Liverpool Rumours 2

02 Sep 2026 13:07:36
Any ITKs have any info on why Balogan and Camara's move collapsing. Seems a strange one and I see some reporters saying we spoke to Monaco and that's why they pulled the plug on Camara to Chelsea. Could it be that we have said we will go back in Jan with a higher offer so they get Camara for 5 months this season or is it just reporters putting 2 and 2 together to make 5.

Just seems a strange one as the deal was agreed so intrigued to hear of anyone has any intel?

02 Sep 2026 13:35:44
Monaco are a distressed asset (in financial trouble). Chelsea, Liverpool and other clubs saw the deadline to take advantage of that.

Everyone lost out by playing it out to the wire.

02 Sep 2026 13:59:59
I read that they decided to keep Camara since the Balogun deal was progressing and seemingly agreed, but Balogun rejected Everton at the last minute and that there wasn't time for them to revive the Camara deal with Chelsea. I'm still unsure about our promise to them to go back in Jan though. That sounds like a playground rumour to me.

02 Sep 2026 14:31:37
Here are the events:
- AS Monaco needed to make a sale to help resolve a debt issue and free up a non-EU squad spot to sign Mexican midfielder Erik Lira.

- Monaco agreed a deal to sell Folarin Balogun to Everton, but problems and doubts emerged during his medical and the transfer stalled.

- Chelsea then sensed an opportunity. With Enzo Fernandez heading to Manchester City, they went all-in for Lamine Camara as his replacement and reached an agreement with Monaco.

- Everton, meanwhile, turned to Joshua Zirkzee after the Balogun problems — but Manchester United refused to let him leave.

- With the deadline approaching, Everton returned for Balogun and attempted to renegotiate the deal on cheaper terms.

- Monaco preferred selling Balogun rather than Camara, so they pulled the plug on Camara’s move to Chelsea.



- Chelsea could have responded by cancelling Enzo Fernandez’s move to Manchester City. Instead, they honoured their agreement and allowed Enzo to leave — despite suddenly having no replacement.

- And then came the final twist… Balogun decided not to join Everton following the medical and negotiation drama, leaving the training centre without signing.

So after all of that…

- Monaco kept both Balogun and Camara, failed to raise the money they wanted and didn’t free up the non-EU spot needed for Erik Lira.

- Erik Lira therefore didn’t join Monaco.

- Chelsea lost Enzo Fernandez for a Premier League-record fee and missed out on his planned replacement, Camara.

- Everton missed out on both Balogun and Zirkzee. Having already sold Beto to Fiorentina, Thierno Barry is now their only recognised centre-forward.

02 Sep 2026 14:31:45
I hope it's a playground rumour, because that's utterly disgraceful if we've done that.

02 Sep 2026 15:48:13
How is it disgraceful? Every club does it. How many clubs attempt to hijack deals at the last minute? You think Arsenal didn't do the same to us for Zubimendi?

02 Sep 2026 16:28:39
Arsenal didn't hijack Zubimendi from us. They signed him the season after he rejected us. Iirc, it was Sociedad who convinced him to stay an extra season and we didn't go back for him the season after.

02 Sep 2026 16:44:09
According to some on here, someone from LFC had a polite convo with the Monaco hierarchy and asked them to hold off selling Camara, and that Camara only wants Liverpool. Sounds plausible. 🤣

{Ed001's Note - it was posted by some journalist or other. The fact that he thought that plausible tells you a lot about the level of journalism these days.}

02 Sep 2026 17:37:52
The moral of the story was, do not wait until the last day of the transfer window.

{Ed025's Note - fail to prepare ...then prepare to fail Light..

02 Sep 2026 17:39:55
My personal opinion is we wanted Camara, but couldn't free up the space. We naively thought all summer that someone would leave and we could sort it. It didn't happen and we left the door open for Chelsea. Hughes P.P.P., in my opinion.

If it wasn't for Everton buying the striker, he would be a Chelsea player.

It just so happens that the medical delayed matters, and he got cold feet, leaving Monaco in a mess.

However, the notion it was to do with us is adding 2+2 and getting 15. If it was even an ounce true, he would never have spoken to Chelsea originally and waited for us.

02 Sep 2026 18:52:10
Balogun and Monaco seemingly saying that Balogun was badly treated at the Everton training ground after the medical, so he decided he didn't want to join them and wanted to go back to Monaco. Nothing Monaco could do and they had to accept the player back. This is all according to Monaco sporting director Thiago Scuro.

{Ed666's Note - maybe he has a happy disposition and not a bitter one 🤣

02 Sep 2026 19:15:51
Nice summary there, Kaka009. In my head I finished it off with… Will Chelsea find a way to replace Enzo Fernandez after his record-breaking escape to Manchester City? Will Monaco ever forgive Everton for causing a medical meltdown, renegotiating a cheaper deal, and then watching Folarin Balogun reject the move anyway? And will Lamine Camara ever make it out of France after Monaco pulled the plug on his signed contract just to spite the Blues? These questions—and many others—will be answered in the next episode of… Soap.

02 Sep 2026 20:23:34
Is this still the Liverpool site?

{Ed025's Note - how insular of you WDW, its just a footballing topic about a rivals fortunes mate, if we cant mention any other teams i would have to delete more than half the posts...i will keep my eye on yours..

02 Sep 2026 20:30:28
Hopefully Bhatia can close the Olise deal next year.

02 Sep 2026 21:35:13
From our side, we've got Grav, Macca, Dom and Trey for 2 midfield spots. I would have brought in someone like Camara and carried 5 until we can sort a sale in Jan or next summer.

But looks like the club have opted to kick that down the road. I don't think it's wrong per se.

03 Sep 2026 08:53:56
Apologies @25, post-window stress disorder on my part, just the ‘he said that they said that the other fella had said’ stuff isn’t really about football. It’s just gossip. That said, there’s nothing really wrong with gossip, I suppose. I’ll try and play nicely (at least for a week or two).

{Ed025's Note - good to hear WDW, you have been here longer than me mate and we all have to be more inclusive and tolerant my old friend..

03 Sep 2026 14:16:20
Mb0504.

If you want Liverpool to conduct business like an ape then whatever. But I am highly critical of others who do it, so I will maintain that stance no matter what club is perpetuating it.

03 Sep 2026 15:35:54
It's such a shame there isn't a thumbs down button on here, with an auto rule that 10+ (or whatever) results in an auto ban for a period. The amount of asinine comments is staggering

02 Sep 2026 09:26:04
Did we sign N'Guessan? I don't see it confirmed anywhere.

02 Sep 2026 10:34:20
Joining next year in the summer window, with an option for January I think.

02 Sep 2026 11:18:25
Agreed to sign for next summer. Gone on loan to Brest from St Etienne as Liverpool have used up their full loan allocation to clubs abroad.

