Liverpool Transfer Rumours

10 Jun 2026 17:15:14
Addition for the Desperate Scouse Wives series?

I have a large client base business and today I have learnt that one of my clients is a cousin of a playing Liverpool first teamer.
Obviously intrigued by this, I asked if they knew any rumours? They offered up that Curtis Jones deal to Milan was almost done, except the change of management had given Curtis cold feet on the move. But he's getting quite a bit of pushback from his fiancé, who wants to live in the fashion capital Milan. She thinks it's the perfect place to help with her modelling and plans of opening her own fashion boutique there, we're already in motion. Curtis is caught between a rock and a hard place on what the right thing to do is.
The other rumour they offered up was TAA regretting his move and seeking a return to Liverpool.

Nice new contact but won't often see them, as it's a monthly arrangement for the client and our paths don't always cross each time.

Over and out.

10 Jun 2026 17:27:50
Arnold soiled his pants and now he can sit in them. Don't want that rat back.

10 Jun 2026 17:51:06
Love it, top rumour. Invite her for lunch.

10 Jun 2026 17:52:49
Love it, old-school rumour. Hope Curtis does what's best for him. The missus doesn't need to be in Milan, she wants to be in Milan. I hope he stays, Iraola could definitely improve him.

I doubt very much that Trent is genuinely looking for a move back.

10 Jun 2026 17:56:09
I think we all agree that we need to purchase a right back. With this in mind, would Trent be a viable option? Forget the circumstances around him leaving for Real. Is he good enough for Liverpool? Purely on a football basis.

10 Jun 2026 18:07:55
Of course he's good enough, Gaga, but I doubt the club are gonna pay the £50-60m Real would want after he went for a song. Personally, I wouldn't take him back. It's not the fact he fancied a new challenge, it's the way he went about it that doesn't sit with me.

10 Jun 2026 18:10:25
Curtis' fiance is a model? I wonder what attracted her to the millionaire footballer...?

10 Jun 2026 18:59:16
Gaga, if you want to pay £60m for somebody who intentionally ran down his contract to leave on a free, in his prime, you can do it out of your own pocket, mate.

10 Jun 2026 19:03:47
They've been together for eight years and he was hardly a millionaire at that age, was he?

10 Jun 2026 19:09:41
Chewy, we didn't pay a fee for him, and he gave us almost a decade of sublime football. He won't return as it would be so toxic, but we are shooting ourselves in the foot if we let him go to City or Chelsea.



He is possibly our best right back of all time. That cheeky corner vs Barcelona just sums him up to me. A proper scallywag, and always came across as a really nice lad.

10 Jun 2026 19:18:43
Doesn't matter to me that we didn't pay for him. I doubt a kid who came through at Madrid and became a global star at the club would not do that to them to get a move to us. Nor would it happen at any of the top sides. Was he not confident enough that they'd want him if they had to pay us the market value? Like duck he was, he knew the only way they wanted him is if he was free. That's just my opinion. I know others think differently and I know other players will leave on frees like Ibou recently, but their tagline wasn't "this means more" for years.

10 Jun 2026 19:40:52
Is The Lid taken on the new role of "Banter Police"?

Seems to be shutting any banter down very promptly.

Smile mate, it's just a funny website.

10 Jun 2026 14:11:28
Romano has given the "here we go" for Kenny Squirrel to join Leverkusen for €9m.

10 Jun 2026 14:28:23
Is that the son of Sandy Cheeks from Bikini Bottom?

10 Jun 2026 14:45:48
You're barking up the wrong tree, with this one!

10 Jun 2026 14:55:33
Bayernspace says that there is a release clause for Liverpool that activates when he's 19.

10 Jun 2026 15:07:33
What the hell are we talking about?

10 Jun 2026 15:14:01
How old is 18 in squirrel years?

10 Jun 2026 15:17:54
We'll have to make sure we squirrel some money away for when he turns 19.

10 Jun 2026 15:18:58
88 Rigsby.

10 Jun 2026 15:49:55
German for squirrel, I believe.
Good one!

10 Jun 2026 15:52:55
Man of Todd

Kennet Eichorn translates to Kenny Squirell. 😀

10 Jun 2026 16:59:17
This is just nuts.

10 Jun 2026 17:06:13
Romano should have stayed in TJ Hooker.

10 Jun 2026 17:29:06
It's about time he made up his mind.
Kenny can't be sitting on the fence forever.
He kept it quiet about Leverkusen as well.
He must be a secret squirrel.

