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23 Jan 2026 03:53:30
I live in Saudi and the locals tell me it's Al Nassr who are pushing for Salah, they have a plan to integrate Salah into the team with Ronaldo calling it a day in 2027
They are actually struggling this season and need a new shiny toy for the fans.
22 Jan 2026 21:44:32
Evening Gents, I've been told Ramy Abbas Issa has been contacted by a club from the SPL regarding the availability of Salah, and where his heart is. No formal approach from them to Liverpool as of yet, bet there's certainly been conversations.
22 Jan 2026 22:03:44
Scottish Premier League? Celtic or Rangers?
Only joshing, cheers for snippet Robbo.
Regarding managers, I've got a feeling we're going for Iraola at the end of the season.
Hughes preferred candidate. Just a feeling….
22 Jan 2026 22:14:24
Yeah but can he do it on a cold, rainy night in Falkirk?
23 Jan 2026 06:43:11
Considering the fact that no SPL club has paid a wage anywhere near Mo's it would be a bit of a surprise to me, interesting news regardless.
{Ed025's Note - but could it be the Saudi Pro League?
22 Jan 2026 19:50:17
Hello all.
Not much news to share really, thought there was no need to mention Xabi seen as Carra, the fields, Robo and victor have all got it spot on. Anyone doubting them need to shake there heads.
I do know xabi's entourage have been house hunting in the Merseyside area (not sure what that means but it's info).
Transfer wise, there's not much coming out of Liverpool, I'm told they're trying to tighten their lips to see who the leak is and where they've been coming from.
I mentioned before I was attending the Lille vs Lyon game, I can now confirm that was to assess the process of Tyler Morton (even tho he was injured for the game) but Prem teams are scouting him. In my eyes we should have kept him.
I do know we are sounding out a centre back, a defensive midfielder and a winger! Not for this window but for the summer. Some names have been thrown around but no concrete evidence so I'm not going to mention any.
Have a blessed weekend all.
22 Jan 2026 20:01:40
I'm struggling to see the point of all that Neily, is it a rumour, or just a rumour of one?
22 Jan 2026 20:07:48
Hmmmm unsure about this I the know. all is welcome.
22 Jan 2026 20:26:45
Thanks Neily
Seems to be that LFC don't have to look very far to find the leaks 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
22 Jan 2026 20:27:37
Tyler Morton started for Lyon against Lille, he played 82 minutes. He was not injured for the game. Strange you would not know this given you apparently attended the game.
22 Jan 2026 20:27:52
The irony that you have been told that the club are trying to tighten their lips.
22 Jan 2026 20:44:16
Ahahahahahaha been found out again
Last time it was man city and psg had the same owners.
Maybe give it a rest now lad 😂😂.
22 Jan 2026 20:47:03
My Apologies I got tangled up in Tyler Morton, what I was meant to say is………. Malick Fofana, was who I was there to see. That's who the prem teams are looking at. My apologies for getting the names mixed up.
22 Jan 2026 20:53:12
Forfanas been out injured since the 28th of October, but you went to the game anyway to watch him play?
The plot thickens….
22 Jan 2026 20:55:36
Malick Fofana hasn't played since October because of a serious injury and isn't due back until February. I'm amazed you didn't know this.
22 Jan 2026 20:59:46
Troll.
22 Jan 2026 21:27:32
Half of the ITK just wait for carra to post and then say 'as carra said, my sources tell me the same'. It's all good fun though but I miss the more funny stories.
'Me nan volunteers in Carla lane and saw mbappe looking for a new rescue'.
22 Jan 2026 21:29:35
Ok let's open this bag of goodies.
I was there to speak and assess Malick Fofana for prem teams. I got the name wrong due to having a lot of conversations regarding players moving to the prem. Morton being one of them, hence the mix up in names.
As I've said in the past and will say it again, why do you all hate on people that MIGHT be in the know Is it cause your not in the know and dream of being where we are This is a question for everyone.
This is a rumours site and I am supplying such rumours.
I could be completely honest and explain everything I know BUT that would put me in a risk of losing my job. This site is amazing but it's not worth losing sleep over or jeopardising my career. Take the little snippets we give you and enjoy the ride sometimes we're wrong and sometimes we're right.
Again have a blessed weekend all.
22 Jan 2026 21:36:22
Im confused, we should have kept Malick Fofana?
22 Jan 2026 21:49:22
Keep the rumours coming neily.
22 Jan 2026 22:12:31
I'm sorry but you cannot post a rumour full of holes and inaccuracies and then cry hate when people question you on it. I'm just trying to establish the facts, you went to a Lille v Lyon games to assess Malick Fofana despite the fact that he's been injured since October?
22 Jan 2026 22:26:47
Love this rumour. Could be about Tyler Morton but isn't. Or is it? Could be about going to a game to assess an injured Fofana who wasnt playing. What did you assess? What did he say when you spoke to him? I know there were rumours about Liverpool being interested.
Liverpool are keeping quiet to see who the leak is. Wonder if they know its the person who told you that information? Maybe they're feeding some people snippets to see where the trail leads. A fascinating bit of rumouring. Keep them coming.
22 Jan 2026 23:17:51
Nelly Furtado, Tyler Durden and Timmy Mallett walk into a pub … or was it Nelly, Tyler and Malick? I get mixed up ….
23 Jan 2026 00:01:08
Brilliant SEA 😂😂😂.
23 Jan 2026 00:16:54
There's only one way to find out where the leak is…get Colleen Rooney on the case.
23 Jan 2026 00:23:54
Hahaha, this is brilliant 😂👌.
23 Jan 2026 00:37:29
Nice 1 Neily lad,
23 Jan 2026 03:50:53
How do you even mix up Tyler Morton with Malick Fofana?! That's like saying Wesley Snipes was great in Schindlers List!
23 Jan 2026 04:47:10
So, any other seriously injured players we are scouting currently?
23 Jan 2026 05:00:39
@Neily, when you are at the bottom of a big hole it's always nest to put the shovel down.
I will say, as a rumour, the bit I liked best was the bit about their being some targets but you don't want to name them 😁😁.
23 Jan 2026 05:39:23
Nelly the elephant in the room but don't pack your trunk. Keep it coming.
23 Jan 2026 06:06:28
Got the names mixed up, fair enough we all make mistakes. Why did you then say we should've kept him at Liverpool?