02 Sep 2026 12:53:11
Yeh it’s been a somewhat disappointing window but I’m glad it’s closed now.
We can all get behind our new signings as well as Gakpo (I’m glad he’s stayed).
Hopefully a good 3pts on Friday will boost everyone’s mood and confidence.
Onwards and upwards YNWA.

02 Sep 2026 15:03:53
N’guessin we’ll see him at the Axa Training Centre next summer?

02 Sep 2026 09:07:08
Insane stance from the club.

They believe for now Chiesa, Endo and McConnell will be sufficient as depth.

Marma deal neve progressed, valuations were too far apart.

Minteh's agent told to come back in January.

Feel Iraola has been mis-sold a used car.

All in all, a Richard Hughes disasterclass. Good riddance.

To end the window on a positive

Fantastic work done by Pedro Marques and Bafode Diakhaby with youth recruitment.


Ta.

02 Sep 2026 10:10:29
Thanks Carra.

This entire window was absolutely maddening. I really hope the club is heading in a more positive direction.

02 Sep 2026 10:16:48
Unbelievable. As a club, we do a great job of holding onto players that provide minimal value.

I have to say, Klopp has bought the owners a lot of time and luck because without him I think we would have hounded the owners out a while ago.

Post Klopp, the decision making has been dreadful. What is simply unacceptable is that we are normalising losing at our club. The decision to stick with Slot in December tells everyone that we are a team where it is fine to be crap because stability is more important.

Now starting the season with a thin squad with a manager who likes to squeeze everything out of the players, we are now again accepting we can’t compete for major honours this season.

This mentality is a cancer in the club, I don’t use that word lightly.

02 Sep 2026 10:20:13
Any word on new sporting director Carra?

02 Sep 2026 10:27:06
Andoni will get the best out of what’s there, and by next year we’ll
know who can be counted on in this set up.
That Chiesa wants to hang about and get paid is on Hughes and his opportunistic signings. He has been a crock for ages.

02 Sep 2026 10:27:46
Cheers Carra, sounds an absolute shambles.

02 Sep 2026 10:21:09
I said all window about midfielders. It's disgraceful the pressure now put on andoni and available midfielders.
Hughes was Edwards buddy appointment let's not forget. Both should have never returned. Hughes on his own too has shown to he a complete incompetent journey man.


Now he leaves us bare heading off for Saudi money.
Edwards got his way with alonso. Edwards wanted yes men and for him to have the power he projected about klopp. He then left, leaving Hughes to be completely exposed.
An

02 Sep 2026 10:32:59
The last sentence gives me hope, Carra, and also that Richard is gone.

Thank you for all summer, your posts are massively appreciated by myself and others on here. You are a gem, good sir!

02 Sep 2026 10:36:35
Iraola will have fed into the discussions on depth. If he’s comfortable with it, then I am.

Not impressed with the transfer window. Change needs to happen quickly, but it’s not about the window, it’s about the performance on the pitch.

02 Sep 2026 10:48:11
Cheers, Carra.

A shambles. We had an imbalanced squad last season. We have a similarly imbalanced squad this.

Iraola will need a lot of luck to keep us in CL qualification.

02 Sep 2026 10:52:06
More importantly now is getting the right balance in midfield. Signing Wirtz has messed up a title winning midfield (not his fault). We're basically playing 2 in midfield and don't have the warrior midfielders to play like that. Slot couldn't sort it. Can Iraola?

02 Sep 2026 10:39:07
Cheers Carra.

Not surprised tbh, we knew Hughes was inept for a long time. Hopefully the next person in charge will do better and it's a big win the donkeys have finally left the stable.

02 Sep 2026 10:55:28
Not a great transfer window by any means of the imagination. It's going to be a stressful few months now as we watch a thin squad try and cope with new methods and two to three games a week.

One thing I'm hoping that we will look back on is the fact that we at least didn't panic buy average or mediocre players to fill gaps. As we know, it's a lot harder to get rid of players, it seems, than potentially buy new ones.

At least the way it's gone, we'll have time to evaluate the squad properly and really accentuate where the gaps are to hopefully then identify better impactful players in the January or summer transfer window.

Again, not ideal, but I was a bit concerned with the panic scene that was going on that we might end up bloating the squad with players that wouldn't really help us in the long term, so at least we haven't done that.

02 Sep 2026 10:56:10
We're a shambles. I expect nothing more than a mid table finish this season.

02 Sep 2026 10:55:03
Thanks Carra and all the ITKs for this summer.

Hopefully AI can get best out of squad.

Any news on when Hughes is officially gone?

02 Sep 2026 11:40:54
I feel as if it’s going to be a long wait until the January window.
We still have plenty to fix.

Let’s hope we get some luck with injuries and form. A few injuries to this squad are going to be devastating.

I think the club has decided we aren’t going to win the league and it’s going to be a transition season anyway, so it doesn’t see the need to try and fill in all the gaps this season with whoever is available now and is willing to wait until January or next summer to get the targets they really want so we can give it a good go next season.



That’s just me trying to be positive though and trying to put some logic behind a terrible window.

Some more positives though, I do think we have bought well, the new signings are all very good and promising, we just didn’t buy or sell enough.

02 Sep 2026 11:42:30
We have the players to try to qualify for UCL next season. That's the sum of our club's ambition, obviously. Perhaps that's good enough for them, but it certainly isn't for me and a lot of other people here and beyond. Maybe the change in ownership that's upcoming will actually be for the best after all.

M Gordon should have played a bigger part in the transfer dealings imo. He knew the s***show that was happening all around him and let it happen when he could have taken the lead. Iraola deserved better, as did we.

02 Sep 2026 12:02:20
...And seriously unsettled Sarr for the bantz. See you next Tuesday STC.

02 Sep 2026 12:03:13
Cheers Carra and all the other folks submitting their rumours over this period. When everyone is available I'm sure we can achieve CL qualifications. However, it doesn't mask over the transfer capabilities of our team, where other clubs effortlessly shift and buy 100s of millions worth of players and we seem to leave ourselves so thin and have players nobody wants.

Pray the good players we have want to sign extensions, because you couldn't blame them for looking elsewhere when their contracts run down at this rate.

02 Sep 2026 12:16:16
Why wouldn't we be able to get at the very least Champions League next season? Slot did it last season and he's pants according to everyone on here. The manager should be well able to do it with this group and the additions we've made.

02 Sep 2026 12:16:16
Cheers Carra. Have you any more info if FSG will sell up before next season or if they have a plan going forward on how to get back on track?

02 Sep 2026 12:24:07
You guys do realise that we won the title at a canter 1 season ago?

A lot of that team are still here. They don’t become bad players overnight.

