Liverpool Banter 2

20 Aug 2026 08:09:49
Just spoke to my mate who I know who is involved in Scandinavia. He said flat pack furniture is alright but don’t expect it to last. Also the meatballs in gravy is a proper tradition and it would be good if we could merge it with British food so you can have Yorkshire puddings with it.

Said that’s a great idea, everyone loves Yorkshire puddings. Nothing to add on the transfer front, he doesn’t even like football so I didn’t bother asking. He started singing The Winner Takes it All by Abba and then walked off.

Number 21 pending? Read into that what you will.

20 Aug 2026 08:45:51
Why do Swedish battleships have barcodes on their hulls?

So they can Scan-di-navi-in.

I'll get my coat.

20 Aug 2026 09:03:14
MK, Stick to detailed player analysis, you're bloody good at that! x

20 Aug 2026 09:39:56
MK, just told my Yorkshire mate your joke. He said "nor-way that's a good one".

20 Aug 2026 10:56:25
A giant Yorkshire filled with Scandi meatballs, gravy and that lovely berry sauce, I'm all for it.

20 Aug 2026 07:20:03
Hopefully we can get Barcola over the line and then keep Gakpo or sell and get another attacker in.

With Jones going, I know Nyoni is likely to step up but if not I would still like to see a CM come in as I can see Szob being deployed at RB in a few weeks time.


Hopefully what thefields was saying comes to fruition (thanks for the info btw).



Anyway, excited for the season and for 11 men I’ve never met to decide if my weekends are going to be good or bad.

Also not doing fantasy football this year, a stress I can’t be arsed with this year ha!

20 Aug 2026 08:00:02
A CM won't be coming without a major sale. The hope was someone delude to dump a lot of cash for Macca.
Let's hope we sign two wingers at least.

20 Aug 2026 08:00:34
Can't see AI putting Szobs at RB, he's the engine needed for the intensity in the middle. Plus, we've just signed Araujo to likely cover the RB position.

20 Aug 2026 08:21:19
Does anyone know when Gomez is due back?

He'll be like a new signing.

20 Aug 2026 08:32:52
I am just waiting for the new season to start. I don't care about the signings. Give me some good football, some youth players shining, and I am set for the season.

20 Aug 2026 08:39:22
Pretty sure AI has come out and said I will not be putting Szobo at RB ever.

20 Aug 2026 08:40:06
Lol Jk. 😂😂😂😂. We won't be seeing "Curtis Jones like a new signing" anymore.

20 Aug 2026 09:11:04
JK, he's hopefully due back sometime in November, but he'll only show his face briefly because he likes an extended break over Christmas New Year period. He doesn't like to push things. He will then grace us with his company sometime in March, before another extended break over the Easter festivities, culminating in him blessing us with his presence on the last game of the season, where he will be assisted by his carers on his final lap of the pitch.

20 Aug 2026 10:36:38
You probably won't be far off the mark there, Rome.

20 Aug 2026 02:48:04
Somebody asked yesterday what Gavi might cost. I asked to see if anyone could give me a ball park and was told €70m - but Barca are shocking negotiators so imagine that's just a starting point.

20 Aug 2026 07:24:07
I think his injuries would have significantly decreased his value now, especially for a player that supposedly isn't that happy where he is and isn't a 1st choice starter anymore.

20 Aug 2026 07:31:41
I mean, if we're that desperate for an injury prone hospital case, Arthur Melo has been released by Juve; we can just save ourselves the transfer fee to fill up that space in the treatment room.

20 Aug 2026 07:26:24
Who did you ask?

20 Aug 2026 07:46:30
Didn't Melon go on to play regularly since he left us? I know he had a loan at someone like Fiorentina the season after us and was supposedly doing well and playing regularly.

20 Aug 2026 08:02:05
Again, looking at the wrong player/profile. He would be ripped apart in EPL.

20 Aug 2026 08:19:42
Morning all. Thanks for the updates, Nevada. How are you doing these days?

20 Aug 2026 14:08:35
VV, plus Arthur knows Gomez well so they can keep each other company on the treatment tables.

20 Aug 2026 02:40:29
My posts have had some success from the itk. I know who is involved in Scandinavia is expecting Barcola, a mid who ‘may be’ from Bournemouth. No RB, which surprises me, and a RW, but will be a cheap one in today’s money.