10 Jun 2026 17:55:04
Haha, thanks Liver_la, that is funny!

10 Jun 2026 14:11:28
Romano has given the "here we go" for Kenny Squirrel to join Leverkusen for €9m.

10 Jun 2026 14:37:44
That's nuts.

10 Jun 2026 15:10:59
So he could still be a Red Squirell.

10 Jun 2026 13:39:03
Xavier Parker kiddy from Man City we have poached will sign next month.

10 Jun 2026 14:22:41
Apparently, Man City are fuming, as they see him as an elite talent. He's a 16-year-old AM likened to Eberechi Eze in style, and he has also captained England at U16s level. Some are saying this is as big of a coup as when we took Rio Ngumoha from Chelsea. Parker is allegedly a Liverpool fan and desperate to make the move.

10 Jun 2026 15:16:40
I believe Lady Penelope is fuming too.
She'll have to sell the pink Roller and get the bus.

10 Jun 2026 15:20:52
You're on fire today, Rigsby. You must be getting an extra touch off Miss Jones. 😉

10 Jun 2026 15:56:22
Love these kind of signings. With Parker, Eden, Abe and Rio, we would have some outstanding young English talents at the club. Doesn't seem right England heading off to the WC without a single LFC player in the ranks. Won't go out of my way to watch them now as much as I would have when Stevie or Trent was in the squad.

10 Jun 2026 17:32:06
Thanks, Barry.
Recently she said I can call her Ruth.
You might need to buy a hat, mate.

10 Jun 2026 11:49:21
Hi all,

Liverpool have enquired again about Warren Zaire Emery recently.

He is hugely admired by Edwards. It’s believed that PSG plan on keeping him but if agent tittle tattle is true, the player may like the idea of the move.

10 Jun 2026 12:15:59
Think that would be a very good signing - I heard talk that he was one of a few, including Zabarnyi, offered to clubs as surplus - I would take them both if true. 🤞🏻

10 Jun 2026 12:33:29
Always liked the look of Zaire Emery. With the right coaching he could be the next midfield star from France...

And, born in Mar 2006, he would qualify as U21 for 26-27 and 27-28, so no need to worry about our non-HG spots.

10 Jun 2026 12:41:15
That would be some signing. It would surprise me if PSG let him go.

10 Jun 2026 12:49:05
Much prefer him to Barcola if we sent PSG money.

10 Jun 2026 12:57:31
Very good player who can play across all midfield positions, plus he also covered right back when Hakimi was out injured... Would love us to sign him but can't see PSG letting him go.

10 Jun 2026 13:24:29
Would be a nice signing but very little chance I think.

10 Jun 2026 13:37:02
Played 54 times for PSG this year. Doesn't seem like someone they want to move on.

10 Jun 2026 13:50:34
Dream MF signing. Get rid of Macca and go all out for this kid.

10 Jun 2026 13:56:36
Great player, but of what we need.
We need a DM.
What's our midfield 3 then? Szob, Emery and Wirtz?
No thanks.
Give me Sangare, Szob and Wirtz.

10 Jun 2026 13:36:45
I like Emery.oooh you are awful.but I like youuu.
Care for another crumpet vicar.
I done it again dad haven't I.
Ohhh hello honky tonk.
Oh no.wrong Emery

10 Jun 2026 14:11:16
Robby, don't be a Dick, or we'll all get Board ;-).

10 Jun 2026 14:32:14
Ya wanna put that down on paper.

10 Jun 2026 14:48:30
Wze is absolutely class, can do the lot. Would love us to buy him but can't see it sadly.

Appreciate the rumour though, Victor.

10 Jun 2026 19:19:46
I looked into this earlier and the player himself is said to dream about staying at PSG for all his career.