We can all make stuff up, at least be good at it.
23 Jan 2026 06:24:16
"Take the little snippets we give you and enjoy the ride" get over yourself mate, a little bit of humility goes a long way.
Rumours are all part of the fun but claiming to be credible when just about everything you have posted so far suggests otherwise is going to raise questions.
If you are legitimate then great, I look forward to your first coherent post where all the facts line up and will no doubt 'enjoy the ride' when that happens.
23 Jan 2026 06:41:25
Bit silly suggesting that people poking holes at a post that is full of them are just haters jealous about your dream job, neily, though quite how you got your job when you're unable to tell the difference between Tyler Morton and Malick Fofana is just a tiny bit puzzling.
I'd like to have a job where my employers would be okay with me making that kind of mix-up because the players I have to check up on are just way way too many for one tiny brain to handle.
21 Jan 2026 23:13:29
Is there any truth about Liverpool recalling Tsimikas from Roma and sending him to Forest?
22 Jan 2026 02:45:44
You'd need to ask the club, nobody on here has prior knowledge of what's true or not.
22 Jan 2026 09:34:57
Easy there westderbywanderer 🙏 we have 4 or 5 ITK's 😵💫.
22 Jan 2026 09:54:40
If he comes back it is because Roma don't want him rather than us recalling him. I would expect they would find another loan for him as we have no spare non-HG spots without moving one of Chiesa, Endo or Ramsay on.
22 Jan 2026 12:24:59
Ramsey not home grown?
22 Jan 2026 12:34:50
No, he spent the 3rd year at Kilmarnock.
22 Jan 2026 13:20:35
Thanks Ernest.
Well if he does come back, although not an ideal option. We could have Robbo playing more central as cover if required, as he has before. I am scrapping a bit here though.
22 Jan 2026 14:02:23
I don't understand how Ramsay doesn't count as home grown…. he has a British passport does he not?
22 Jan 2026 14:41:39
Man. of. todd, he needed to spend 3 years at the club or an English club between the ages of 18-21 and as said, because he went back to Scotland on loan, he's not now nor ever all be classed as Home Grown.
22 Jan 2026 21:05:20
Thanks for explaining to Wdw homegrown rules are bizarre.
23 Jan 2026 00:19:28
There's loads of homegrown opportunities in Liverpool just ask for Mary Jane.
23 Jan 2026 00:32:58
Homegrown doesn't mean what passport they hold or what nationality they are, Man of Todd. It refers to where they received their "footballing education" and under which FA they played under before the age of 21. That'd why Bradley is considered homegrown whereas Ramsay and Robertson aren't.
I think even Bajcetic and Pitaluga is considered homegrown even though they are Spanish and Brazilian respectively. It is confusing though so don't worry too much about it.
21 Jan 2026 17:53:51
I heard on Talk bowlegs today that thi city 115 may run until 2030
If that's the case what's the point in having any rules?
Unbelievable Jeff.
21 Jan 2026 18:29:53
The rules keep the poorer clubs in their place.
If the premier league had any integrity, they would punish City with relegation.
21 Jan 2026 18:49:25
That's just typical of the whole justice system, it's totally corrupt.
21 Jan 2026 19:20:37
I believe the championship fa came out and said they didn't want city relegated. But i could have been mistaken. Personally i'd like to see them punished like rangers. Although i think that was more liquidation and reapplying to the football league. But you know- a few seasons chasing league 1 would be a tonic to their behaviour.
21 Jan 2026 19:49:52
This is absolutely disgraceful and I sincerely hope the FA fine and give points deductions to Everton and Nottingham Forest over this.
21 Jan 2026 20:01:47
I think rather than relegation they should lose 20 points a season for the amount of season they cheated.
If they get relegated they will be straight back up in one season and back in the champions league in two.
21 Jan 2026 21:29:37
I don't entirely get the 115 charges attack. City behaved like Chelsea did, and Newcastle can't (because of the new rules).
The rules are stupid: rich clubs can dance around the rules with their lawyers, and clubs like Villa - who want to spend - are penalised.
Ditch the rules. Maybe look at a total wage bill cap, but the current rules only help the richer clubs.
21 Jan 2026 21:34:09
Could this prove the statement of 'the whole being greater than the sum of its parts' as incorrect?
With City's lawyers / solicitor's/ finances being greater than those of the Premier league's?
Hence their unwillingness to challenge!
21 Jan 2026 22:05:00
"COWARD" Webb (closet Manchester United fanatic) should be in the Dock with them, the most corrupt and evil man ever in PL Football.
He knew about Coote wrong doings years ago! Michael Oliver is his new puppy/ lap dog!
21 Jan 2026 22:11:38
They are waiting for pep to leave.
22 Jan 2026 00:53:13
The Fa 'don't got the smarts Bugsy'. Some of the most accomplished lawyers are schooling the Fa and their legal reps. It will end up with the FA sincerely apologising and paying compensation and their legal costs.
22 Jan 2026 07:33:41
Maybe the other clubs think if they don't rock the boat and just accept it then they'll be eligible for the FIFA Peace award 🤣.
22 Jan 2026 07:34:10
Strip them of their titles during the supposed corruption period that would be a good start. Monster, Liverpool benefit very much from these rules. If clubs like Villa, Newcastle etc become free spending clubs then we'll struggle to keep up.
22 Jan 2026 08:15:23
@Frode, it makes no difference stripping their titles.
The money has been banked from the revenue streams that came in.
That's all it's about and that's what the Abu Dhabi's Royal Family and their lawyers are making sure isn't impacted.
There was a journalist, can't remember the name, but it was a business journalist in one of the broadsheets, rather than a footy journo, and their assessment was that the buyers wanted to expand their business contacts to countries in Europe that were ostensibly anti UAE business ties. Buying a football club opened a pathway to build contacts in the countries which brought money into the Euro countries' economies and, allegedly, opened up another avenue for sports washing.
The FA are being ground into the ground, and they'll give up in the end. There'll be a token fine and on we go.
It's not sport anymore, it's just an increasingly dirty business.
22 Jan 2026 08:23:49
Free spending is on its way back anyway. City's legal team indeed have the premier league lawyers tied up in knots. Hence the estimated 2030 time line. The main problem is the voting structure for the prem. on big rule changes they all have to agree! Turkeys don't vote for Christmas do they?