Trouble when you know someone is, they hear snippets and a lot of deals never go ahead as the transfer dance has many a handbag to trip over. You post a rumour but easily shot down.

Bowen could be a surprise experienced back up as Miner, etc.

wouldn’t be disappointed with him for £30m.

Some far more successful than most, VG, Fields, Robbo and Carra, but I think they are keeping powder dry until more certainty as a result of hassle … It’s a rumour site and should be enjoyed and debated as such.

My view on Iraola is nice 5 games to get fitness right for his style before we play Marescas muppets. I have money on him first in the sack race.

{Ed078's Note - over to you folks...

20 Aug 2026 06:59:10
What on earth have I just tried to read?

20 Aug 2026 07:18:19
Nice @78 brought a smile to my face.

{Ed078's Note - here to serve

20 Aug 2026 07:18:48
He forgot to sign off, Shakered, Aged 8 from Manchester.

20 Aug 2026 07:15:00
Thanks pal, must have been difficult to type this while wearing a straight jacket

{Ed025's Note - love it BJ..

20 Aug 2026 07:25:41
I think you shot yourself down on this one.

20 Aug 2026 07:41:26
It's too early for this, my brain can't decipher this until I've had my Weetabix.

20 Aug 2026 07:49:40
I've forwarded this on to GCHQ to encrypt.

20 Aug 2026 08:00:04
Just read this and pulled a hamstring. That's me out of the Newcastle game as well.

20 Aug 2026 08:21:33
I remember the band Men Without Hats had a song called Safety Dance. Is Transfer Dance a single by another band called Men With Handbags. 😂

20 Aug 2026 08:27:14
I read it just fine. Let's stop with the sarky responses. It's a rumours and banter site. Been here for many years and I'm getting a bit fed up of all this snarky crap. It's causing genuine ITKs to take a break from it all. If the rest of us stop reading too - you'll all be left to snap at each other.

20 Aug 2026 08:39:27
Listen, RedTed,.... I'm just surprised that some haven't been posting sparky responses to their own posts, then again... give them time!

20 Aug 2026 08:39:41
Ted, it's called humour. Scousers are good at it.

It's not that which keeps genuine ITKs away, it's attention seeking losers who post random bs that deservedly gets the treatment it deserves. That fosters an environment of distrust which leads to real info getting tarnished with the same brush.



I love a proper rumour but not the clearly obvious attempts from people to look important but I also love the Banter.

20 Aug 2026 08:39:48
Ted, I think you may be in the wrong section here. I'm sure at the top of the page it says banter. I think you should look up said definition... If you want a safe space, go to Sky News, or if you just want straight rumours, go to the rumours page. I'm here for a bit of fun.

20 Aug 2026 08:58:18
I am Scouse, love banter, and expect to receive it. I wasn't disappointed. Maybe the weeks of reading bitching replies have gotten to me. I'd take a break from the site too, but it's reserved for ITKs and I'm an IKFA.

20 Aug 2026 09:29:41
RedTed, would you be a good Samaritan and translate for us :D It's all in good humour, I think, nothing disrespectful in this thread.



Everyone has the right to share views on the site, and we can just scroll past if we don't agree, but you should also expect your claims to be scrutinised if you post them online, or do we have to accept everything posted here as gospel without ever questioning anything?

20 Aug 2026 10:42:38
Bowen as experienced back up Miner?
What about Coal Palmer too?
Maybe Koke from Atletico Madrid?

20 Aug 2026 09:22:01
Ed025, did you mean to say "Love it, BJ" or "Love a BJ"?

Asking for a friend.

{Ed025's Note - i do love my Blue jeans Zed.. :)

20 Aug 2026 11:27:02
Coal Palmer? Perhaps we could get Granite Xhaka as well. Just hope they don't get slated.

20 Aug 2026 11:53:47
Your puns are the pits, Chicken.
Mine were better.

20 Aug 2026 00:37:56
A phone call between officials from Liverpool & Paris in the last 25 minutes ended with the words...

"Fantastique, I'm very happy that we've finally reached an agreement. It'll be nice to meet up during the season, maybe in the Champions League." #LFC

The firmBL_.

{Ed078's Note - tempted to put this on the rumours page, but might be best here.

