25 Feb 2026 19:48:01
Cara's update is nice but seriously we need loads of bodies in that Squads short 4/ 5 players now and if you add in this summers rumoured departures (Mo Gakpo konate robbo jones etc ) we ain't bringing in 9/ 10 players are we going to threadbare again?
What's peoples thoughts!
25 Feb 2026 20:16:35
I agree, we are going to need a lot of new players in the summer. I've a feeling there's going to be a clear out.
25 Feb 2026 20:22:03
We'll be fine. We've got the bodies. We just need a coach to get a tune out of them.
25 Feb 2026 20:22:16
Think Konate might stay, which would mean a CB wouldn't be a must. RB for me has to be sorted. LB, I'd either have Robbo or Chambers as the backup. I'd move Endo on and replace him with a Wharton/Endo type player. If no one wants to offer us decent money for Harvey, I'd reintegrate him.
What makes me nervous is the wings; on this season's form, the only one you'd keep would be young Rio. Maybe if Danns managed to stay fit, we could put Hugo out on the left sometimes. So that's a RB, CM and THREE wingers. ? FSG are going to have to get the chequebook out again.
25 Feb 2026 20:22:58
We already have a full squad. The issue is that Slot isn't using them all. So, I can't see why we would add any more players without selling some first.
25 Feb 2026 20:56:01
I hope we don't have that many going. Ideally, the players we bring in are able to come in and compete, not carry the responsibility to lead the team.
25 Feb 2026 21:16:14
I've seen the future. Nobody comes in. But Harvey Elliot returns and it's "like a new signing". Mo Salah gets a new contract worth £1 million a week. And Edwards is sacked. Cody Gakpo now oversees the club operations, whilst also becoming the new pitcher for the Boston Red Sox.
25 Feb 2026 21:22:54
I think we need about 4 players to come into the squad to compete for starting positions. We need a winger, a midfielder or 2 (depending on departures), a CB.
25 Feb 2026 21:25:05
Is Mystic Meg back?
25 Feb 2026 22:07:37
Bit of steel in midfield and speed on the wings, that do for me.
25 Feb 2026 23:00:08
Carra's update didn't mention Chiesa, but is it a given that he is going as well? I would bring Elliot back and integrate him into the squad. He isn't Mo, he isn't Assaidi, but he is a player you need in your squad - first-team experienced, great pro, loves the club, can start or come off the bench.
Not unlike Shaqiri. You need guys like him. Assuming the above, then the front line is Ekitike, Isak and Rio. Woozers, that is a long way removed from the front line we had in 2024/25! I think we will need to bring in 3 new forwards, ideally wingers, maybe 2 if we do bring Harvey back.
26 Feb 2026 00:37:39
Depends entirely on how we need to set up. I agree with the above poster that we do have a good squad, but they are being hindered by the style of play. Gakpo didn't just become a bad player overnight; the tactics don't suit him. Until Szobs' recent patch, he was still our 2nd top scorer.
If Salah and Gakpo do leave, though, we don't necessarily need wingers. You can get width from your fullbacks, like we did with Trent and Robbo when we were at our recent best. Mane and Salah have always been more inside forwards than out-and-out wingers.Priority for me should be a midfield general.
26 Feb 2026 01:24:27
Completely agree with all of that. (In a 4-4-2 diamond).
26 Feb 2026 04:10:05
GK: Ali, Marma, Pecsi, Jarod, Woodman LB: Kerkez, Robbo, Chambers, Beck, Scamlon CB: VVD, Konate, Leoni, Jaquet, Gomez, Nallo (plus the three youngsters we just signed) RB: Bradley, Frimpong, Ramsay MF: Grav, Dom, Macca, Jones, Endo, Nyoni, Ngumoha, Elliot, Morrison, McConnell, Wirtz CF: Gakpo, Chiesa, Mo, Hugo, Isak, Danns Not sure that we are missing 5, to be honest.