Last season was a slog but I think that was an anomaly with a few mitigating circumstances. I think we’ll be absolutely fine this season.

02 Sep 2026 12:27:04
Thanks Carra.

So many deeply worrying things in your post...

So who decided that those 3 players, who have not played much in 2 seasons, are adequate cover?

This just brings about a sense that there is no competition for those regular starters, so no need for them to put the required extra effort.



This is why a head coach does not work... You want a manager in place. Someone who gets the players they want, not what some suit thinks is best for the team.

02 Sep 2026 12:32:52
We sign one of the best LW on the planet, a Barca captain, the best young keeper in the world on top of a great bunch of young players plus Munoz and it’s deemed a terrible window?
Honestly - what happened to the power of coaching?
Koumas, Trey, Rio to benefit.


The biggest issue is if Isak gets injured but then we have Munoz who looks a force.
Dom
is going to have to
play RB again.

02 Sep 2026 12:38:05
I'll agree we need a couple more but everyone makes it out to be like we don't have a team to compete. Recruitment is not the problem; it's the mentality and the team balance in the system.

We have world class players that still didn't gel or reach their peak. Isak, Wirtz, Ngumoha, Barcola, Szobo. We have the title winning players Gakpo, Grave, Macca. We have great upgrades in defence with Jacquet and Araujo. We have our veterans in Van Dijk and Alisson.

We have the young threat in Munoz and Nyoni. The only weak links are Frimpong and Kerkez. Ofc we need to upgrade also Macca and Grave as we need more bite but I don't think it's the disaster everyone makes it out to be.

We have a stellar attack that needs to hit the engine and a defence that needs to wake up. For me we have title winning players they just need to become a team in Iraola's system.

02 Sep 2026 12:34:19
Thanks Carra, but do you know if it was, as suggested elsewhere, that it wasn't Hughes that got the Barcola deal over the line, but our new Vice Chairman, Amit?

02 Sep 2026 12:38:47
We have 4 left wingers and not 1 natural right winger, that should tell you all you need to know about the planning of this team. We have 1 fit RB who you can argue isn't even a RB.

Hey, you can be happy with the squad but if this carries on we have a whole team of left wingers. Anyone who thinks this team is balanced and we gonna storm the league is very mistaken.

02 Sep 2026 13:37:25
Signing Wirtz messes up our midfield, someone said.
I tend to agree.

Maybe we shove him to the right since we do not have a natural RW at the moment, and bring Szobo back to 10, Grav and Macca as pivots. Barcola on the left.

Maybe that will balance things up.

Or at least that is an option.

02 Sep 2026 13:56:00
Wirtz up top when Isak gets injured, with a solid MF 3 behind him including Trey and Szob in the 10. Szob should not be playing CM, he is not mature of mind enough - yes he grafts hard but he lacks discipline and loves the Hollywood. RB, RM or ten for him only IMO.

02 Sep 2026 14:36:55
@MrJones: Both Barcola and Munoz can play RW. I guess the point of buying Munoz was for his versatility since we expected Gakpo to be sold.

So you can have Barcola LW, with Ngumoha as his understudy, and Munoz on RW, with many players taking over when needed, including Gakpo.

There is proper depth in the squad apart from RB/LB, and we need desperately an upgrade on a holding midfielder.

In the current setup we can last easily up until January, and in 2027, when Macca leaves, we can upgrade our midfield (and hopefully the RW since Frimpong is not good enough).

We also have a year to assess Nyoni and Ngumoha without hampering their playing minutes.

We are not Chelsea, who buys players for fun. Had we bought Minteh or Mbaye then where does this leave Munoz or Ngumoha?

I prefer we buy Sarr and have these 2 develop with lots of game minutes instead of buying another RW first team young player who won't let them get minutes.

02 Sep 2026 14:14:07
Cbell33 " Slot did it last season and he's pants according to everyone on here"
So from your comment here, you must have thought differently. Was it his mind numbing boring football or was it his record breaking losses in a season that you liked?

02 Sep 2026 16:46:58
To be fair some on here think Endo and McConnell are enough also. 😳

02 Sep 2026 17:56:59
Probably too late for him now, but Endo deserved a lot more game time last year. Couldn't have been any worse than Grav and Macca.

02 Sep 2026 19:15:24
We wouldn't be signing a rb as we have Bradley coming back from injury, Gomez, Frimpong, Araujo and Sob can play there until some of these leave.

I agree we need a good rb.

{Ed666's Note - Fcuk me what an appalling array of right backs. Is this is what the world has come to..sigh

02 Sep 2026 21:31:24
Didn't state they were good ed666 just there's a few of them

{Ed666's Note - Did I say that you said they were good?

03 Sep 2026 09:02:57
Swampdonkey Munoz could be a force if he ever stays on his feet.

Goes to ground way too easily.

02 Sep 2026 07:31:32
Interesting to hear the PSG president saying the Barcola deal got over the line due to Mike Gordon and also Amit Bhatia also played a part at the end. So basically Hughes stumbled and bumbled and didn't get a mention.

Maybe it'll be a fresh slate once he's gone guys.

02 Sep 2026 10:19:14
Gordon always has been better. Only reason Hughes came to the club was due to Edwards.

Does anyone know when the club will announce Hughes departure?

02 Sep 2026 10:28:37
He was probably too busy arranging transfers for Al-Hilal.

02 Sep 2026 10:47:13
Or playing with his bum.

01 Sep 2026 23:20:37
So after renegotiating with Everton for Balogun, Monaco went back on their word and pulled the plug on the Camara deal, so we may be back in the picture at a later date. Alex Crook has reported today that it was our preference to wait for Camara, so hopefully something we can pull off in January.

01 Sep 2026 23:38:43
Bro, he went to Chelsea. Already confirmed.

01 Sep 2026 23:39:16
Oh I just realised the move to Chelsea is off. Wow

01 Sep 2026 23:43:12
🚨😮 Liverpool made a call tonight to tell Lamine Camara’s camp that they are potentially interested in signing him in 2027, and to tell Monaco to WAIT.

His move to Chelsea has now fallen through.

AS Monaco cancel Lamine Camara-Chelsea deal after a written agreement between clubs.

Chelsea are FURIOUS and call it a deeply unprofessional way to conduct business.

✍️ Ben Jacobs

01 Sep 2026 23:44:11
Chelsea deal off.

01 Sep 2026 23:58:24
Potentially interested?
That's a strange one.

02 Sep 2026 00:10:06
Why would we wait? This makes zero sense.

02 Sep 2026 00:16:33
I've never been more relieved.

02 Sep 2026 00:18:01
Wink, Wink, Hood-Winked : )

02 Sep 2026 00:20:33
Agreed, Rigsby. I find that very strange as well. Either you are coming back for the player or you aren't.