The deliberate manipulation is a p. take. Selling your lady's team or over inflating sponsorship deals ect.
But City did far worse. Paying managers off the books ie £5m wage but really it's double that and it's paid into another account overseas. This is actualy criminal behaviour that could lead to prison. Yet Nothing happens.
🤷♂️🤞.
22 Jan 2026 08:44:38
monstersouness - that's not what happened at all. its the lies, the fake sponsors and the financial manipulation that they're being investigated for. Not just spending loads of money.
22 Jan 2026 10:53:43
My favourite is, by far, Chelsea selling the women's team and their hotel to themselves and seemingly getting away with it. I tried selling my car to myself but ended up with the same amount of money that I, had in the first place 😳😉.
22 Jan 2026 14:10:01
And u bought a dodgy car 😃.
22 Jan 2026 15:19:08
007 is 💯 correct. PGMO are all bent as persons and I love the Coward Webb thing 00 👌.
22 Jan 2026 15:26:06
City getting beat off Bodo was their worst result since they were formed in 2008.🤣🤣🤣.
22 Jan 2026 17:41:09
Champman, you are absolutely correct. The charges are important. I am just aimlessly venting about the overall unfairness of the rules. Though, as Frode says, they do benefit us.
But I would be furious if I were a Villa fan. I don't see how they can grow if they can't invest. It's crazy that UK's second largest city can't, as things stand, have one of the biggest clubs around.
21 Jan 2026 11:59:23
Seems to be a lot of rumours doing the rounds that we're interested in Andre Trindade of Wolves, at around £26m. I know he's in a very poor Wolves team right now, but Wijnaldum and Robbo weren't bad signings from struggling clubs!
It's certainly plausible as we were obviously very keen on him a couple of years ago when he was still playing in Brazil. Wolves will know relegation is more or less certain by now and may be open to doing a deal to at least help them to financially prepare for the loss of revenue.
I'm not sure if he has the ability to take such a huge step up, but he is the profile of midfielder we're crying out for (a tough tackling DM who has solid ball retention skills). If he were to be signed, the big question is would Slot use him as he typically doesn't use a DM? I think Andre is a better partner stylistically for Gravenberch than Mac Allister is though. He's just more mobile and more disciplined.
21 Jan 2026 12:23:43
Pretty average player not champions league liverpool level.
21 Jan 2026 12:39:45
Someone for Endo to chat to during match days.
21 Jan 2026 12:44:48
Woodpecker, no splinters in your rear end is there! Fair enough mate haha.
I like him when I see him, but I do still appreciate the magnitude of the step up. I'd definitely take him as an Endo replacement if it meant Slot might actually use a DM in some games.
21 Jan 2026 12:47:30
I wonder if it is just regurgitated from the past. I remember us being linked with him a few years ago.
21 Jan 2026 12:53:34
So okay for next season then with the current form Ali.
21 Jan 2026 13:13:04
Hes rubbish and never won a header in his life.
21 Jan 2026 13:17:11
I just looked up Trindade to Liverpool. No rumours, just a load of flight options l
:-)
21 Jan 2026 13:22:14
Andre to replace Endo. Elliot Anderson to replace Macca. That would be ideal.
21 Jan 2026 13:29:40
Glad if true. I can see a player there.
21 Jan 2026 13:31:53
We tried to sign him in 2023 but Fluminense wouldn't sell him until they were out of the Copa Libertadores. We then took our bat and ball home.
21 Jan 2026 13:40:11
He is a very good player. Not sure why we aren't looking at his team mate João gomes instead though, as good as Andre is gomes is twice the player I think.
21 Jan 2026 14:06:08
Would rather have Adam Wharton and Elliot Anderson Come in to replace Endo and and Mac Allister. That would give us better depth and both pushing to start and think both could play together with Wirtz in front of them.
21 Jan 2026 14:57:04
Bringing Andre in would just be Insania.
no, no-one.
I'll get my coat.
21 Jan 2026 15:00:48
Would also cost a lot more unfortunately and we've another busy summer ahead.
21 Jan 2026 15:01:42
His teammate Joao Gomes would be a better option.
21 Jan 2026 15:17:24
If we could afford them, it would be ideal.
21 Jan 2026 15:22:43
What about the overseas registered players? Do we have room for him?
21 Jan 2026 15:28:31
We need presence in midfield. Whether we like it or not set pieces are vital. If Virg missed a few games we would concede so many chances.
21 Jan 2026 16:01:28
Wharton and Anderson would cost around the same or more combined than Wirtz and Isak. It would also mean selling one of Gravenberch and Szoboszlai, and the other getting radically reduced game time.
21 Jan 2026 16:31:53
Think Scott from Bournemouth would be a better option than Elliott.
21 Jan 2026 16:37:33
Nomoreboom - full marks for effort mate. It's not easy to work that material into a site post.
21 Jan 2026 18:00:22
Sadiki everyday for me. 21 and way to good to be playing for Sunderland.
21 Jan 2026 18:13:59
Well we tried the opposite last transfer window. went top dollar shopping and didn't work out why not try the bargain bin.
21 Jan 2026 19:19:16
I think we are after a couple of left footers - Wharton or Camavinga and Bastoni or Schlotterbeck.
21 Jan 2026 20:21:38
Joao Gomes wants Manchester United and they want him, so forget that one.
21 Jan 2026 21:26:25
Personally rather we go for Noah Sadiki at Sunderland, looks quality that lad. But Trindade could be another bit of smart business.
22 Jan 2026 02:56:20
Genuine question. What do people see in Bastoni? I've watched him (or rather watched Inter) four times this season and whilst he seems to have pace his 'game vision' of what's going on doesn't seem to be the best. His temperament seems a bit dodgy too - he gets 'rattled' (do youngsters use that word these days? ) quite easily.
20 Jan 2026 17:26:00
Dominik Szoboszlai to be given a new and improved 5yr contract, making him one of the top 5 highest earners at the club.
20 Jan 2026 17:52:43
Nice one Robbo some good news at last.
20 Jan 2026 18:11:02
He's on atleast 300k a week then. Been very good for us but he's not a superstar.
20 Jan 2026 18:34:58
Have we got that many on that big a wedge?