We are short of a genuine defender at RB, imo, and we need a CM who can also defend and who isn't afraid to put his foot in. Other than that, I think 3 or 4 replacements maximum to replace players who may leave.
26 Feb 2026 04:24:09
We need bodies. I imagine Mo, Gakpo, Chiesa, and Endo are as good as gone. I can see MacAllister leaving too if he gets the right offer, and possibly Jones. He's looked very frustrated at times. If Slot's here come August, I could see Jones moving on. We've nobody fit at RB; even if Frimpong and Bradley are both fit for the start of the season, they've proven far too unreliable. Starting the season with one fit RB will be throwing it away again. If Dom ends up playing half the season at RB again next season, he'll be off to Madrid on the first flight next summer. So, RW, LW, ST, RB if Gakpo, Salah, and Chiesa are gone; possibly CM and DM, depending on movement.
That's how I think the club will be looking at it, although I have a feeling they won't do anything about RB. I'm not even going to talk about a senior CB because obviously we're allergic to them. It should be a priority, but I'm guessing with Jaquet on his way, Leoni coming back, and the slew of kids we brought in, the club feels otherwise. Personally I want two tricky speed demons for the wings and a monster in the middle of the park, somebody who's seriously dominant in front of the back 4 and can really dictate a game. A reliable RB would be a nice bonus.
26 Feb 2026 05:12:23
West Derby, you've named off a load.Of those players, I'd prob argue 11/12 of them will never be starters, or are just not good enough. You're rattling off names there when you know well that the squad needs more to compete!
26 Feb 2026 07:09:08
I think we just need a winger who can play both sides and a dm. If everything Carra says comes true we will have: Forwards Ekitike, Isak, Diomande, Chiesa, Rio (Frimpong, Szob and Wirtz back up). Midfielders Grav, Wirtz, Szob, Macca, Jones, and whoever else we sign. Defenders Kerkez, Ibou, VVD, Leoni, Jacquet, Bradley, Frimpong (Gomez can cover across back 4, Chambers can also deputise lb).
Goal Ali. Personally would sell Marma and bleed through that youngster who looks good but I cannot remember his name. The biggest weakness is probably the forward positions, maybe needing one more body, depends on whether Chiesa can step up and progress of Rio.
26 Feb 2026 07:49:46
@Jay, I think you are right up to a point, but I think a lot of them will still be here next season and will be the basis of the squad. This year's starting eleven will almost definitely all be there next season, and a bench of Mamar, Gomez, Endo, Nyoni, Ngumoha, Chiesa, and Isak or Hugo will make up the bench.
We are short of a CB and a (D)CM, and whilst the club indicated in last summer's window that it was the start of a 2 or 3-year overhaul, I don't think there will be a massive turnover of players like last summer. Just the way I see it, though, and I might be way off in terms of what the club actually do.
26 Feb 2026 09:08:11
Surely RB is a priority. Bradley is never going to be a starter permanently. Frimpong is also really only cover, and wants to be more up the pitch.
26 Feb 2026 09:32:46
Sadly, Bradley is neither fit enough, nor consistent enough, and, on recent form (before injury), not even good enough to be the starting RB. Also, I am not sure how Frimpong fits into the side, or why Slot and Hughes decided he was a good fit, so yes, RB is a problem area.
26 Feb 2026 09:56:23
Sorry, I actually meant RB not CB.
26 Feb 2026 10:06:59
We are not short of bodies. We have plenty of players, and at least 2 players for every position. What we need is to upgrade some (either due to quality or reliability), and replace some that will potentially leave in the summer.
26 Feb 2026 10:49:18
I think it'll be a massive summer. Potentially, if the player we assume will leave, and factoring in positions that we need to fill as well, 2 CBs if Konate and Gomez go. Left back for Robbo replacement.
Right back - Bradley replacement or someone who can cover. DM. LW Gakpo replacement. RW x2 for Salah and Chiesa. And that's not even considering if McAllister and Jones leave too.