02 Sep 2026 00:21:04
Player could get hurt, play slip, change his mind, get better offers, etc., so take all with a grain of salt. Sounds like the LFC PR machine at work.

02 Sep 2026 00:41:48
Absolute bs. We needed him this season. Love it that Chelsea got messed around.

02 Sep 2026 01:16:15
There are better-run pub teams than us at the moment.

{Ed666's Note - I hear the fox and hound signed Camara

02 Sep 2026 01:45:26
Unfortunately, you are correct, SJ.

02 Sep 2026 01:56:34
Does that mean budget is so tight that we need to generate funds by 2027 to sign players? Are we that deep in debt?

02 Sep 2026 05:11:40
It’s about freeing up at least one non-homegrown spot by 2027. The last one was taken by Barcola.

02 Sep 2026 05:37:53
I also told Megan Fox to wait as I was interested... that turned out well!

02 Sep 2026 06:40:20
Well, reports this morning are that Balogun walked away from Everton, so potentially Monaco will have to accept a lower fee again for Camara in January, so potentially a deal to be done then. I, for one, would either offer Endo as part of the deal, offer him for free, or release him with only 6 months of his contract left at that point to free up the space.

Reports yesterday said Monaco needed to sell a player.

02 Sep 2026 06:45:33
@Kaka, no, just no. Leave the finances alone, it’s too difficult.

02 Sep 2026 06:46:23
@Mb, I heard that Balogun got a taxi.

02 Sep 2026 06:47:52
You can always "not register" players @Mb0504. Don't know what would change between now and January. It's a simple theory. The club has never spent top money for backups.

02 Sep 2026 07:30:03
I get that, but I think given that Endo will be in his last 6 months it makes sense to free up his wages but give him the respect he deserves by allowing him to go out to play. May not be the best player but does a job when called on and doesn't complain about his role within the team.



I think a deal can be done between now and January with Monaco, however I do agree with not spending big on squad players, although I've always felt our squad and bench have looked very lightweight compared to others, which is a bit of an issue when injuries occur.

02 Sep 2026 07:59:22
Seems daft to wait, Monaco believe they can get €70m for him. If we signed him now we could save €20m. We could easily just not register Chiesa or Endo.

I love Endo but I am not sure he will get any game time as he is not great in possession.

02 Sep 2026 08:07:59
I agree, Todd. I think there's a possibility to throw Endo into any deal too. As we know with Monaco, they go through stages with players. Monaco would get a decent fee and a replacement with a good attitude, we free up a space, get a cheaper fee and allow Endo to leave with respect.

Could be a win for all involved.

02 Sep 2026 08:45:07
Yea, remember Guehi last summer.
We’ll come back for you in January.
We know how that ended.

02 Sep 2026 09:20:13
Indeed, wait for what?

02 Sep 2026 09:42:41
We don’t sign players in January.

02 Sep 2026 09:44:45
This is what I think happened.
Camara is all set for Chelsea, but Richard Hughes gets on the blower and says "wait til January."
The player agrees and now thinks he's going to Al Hilal in January.

02 Sep 2026 10:01:22
We p*ssed about so much. It’s embarrassing.
If we are signing players in January, then that’s at least something, but surely we could've gotten them now.

And don’t call me Shirley.

"Roger. What's our vector, Victor?"

01 Sep 2026 23:10:04
Wow Camara to Chelsea off. Liverpool in touch to say they want him in 2027.

01 Sep 2026 23:22:20
I think you're reading a bit too much. The report is that Liverpool told Camara and Monaco to wait and the deal in turn did not go through with Chelsea. Seems like it all depends on when Macca goes.

01 Sep 2026 23:24:33
Scenes! Absolute scenes!

01 Sep 2026 23:27:50
Yes wait until 2027.

01 Sep 2026 23:33:07
So who's that now that we have booked in 2027, Minteh, Sarr, and now Camara? It's like Jan 2026 all over again with Guehi and Semenyo, no wait...

01 Sep 2026 23:41:50
Post Richard Hughes life starts now.

I hope the club don’t intend to gaslight us with puff pieces. Tony Barrett and Neil Jones, we see you.

02 Sep 2026 00:00:03
Perhaps not Kaiser. I understand everyone is saying the deal will be dependent on Macca leaving, but if it's down to squad space rather than a need to sell, then I believe Endo is in his last year, so would free up a space for Camara. I've also read that Camara has always preferred us so is happy to stay in France for another year.

02 Sep 2026 00:05:37
The Edwards/Hughes tenor ended up being a major clown show, certainly wasn't what anyone expected that's for sure. Going on innuendo there's been a major mess left behind

Question is now, who's going to be employed to pick up the pieces & sort it all out!

02 Sep 2026 00:18:47
LFC PR MACHINE.

02 Sep 2026 00:23:38
I'm glad they've both gone. Disgusting pair.

02 Sep 2026 00:44:18
LFC should employ Steven Gerrard as DoF!

02 Sep 2026 01:00:06
Haissem, why employ Steven Gerrard as DOF? What makes him qualified for the role?

Bazzinga.

02 Sep 2026 02:16:44
He will give his all to serve LFC.

02 Sep 2026 05:04:15
Just giving your all isn't always good enough. I'd give my all as an F1 driver, doesn't mean I have the minerals to compete!

02 Sep 2026 05:16:12
I would also give my all to serve as DoF for LFC. Not sure if that makes me the right candidate though.

02 Sep 2026 06:16:47
The DOF bar isn't exactly high after Hughes is it? You might be alright, Kaizer.

02 Sep 2026 07:49:37
Wow we’re excited for a player that we only made an enquiry for. I have zero faith in anything this club does.

02 Sep 2026 09:03:50
Whatever it’s about, it’s not about money. We have the biggest PSR headroom in the prem. I am hoping it’s about listening to Iraola and doing what he asks. The signing so far suggests this is likely. He has been clear he wants to give Nyoni much more game time so maybe he sees Camara in his phase 2 rebuild.

02 Sep 2026 06:48:13
So have the club said Hughes has gone?

02 Sep 2026 09:02:48
Guess Mike Gordon was ultimately pissed with STC, pulled his Liverpool Black Card from him and told Monaco that we won't be coming in to trump Chelsea's offer in the last minute (Monaco was really hoping to push us to bid higher and for them to make profit).

In any case, on one hand we did not solve our issue in midfield. But on the other, I'm glad STC is now no longer handling our transfers. He ferked it up with Barcola and made us look very desperate. Wouldn't be shocked if he arranged for some kickback for himself.