20 Jan 2026 18:43:26
I'd guess Virgil Salah Isak maybe Wirtz maybe Becker.
20 Jan 2026 18:50:24
He's better than anyone we've got right now. And I believe a future Captain:
He should be up there with our highest earners.
20 Jan 2026 19:19:02
Well that's Dom off to City, then 😉.
20 Jan 2026 19:24:40
Great news but take him off pens😂.
20 Jan 2026 19:52:41
Because of one pen miss? He's one of the best pen takers in the league.
20 Jan 2026 19:57:50
He's currently on 120kpw so upto 200k plus then.
20 Jan 2026 21:32:00
Future captain? I've seen fans compare him to Gerrard too? More jay spearing / Danny Murphy than Gerrard. Not a captain for me.
20 Jan 2026 21:57:04
A bit too laid back to be captains material for my liking.
20 Jan 2026 22:19:46
Not captain material. Doesn't he already captain Hungary? Works his tail off and leads by example. Wtf is wrong with you lot.
20 Jan 2026 22:41:46
Redmob, my compliments exactly, well said.
20 Jan 2026 22:59:27
Dom deserves a new contract, and he is an excellent player, but if he's our future captain, then we'll have a squad with very few leaders in it.
As I said, Dom is an excellent player, but he's prone to showing off and I don't feel he is as competitive or focused during games as he should be, even though he works tirelessly.
It's a bit of a dichotomy.
Just my opinion.
20 Jan 2026 23:10:15
One of the few who can hold their heads up high this season.
20 Jan 2026 23:21:59
Turn it in redmob, he's a ballet dancer. Bottles 50/ 50s doesn't head the ball ( must be in case his top knot falls out) work his tail off? You mean he runs? £120k a week Linford Christie and Mo farah wouldn't catch me. The teams crap because we got weak midfield.
20 Jan 2026 23:32:26
just for clarification Scouse John, are you talking about 1992 version of Linford Christie or the 2026 middle aged version?
20 Jan 2026 23:37:24
This notion that he should be captain because he appears to run a bit more than others is nonsense. Doesn't score enough, doesn't assist enough and shirks challenges. Sure he's our best player this season but that ain't hard.
21 Jan 2026 00:25:48
Ron - Think ekitike is on 200 and Wirtz at 190.
Dom baseline would be just around or above.
21 Jan 2026 02:18:58
2026 version still runs quicker than 9 of our current first team.
I agree with Scouse John our midfield is weak but I think it's sorted with just one change.
Get rid of MacAllister and bring in Ederson, Sidiki, Stiller or Baleba job done
Separately I would sell Gakpo and bring in Barcola and then let Mo go to Saudi and bring in Olise that's the front line and wide spaces sorted
2 CBs and a decent RB with Gomez, Konate both moving on.
Schlotterback and Diomande for me with Givairo Read fighting for the RB place with Bradley.
Alonso pisses the league with that team.
21 Jan 2026 04:35:34
Hasn't he captained his country since he was 21 or something?
21 Jan 2026 04:51:28
Agree. Szobo has an engine but sorely lacks technical ability to play in either an 8 or a 10. Good player to have in and around the side but I do think he is replaceable. Has all the physical attributes but doesn't seem to be able to impose himself or take a game by the scruff of the neck.
21 Jan 2026 07:49:58
As for not good enough for captain, then who? Sure lot of you would of said same about Jordan Henderson.
21 Jan 2026 08:23:46
Some of the takes on Szoboszlai here I must say I've never seen or heard anywhere else, even from our rivals. He's one of the few players we have who actually will put his body on the line. He regularly throws himself into full body blocks that you only really see Bradley, Konate or Kerkez also do. Seems to me that many of these comments are an emotional over reaction to one bad/ cocky decision vs Barnsley and one missed penalty vs Burnley. He had a bad week, that is all.
He battles hard, he probably has the best passing range in the squad other than Van Dijk, he hits his shots with that physics defying 'wobble' like prime Drogba did, he drives us forward and also is the first one tracking back etc. I'm honestly baffled by some of these assessments of him.
Whether or not he's a good choice for captain is purely subjective, but saying he lacks technical ability and doesn't make tackles is just objectively wrong. The reason he's on set pieces is because his technique is second to none in the squad and the reason our press fell apart early on in the season was because he was too deep and therefore not winning tackles or making blocks higher up the pitch. There are so few players in world football capable of striking the ball how Dom does and anyone who has played will know that takes an insane amount of technical ability. The Jay Spearing comparison is just, wow, speechless.
Amongst all this praise though, I do have to say that I agree with one thing Frode said, in that Dom needs to score and assist more. His decision making at times is quite poor as he often passes when he should shoot and shoots when he should pass. He still has 6 goals and 5 assists in 29 games which isn't bad, but for all the ability he has it should be more.
21 Jan 2026 08:26:19
@nomoreboom. The way I feel this morning mate I couldn't outrun madge from Benidorm.
{Ed025's Note - but it is a race we would all want to see John.. :)
21 Jan 2026 08:28:24
No disrespect to Hungary - international football team with a great history - but captaining in international football a few times a year and captaining in the most intense and physically demanding league with the highest wages and some of the biggest profiles. It's not comparable.
Dom's a good player to have, he's not a captain in the premier league IMO.
21 Jan 2026 09:43:17
Sorry, but there is no way that it has been communicated to anyone that the club plan to sack the current manager in 6 months. It would break down every single relationship at the club.
21 Jan 2026 09:52:44
Good post MK Scouser
Nice to have a balanced opinion with valid points rather than lambasting a player without any real context. As for the comparison to Jay Spearing. Even Jays mum and dad would struggle to agree with that opinion. Ok maybe some believe he is not captain material, but players can raise to the challenge and grow into the role.
21 Jan 2026 09:56:59
According to social media there was a bit of a 'pivot' over night and Dom himself has said nothing has been agreed yet. I'm assuming that the lad does have a contribution to the actual conversation in the real world, unlike some of the social media parallel universes.
21 Jan 2026 10:35:02
Szoboszlai lacks technical ability? Are we watching the same player?
21 Jan 2026 10:35:54
Comparing Szoboszlai with Jay Spearing is beyond crazy imo. Thank you for the ignore users text option eds.
{Ed033's Note - ok thanks.
