26 Mar 2026 15:22:09
This probably isn’t a popular opinion, but with Flo, Dom, Isak and Hugo, I don’t think it’s a necessary to buy a box office replacement for Mo!?
I would prefer that LFC go back to being shrew and clever in the market, meaning the squad is deeper and balanced for next season.
Kerkez, Frimpong and Bradley can all thrive as wingbacks. Either Robbo stays or he is replaced by someone competent at left Wing Back to compete with Milos.
That is where the width comes from next season.
26 Mar 2026 15:53:19
Will all depend on the manager, I suppose.
26 Mar 2026 15:56:41
All I want is for Liverpool to buy some athletic, high energy, high work rate players. They actually don't even have to be that good at football, just good at running as we have plenty of good ball playing players already, but no work horse.
26 Mar 2026 17:10:15
I would probably disagree, but not wholeheartedly. 99% of the time I would much rather be shrewd, find a young hungry up and comer with promise. But I feel like we've left it too late to risk that, we knew this day was coming for a long time, and we could have had somebody in by now, an understudy for Mo, I mean. We've had opportunities, I wanted Olise 2 years ago, could have got him for a fraction of what he's worth now, but the stat men these days, seem to like to wait for ever more stats before making a move.
Anyway, I think taking a punt on somebody with less experience now is a risk not worth taking considering everything that went wrong this season. We really have to hit the ground running come August, with the amount of new faces in between this coming window and the last, that's not going to be easy, and the more proven quality & experience we have in the side, the easier that should be. You wanna replace Gakpo, Macca, Konate with some promising up and comers, go for it, 100%, but not Mo, not right now.
26 Mar 2026 18:06:48
If we get Alonso, and if he goes with a 3-4-2-1, assuming using wingbacks, of the rumoured incomings I can see Whalton fitting in central midfield alongside Grav or Sobbo, maybe Sobbo in the AMC 2 with Wirtz, but not sure how rumoured Olise, Diamode etc players fit in that. Interesting to get people's opinions, "if" it is 3-4-2-1, what players we should be looking to bring in, or do we think Alonso would set up differently, Leoni and the new French lad, with VVD, look right for a back 3, good on the ball, what do people think the potential formation will be and who we should be getting in, and where existing players would fit in.
26 Mar 2026 18:29:32
Grimaldo for LWB.
26 Mar 2026 18:30:32
Van Dijk flanked by 2 young athletic centre halves, Frimpong and Kerkez, wingbacks.
An athletic, mobile and physical centre midfielder signed to play alongside Gravenberch.
Wirtz and Szoboszlai as the attacking midfielders, almost like a right-sided and left-sided pair of No 10s.
Ekitike and Isak to fight it out/rotate as the striker.
26 Mar 2026 18:30:32
Minteh and Diomande for me.
Not a fan of wing back system. Skews your squad profile in the long term.
Not a fan of two strikers up front either. Ekitike has baby bird lungs and Isak is a 35 game a season player. More likely they rotate between two wide forwards/wingers.
26 Mar 2026 18:34:51
It's just coz we went big and Slot fluffed it.
Most important thing is, if it's a new manager, we go into the season with a complete squad that can play his formation.
Last thing we want is a repeat of this season, a squad set up for one formation, forced to play another.
26 Mar 2026 20:01:23
I tend to agree. We have a history of signing guys like Mo and turning them into Mo. So I would back that rather than look to spend big again.
26 Mar 2026 20:34:42
It was easier then. We were ahead in the data game. Diomande wouldn't have coets as much back then. Now, every club are looking at their dribbles per 90, progressive carries stats etc. It's driven up the prices.
The Salah from Roma would cost a lot more now.
I actually think we actually could be ahead of the curve again if we can balance the squad this window.
Hughes has made some elite signings, but the balance of the squad is all wrong. If we can somehow get a ballplaying midfielder with legs in for Macca, and pace on the flanks in place of Mo/Gakpo, I think we will see the best of Wirtz and Isak and I think we will be equal or better than City/Arsenal again.
26 Mar 2026 20:50:38
Minteh is absolutely terrible. Couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo if it was stood in front of him. You can't turn that level of incompetence into a Salah or a Mane any more than you could with the similarly goal shy Adama Traore.
For the record, both of Salah & Mane were hitting double figures in the two seasons before they arrived here, so let's not make out that they were undiscovered diamonds.
26 Mar 2026 20:58:44
Agree that the market has shifted and perhaps signing a Mo 9 years ago is closer to spending 60m as opposed to 30m.
But the point remains. We have been at our best in the market when we've signed players who are ready to bust through to the next level in their career.
26 Mar 2026 22:08:20
@ funky061,
I agree with you, I think all our summer signings are quality and we just need a few more players to gel it together.
26 Mar 2026 22:54:57
If Minteh is our target signing, then we're in a mid table expectation team. I'm sure we'll do much, much better than him. Average player. If even.
26 Mar 2026 23:03:00
Victor, with Isak/Ekitike and Wirtz in our team, we need flying wingers that can press - Minteh can do that. His off the ball work is incredible. He doesn't need to be scoring 20 goals a season.
As good as Olise is, he can't press enough to compensate for the silk of Ekitike, Isak, Wirtz.
We need balance.
26 Mar 2026 23:28:11
FPF, I completely agree. I'd take Minteh. He's also only 21. We have goal scorers and creators. What we're lacking in work rate and aggression. Where are the Mane, Milner, Henderson, and Fabinho's of our team!
26 Mar 2026 23:58:32
Minteh is one I'm on the fence with. Anytime I watch him, he's a threat, but the return doesn't seem to be there. Can he spam take ons? If so, I'm sure his output would increase playing with an elite finisher like Isak.
And he certainly has the workrate, pace, and age on his side.
Has anyone seen much of him? Is his dribbling enough to consistently disrupt a low block?