10 Jun 2026 11:04:01
@Ed001 Do we have a shortlist of names of centre backs we're considering? Is Joel Ordóñez one?

{Ed001's Note - as far as I am aware, a centre-back is not seen as a priority right now. Though Ordonez is one of the ones at the top of the list for if it becomes a priority. We did bring in 3 last season, I know young and inexperienced, but Iraola's strength is working with players and making them better. If Gomez leaves, then a centre-back would become a priority.}

10 Jun 2026 12:19:17
Leoni, Jacquet and who else Ed mate? Can't find the other one?

{Ed001's Note - Ndiaye.}

10 Jun 2026 12:42:35
And another kid same age as Ndiaye from Austria.

10 Jun 2026 13:22:59
Ndukwe, huge lad.

10 Jun 2026 13:50:45
That's right, yeah, Ifeanyi Ndukwe. Made his senior debut last month in stoppage time and won 100% of his 1 headed duels.
We've also got Wellity Lucky & Amara Nallo, but it's probably time for them to go on loan.
Is Luke Chambers' contract up this summer or does he have another year?
Best of luck to Rhys Williams in the rest of his career!

10 Jun 2026 12:32:04
That's really good to hear in my opinion Ed001. Iraola got a very young partnership of Huijsen and Zabarnyi looking like an experienced Premier League duo. Giovanni Leoni (19), Jeremy Jacquet (20), Mor Talla Ndiaye (18), Ifeanyi Ndukwe (18) and Noah Adekoya (19) have all been signed in the last 12 months. We've spent approximately £100m on those 5 CB's so we can't just not use them because they're young.

When you then also consider Will Wright (18), Rio Ngumoha (17), Trey Nyoni (18), Milos Kerkez (22), Florian Wirtz (23), Armin Pecsi (21), Ekitike (23), James McConnell (21), Connor Bradley (22), Stefan Bajcetic (21), Owen Beck (23), Alvin Ayman (18), Samuel Martinez (17), Josh Sonni-Lambie (18) and hopefully soon Yan Diomande (19) will have all been signed in recent years, it's clear we're working on a serious long term plan.

On top of that we've brought players through the ranks from as young as 6-9 years old such as Joshua Abe (15), Kieran Morrison (19), Lewis Koumas (20), Luke Chambers (21), Joe Upton (18) and Jayden Danns (20) who hopefully can finally start to push on.

Iraola will definitely have been given the remit to start making use of all this top young talent we've prioritised signing/developing. Of course there is absolutely no chance they all succeed and have long careers here, but I'm certain Iraola has been appointed in no small part due to his incredible record at Bournemouth of making use of and coaching younger players.

10 Jun 2026 13:08:42
A right back would pretty much be my top priority this window, that position absolutely killed us last season in my opinion. Do you see is getting someone in there ed or are they looking for AI to develop the youth?

10 Jun 2026 14:34:15
Apparently we are "scouring the market" for a right back.

10 Jun 2026 14:53:37
The only position that "killed" us last season was the head coach. And thankfully we have replaced him ;)

Jokes aside, I do agree that RB is a priority position that we should look to strengthen. We don't have anyone from our youths who look remotely close to stepping up while Bradley recovers from his injury.

Tbh, I think we should look to replace him entirely.

RW is another priority though, but hopefully Diomande would be the one to fill that gap.

10 Jun 2026 16:28:13
Dracred,
Even when he recovers, Bradley won't be the answer.

10 Jun 2026 06:32:33
Just a note - Konate signed at Madrid for £400k a week (ish) that doesn't include bonuses, which will also be substantial

This is why negotiations broke down.

10 Jun 2026 06:56:16
No transfer so that's why they can pay more.
I wonder how much Sobs has been offered by them.

10 Jun 2026 07:03:54
How is this free transfer, big wages / signing on bonus, making Real Madrid's finances look? Better than transfer fee and lower wages?

10 Jun 2026 07:16:44
Thanks Nevada, your information is always appreciated. I'm not sure Konate would be a good fit for Iraola anyway. Maybe it's for the best we didn't offer him silly wages.

10 Jun 2026 07:27:38
Crazy money for an average defender.

10 Jun 2026 08:15:23
Offered to him over a year ago.

10 Jun 2026 08:28:12
Kopcat, this is what boils my p*** with both Madrid and players, it's disgusting if they are doing this, and worse, players stringing clubs along by pretending to be considering signing a contract.

