Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

You'd have to wonder why? The more big names that leave the EPL to go there, the less attractive their bestest league in the world looks. Why would anyone pay to watch Grealish floundering like a salmon when they can see Ronaldo, Salah and other superstars in Saudi using other means than expensive Sky subs.

Joyce saying Gravenberch on his way for a medical.

40m euro.

Much needed. Should've been done earlier, but anyway.

So…. Question is. Where will Grav play?

Agreed, I don't think the club have been very fair to Nat, and he has been an absolute model pro. Hopefully it works out at Celtic, they could be a great club for him

It's absolutely insane. That's 5x his salary with us? Plus no tax? So more like 10x

Still don't think he'll go this season

Yeah. And Sky are saying the transfer fee offer will be £150m, but £50 of that would be performance related.

About 4 days ago I read that exact offer of 1.5m and 100+50 on some Al Jazeera publication, but the figures were all USD not GBP, and it said the $50m would be difficult performance metrics to achieve.

Either way, Liverpool shouldn’t be accepting.

Neither do I , but that kind of money if true is , as you say, insane

I can get a little conspiracy theory and salty when it comes to City and now Newcastle (all in good jest most of the time), but this is an indisputable fact, one of the clubs in the Premier League is actively harming the product by trying to sign the best players and taking them away from the PL. Think about how insane that is, and I wonder how long it will be allowed to continue.

It is absolutely beyond a joke, it should be addressed, but no one is going to touch that subject...how is it acceptable, that owners of an PL team, can purchase players from their opponents via teams they own competing in an entirely separate competition? It's a joke, there's not one key Newcastle player linked to that League. Do the Saudi not rate the likes of Brune, Joelenton, Isak, Trippier etc??

It’s not conspiracy. It’s reality. And it is only starting. And nobody is coming to do anything about it. The wall of money is inevitable. If City have thought us anything, it should be that.

He had a contract to honor, and he's honored it to the letter(unlike some others who are revered here and who took the soup when it was on offer) , giving 100% all the time and never shirked when called upon, he's certainly got his limitations and as I said at the start was well paid in our terms, but it was clear he was never rated or respected by Klopp and the coaches.

Anyway, good lick to him, hope a good permanent move comes out of it, he's served the club well and hopefully goes on to have a fulfilling career.

No more signings likely... 😕

Hopefully that puts an end to any Mbappe speculation 😎 well at least till January;)

Pots for tomorrows draw.

Group Stage Pots

Pot 1 - West Ham United FC (ENG), Liverpool FC (ENG), AS Roma (ITA), AFC Ajax (NED), Villarreal CF (ESP), Bayer Leverkusen 04 (GER), Atalanta BC (ITA) & Rangers FC (SCO)

Pot 2 - Sporting Club de Portugal (POR), SK Slavia Praha (CZE), Stade Rennes FC (FRA), Olympiacos FC (GRE), Real Betis Balompie (ESP), LASK (AUT), Olympique de Marseille (FRA) & Qarabağ FK (AZE)

Pot 3 - Molde FK (NOR), Brighton & Hove Albion FC (ENG), FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA), R. Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL), SC Freiburg (GER), AC Sparta Praha (CZE), SK Sturm Graz (AUT) % Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)

Pot 4 - Toulouse FC (FRA), AEK Athens FC (GRE), FK TSC Bačka Topola (SRB), Servette FC (SUI), Panathinaikos FC (GRE), Raków Czestochowa (POL), Aris Limassol FC (CYP) & BK Häcken (SWE)

Obviously a CB short but that's a pretty good window imo. Big midfield upgrades and players that could be here for the next decade.

Good deal for Bayern, almost doubled their money on a player they clearly didn't want.

I don't know much about the lad but it looks like the club have been watching him for some time so hopefully he turns out better than last year's deadline day signing.

Ornstein said there could be late drama with Salah

There isn't really anyone we could sign in such short notice if he was to leave so hard to see it happening.

Would be such a shame to see him leave. Would be nice for him to win more trophies with us.

Who could we realistically sign were he to leave?

Yeah it's almost like we are just regular people who don't work in pro sports full time or something....incredible

Great deal for Bayern, three starts in a year ,a failed signing and they doubled their money, strange signing , hopefully he can improve,at least he has been dropped from the Dutch team also so he won't be going on international duty.

With Salah under contract are Liverpool not in the driving seat here to hold tough.

Even if Salah hands in a transfer request it can still be refused.

As much as Henderson has tarnished his legacy in going Salah definitely will if he tries to bail for the Saudi money on the last day of the transfer window or worse after the transfer window has closed for Liverpool but still remains open for the Saudi league.

He only started 12 matches last year and appeared as a sub in 13 in the league. I don't think he was favoured by Howe so an easy decision to let him go. The fact that the fanbase didn't seem to be mad that they let him go tells you a lot. Only got £23m for him as well, not money you would think a top class player would command.

As for this weekend, Villa played last night and I see while some first teamers got the night off from the start, they were still in the squad and it seems like most of their first 11 had minutes (minus Diaby and Digne from their starting 11 at the weekend). So this will now be the 4th game in 2 weeks for Villa so we should be fresher than them. That guarantees nothing, but looking for positives.

He joined Bayern in the last year of his contract, so his price at the time was not a reflection of his actual valuation.

The 35 to 40 million pounds Ajax got for other midfielders like Alvarez, Kudus, and Van De Beek is probably closer to what he’d have left them for under normal circumstances, so while his price has risen, his relative value is probably a wee bit lower than a year ago after his move hasn’t worked out - so it makes sense in that context.

Yes, a player Eddie Howe was actively trying to move on as he had phased him out of the team towards the end of last year, very convenient an offer came in for him alright!