20 Aug 2026 08:23:03
I can almost smell the finger licking chicken. 🍗

20 Aug 2026 00:37:45
Macca and Elliott should be sold after Jones also goes to Inter.
McConnell should be loaned to a Championship team for experience.
The club should UK lad be looking to buy two midfielders with Sadiki and Kone my choices.

20 Aug 2026 07:04:40
Both got no takers, unfortunately. Elliot, at best, might fetch a loan with no obligations.

20 Aug 2026 07:36:15
This pre season was key for Elliot to either get his LFC career back on track or put himself in the shop window.

Obviously, no one can comment on how he's done in training, but from seeing his physical condition, performances, no links to a move and the fact he wasn't involved in Anfield on Sunday night suggests it's not gone great for the lad.

He's basically a fan living his dream playing for his boyhood club, but personally, I think for his own career he needs a move away to get his career back on track.



In the last 2 seasons he's started 3 PL games and 1 CL game.

Actually, between Endo, Chiesa & Elliot, our 3 senior squad players, they've started a combined 7 PL and 3 CL games between them in the last 2 years, at a cost of around 30 mill in wages.

20 Aug 2026 08:02:31
Elliot came back early to get ready for the season but can't see what he has done, unless it was to rival Joey Chester in the hot dog eating contest, he looks so out of shape unless it's a round.

You would think he would be working so hard to impress AI or at least put himself in the window for a move.

20 Aug 2026 11:25:22
Money well spent @JK. 😳

19 Aug 2026 23:58:09
City, Man Utd and Chelsea are all looking at Manu Kone. Definitely an upgrade on Jones Gravy and Macca going by their last few games for us last year.

20 Aug 2026 01:35:05
I like him, and he wouldn't break the bank, but we don't seem to be going for that kind of player, weirdly.

20 Aug 2026 02:48:25
Kone is good, but we aren't buying that type.
We should have moved for Sadiki, but won't happen now, maybe Camara will come in?
Don't see Wharton joining, Palace are ball bags and would demand north of £80m for him.

20 Aug 2026 04:23:54
A while back, before he signed for City, were we not interested in Marmoush? Now that he seems surplus to requirements, would he not be worth a punt?

20 Aug 2026 05:45:09
What type? We aren't signing any midfielder for that matter. Endo and kids to cover!!!

20 Aug 2026 07:21:57
"Palace are ball bags", a term first penned by Shakespeare in his play Much Ado About Nothing.

20 Aug 2026 08:06:04
How do we know we won’t buy a midfielder? The Fields has said we will.
It might just not be the midfielder people want, but maybe AI knows what player he wants.

19 Aug 2026 23:32:13
I've told you the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Gakpo isn't leaving now so Barcola deal is off.

Expect Mbaye for 40 million if PSG accept and nothing more.

The Truth. Fact.

19 Aug 2026 23:59:15
You muppet. Fact

20 Aug 2026 00:02:15
Yay! Truther is back. My only trusted ITK.

Ram that truth down our throats! And we'll take it if we know what's good for us.

20 Aug 2026 00:10:36
Can't argue facts, Dr. Fact.

20 Aug 2026 00:57:32
When I was a teen I tried to sneak into pubs and cop off with girls. Now it seems to be they enjoy humiliating themselves, times change I guess 😂

20 Aug 2026 07:23:16
"It's life, Jim, but not as we know it."

20 Aug 2026 10:39:27
The truth is out there.

19 Aug 2026 23:15:30
Too be competitive this season we absolutely need another rightback to challenge Frimpong, in midfield definitely someone who won't get bullied and can dictate (Wharton) is a necessity. Attack we need a right winger who specialises in that position and bet ya bottom dollar Isak will get injured, so cover for him is imperative. Richard Hughes better be on job theses next 10 days.

20 Aug 2026 01:40:21
How will Wharton not get bullied?

He's no better (in that aspect) than the midfielders we already have. In VV's words, "he's another soft lad".

If we want someone to not get bullied/more steel in midfield, we need to be going for someone like Kone (Roma), Camara (Monaco) or Sadiki (Sunderland).

20 Aug 2026 05:46:22
Agree, and I would have taken Baleba, @Greg.

20 Aug 2026 06:46:28
Not sure on Baleba but totally agree with @Gregarious on those three.