10 Jun 2026 08:30:38
He's a French International and a Premier League winner so I understand why he would feel he's worth those wages, but how anyone could watch him last season and think the same is beyond me.

10 Jun 2026 08:41:24
Ed1, is a club instructing a player to wind down their contract so they can join for free with big wages a loop-hole in the tapping up rule?
Is it even considered tapping up?

{Ed001's Note - if it could be proven they had done so, then it would be tapping up.}

10 Jun 2026 08:58:21
Regardless of the wages etc, I'm delighted he's gone.

10 Jun 2026 09:24:58
A player ending his contract and moving on is perfectly in his right. If they are stringing the club along, pretending they are going to sign a new contract when they've already had their head turned, then surely the onus is on the club to see through that. If negotiations are going on for years, surely that's a pretty strong signal?

10 Jun 2026 09:33:09
Not a lot you can do if a player wants to run down his contract. You can't make him sign a new contract, you can't make him accept a transfer... and at the end of the day, he is fulfilling his contract to the club. The power is with the players nowadays.

10 Jun 2026 09:45:03
This is the new contract the Club is prepared to offer you. It's non-negotiable... If it's not acceptable, we can talk about a transfer.
Simples!

10 Jun 2026 09:53:43
While I agree he was woeful this year, I think the lad struggled with losing Jota and his dad more than most. We didn't give him a send off because he thought he was staying only for the big Madrid offer to come in.

I dunno, just saying all my disappointment is directed at Real's business model, not at the kid who was huge for us a couple years ago.

10 Jun 2026 09:57:56
The way forward is if the player isn’t signing the contract, sign their replacement in the summer before their last year, and give them an option: either accept a transfer or become bench fodder for the next season while they run their contract down.

10 Jun 2026 10:15:02
On the financial side, it probably doesn't make a massive difference to their outlay. Player wise, though, being able to offer a higher salary is obviously more attractive. Less helpful if the player doesn't work out, mind. If Konate plays for them as he has been for us, then that's one they will regret.

10 Jun 2026 10:16:43
For me, the concern will be if the players are not giving 100% in their last season either because their heart isn't in it anymore or they are protecting themselves from injury before moving to their new club.
Maybe Konate's poor form this season was also partly that he knew he was going and wasn't giving 100% because of that.

10 Jun 2026 10:14:18
He has been useless this season gone as in his head he'd already moved to madrid and couldn't be a☆☆☆ed

10 Jun 2026 10:19:44
He's their 400k problem now. So I'm not upset.

10 Jun 2026 10:35:36
I don't believe 'negotiations broke down'. I think he was stringing us along the whole time.

10 Jun 2026 10:35:49
That model doesn't work, @Vik (see Gareth Bale's final year playing golf and being paid hundreds of thousands a week improving his glove handicap, and Coutinho's bad back and the great big break up with TAA the season before last).

As has been said, if a player stays within the requirements of the contract signed and agreed by the club and the player, then chooses to see oil the contract, the club can't do anything about it.



It's just the way that business works these days. It's the model used by Chelsea with their 25 year contracts.

10 Jun 2026 10:37:38
It does make me laugh how people think you can just force a transfer on someone if they don't sign a contract or, even more funny, is just sit them on the bench.

You can't force someone to leave if they have a contract and don't want to leave, and any manager isn't going to bench a player due to contract negotiations if he thinks he's the best player for a particular position.

Not to mention paying someone hundreds of thousands of pounds a week to not use them just to prove a point.

Madness.

10 Jun 2026 10:39:59
And he'll still be useless at Madrid. He's nowhere near good enough to warrant £400,000 per week... as I'm sure Madrid will find out.

10 Jun 2026 10:46:34
The 'bench fodder' plan is negated by several things:
1) You can only register 25 players, so do you 'not register them' or 'register them and not play them'?
2) What happens if results fall off a cliff and the replacement is out of form?
3) What happens if the replacement gets a season ending injury?

None of these plans are feasible in this competitive reality.

Players have the power, clubs have to find a way of dealing with it. In reality, you need to have a strong youth development but even that is just partial mitigation.