21 Jan 2026 12:19:30
Agree with everything MK Scouser said. One thing I will add is that he has played that many positions this season, it might throw his figures off. If regularly playing in the same position higher up the pitch, he probably would score more.
The assist count this season is hard to read also, with so many missed opportunities in front of goal. Another factor could be the added pressure from Slot not to lose the ball and play it safe, rather than shoot or try the risky pass.
21 Jan 2026 15:17:24
Me comparing him to jay spearing is tantamount to some comparing him to gerrard was my point.
21 Jan 2026 20:52:22
Another demonstration of his lack of technical ability there I suppose, eh? Ronaldinho fizzed one under the wall once and I think they called it "genius".
21 Jan 2026 21:11:16
Scouse John is spot on. I've argued from the start it's the midfield. They've exposed a defence that was previously well covered. Argument to suggest it could be tactics but the priority for me. above defence.
DaveyBootle.
21 Jan 2026 21:59:54
With you MK…. absolutely no technical ability…. touch for the 3rd goal was awful 😂.
22 Jan 2026 02:31:56
The best player for sure he deserves it. He is our future captain and superstar. He is the man who keeps everyone level… don't see that from anyone else except Salah and Virgil who are on limited time with the team.
22 Jan 2026 03:04:48
Dom (25 years old), Wirtz (22) and Ekitike (23) have their best years ahead of them and they should be integral to our successes for future years. Irrespective of who our manager / head coach is next season, these lads will grow as an attacking unit and will take some stopping.
On a different note it is good to see Frimpong and Kerkez settling in and looking like they know what they are doing.
20 Jan 2026 12:30:17
Does anyone know if LFC journalist David lynch is reliable as he has said FSG plan to sack Slot at the end of the season as don't want to do it mid season as there is no one to get in as interim.
20 Jan 2026 13:08:57
He does cover match day at Anfield, often a guest on other fans Youtube sites. Its mostly his opinion and guess work from experience. I don't believe he has a deep contact like Joyce with Edwards etc.
But a good few have said this and it looks like it could be all three going. Joyce did a piece and and was well reviewed by Dunk on Koptalk.
20 Jan 2026 13:17:26
David Lynch is a fairly balanced guy but doesn't have any inside info. I think it's just his opinion that the hierarchy has a history of not panicking with big decisions and are happy to wait to make them. A fair position to take based on the recent past.
20 Jan 2026 13:21:50
No idea but that is what most people have been saying on here for quite a while now.
20 Jan 2026 14:30:51
I understand the reasons for not making it happen now and ultimately if Alonso has said he needs a rest then fair enough but from now until the summer with Slotball i'd say top 4 will be a huge ask, especially now Man U and Chelsea have acted.
20 Jan 2026 15:16:04
Alonso would come in now, so this holds no weight.
20 Jan 2026 15:50:39
Cant see Edwards going, or Hughes even. don't think securing top 4/5 but not winning the league is seen as the huge disaster in Boston that it is to a lot of LFC fans. Think once the champs lge money keeps rolling in jobs (besides the manager) will be safe.
20 Jan 2026 16:04:58
I've met David lynch a couple of times at a YouTubers show in Liverpool and seems an alright guy and I think he has links within the club and from the echo but like the other journalists that cover us they are used for our higher ups in the club to get certain messages across.
He's a 7/ 10 for accurate info if that's any use to you.
👍.
20 Jan 2026 16:25:33
Bergersleftpeg, he wouldn't.
20 Jan 2026 18:55:11
What makes you think Alonso would be ready to join now @Burgersleftpeg? Where is the evidence to say that he is ready to join now?
20 Jan 2026 21:25:09
Wdw IV well he is out of a job currently 😅.
20 Jan 2026 23:39:37
I don't know but I like listening to Him.
The interim thing is a fair point whether you believe it's true or not. We're not in relegation battle, so why go for an interim now.
21 Jan 2026 06:50:23
Has Alonso told you he's coming in now @Bergers left?
21 Jan 2026 10:32:00
anyone else tired of the Alonso frenzy? we had all this not so long a go and he went to another club where he was booted out .
Lets all calm down and let the season go the way it will and let's see what happens and who goes and who comes.
May I say i am not happy with the performances and tactics and if Arne goes he only has him self to blame.
YNWA.
21 Jan 2026 08:17:38
He's a sports journalist, who use to write for the Mirror. A lot of the stuff he pens are opinions. He does have contacts at the club, but they are only going to feed him what the club wants out there.
21 Jan 2026 12:33:04
Twin Peaks was good tbf 👌 I reckon Arteta killed Laura Palmer and DCL is really the log lady 🤔.
19 Jan 2026 23:52:58
I've been told that kompany is going to Man City and Xabi is going to Bayern.
20 Jan 2026 00:21:25
Woah carra is going to Barbados.
20 Jan 2026 06:30:04
And Enrique is going to Barca.
20 Jan 2026 08:48:42
I'm going to Cornwall but I'm not looking forward to the Drivr 🤷♂️.
20 Jan 2026 09:10:59
Lol. Why would City want Kompany?
20 Jan 2026 09:16:11
and Slot is going nowhere slowly.
20 Jan 2026 09:25:27
If onll there were some attribution, just a smidge without betraying any confidences.
For example, I've just been told the earth is flat, but it was on a forum called wetalkrubbish. com.
Alternatively, I am a personal friend of John Henry (well, more of a friend of my parents actually) who confided in me that Xabi will be starting next Tuesday.
See, both extreme ends of the rumour mill can be encapsulated by "I've been told. ".
20 Jan 2026 09:40:40
It will be worth it when you get there, Chrisy!
20 Jan 2026 09:55:55
Zed, I think you're onto something there. It would make perfect sense. the world being flat would be the perfect explanation for all those odd socks going missing - clearly they just get blown over the edge and out into space. I am so relieved that I now have an answer to that weekly question "Why do I have so many odd socks, where are they going? "
Also please tell John that we are all sooooo grateful for him appointing a manager who helped win the league.
20 Jan 2026 10:19:08
Im going the chippy for a Special fried rice,
20 Jan 2026 10:21:32
Defo not a drive I like either chrisy.
20 Jan 2026 10:23:53
I'm going to a funeral. jack and coke, sausage rolls then back home.
