06 Jun 2026 18:53:46
Am I alone in being underwhelmed at the prospect of LFC signing Yan Diomande £100m+?
Clearly a talent boy but for the money quoted I would want a polished talent like Khvicha Kvaratskhelia!
06 Jun 2026 19:01:42
The money is steep and he is so young, but he reminds me so much of Mane. He looks intense, quick, strong, good with both feet and just a general menace for defenders. Therefore I am very excited about the prospect of signing him.
06 Jun 2026 19:02:05
Khvicha certainly wasn't polished at 19. And who says it'll be a £100m+? I think it will be EUR100m max.
06 Jun 2026 19:24:31
I don't care about the money. The club know what they can and can't afford, they know whether they think a player is worth a certain amount of money or not.
06 Jun 2026 19:26:56
I agree, for that money get an established winger, Diamande has only had one good season. He might be great, but can't take a £80 mill gamble.
06 Jun 2026 19:27:18
It's not our money, so don't worry about it, mate.
06 Jun 2026 19:42:42
See if he actually costs that much first.
He might have a nice release clause or something.
06 Jun 2026 20:07:01
Who are these established wingers that we could actually get out of their clubs?
06 Jun 2026 20:15:59
@SA, Isak at £120m suggests Richard Hughes is like a chubby kid in a sweet shop! LFC are moving away from what made them successful = model professionals like Milner, Lallana, combined with hungry attacking players like Salah, Bobby, Mane, Diaz and Jota before they were expensive superstars!
06 Jun 2026 20:22:13
So Florian, is there only 1 winger who is a gamble for the price of 80mill as quoted everywhere?
06 Jun 2026 20:39:24
The talent pool available is more of a puddle and Diomande is one of the best and most realistic options. It's an impressive break out season regardless of anything else and he's better than the likes of Minteh, Nusa, Trincao, Rodrygo etc., who are all very underwhelming, to say the least. I have to agree with Florian in saying, who are these so called "established wingers"?
06 Jun 2026 20:50:51
I guess I'm agreeing with what Victor says above. If he comes in for £85m and does a good job for a few years and is sold off for a profit, or better still stays a decade, it's a bargain. And there is not a lot of wingers I can think of that I'd actually prefer.
06 Jun 2026 21:07:25
Diogo, I couldn't agree more. The Liverpool way has been left behind. I don't mind bringing in the odd big money signing when necessary. Alisson and Virgil, for example, were key to our success, but we were way off the mark last summer. Unfortunately, it's a real 'name your price' market at the moment.
Not a whole lot of talent out there. It almost seems like 100m is the going rate for anybody who's had a really good season. Diomande is the best option at the moment, unfortunately, that comes at a price. I don't actually believe he'll cost 100m. I think we can get a deal done at 80m.
06 Jun 2026 21:22:17
For me, LFC could have bought Rayan or Estevao directly!
19-year-old El Mala from Koln and/or 21-year-old Fernandez-Pardo from Lille, for example.
This squad doesn't need minor tweaks, it needs 5 or 6 players!
06 Jun 2026 21:27:53
Didn't the club buy Darwin for 86 mill and Szob and Naby for 60 mill some seasons ago.
I think the only difference last season was we broke the 100 mill barrier twice. But, with inflation, transfers are always going up, and have done since the game went professional.
06 Jun 2026 21:32:27
I get what you're saying, Chewy, but has the Liverpool way not been to always bring in the best player possible? The fanbase feel burnt by last summer, but that shouldn't mean we shouldn't go for expensive players as long as they are the right player.
Kenny, Virg, Alli were all record buys. I believe he's our best option, and like you, I believe we'll get him for about 80m if it happens. Do people think the likes of Minteh or Rayan are gonna cost much less?
06 Jun 2026 21:32:48
He's only 19, yes it's insane money, but also he's only 19, already putting in great numbers other than goals and assist, like take ons and dribbling success, which is what we need currently, and if we can add goals and assists to his already impressive work rate, we could have a great player on our hands.
Certainly has all the attributes to be a great player, only time will tell.
06 Jun 2026 22:30:58
@His Name, we spent £75m on a defender from Southampton, who many people said wasn't great and was a waste of money. We spent £80m on Nunez, £60m on Szob, and that was before Hughes.
Big fees are the way the world is going. The moment a player has a good season, bang whack on £80m. Leipzig want to keep him, bang whack on £100m.
It's just the way it is.
I imagine the owners have given them a budget and they are spending it.
Yeah, you can go on about why didn't we sign Rayan or Scott directly, but would they have had the opportunities with us they had at Bournemouth. No, they would have sat on the bench or gone into u21s. They are the players they are because they had the opportunity to play.
They are the players we want because of what they did at Bournemouth.
06 Jun 2026 23:03:56
@SA,
Rayan would have played 15 - 20 had LFC signed him for 35 - 40m direct from Brazil last summer!
Virgil was clearly the best centre back in the Premier League when LFC signed him, and they overpaid because we nearly messed up the deal!
06 Jun 2026 23:39:58
Ba, spot on. Liverpool are expected to win every game and can't afford many slip-ups if they are to challenge for the major trophies. Young untried players get more chance to develop at clubs like Brighton, Bournemouth, and Brentford, where the expectations are not so high.
07 Jun 2026 02:25:59
Florian, I see your point, and I'm not saying we shouldn't move for expensive players; personally, I get frustrated hearing we're keen on 'so and so' only for us to do nothing but 'keep tabs' for 2 years, watch them go elsewhere and quadruple in value, Olise & Semenyo, for example.
I think we've always tried to find a bargain, not for being cheap, but to find value in rising talent at the right time, and, at the same time, we haven't shied away from big signings if we felt they were the right move.
Salah, Alonso, Firmino, Coutinho, Robbo etc... all brought in for a pittance, really. Even Suarez and Torres were bought for less than half of what we sold them for.
07 Jun 2026 02:57:08
Was the £100m+ figure taken from social media @OP?
07 Jun 2026 06:48:56
I'm wary of overpaying for players from the Bundesliga.