10 Jun 2026 10:53:11
I think what Madrid are doing is going to cause another big change in football globally.

Other big clubs will follow this plan. Why wouldn't they?

That reality being accepted, and the fact that football authorities are clueless and toothless in preventing this, leads to the question 'what will be the end game?'

In my opinion, it will lead to transfer fees collapsing, which will mean higher wages for players.

10 Jun 2026 11:23:05
You've summed it up well, WDW and Ron. The bench them idea doesn't really work, and they won't leave early as the likes of RM won't pay a fee.

This was expected since Bosman, in a way, it's surprising it's taken this long.

The irony is that mid to low experience players with talent are now costing a fortune like Diomande. The economics of all this are going to catch up with us at some point unless we can also start to play the game like RM and others do.

10 Jun 2026 11:56:12
I'd rather have had both Konate & Arnold's roles diminished in the side and been marginalised in the squad, with their replacements on the pitch than let them coast through their final season and negatively affect the team's performance through their lack of effort. Both Arnold and Konate were pretty rotten in their last year.

Again, I think being tough and saying that they'd have the option of leaving sooner (if they want to be able to play regularly), or if they want to sit out their contract, they can do that from the bench or the stands, watching their replacement get the minutes instead.



The example of Bale is a poor one, as he was very much at the end of his career and was being overpaid by Madrid (they'd been trying to get shot of him for a couple of years). Additionally, at 32 he knew his options were limited and would always get picked for Wales regardless of his situation at Madrid.

But a player in his mid twenties isn't going to want to sit a season out on the bench if he has ambition of playing international football. Can you imagine Konate would have been happy sat on the bench all season knowing there was a World Cup coming up? Because I can't.

10 Jun 2026 12:09:47
The World Cup or Euros seem to be a factor which helps players maintain motivation, probably more than playing for the club who pays their wages.

Something's got to give with us, as the current approach isn't working. We're suffering the worst of both worlds at the moment, with poorly performing players running contracts down but still getting paid and played.

10 Jun 2026 12:31:21
I am not entirely sure it sets off a trend. Real and to some extent, Barca, are the only clubs who have the gravitas to do this consistently.

Interestingly, the fact that they choose to do it is probably because they are acutely aware they cannot compete with the spending power of the Premier League.



I am not sure the approach really translates to more clubs. Perhaps Bayern can do this for German players who don't traditionally like to leave Germany.

10 Jun 2026 13:02:30
@Bik, In recent times both Trent and Ibou have played the 'on-going negotiations' card through social media.

If, as suggested in this thread - though granted without any proof to back up the statement - Konate was offered EUR or £ 400k a week last year, if he ran his contract down, then all he has to do is have his reps raise the matter if a new contract from time to time, knowing full well that, after the last match of the season, he would have a dramatic change of heart and move, surprise, surprise, to Real Madrid.

Liverpool flagged that we were / are going to buy the best young talent from around the world, a couple of years ago, and it's no coincidence that with Leoni, .jacquest, and the three young lads they signed in the winter window, they are starting to change the model to something that looks like what Chelsea had been doing for a good while + buy the cream of the crop of youngsters, put them on long term contracts and advertise they are available and the club is open to offers before contract renewal becomes an issue.

Don't forget they banned us from their academy matches when we enticed Rio to leave and City were after Abe recently.

10 Jun 2026 13:10:24
I think Ron is correct, and other clubs will follow suite with this type of recruitment tactics, if nothing else, needing to do it to be competitive with higher salaries from the lack of a transfer fee will be a factor at the highest levels of the game.


Of the risk is that you then get stuck with said players on high salaries if it doesn't work out, and you can't offload them, but then again, clubs wouldn't be tapping players up if they didn't think it would work out.

09 Jun 2026 20:03:38
Trincao of Sporting had been scouted since the club was sure Salah would be leaving.

I think he is the first choice to replace Salah.

It's a very long and convoluted tale how I came by this information bit I think it's pretty solid.

Seems like a good fit, Trincao is hard working wide forward with great first touch, scores goals and has an eye for a pass, also enjoys a nutmeg or two.

Predominantly plays on the right wing but can play on either. Strong with both feet and final bonus - presses very aggressively.

