31 May 2026 22:18:41
Apparently Tommy Elphick is coming to & Iraola wants to add someone with connections to the club... Maybe Thiago who was mentioned earlier.
31 May 2026 23:17:22
Was under 23s assistant then Iraola's assistant.
31 May 2026 23:44:38
Iraola's OOP work. Thiago for his understanding of the possession game. Milner for his demand for high standards. Refreshing.
01 Jun 2026 03:16:51
I'm a huge fan of Thiago as a player and I think his technical skills are amazing. But am I missing what he has done as a coach that warrants such excitement at him potentially joining us?
01 Jun 2026 05:52:13
I'm with you, Drac.
People are more excited with Thiago joining the coaching staff than they were when he was a player.... Very strange.
01 Jun 2026 06:17:25
In Thiago you have a former
player who loves the city and was a top drawer player who won things everywhere he went, and will bring a wealth of experience to young players, and knows the club, the fans, and the demands.
Yeah, not sure what we see in him.
01 Jun 2026 07:53:57
Thiago was assistant to Flick at Barca until recently...
01 Jun 2026 08:12:17
I read somewhere that he was looking for an administrative job, not necessarily an on field coaching job. There's no doubt about his football skills and variety of experience, and he's multilingual. But no idea where he can fit in at LFC with all that.
{Ed001's Note - SD?}
01 Jun 2026 08:16:40
DHFC, all those are true, but they don't translate to how he'd do as a coach. There are loads of top players out there who failed to make the step up and become coaches or managers. They're mostly all sitting behind a desk doing punditry now. People like Keane, Neville, Scholes, Richards, Henry, Viera, etc., were all top players who loved and understood the clubs they played for, won things wherever they went, and would have brought a wealth of experience to younger players, but most if not all failed as coaches or managers.
How Thiago was as a player would have very little to do with how he'd do as a coach imo. On the contrary, I feel that it's the geniuses who would make poor coaches, since they would not be able to explain how they do the things they do because it all comes so naturally to them.
@BenRichards, thanks for pointing out he was an assistant coach at Barca. I didn't know that he was working under Flick until recently.
01 Jun 2026 08:38:12
Ed001, do you mean Sports Director? I would say it'd be for the club to decide if he qualifies, but I'd love for him to be involved with the club in any capacity. Even as a footballer I always saw him as somewhat "cerebral". And we need these types at the club, not computer geeks.
{Ed001's Note - yes.}
01 Jun 2026 08:53:52
With the amount of time he spent injured, he might as well read up on coaching.
01 Jun 2026 09:38:20
Milner has announced his retirement today. Could be the perfect timing?
01 Jun 2026 10:40:42
I can see that happening, @funky061.