20 Jan 2026 10:53:55
I think if the Liverpool job is available and Xabi decides against it again, he will unlikely ever manage the club in the future. Turning us down once is ok, second time, goodbye Felicia.
20 Jan 2026 11:00:11
Is it the funeral for Liverpool's season, Robby? Well at least there's sausage rolls - every cloud and all that! sorry for your loss mate!
20 Jan 2026 11:49:10
Unless Klopp come back Kop, none of this matters.
20 Jan 2026 12:06:06
I'm in St. Ives Chrisymate. Champions league in The Wreck 👊.
20 Jan 2026 12:26:42
Can believe this. Two seasons smashing the league and following in Peps shoes who did the same and some.
Former club captain and legend.
Xabi said apparently only would manage former clubs (and City? )
19 Jan 2026 20:50:37
There's no plan for Alonso to join before the summer. But he will be the next Liverpool manager 100%.
The club want him to have a full pre-Season, also, it's confirmed, Konate, Salah, Endo, macallister and Chiesa will also leave, in the summer.
19 Jan 2026 21:03:14
So if he joined now he would get more than a full pre season. Slot needs to go now. There will be no CL football next season other wise.
19 Jan 2026 21:09:15
Thanks Thefields, Robbo and Carra for your incredible info - it is hugely appreciated!
Not sure how I feel about waiting for summer
Con - what player will go the extra mile for a manager that is going?
Pro - it is probably the right step to have a decent pre season
Leaving list makes sense. Maybe VVD and Robbo added? 🤔
Massive summer ahead regardless. Strap in!
19 Jan 2026 21:12:45
How much of a preseason is he really going to get with the squad considering it being a World Cup summer. Also a lot of players to replace and try and embed into the squad. Will the club be shortlisting targets/ replacements already?
19 Jan 2026 21:17:07
I think the only full pre-season the new manager will have will be if he joins the team during the international break at the end of March. Due to the extended World Cup, most of our players will have a 2-3 week break after and will arrive for pre-season training at the beginning of August.
19 Jan 2026 21:17:31
We sure a new manager can't get anything out of chiesa?
19 Jan 2026 21:23:17
Makes sense including the outs. Looks like phase two of the transition is going to need to be significant.
Two midfielders including a proper 6. 2 centre half's and two strikers with an existing need for a winger.
19 Jan 2026 21:23:39
Very hard to have a full preseason wheb It's a WC year. I'd rather he signed this month to get proper time with the team before next season.
19 Jan 2026 21:27:23
Wow. I thought this year was the transitional season! As poor as mac allister has been this year, i thought he would be appreciated by Alonso.
19 Jan 2026 22:30:25
Surely plans can change depending on the circumstances. I think we'll see Alonso in the dugout before the end of this season. If we leave things be we'll drop down the league and things will deteriorate further.
Slot's recently had a run of winnable games and fallen we'll short. The next run of games are tough and it's difficult to see him stringing a run of wins together. He's had long enough to turn things around.
19 Jan 2026 22:47:25
AZ agree with your point, i would think Alonso would like Macca. he's not been as good this season, had a op and very little pre season.
20 Jan 2026 00:12:27
Who is Alonso going to have 'a full pre-season' with? Most of the squad will be in America, Canada and Mexico.
I'd like to see Slot leave asap but it seems that the club define asap as the end of the season and it's possible that Alonso, IF he has indicated he want's to manage us, has said he wants a break. If I was in his position (which I'm not) I'd find somewhere sunny and / or interesting, far away from footy, and recharge the batteries. Gives him time to think about who wants in his ideal squad and how they might play.
I think management still see Slot as being on track for the necessary objectives set for him in the season's planning and yes, I know there are lots of us think our set up and performance this season has been woeful. On statistics, not entertainment value, we are 4th in the league, going ok in CL and advancing in the FA Cup.
In the last 6 rounds of the PL, looking at the top 6 clubs, only Arsenal have picked up more points than us, and on the season only three teams have won more matches than us and both City and Villa, in 2nd and 3rd have lost only one less game than us and of course we are unbeaten in 12 games. Like I have said often, you can prove anything with stats but from a club and Slot's perspective they don't actually make poor reading, and, again, I reiterate that we haven't played well all season it has been poor value for money and Slot's apparent intransigence is myopic, at best.
The club is taking a calculated risk, which personally I think has a very high risk attached, particularly if we don't supplement the defence which is just one injury to a CB in which case we'll be well and truly rubber ducked. We shall see.
20 Jan 2026 01:14:53
Thanks, Robbo.
20 Jan 2026 03:31:43
WDW, wholeheartedly agree with everything you said. Great post.
20 Jan 2026 03:33:34
Robbo, any insight into potential suitors for Mo?
20 Jan 2026 06:37:49
Unless Alonso has said he doesn't want to take over right now, it makes no sense waiting. How did it work out the last time we asked a target to wait it out, better ask Marc Guehi. Feels like we're effing around again.
20 Jan 2026 07:00:37
Shout out to Slot still trying to work through this while everyone seemingly has given up.
12th at end of Nov and people clamouring for something to change to stop the rot. Now we're in 4th and the clamours are for better football. All fair enough, but kudos to the guy for moving forward with integrity and not giving up on the club.
20 Jan 2026 07:10:03
Perhaps the compensation package in the summer - 'mutual agreement' - is significantly less than the 'eff off' package in January @Vik? And perhaps they want Slot to carry on the way it's going until the end of the season, rather than bringing Xabi in under pressure to work a miracle in the next month.
That said, I agree with you - the sooner the cavalry gets here the better.
20 Jan 2026 07:59:01
Can't imagine any sensible person would want to carry on drawing against relegation fodder, WDW. Sometimes it's better to just pay up and be done with it. Madrid sacked Alonso so I can't imagine they'd have any claims for compensation and slot has 18 months or so left on his contract, so what's another 6 months compensation compared to champions league revenue.
Faith, we're closer to 12th than we are the league leaders and we can't beat relegation battlers at Anfield, our next 3 league games are Bournemouth away then Newcastle and City in which it isn't beyond the realms of probability that we walk away with no points given how weak and pathetic we are in midfield and defence, so the likelihood is we'll be back in mid table again.
20 Jan 2026 09:13:01
Here's hoping that the European countries all boycott the World Cup like they are threatening and then he will get a proper pre-season.