02 Sep 2026 10:03:09
Keep in touch with Camara? What are we pen friends? In the Xmas party group? Jesus.

{Ed001's Note - showing your age, it is a WhatsApp group these days.}

02 Sep 2026 03:41:46
Pluck any Liverpool fan off the street and I'd imagine all of them would be willing to give their all for LFC. Doesn't make any of us qualified for the role though. SG is a legend but he has shown nothing to prove that he can be a DOF or SD. I'd rather get someone qualified for the role than go down the sentimental route.

I've mentioned it before but I think Rangnick would be a good choice but not sure if we can get him. Ed001 has also suggested Ian Graham and I agree with him too. Proven track record and a Liverpool fan to boot. I'm sure he'd jump at the chance if we approached him

{Ed001's Note - Rangnick is also a good shout.}

02 Sep 2026 11:03:37
Rangnick is a good shout. Didn't he recommend a few players to the United hierarchy, only for them to turn him down? And the players he recommended, but United rejected, ended up becoming good players.

Ed, aren't you worried that he's a former United manager? If things turn bad, fans could easily turn on him because of his United connection.

{Ed001's Note - that is the sole reason I don't recommend him. Otherwise he would be right at the top of the options list.}

02 Sep 2026 12:35:01
Didn't Rangnick very publicly call out the players, board and owners at United? So obviously he isn't a yes man, but with Edwards gone, maybe that isn't a deciding factor anymore. I think his time with RB makes him a great option

Why did Ian Graham leave in the first place Ed? was he forced out or did he choose to leave to start his business? He always comes across well whenever I've seen him speak, very much a stats first person but he knows his s**t

Did the "no D-head policy" leave with Klopp as well? Seems like that's no longer a strict rule and I think you need to be selecting signings based on a combination of statistics and less quantifiable things like attitude rather than just one or the other

{Ed001's Note - I don't know why he left, sorry.}

02 Sep 2026 16:03:41
Thanks anyway ed

{Ed001's Note - very welcome mate.}

01 Sep 2026 18:09:12
Chema Andres going to Brighton for €23m. Was he not a name mentioned a lot on here during the summer? Really just took for granted when we sold Jones we would replace him in the squad. Baffled.

01 Sep 2026 18:48:51
I agree, Flo, but we have too many non homegrown players. Should have gone for Wharton and Scott. Yes, both overpriced, but two English players in midfield who are 22/23. So sorted for years.

01 Sep 2026 18:50:42
They’ve signed the Baleba and Minteh replacements now. Question is, will they bend on the price?

01 Sep 2026 18:59:12
VV, you must be quite annoyed with Andres going for €23m. Seems like he'd been a great option for us.
As for homegrown, drop the players we don't want or who wouldn't take a move. Club and results come first.

01 Sep 2026 19:03:31
Wharton is flyweight and our problem was we have too many vanilla
players like
Grav. We need some grit. Wharton isn't it.

01 Sep 2026 19:06:25
At 23 million it's such a safe bet at his age. Even if he didn't take off and ended up only as a rotation option we could still get 50-60 million in a couple of years with inflation.

01 Sep 2026 19:17:24
Swamp, I agree with you. Wharton may have the qualities we need in deep midfield to possess the ball.

However, like you, his issue is that he is not mobile enough to cover the ground required in transition/when we lose the ball.

01 Sep 2026 19:25:59
Alisson
Mamadasvilli
Kerkez
Tsimikas
Virg
Leoni
Araujo
Jaquet
Dom
Macca
Endo
Gravenberch
Wirtz
Barcola
Isak
Ekitike
Munoz
Chiesa
Gakpo
17 spots available in a 25 man squad. Can have more but size of squad shrinks.

Who's dropping out McGov?

01 Sep 2026 19:28:54
Oli, who do we have that gets the crowd going these days? Araujo and Munoz are a type we’ve been missing and it’s no surprise that Andoni has gone for them.

Wharton would slice open defences and get Isak pumping, but if we get him it would have to be instead of Grav.

01 Sep 2026 19:34:54
Obviously Chiesa or Endo drop out. How on earth are they still at the club?

01 Sep 2026 19:35:51
Not one English homegrown player. Shocking.

01 Sep 2026 19:36:18
Wharton would have been a red on June 2nd if Slot hadn't been sacked. It was as close to being a 'done deal' as it could have been. Things seem to cool off in May, so I suspect Richard Hughes knew that Slot was on his way out. Wharton is not an Iraola midfielder and he pretty much made that clear when he said, "We had to change some plans" in reply to transfer questions about Wharton.

This is the problem with sacking a heavily-backed coach halfway through a rebuild. Square pegs, round holes. The advantage, though, is that these are not Iraola's players (except Munoz and Barcola). So Isak's record transfer price tag doesn't really matter any more.

He had to play last year when he could because of his fee. But now, if Hugo comes back firing, he'll be first choice number 9. I had hoped we could find a way of them playing together, but the Barcola signing kills that idea. That's where everyone wants to play. If Liverpool was the Titanic, we would just capsize (Sliiiide to the left! One hop this time!)

Maybe we should just put nine outfield players on the left flank and give the whole of the right side to Endo. Give that lad a gumshield and no one is getting through alive. 👊🥊 God help 'em.

01 Sep 2026 19:49:27
Ape, Jacquet and Leoni count as U21 for EPL, but not the UCL.

For the UCL we can drop either Endo or Chiesa, and Ekitike can be added in Jan when the list is refreshed.

01 Sep 2026 19:58:48
Chiesa, Endo and Eki are out until sometime into next year, plus he then needs to get match fit etc. Do you really think we'll see him this season after that terrible injury?

01 Sep 2026 20:12:19
Whose rebuild was it though? Slot's for R Edwards. Slot was the frontman, nothing more.

01 Sep 2026 20:17:45
Eli may never be the same. Isak is the elephant in the room. The incumbent leftovers of a previous regime, unsuited to our new style.
I’d rather Wirtz play as false 9 with Barcola and Munoz either side.

01 Sep 2026 19:41:59
Big Hairy Ape, Ekitike can be left off the list until January, which would give us a space

01 Sep 2026 19:54:17
MK did a very good write up of Wharton's limitations. He's a dead weight out of possession. I don't see that Wharton offers anything different to Nyoni in possession.

Flyweight is a very fair assessment of Wharton too, just watch his defensive displays against Everton & City, soft as volcanic diarrhoea, as for Scott? Just another middle of the road number 8 and we're very well equipped for those.

Mcgoveb, at that price he was well worth a punt. He's the modern defensive midfielder in the Rodri mould, he is physically dominant, something lacking in all our midfielders, reads the game well defensively and understands his responsibilities, something our midfielders don't. He also offers a threat in the box at set pieces and a strong presence in his own box.

Someone is going to end up paying Brighton at least 4 or 5 times that amount in a few years if he carries on in his development.

01 Sep 2026 20:30:30
Should have just let Endo go on a free or pay up his last year's wages and release him and brought someone who actually adds something to the squad.