09 Jun 2026 20:22:44
Another floaty number 10 type as opposed to a pacy winger. Played most of his games last year as an attacking centre midfielder aka a number 10.

09 Jun 2026 20:36:08
He can play anywhere across the front three and the 10 position.

09 Jun 2026 20:55:21
Good age and stats plus European experience.

09 Jun 2026 21:00:05
Just read he's signed a new deal in March 2026, so unless there's a buyout which we would have to pay in full (remember the Varela deal), I'd say it doesn't happen.

09 Jun 2026 21:02:36
Already flopped in La Liga and the Premier League, never scored more than 10 league goals playing for a dominant team in a weak league. I'd rather keep Harvey Elliott.

09 Jun 2026 21:03:19
Not sure on this one!

09 Jun 2026 21:06:33
I'm with Vik. He is primarily a 10 and I'd rather sign a specialist winger.

09 Jun 2026 21:26:27
Salah replacement? 🤣

09 Jun 2026 21:45:57
Thanks for the info, Nevada. I was less than impressed with him at Wolves, but he's had many years of development since then.

09 Jun 2026 23:11:32
It worries me that when he played in Premiership before he struggled... hopefully if he does join he's improved massively.

09 Jun 2026 23:23:07
I really like Trincao. But I honestly hope we keep Harvey.

09 Jun 2026 23:26:52
Did Salah not play in the PL and struggle?

10 Jun 2026 00:02:02
Salah then excelled in Serie A, Stuie, Trincao has been fairly mediocre in a weaker league. False equivalence.

10 Jun 2026 06:04:21
Trincao, guys? Genuinely?
Standards absolutely on the floor.
And by the way, Stuie_boy, Salah didn't flop in the PL; he was thrown in the basement by Mourinho despite looking good nearly every time he played - as was De Bruyne.
Too many are stuck in the "74 overall but 97 potential" mindset.

10 Jun 2026 07:51:16
Why another AMC? We have too many soft ones already. Looking at him and his style of play, we have that in Wirtz already. Strange choice, if true, by the club. I mean, maybe let's just get players who are natural in the position we need them to play, and stop trying to be clever and playing mids on the wing.

10 Jun 2026 07:59:47
Although we ideally need two wide players, if we can get Diomande in it takes the pressure off a bit.

Trincao is being talked about as having a £50m buy out so could make sense at that level as a secondary signing given his experience.

Not sure he's got the pace though from what I've seen of him and that's key for any wide players. Semenyo was a big miss.

10 Jun 2026 09:58:25
He's been at Sporting for 4 years and is rarely injured. His goals and assists are good as well. In double figures for both every season, and he's 1.84m, so not lightweight. 75% of his time has been rw, the rest as lw or cf.

10 Jun 2026 10:44:18
Stuie_boy, Lowe1FC is right, Salah didn't struggle, he was barely given an opportunity; he started maybe 5 league games, came on as a sub in another handful, and was shunned. KDB got even less.

10 Jun 2026 11:27:42
Keegans Perm, height is not a guarantee that a player is physically strong. I've not seen Trincao play for Sporting, to be honest, but in the clips I watched last night after this post, he did still look very slight in frame.

09 Jun 2026 18:06:49
Goncalo Ramos was one of two players we apparently watched recently for PSG.
The other was Barcola and not Zabaryni as some have said.
Apparently we have looked at him before and liked him from Klopp's time at the club.

09 Jun 2026 19:51:13
God, please nooooooo. 🙏

09 Jun 2026 22:08:23
I don't see where he fits into our team.
We have Isak and Ekitike. Why would we sign Ramos?

10 Jun 2026 03:49:28
Thing is, Ron, we don't have Ekitike for at least 7-8 months of the coming season. We have Isak who I strongly believe will improve massively, but he is known to struggle for fitness or continuity and needs rest periods.


Danns is also very injury prone and not good enough for me, so if Gakpo is the only alternative to Isak, then I'm already uninspired for the coming season.

10 Jun 2026 06:19:11
What I would also say though is that Barcola would be the better buy for me, I think there is a tremendous player there, just needs to be a consistent starter. Still second in the scoring and assist analysis last season at PSG despite being in the shadow of Kvara.