20 Jan 2026 09:16:01
"also, it's confirmed, Konate, Salah, Endo, macallister and Chiesa will also leave, in the summer. "
I wouldn't at all be surprised if these players left but as its a WC summer there's little time to get players in and out which makes it more puzzling that we aren't doing some of that work this window.
Add to the fact that we are already an attacker short, although any new manager may have different plans.
20 Jan 2026 09:29:55
Fair points @Vik.
20 Jan 2026 09:37:10
I wonder what will happen if, in the meantime, another club come calling and offer Alonso more money.
I just hope he has given his word that he will be our next manager. cause once your word is given, its basically a certainty, right?
20 Jan 2026 09:58:46
While I'm very much in the boat of Slot has to go before the start of next season, I find this infatuation with Alonso a little odd tbh. Beyond the fact he was an ex Liverpool player and he had some great success at Leverkusen, genuinely not sure why everyone thinks he's the answer for us?
The main issues Liverpool have right now are out of possession. The press is almost non existent and the structure when we lose the ball is a mess, Alonso is not going to fix that, he's a strong possession based coach, similar to what we already have in Slot. We should be focusing on a coach with a strong OOP philosophy who can bring that fight and hunger for winning the ball back quickly and aggressively.
So, I'd be very surprised if we went for Alonso next. I have a feeling we're more likely to target Nagelsmann after the WC. We know Edwards has been a big admirer of his for a while now.
{Ed001's Note - have you never watched an Alonso team? His teams press, which is the problem he had at Madrid as the players refused to put in the effort required by a press.}
20 Jan 2026 16:59:46
Would be a problem if our players refuse to press 😬.
20 Jan 2026 18:44:27
Also, appreciate the rumour but it can't be 100%.
21 Jan 2026 08:10:41
Good news. Think if salah is going in summer we should at maybe semenyo as his replacement. Not many others out there., oh maybe guehi for konate.
21 Jan 2026 09:18:49
VV - totally get it, but we were also 12th at the end of Nov. now we're 4th.
19 Jan 2026 15:33:30
Touching on what Carra said yesterday, as people don't half get caught up in the semantics of things.
Alonso has said he will join, nothing signed or set in stone because we still have a manager and he wants to have a break.
Slot is here for the foreseeable, so get use to it. I heard something yesterday which made it make sense for me. A mutual parting of ways is a benefit to all parties in the summer.
19 Jan 2026 15:51:00
Yeah spot on fields. That's what I am aware of anyways.
19 Jan 2026 15:53:25
Cheers mate!
Let's just hope we can knuckle down now and have a semi decent second half of the season and kick on. Makes sense as long as we get UCL football and unless something drastic happened I kind of assumed they would keep hold of Slot and make a decision in the summer, don't know if I think that's the correct move but again I'm not getting paid the big bucks to make those decisions.
I think for us all if we could see some better more progressive footy and better results, I think we would all happily mutually part ways in the summer and say thanks to Arne for the league title but move onto something new.
More focus for me would be on Hughes who also seems slightly out of his depth and as a few people have alluded too, might not be as good as he is made out to be.
Interesting times ahead for the reds, let's hope we can knick a UCL win, who knows… crazier things have happened! 😂.
19 Jan 2026 16:02:01
Unless of course we continue to play dross football and fail to win games, like we have been doing. Keeping him longer than necessary, could do more harm than good.
19 Jan 2026 16:19:50
Cheers, Thefields.
For the record, a mutual parting having dropped out of the CL places will not be beneficial for the club or the supporters - the customers.
Dropping out of the CL in 23/ 24 would have been an expensive shock for the club's revenues.
Then after re-qualifying for 24/ 25, we got unlucky drawing the eventual winners in the R16.
And now we're gambling with potentially not even making it to the R16 this year and the possibility of not qualifying for next season's competition.
If all true, the sporting hiearchy's judgement has to be called into question. All for what? Potentially being compared to United or Chelsea? It's not remotely similar!
19 Jan 2026 16:26:51
Fields will that change if results don't pick up and we drop out off the top 5.
I think the club are taking a massive gamble because we have just had the easiest run you could hope for and still dropping points against the weakest teams in the league.
19 Jan 2026 16:30:46
Hopefully we're still in the top four by the time that happens.
19 Jan 2026 16:31:53
I feel as if they are getting their ducks in order with regards to Alonso so we have a ready made replacement good to go for when Slot leaves.
I say "when" and not "if" because it seems inevitable now.
I can only see Slot lasting until the summer if he manages to keep his head above the water with regards to results, staying firmly in the top 4 and also keeping the fans onside.
I reckon he's probably only a couple of losses or bad draws away now though, crowds beginning to turn and he's not going in the right direction. If he wants to stay until the summer he's going to have to start winning and playing well.
So I reckon we will see Alonso sooner rather than later because I can't see Slot getting a tune out of this squad of superstars and the boos will soon be deafening.
19 Jan 2026 16:39:20
Makes sense.
Cheers.
19 Jan 2026 16:46:06
Youre breaking ma heart mate. Honestly don't know how I am suppose to go on like this until the summer. But thanks for the clarification despite it being devastating.
19 Jan 2026 17:45:24
We could easily go out on a high with Arne and use it more a celebration on what he's achieved winning us the premier league
But he just can't get a tune out of this group of players anymore, we look like the slowest Team in the entire world.
I Can't actually believe it. It's an enigma. Why Isit seemingly impossible to play slightly quicker and excite the fans. We could seriously end it happy and joyous, but it'll end in tears and disappointment because he won't simply adapt to the Squad.
19 Jan 2026 17:46:59
Maybe the fact Slot hasn't moved his family here alludes to something. Rafa did, Klopp did, the fact he hasn't makes me think it was always a short term thing for him or he wasn't fully committed.
19 Jan 2026 18:03:50
Its a big gamble leaving it till the summer with how the performances are going we're lucky that its a poor season all round for most teams to still be in with a chance for top 4. Could that be the reason they club never looked to bring heitinga back, knowing more then likely having to pay him off once the change in manager happens.
19 Jan 2026 18:07:02
I don't see that having a manager who knows he's soon to be the ex is good for the club. If Alonso isn't available until the summer, bring in someone who can fire up the crowd and the players until he is.