01 Sep 2026 20:24:28
Chiesa and Endo are out till next year? when did that happen?

01 Sep 2026 20:35:08
Wharton is not our guy. He's slow, tackle shy and cries on the floor more than Mac Allister.

I don't think I've ever seen Andres play. If I have, he never stood out.

01 Sep 2026 20:37:41
I hear you, SwampDonkey. But that's just as bad because Hughes is also outta here. I think we'll all find out that Slot had more say in *some* transfers than we currently think he did.

I thought it was FSG/Liverpool propaganda at the time, but Wirtz also confirmed in one of those mind-numbingly tedious giggly-female-presenter-asking-dumb-questions-about-food-and-music interviews that Slot "sold him the dream".

After Wirtz spoke with City, Bayern and us, Slot called him via zoom and they spoke for a long time about his role at Liverpool. By the time Vincent Kompany tried the same thing, it was too late. Slot's shiny head had hypnotised Wirtz into living, dying and being reincarnated at Anfield.

Slot clearly had a vision, then either realised he couldn't do it or was given square pegs. But he wanted Wirtz and Isak.

Einstein once said: "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid." Kerkez inverting to midfield was worse than a fish trying to climb a tree. It was ridiculous. He looked even more like Theo Von. Which would back up your point that Slot didn't want or choose him.

Slot also fell out with the hierarchy for selling Diaz, which was a ridiculous thing to do. He was the beating heart of our League title. Like the assister to the assister 9 times out of 10. He ruined Man United with his intensity and work rate.

I know he was 28, but the fact that we've turned down £85m for Gakpo and took £65m Diaz is so dumb. Diaz was favoured by both Slot and Klopp on the left wing. Then when Nunez completely fell off a cliff and started missing open goals, Slot still preferred Diaz over Gakpo as a striker.

The Dutch connection and how much he stuck with Gakpo last season made me wonder if Slot had something to do with his new pay rise/contract extension. He's on £1, 000, 000 a month now and won't be an automatic starter. He'll play 20 mins, twice a week on the left and fill in for Isak before Hugo returns. And if he plays full-time on the right, God help us.

Make it make sense!!!

01 Sep 2026 20:42:13
Totally shattered seeing Chema Andres going to Brighton for €23m. Could have sat Chiesa out the whole season. They are spending 35M on GK who is not even going to play but couldn't spend 23M on an upcoming young strong DM. I really hope LFC hijacks this one.

01 Sep 2026 20:44:15
I wonder if Endo gets a game as DM? He was excellent under Jurgen, although that seems like a decade ago now and Endo is 45z.

01 Sep 2026 20:44:49
Florian Musiala,

Don't know where you got that from, Florian? Newspaper articles talking earlier today said Chiesa just had a minor muscle injury. I've not heard anything about Endo.

Leoni is the one closest to returning out of himself, Ekitike and Conor Bradley.

That lad is going to be special. I just hope an ACL hasn't ruined him, but he's young enough to recover. In a few years, Jacquet and Leoni will look like the exceptional pieces of business that they were/are. Powerful, quick, decent on the ball and up for a fight. Love it.

01 Sep 2026 20:46:21
VV and MKS, I agree re: Wharton. He can pass a ball and progress it up the pitch but he lacks any type of mobility or physicality in transition and that is of no advantage to us esp. with the PL we are currently in.

01 Sep 2026 20:47:01
Endo does not have to be registered if there was someone
better available.

01 Sep 2026 20:47:24
I’d rather Isak and Wirtz weren’t at the club at all, but what can we do?

01 Sep 2026 20:53:36
Kaka009, McConnell (DM, 21) and Nyoni (CM, 19) are up-and-coming talents. Forest bid £30m for Nyoni.

If we’d paid £30m for someone else’s 19-year-old, you’d probably be happy based on your Chema Andres comment. But you don’t want us to trust our own academy?

The only logical reason to sign a midfielder would’ve been if Macca, Grav, Endo or Szoboszlai left.

We only sold Jones, and Iraola had literally said publicly how impressed he’s been with Nyoni. It’s logical to assume Nyoni replaces Jones.

01 Sep 2026 20:54:32
Chema Andres is a phenomenal signing. Brighton will be selling him in 12-15 months for 100m+ for sure.

01 Sep 2026 20:59:44
So confused as to why people keep discussing the homegrown non-issue.

01 Sep 2026 21:00:47
Wharton scores highly for the league last season in tackles, recoveries and possession won in the final third of the pitch when compared to similar players. He’s better defensively than what we have, he’s not a physically imposing monster, his talent is in his in-game intelligence.

And the lad's only 22.

On top of that, the vision we lack since Trent left, he possesses the closest thing we’d find.

Would have made a great addition, and the lad's English, and seems to like the club.

01 Sep 2026 20:58:10
Mattytman1980 - Your Theo von Kerkez reference is hilarious. Pair of red neck
Forest gumps.

01 Sep 2026 21:07:45
We don’t ever play Chiesa or Endo so why do they need to be listed or registered? Better to loan them out, surely, even if we had to pay half of their wages.

01 Sep 2026 21:21:26
Probably because it is an issue, Chewy. You're the only one who seems to think it isn't. Only being able to sign players by selling others, or paying them their full salary while not being able to play them is quite clearly an issue.

01 Sep 2026 21:33:29
inbeta1989, Do you mean that? Like, really? 👀

The root cause of Wirtz's bad start last season was Salah. He wouldn't have been 007 if Salah hadn't missed half a dozen chances created by Wirtz. His whole season could have played out differently then. Newcastle keeper had a wonder save last week. Then he scored a goal against Forest but Frimpong was doing Frimpong things, so it was chalked off. Then another cracking save from his header. He *could* be 3 for 2 this season already and then it's a different conversation.

Watch him on Player Cam. That lad currently thinks too fast for the rest of our squad and gets frustrated. He finds so much space and no one risks finding him. Especially Dom.

Three times in the first half against Forest, Wirtz ran into acres of space with nothing but glorious green grass in front of him. Isak started sprinting as soon as Wirtz did. Perfect. Pass. Pass. Tap in.

What did Dom do? Passed it back 40 yards to Alisson. Both Wirtz and Isak threw their arms in the air in frustration and Iraola turned his back on the field.

So they must be practicing these passes in training to react like that. It's just a confidence issue and a lack of trust in our defence. That's where we miss Trent. He wasn't scared to play that diagonal and usually pulled it off.

The whole team know how defensively frail we are right now. So when Dom has his foot on the ball and the pass to Wirtz risks being intercepted, he doesn't want us to get caught on the counter after losing the ball. He'd already done it twice himself with dopey, sloppy, misplaced passes. You can see it in their play. Everything is so... safe. Everyone except Munoz, who has that touch of madness in him. I love him already. Gives me Jota vibes.

