Liverpool banter 6

06 Aug 2026 21:46:22
Any reason why people are saying there will be something announced tomorrow?

As every day goes by the intensity grows. 😂

Ken.

06 Aug 2026 21:53:25
We've got 1 signing tomorrow, 2 signings tomorrow, something breaking tomorrow (I reckon a vase), and 2 signings next week.

My ghast is waiting to the flabbered.

3.5 weeks and counting before the schools go back. ⏱️

06 Aug 2026 22:11:15
I rode into town on my horse Friday stayed in the town for 2 days and left on Friday, how did I do it?

Ken

06 Aug 2026 22:14:00
Who knows how the ITKs get their info King.

I know Carra had Hughes locked up in a shed in his back garden. I believe he used all sorts of techniques to extract his info.

VG has big Henry on speed dial. He usually gets those lips flapping by feeding him all kinds of beverages.

Robbo uses the ninja approach. Usually hiding out in lfc offices, private planes eavesdropping on important conversations.

Fields charms all the wives of key figures at Liverpool and gets his information that way.

But the rest I haven't a clue how they get their info.

06 Aug 2026 23:43:26
On your horse, Friday.

07 Aug 2026 06:05:08
My guess is the people making those claims are either:

a) chancing a guess based on Akliouche now being completed for PSG

b) attention seeking

c) a wind up merchant

4) all of the above.

07 Aug 2026 06:53:09
My guess is a). Pure clairvoyant stuff.

07 Aug 2026 07:15:14
You have a suspicious way of looking at people on a rumours site, @Changing.

07 Aug 2026 08:31:05
You missed option 5) Harry's many sock puppet accounts.

07 Aug 2026 10:46:27
@OP, As that nice young man, Pink Floyd, put it 'Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way'... just a bit of the old desperation showing at the moment.

07 Aug 2026 13:05:00
"Pink isn't well, he stayed back at the hotel".......

06 Aug 2026 19:58:23
If Barcola is done, we must want to get him in soon as the season starts in 2 weeks. Surely now it’s best for both parties and the player to get it done.

06 Aug 2026 20:55:13
It's not done.

06 Aug 2026 21:28:31
Done or not, he can't start pre season until Monday as every player is required to have 3 weeks off. As long as it is official by Sunday night, it will make no difference.

06 Aug 2026 21:41:26
We'll find out tomorrow.

06 Aug 2026 23:46:02
He's still on holidays, so wouldn't come in now even if announced anyway.

07 Aug 2026 08:36:17
Indeed, ShipleyKopite. Even if we got him 2 weeks ago, he still would not have been able to train as he would still be on holidays.

06 Aug 2026 19:13:06
Akliouche is now officially a PSG player. Maybe this is the trigger to Barcola deal go on.

06 Aug 2026 20:48:22
Well, we'll soon find out.

06 Aug 2026
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06 Aug 2026 20:47:23
Is that Macy Gray?

06 Aug 2026 20:53:54
Last time I saw Macy Gray she was naked, but it could just be.

06 Aug 2026 21:54:22
Is Macy Gray a Liverpool fan?

Is that where you got your name from, Flash?

06 Aug 2026 22:56:07
Your world must have crumbled, Flash.

07 Aug 2026 00:12:22
It was Glastonbury in 2000. She stripped off on stage as me and my brother were staggering through the crowd, trying to get to another stage. Burned into my mind.

06 Aug 2026 18:12:56
Watching the inside training videos and wow, can that Munoz strike a ball. Left foot and right foot rockets into top corner. I think it's Davey Sulls been saying a lot that he's coming here to start, and he might be correct! Excited to see him play this weekend!

06 Aug 2026 18:40:14
The lad has just won a World Cup, even though he didn't play. The Spanish management must see something in him to include him in the squad of the world's best international team. I fully expect him to be a first team starter TBH.

I guess, because he 'only' cost £34m, he's seen as purely a bench warmer.....

06 Aug 2026 18:57:09
Surely if he wasn't injured he would have started ahead of that Baena guy. Must be the worst player to ever start a WC Final.

06 Aug 2026 18:59:48
Yeah, but Bernard Diomede won a World Cup too.

06 Aug 2026 19:10:03
Ron, so did Stephane Guivarch and he was an appalling CF, despite scoring a hatful of goals in his backyard of A.J. Auxerre.

That being said, for Vic to make that brilliant Spain team sure says a lot about his talent. Hopefully, he can show it.