19 Jan 2026 18:32:51
Like who?, a new manager will want to change style, tactics etc and rhay is more likely to cause us to lose matches as players try and adapt. Better stay with what we have and hope Villa implode.
19 Jan 2026 19:01:29
No idea but unless this guy changes tack CL next season is up in the air. We've just come through a run of "winnable" games and been found wanting. We should have daylight in 4th but we don't. The run of fixtures through the end of February is on paper much more challenging.
19 Jan 2026 19:07:22
I simply do not understand this narrative that Slot knows he's gone unless things improve or is gone in the summer. It's been spun for weeks, we have been dreadful now for months, and nothing is or has changed.
Just bullet him and either wait until the summer for a new permanent manager or get someone in now who can get a tune out of a team of superstars and play something resembling attacking football.
If he has the backing of 'the board' then it is them I'm really worried about….
19 Jan 2026 19:22:19
Hello all,
Fields has summed it up perfectly and better than I would have.
I couldn't give timeframes etc as I didn't have that information.
However, hearing what I've heard now this falls directly in line with what's happening.
Ta.
19 Jan 2026 19:25:25
Thanks for the info TheFields and others who have contributed towards this discussion, always appreciated.
The thing I find totally Mad is, how on earth do we all know that Xabi has agreed to join Liverpool at the end of the season when there is still a current Liverpool manager in charge?
You would think that out of respect of the current manager, these conversations would be EXTREMELY private with literally only a handful of top brass knowing about the next steps.
Unless Slot is very open and knows already he is 100% leaving at the end of the season (or earlier) pending the next few weeks/ months. Which i'm honestly not sure (in his mind at least) is the case.
19 Jan 2026 19:37:34
I can't imagine Slot is not aware either through leaks or convos w the club. Hope he doesn't drop the pack and his bonuses will make sure he doesn't.
19 Jan 2026 19:49:02
Well this is depressing, before you all bury me for being negative….
• 25 games of less than entertaining football
• still desperately short at the back/ vulnerable
• seemingly dysfunctional decision-makers
• UCL qualification absolutely not guaranteed
• further disgruntlement amongst players
• and the big one…
… all of of our ITKs thought Semenyo and Guehi were nailed on, the latter had even 'given his word' apparently, so I really see so no reason to be excited at the moment.
Xabi's, a definite maybe as it stands.
To go from league winners and spend several hundred million, to get to this stage in a few months takes something quite special.
19 Jan 2026 20:38:26
I don't see anything sus about slot's family not moving. Clearly he and his wife made a decision that it was what was best for the kids and her. Unless you are suggesting he should have forced her to move? And flying back regularly is a good thing - maybe Slot wants to see them and not end up divorced? Suggests to me he really did want the job and has tried to work a compromise that would enable it to happen.
19 Jan 2026 20:47:48
FS totally agree. Epic waste of a season.
19 Jan 2026 21:05:51
I think some of you either didn't read my post properly or understand it 😂. Alonso is taking a break and won't agree fully to take over, whilst Slot is still in charge. That simple 😂.
IMO. Slot will have heard the rumours no doubt, he also knows he's not been good enough and lucky to have survived this far. He may even be surprised he hasn't been sacked. You can tell by the way he is, things are worryng him. Plus the results and style of play. that's why you hear the club say they are backing him. Has Henry been chatting to Xabi like he did Jurgen and not those in charge on a day to day? Who knows eh 😂.
20 Jan 2026 01:16:34
Thanks, fields. Not exactly what I want to hear but it is what it is - something is telling me he won't last until the summer but maybe that's wishful thinking lol.
20 Jan 2026 02:33:23
The divorce is inevitable. The club is already eyeing up other talent and maybe losing a few pounds in the process metaphorically speaking. Timing TBD but another bad run could result in a quicker parting of ways and subsequent new flame.
20 Jan 2026 03:41:12
Salah, I think he's one more bad run from the heave ho. Surely if 4th is looking skosh then the club has to act. I'm not hopeful looking at our fixtures between this weekend and the end of Feb.
And in a WC year coupled with players wanting to leave, I can't see them going all out for the club if they haven't so far. United look as tho they can steal a march on us with the new manager bump and players willing to fight for the cause.
19 Jan 2026 15:15:56
Hi all,
Figured I'd give you all another update based off what I've heard.
To my knowledge, talks with Xabi Alonso have been positive and all parties are seemingly aligned on a move. I'm not saying it's a done deal, but I've just heard positive things. It could very well be sealed, Carra seems to be a bit closer to the action and it's in line with what I'm hearing.
However, I hear it won't be until the summer. Xabi wants a pre season, the club wants a pre season, and the feeling is the best chance of top 4 qualification is by keeping Slot here. Whether or not I agree with that is a different question.
I'm officially going to take a back peddle on any future contract discussions regarding players because I've had enough. I hate agents and I hate negotiation processes. So difficult to pin point who is signing when and for how long because talks are always stalling and moving and stalling and moving, but with that being said I'm still extremely confident about Szoboszlai re signing.
Regarding the January window, my information is that the lack of signings has nothing to do with a change of manager. The club just don't see any "market opportunities" at the moment and will not spend unless one arises.
Lastly, Curtis Jones in no reality will be going to Tottenham. Slot rates him highly, as does Xabi.
19 Jan 2026 15:50:13
Happy days, makes sense I suppose but a downturn in form again and it wouldn't be a surprise if those plans maybe moved forward or an interim came in.
19 Jan 2026 16:21:46
With the World Cup on this summer, there'll hardly be any preseason at all, so that excuse is for the birds quite frankly.
Better to start implementing the foundations now.
19 Jan 2026 19:56:51
If the best chance of top 4 is keeping Arne why are they considering swapping him out for Xabi. That would mean Arne had won a prem, and qualified for CL twice. If Xabi rates Curtis that's a worry, he's ok as a squad player that's all.
19 Jan 2026 21:47:58
100% agree FPF. Xabi starting now would be ideal in terms of him getting enough time to implement things before next season.
Plus, I think we can all see a change is needed. players and fans all seem desperate for some sort of change.
With our current form, in what was a fairly winnable run of games, shows a real possibility of missing out on top 4.
20 Jan 2026 16:34:51
VG, I know your pain dealing with agents and reps. The worse ones are family members acting as agents, far too much hassle because they think they are always right and are very stubborn when it comes to negotiations.