26 Feb 2026 11:09:50
Do we need 5 centrebacks? I've never liked having that many. Some poor sod is going to pick up a nice wage but not kick a ball all season. Don't think they'll buy a LB to replace Robbo either; they may give Chambers or Beck a chance to make that spot their own.
26 Feb 2026 11:12:51
So, would everyone be happy with a transition season? Adding this amount of players would create this issue.
26 Feb 2026 11:23:40
ShipleyKopite, I think we are short in terms of actual options for the first 11, not that we are short of players entirely, squad-wise. So, in midfield, for example, we have players indeed, but we need players suited to play in the type of midfield required in today's PL, that is, those with bite, physicality and athleticism.
The likes of Macca, Jones, and even Grav are not known for possessing enough of these qualities, imo.
26 Feb 2026 11:30:47
We definitely need midfielders. Mac Allister, Jones, Endo could leave, a winger for Salah, but if Bradley n Frimpong can stay fit we're ok there. Konate looks like he is staying. Think we can upgrade on him though.
26 Feb 2026 11:40:14
I agree with Oli. I'm just looking at it from more of a practical squad point of view. We can't just bring players in as the squad is already full (we already had to initially leave Chiesa out of our CL squad before Leoni got injured), but I would love to see us upgrade somebody like Endo with a player like the one you are describing.
I fully expect 4 or 5 arrivals this summer, but only to replace 4 or 5 players currently in the squad.
26 Feb 2026 13:01:07
Hip, I get you completely. Players have to go so others can come in. And, like you, I think 4 of 5 players at best should come in as actual comp. for first 11 spots (as that's how you bolster your squad overall, imo), but they should have the qualities (esp. in midfield) that fit what the PL is today.
26 Feb 2026 13:13:32
If we include players who have Liverpool contracts who will be 21+ years old next season, then by my count we currently have 42 players who will need to be registered in order to play. 7 GK's: Alisson, Mamardahsvili, Jaros, Davies, Pecsi, Woodman, Mrozek 5 RB's: Bradley, Ramsay, Stephenson, Davidson, Mabaya 5 CB's: Virgil, Konate, Gomez, Jacquet, Miles 5 LB's: Kerkez, Tsimikas, Beck, Chambers, Scanlon 4 DM's: Gravenberch, Endo, Bajcetic, McConnell 4 CM's: Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Jones, Pilling 3 AM's: Wirtz, Elliott, Balagizi 3 RW's: Salah, Frimpong, Gordon 3 CF's: Ekitike, Isak, Cannonier 3 LW's: Gakpo, Chiesa, Koumas By the way, those 42 players over the age of 21 at the point next season begins do not even include Leoni, Nallo, Nyoni, Ngumoha, Morrison or Danns, who have all played first team minutes already, so it is actually a 48-man senior squad in reality.
Threadbare? I think you can certainly question the quality of the depth in some positions, but to describe it as threadbare when we can quite comfortably name 3 starting XI's just seems misleading. Maybe, just maybe, Arne Slot should have given some more of these players a chance, and/or Richard Hughes should have done a better job of finding them new clubs to make space for new signings who Slot will utilise. It is a mess how many players we have hoarded. If you include Robertson and R. Williams, who are still on the books right now but out of contract in the summer, we actually have 50 players on the books either over 21 or who have played for the first team already as things stand today. Just let that sink in for a second, because only 8 of those 50 are out on loan. This is why I cannot take Arne Slot seriously when he says he has no options.
26 Feb 2026 13:38:39
I expect it will be a similar number of incomings to last summer - ie 5/6 players again. Is it enough? Well, it would be if we trusted the academy more.
26 Feb 2026 13:57:08
It makes me laugh. People want more and more new signings, then get upset when high-potential youngsters want to leave.
26 Feb 2026 16:15:23
Are we not also meant to be interested in Mane from Wolves as an addition to the forward line? I believe that was suggested previously.
27 Feb 2026 09:37:31
I hope not, Shankly. We're not that desperate, imo.