06 Aug 2026 19:10:42
I think he'll be a sneaky good buy. MK was bought to challenge for first team spot and rotate in.

Not a bonafide starter, probably year one, but Iraola rotates his wingers and I think we'll see a fair bit of him.



I think if we buy Barcola, he will start for sure.

If we sell Gakpo and buy Mbaye, I think it will be a good fight between him, Munoz, and Rio for the other wing, and I suspect Munoz could come out on top in that battle.

06 Aug 2026 19:12:19
Florian, you wanted Slot to stay.

06 Aug 2026 19:13:47
Baena started for a reason for Spain, he gave them balance and work ethic on the left-hand side to give Yamal the freedom.

06 Aug 2026 19:39:04
Looking forward to seeing Munoz play.

I missed him making the Spain team during the Wc, so hopefully an Anfield debut on Sunday it is.

06 Aug 2026 19:54:44
Victor Munoz will surprise a lot of people as he might just have that unexpected wow factor like Salah/Mane-esque.
I prefer he's not seen as the one to replace Salah, but people will be shocked as how much he will progress in a short possible time in England.

06 Aug 2026 20:13:10
Hi Frode, Enjoying your summer? Back to Munoz, I read last week that only Vinicius Jnr, Mbappe and Lamal had more completed dribbles than him in Ka Liga last year. And this is while he's playing for Osasuna.

06 Aug 2026 23:56:05
Yeah, I'm really looking forward to him. Looks like an excellent player with crazy work rate and stamina, definitely X factor, versatile, bold and crazy humble at the same time.

He's our new "Robbo" in terms of undervalued gem from a lower side with huge speed, engine and humility.

I also think Barcola will sometimes play through the middle similar to Mbappe if Gakpo leaves and Isak needs rotating.

That would leave Rio and Munoz (and potentially Mbaye) on the wings.

All our wingers will get plenty of football to keep all of them fresh enough and still firing on all competitions. Even Koumas has a chance in my opinion to get game time, especially if Gakpo leaves.

07 Aug 2026 10:57:55
Koumas is getting sold soon to the Championship. Cardiff I think.

06 Aug 2026 17:52:05
Hi Ed's or anyone in the know have any update on potential takeover that broke a few weeks ago.

06 Aug 2026 18:28:01
It wasn't for a takeover, it was for a minority investment.

06 Aug 2026 16:27:51
@VictorGoddam Don't suppose you in a position to offer any further insight into the possible marquee player?

Obviously don't risk anything pal!

06 Aug 2026 17:25:37
I wonder if where Rodri goes will affect it.

06 Aug 2026 17:31:59
Frenkie de Jong?

06 Aug 2026 17:44:26
One hopes it ain't Barcola: These are his stats from the PSG site:

Lyon 21-24 Ligue 1: 40 apps, 5 goals, Lyon career total 47 apps, 7 goals. 21-22 season: 11 Ligue 1 apps, zero goals, no goals in 2 cup games either.

PSG: 88 Ligue 1 apps, 29 goals over 3 seasons (4, 14, 11 goals last season). 3.03 compared to Rayans 15 PL apps, 5 goals = 3.00, obviously it's harder to score goals in the PL than a Farters league!

UEFA games: 43 apps, 6 goals, a goal circa every 7 games against much, much tougher defences than French Ligue 1, and much more elite teams are in the CL, than a poxy French Ligue
season 1 in Europe = 10 games, one goal.


season 2 in CL = 17 games, 3 goals.
last season in CL = 16 games, 2 goals.

He's a bag of Kaka? 145 million bags of it!
P.S. @suarez7, Rayan has scored 5 more PL goals than Barcola has ever scored! and more assists!

06 Aug 2026 18:19:06
007 Barcola is a quality player. He doesn't play the full 90 in most of those appearances. He improves our team and adds pace and quality in wide areas. He is not by any means rubbish. He is not the complete article either, and maybe a little wasteful, but he is a lot better than our current options.

06 Aug 2026 18:28:52
007 doesn't understand sample size.

06 Aug 2026 19:10:56
@Fifth, not in the least.

06 Aug 2026 22:26:24
Barcola is a very good player, yes, he's expensive, but so is everyone. Mane and Salah would be leaving Southampton and Roma for 85-100m each these days.

06 Aug 2026 23:10:37
Wenger once bid one pound more for Suarez, to which John Henry famously said, "What are Arsenal smoking down there?"

If John Henry pays PSG £150 million for Barcola?

Luis Enrique will say, "Wonder what John Henry's smoking."

OliRed, Fifth Element, ye win a football opinion with facts, not childish name calling.

Wonder what you're smoking!

