being up set. We have no idea if any of this is true, or even being considered by the players at all.

Silly season is getting sillier by the day.

200k more a week at least, show me someone in the Twilight of their career that wouldnt take that.

If you think this is all nonsense you are the one being silly.

Too many credible journos on this one for it to be fake. Henderson may yet change his mind and / or the club may refuse point blank to let him leave. But you have to understand that this is trending in one very clear direction.

Might not be the worst thing in the world if we get a huge Saudi offer for Mo next Summer. Obviously he'll be a year older at 32 and it could allow for a Coutinho style reinvestment into the playing squad. That said Mo is in such superb condition that he could continue being effective at the top level for a few years yet. Will be interesting to see how he performs this season.

I think it's silly getting upset and saying it's disappointing behaviour from the captain when it's literally just an offer. Which may or may not have made its way to Henderson, his agent, or even the club.

Could there be truth to it? Yes, however, time and time the again the journalists have been proven wrong. Definitely have no problem discussing or letting people discus rumors but I just find it silly taking any of this seriously until you see confirmation from the club or player that the rumor was true (which is extremely unlikely) or that they have signed.

Yeah Mo is very much in the mould of a Ronaldo, he’s got a ridiculous work ethic and is only focused on improving with age rather than going the other direction. There aren’t any signs of him slowing down and he’s never injured either. He’s played 305 games for us since 2017 and he’s missed three due to injury in those 6 years. Thiago misses that many every fortnight.

Yeah there is no reason for them to offer inflated transfer fees. They are paying massive wages to convince players to play in an inferior league and essentially end their careers. On a side note I would be interested to see if any of the players who move to Saudi continue to play for their national teams. But yeah clubs don't need extra convincing to sell to Saudi Arabia, to them money is money. The club doesn't have to move to Saudi, just the player hence the massive wage offers.

Me too. Never really warmed to him. He isn't what our midfield needs (a crock) and his availability record is shocking. But for Ox and Keita making him look less bad, he'd be long since called out by others.

If it's 10m then it's a terrible deal. We end up massively worse off and we send them a high profile player to further legitimise their clown league which could fast become a legitimate rival. We're not really in a position to be doing him favours due to his past service.

What the actual f**k

Looks like he's leaving just as quickly as he arrived 😞

It's all getting rather depressing imho....very hard to have any meaningful connection with players and clubs with this kind of shyte going on....feels like the Rubicon has been well and truly crossed now

I wonder what injury he last got that knocked the stuffing out of him, he was imperious for year's before that

It wasn't an ACL or anything like VVD had but must have been serious enough....

Maybe Fabhino is suffering from long COVID?

Barella and a DM now if both lads leave. Keep Morton around as backup and look to buy a younger guy in January.

Last season Fab couldn't run and barely jog around the field and the amount of posters on here saying he was finished was unreal. Now posters are upset that he is leaving. Getting the rumoured 40 million for him could be great business,Let's see who is brought in first before people lose the run of themselves

It's fantastic business.

If a player in their late 20's/early 30's spends a season looking like they've lost their legs . . . they've probably lost their legs, and are unlikely to ever return to their previous peak. Not impossible, but very unlikely.

Nah, you won't get slaughtered, it's a very valid opinion. It's just you do over-egg the pudding sometimes 😉

His injury record is, of course, massively disappointing. I disagree about his play (when fit) though, I think he improves us massively

That said, if you offered me a straight swap for someone like Caicedo or Rice I'd take it. But I wouldn't be keen on selling for what I assume we'd get, probably around 20m

Similar opinion on Fab, 40m is good business but I really worry it leaves a hole that can't be filled with just 40m, and I don't know if there's much more money there. It's not that I think we'll get prime Fab back, it's that I'm not sure we'll be able to replace current Fab with our budget. Hopefully I'm very wrong though

And 10m for Henderson? **** right off Stevie, that's an insult

I do worry about the amount of turnover in our midfield. They could take 8-10 games to get used to the system, and each other, and the title could be out of reach by then

You need a blend of youth and experience in any successfull team, losing Milner, Ox , Naby, Hendo, Fab, Bobby all in the space of a few weeks is too much.

All of them league and european cup winners, you can replace talent but you can't replace experience.

They have declined physically in the last 2 years sure, but the leadership they offer is crucial to the younger players and the newer players that have never won anything yet.

Ideally you'd phase out one or two every summer but we neglected to reinforce midfield for 2 years and are now paying the price.