Hugo also thinks quickly, which is why he said he loves it when Wirtz is on the pitch with him. So if Isak doesn't shine before January, Hugo will have his chance to be a starter and then we'll probably have to sell Isak next summer. He knows he has to up his game within the next few months.

Have faith, mate. They will both come good this season and then we'll all see their value. Because no one available has ceilings as high as those two. Now that potential has to become reality.

01 Sep 2026 21:56:50
"He was the beating heart of our League title."

This literally never happened with Salah having the greatest individual season in PL history and cleaning up all individual awards including Golden Boot, POTY awards, the works.

But Diaz was the heartbeat of our blah, blah, blah.

The revisional history is heavy on this one, mate.

01 Sep 2026 21:57:20
We can't waste money paying players and not registering them, but if the manager doesn't want Chiesa and Endo he should have been harsh and frozen them out early doors and told them and their agents to find moves away to free up non HG spots. There's always a solution.

01 Sep 2026 21:58:03
Florian Musiala,

It was me. I got his potential after meeting some Stuttgart fans on holiday in Benidorm. They also said RM gets a percentage of any future deal. They said Rodri 2.0.

01 Sep 2026 21:57:21
SimpleSoul,

Who do we sell them to? Who would want them in their current state? Chiesa's wage is a joke. £160k a week for nothing.

I'm most definitely NOT an ITK, but I do have one contact at Anfield who has worked there for years in & around the medical and physio department.

BOTH Chiesa and Juventus lied to us (*allegedly before his lawyers come after me!). He has a 'condition' that wouldn't show up on a standard medical or fitness test. A condition that is quite the problem for top athletes.

What do athletes need to recover? Probably even more than nutrition? Sleep!

The dude has chronic insomnia that supposedly started when he moved to the UK. My arse. Juventus sold him on the cheap to us because he was useless to them in that state. We only recover in certain phases of a sleep cycle, and even sleeping tablets mean we don't enter that phase for long. For us normal folk, we'll probably be okay with 6 hours of poor quality sleep. But athletes? Not a chance.

FSG wanted to sue both Chiesa and Juve, but it never happened. I don't know how you prove they knew about this beforehand?!

Anyway, that's the Chiesa issue in a nutshell. Maybe he should read some of my posts on here. They're long enough to make anyone sleep. 😄

01 Sep 2026 22:21:47
Now that the window is over, I will comment on what I think. So glad that Barcola signed, but I am very concerned about the midfield and fullback positions. Now I was thinking, either the club does not recognise the gaping holes in the squad, or they are not able to fill them. I don’t like either of these options, and I am not sure which it is.
The longer the window went on, I have started to believe that FSG are on their way out and do not want to invest more money. I also think the data driven stuff needs to be stopped and we need to start scouting and buying players like other clubs.

Our performances on the pitch tell you everything you need to know about the team and what it is lacking. A decent DM could have been picked up for 50-60 million, but the fact that they seem to insist on sticking with this terrible midfield completely bewilders me. Then the fullback situation: we have gone from having the 2 best in the world to having the worst in the PL and being a complete laughing stock. Gonna be a long hard season. Kind of reminds me of Hicks and Gilets' final season.

01 Sep 2026 22:32:56
Trey I can see making it here. McConnell I don’t. He’s 22 in two weeks and a decent player but I doubt he has a Premier League career.

01 Sep 2026 22:46:48
Florin Musiala, I do apologise my sentence generation wasn't correct. I forget we are so grammatically correct on here. I meant Endo and Chiesa to the question who do you drop, and then Eki is injured. Knowing grammar is becoming more important on the site. I'll work harder to make sure my phone and I do better.

01 Sep 2026 22:55:42
No issues with Nyoni getting his chance and would prefer him over Dom in the double pivot. Again, though, he is lightweight off the ball.
Stuttgart concede a boatload of chances even more than we do. Maybe not Andres's fault, but they get cut open far too often.

01 Sep 2026 23:17:26
Thanks ed1, ed25 and ed66, Carra, thefields, Robbo, Ned and VG. 4 decent signings. Still some problem areas but I guess that's what January is for. See you all then.

01 Sep 2026 23:05:02
OliRed,

Salah scored 3 goals and got 2 assists in his last 12 games of that season. 😂 That's why he was all set to annihilate the G/A record. Then he went missing, so Diaz and Gakpo turned up. I swear you Salah fan boys read what you want to. None of what I said was knocking Salah. It was an incredible season from him, up until those last 12 games. We wouldn't have won the league without him. But that precisely zero to do with what I actually said.

You think Salah pressed and dictated play? 😂 Because that's what I meant by 'beating heart of the team'. You know who else called him that? Jurgen Norbert Klopp.

Do you understand the difference between G/A and the engine of a team? Do you understand what I meant by the 'assister to the assister'? Go check the OPTA stats and see WHO started over 60% of our attacking phases. Spoiler Alert: His name rhymes with Ruis Liaz. I saw it with my own eyes sat right behind Slot, in the same block I've sat in since 1999. But yeah, you're right, that didn't happen.

Also, did you see what happened when Diaz left? Salah was still there. 😂 It's not rocket science, mush. Salah broke the 38-game goal scoring record in 2017. You know where we finished that season? FOURTH. Which clearly shows that goals alone don't win you titles. No one on that field had more energy, passion and progressive drive that Luis Diaz. No one. And boy did we find out quickly after he left. Boring, slow, methodical, risk-free football.

We didn't win a major trophy with Salah in the squad until Alisson and Van Dijk came in. So we've seen the team without all of them at some point. When Van Dijk was out with an ACL, we lost SIX home games in a row. Before his injury, Van Dijk had only lost ONE league game at Anfield. What does that tell you about who is more important?

In our league winning year under Slot, Salah didn't keep clean sheets and he didn't pass himself the ball from midfield. It takes a team to win a league, which is why Salah couldn't do that until Van Dijk and Alisson came to help him out. And the beating heart of that TEAM was Luis Diaz. When he was subbed on, the whole atmosphere and pace changed. That's what I'm talking about. Take Diaz out of tat team and 60%+ attacks break down or don't even start at all. And guess what that means? Salah does win all those personal accolades.

02 Sep 2026 02:13:30
@MKScouser I am not saying Nyoni or McConnell don’t deserve to play first team football, but we also play every 3rd day, we need depth, strong bench and most importantly an experienced first team player on DM which we never replaced after Hendo, Fabinho left. The reason DM and tracking back becomes so important is because our full backs are crap and weak at this point, so instead of replacing two full backs better to add a cover on DM to be able to do 2 vs 1
on the wing.