@Thiago that's a sensible/fair price range of 100 million Euros (£86 mill), has a smaller build than Hugo, too much to risk at £150 mill.

07 Aug 2026 05:21:19
Not sure you can win a football opinion.

07 Aug 2026 07:20:16
Beat me to it, @The Fifth. Is winning a football opinion a competitive pub sport?

06 Aug 2026 16:22:36
Will LFC transfer comitte come out of transfer window with egg on face.

Salah leaving at end of season was known few months in advance.
And we had a very Big list of one Winger to replace. Diomande.
There was no Plan B.

CB; Konate was keeping them occupied while discussing with RM.
Jaquet can be his long term replacement not as a near term.

Leoni was injured.
Gomez is injury prone.
VVD is 35.

Guehi is one that went away. Again, no home worl done for Stop Gap arrangement or VVD's succesor alternates.

Jones would have gone in Jan we kept hold of him.
Endo is not favoured.
Need a DM from couple of seasons.

RW. Salah's replacement.


LW. Diaz replacement.
Pending.

CF bought quality but injury prone player in Isak.
His understudy injured.

Wirtz replaced no one in squad. Added craft but very little output.

Kelleher was sold 10m cheaper then Mama. And mama was oppurtunistic buy.

We need
Steady and reliable no 2 GK.
CB with exp.
RB who can also play CB or DM.
DM who can play CB or RB.
RW to replace Salah.

Except for perhaps RB we had 6 months to prepare the targets

Either we are acting too picky to get best or nothing.
Or they never Phanthom the primary targets will slip away.
Either case we are short on quality 1st team player and Squad fillers.

06 Aug 2026 17:24:59
I think the real answer is, now Klopp's gone it's back to normal.

He was an outstanding manager and man, FSG can put all the success they've had to that bloke.

They bought Edwards back thinking he was the man but let's be honest, Klopp probably made half the bad signings look good and the other half that were good he made look great.

06 Aug 2026 20:08:17
Good article on TIA about Hughes hanging AI out to dry regarding transfers.

06 Aug 2026 19:16:45
1 season of bad football and it's like yep we are back to under Hodgson, same owners that saved us from going under same owners that have given us the most success in 35 years, yes they could be better but come on.

07 Aug 2026 06:31:28
Issue is not owners but transfer committee. Owners have sanctioned money, or we would have not pursued 100m players.

07 Aug 2026 07:24:56
That's not how it works @bhav.

06 Aug 2026 15:35:36
Anyone else find it hilarious how Vini Jr. used Arsenal to get a new improved contract, and everyone except Arsenal fans could see exactly what was happening 🤣 Ornstein was even reporting it in such a biased way because he’s an Arsenal fan looool.

06 Aug 2026 16:44:33
Arsenal fans redefine the term delusional.

06 Aug 2026 17:01:33
Am sure Arsenal fans are more than delighted with their squad. Am sure they are laughing at us.

06 Aug 2026 17:16:07
You are seriously laughing at Arsenal? League champions and Champions League finalists and favourites for a second title in a row, whilst we finished 5th and are going into the season with a weaker squad than last season. Yeah, they are a real joke!

06 Aug 2026 17:20:27
But Arsenal don't have the best fans in the world.

Liverpool do.

06 Aug 2026 17:33:53
Were we ever mentioned in the whole Vini saga?

Rather be linked to that type of player than not be.... Says everything about where they are and where we are.

06 Aug 2026 17:34:11
Can't knock Arsenal's ambition in fairness.

06 Aug 2026 18:15:20
Didn't realise this was an Arsenal blog reading some of these comments. 🤣 Settle down, fellas. You're allowed to poke fun at other teams. I personally don't believe Vini was ever properly considering joining them. His agency is RocNation, which is notorious (as we have seen) for playing clubs to get the best deal for their players.

06 Aug 2026 19:12:43
Seriously, who in their right mind thought the "Vini Jnr to Arsenal" was a thing?

Clearly, many in the Arsenal fan base did cos they really thought that when you leave RM, Arsenal is where you go to.

As Chewy said, the delusion is epic with many in that fan base.

06 Aug 2026 19:24:47
Glass houses, stones.

06 Aug 2026 20:17:48
If I was an Arsenal fan I'd be breathing a big sigh of relief. The lad needs a lot more maintenance than he is worth.

06 Aug 2026 21:54:07
Arsenal are gonna get a shock this season when they find that rugby tackles are indeed against the rules, and will be enforced for a change.

06 Aug 2026 22:06:10
Chewy, if we finish above them we'll more than likely win the league.