Sabo doesn’t want to play RB, he can’t be a DM, McCalister has no legs left and Grev won’t track back. I have no doubt Nyoni will come out great from this season but what if he gets injured? What cover do we have? If you are going to say Endo, you probably have no sense of what tier-1 football team quality standards demand these days. Just think about playing against RM or PSG, do you think we have a midfield ready for playing against those teams?

02 Sep 2026 06:54:55
@DK97. It’s really not an issue for the fans. The club owns the players, the club owns the money and the club decides who will be in the squad. You, me and all the other fans don’t have a say and don’t have anything to do with the finances.

It’s just an opinion some fans have that is, in practical terms, of no meaning with respect to what the club chooses to do.

02 Sep 2026 21:31:51
I don't think selling our 5th choice midfield option and our 7th choice attacking option was really going to help bring in any of the players we thought were going to come in.

01 Sep 2026 18:02:48
Talksport saying Enzo to City is a done deal but Chelsea not going for any replacement this window?

01 Sep 2026 18:51:29
Horrible.Little man.

01 Sep 2026 18:54:24
Weird, Chelsea have a really thin squad. 😂

01 Sep 2026 19:14:37
Well, they were odds on to go for Camara, Ron, given that Caicedo is out injured and Lavia is injury prone, so they are a bit light in that position atm.

01 Sep 2026 19:38:48
Chelsea tried late for Mac Allister but were rebuffed.

01 Sep 2026 19:18:15
Ron so thin, it is the equivalent to an NFL 53-man squad.

01 Sep 2026 21:00:37
I read that as Endo to City. 🤣

01 Sep 2026 21:09:55
Ndiaye to City as well now apparently, Everton having a mare of a window with their target from the US failing a medical according to reports.

01 Sep 2026 21:56:42
Camara to Chelsea confirmed, that’s disappointing as he’s a good player who we could have got.

01 Sep 2026 16:54:45
Liverpool will submit another offer for Minteh this evening, I’m told.
Circa £75-80m.

Crazy stupid if you ask me ????

01 Sep 2026 17:17:55
Nope, not going to happen, my mate. 👎

01 Sep 2026 17:18:38
Minteh will transform the team. His work rate on and off the ball is insane - he is so perfectly suited to Andoni ball. You been on Twitter again?

01 Sep 2026 17:38:08
Brighton have signed Chema and the Millwall winger. Minteh is coming.

01 Sep 2026 17:48:41
Minteh ain’t doing naff all. He’s injured and will need a pre season of his own.

It’d be a pointless signing when we could just revisit it in the winter window.

01 Sep 2026 17:49:11
Swampdonkey, Are you actually Jordan Peterson behind that account?

01 Sep 2026 17:56:01
I think Minteh has had a pre-season, but he’s going to take time to get up to speed.
Any signing would also take time. Barcola will take time to get up to speed.

Making signings on deadline day is generally foolish. Get your business done early and let your manager cook.

01 Sep 2026 17:57:12
Jordan Pickford more like.

01 Sep 2026 17:57:58
It's fine, Gakpo staying is like a new signing! He will play right wing with Munoz, Chiesa and Frimpong covering; Barcola, Rio covering left side and Ekitike and Wirtz can play from left. Szob can and should play on the right defence for now.

The questions will be center of the park. Can Nyoni step up and be the warrior we need in midfield? Kirkez still deserves a chance at left back. No way we're ever replacing him. It's up to the manager now to get a tune out of the team. No excuses.

01 Sep 2026 18:07:59
My main concern is right back, I just hope Gomez comes back quickly and stays fit.

I had just heard that we put a late plan offer for Gusto... so perhaps a late plan deal for a RB is on the cards if anything at all.

01 Sep 2026 18:19:38
Doms going to have to get used to the idea of being the new Trent. No way he has any clause saying where he should play. 300 a week means do your job.

01 Sep 2026 18:37:20
How are we in a situation already where Dom has to play right back?

Our midfield is not great but Dom is probably the best one of them and we’re shunting him out to right back again?

Gomez will not stay fit when he comes back to be relied upon - history tells us this.

01 Sep 2026 18:50:22
Szoboszlai can’t play in a midfield two. His best position in an Iraola team is right wing or right back.

01 Sep 2026 18:52:16
Dom is not a CM. He lacks discipline amongst other things. He should be on the right or rotating with Wirtz.

01 Sep 2026 19:00:06
As much as I would love a rb and a cm. I’ve felt from the Barcola signing being announced that we were done this window. I hate deadline day. It was always fun when we had our business done and I was watching other clubs sign players in a panic. Not so much fun when you actually feel like you need to do business.



Anyway onwards and upwards. We have signed very good to excellent players this window and with Iraola we have a good coach. We have also seen Szoboszlai signed a contract extension. Keeping Cody is good imo also. So it’s not all doom and gloom.

There’s no pfk or Jovanovic either, so there’s another plus.

01 Sep 2026 19:01:11
I think with a new gaffer it's totally fine to make the signings needed or move people on after preseason and all the way to the January window.
I'd rather identify what he needs that tell him what he has.

01 Sep 2026 19:12:10
I don’t think you can see Dom isn’t a CM.

He could definitely play in a midfield 3 if he has licence to push on.

I don’t think he is working now in this current midfield 2.

But AI’s job is to get a system that gets the best out of his players and gets results - there needs to be some pragmatism.



Either coach the players to learn the system better, or change the system.

Failing that, change the players, but that isn’t his job, and Dom isn’t being sold.

So he needs to find a solution with the players he has.

I don’t think the answer is to move him to right back.

01 Sep 2026 19:21:10
Swamp, Szobo can't play in the no. 10 either cos he is nowhere near as creative as Wirtz.

As for Minteh transforming our team, that's not gonna happen with a player who has scored less goals (9 in 66 for BHA) than Darwin did in his first season (15).

That's not a thing, I'm sorry.

Also, what is this obsession with signing a currently injured player? Bonkers this.

01 Sep 2026 20:05:41
Oli, Salah more than doubled his goal output from his last season with Roma in his first season with us, so why is it so unexpected that a player will put up better numbers in a different team?

He's also young, and put up big numbers when he was on loan at Feyenoord.

01 Sep 2026 20:51:36
Rugby, that same Eredivisie that people don't rate when it suits them? Slot and Gakpo were being berated for coming from that same league when it was convenient for them. Keep in mind, I'm not doing that here.

Secondly, and this is the simple part. Comparing Minteh to Salah or Mane is just blasphemy at this point.

That is cos Salah was levels above Minteh at Roma.

So was Mane at Southampton to the point that Utd. wanted him before we took him as our second signing the year after. You do know that Mane was our record signing that season surpassing Andy Carroll's fee, right? Exactly.

This is not rocket science, my man. It is that simple.