12 Jan 2026 21:44:49
Hi all,
Xabi Alonso will remain without a job until the summer. Then, he will assess his options. Manchester City are interested.
Szoboszlai should sign an extension this month.
Liverpool are discussing a possible deal for Yan Diomande, however it is difficult due to the obscene asking price Leipzig are asking. There has been talk of Harvey Elliott being included in a possible deal.
Arsenal are pushing hard with Marc Guehi's camp for a move. I expect a four-horse race for his signing.
12 Jan 2026 22:24:05
Hi mate just on a good few of these. Alonso will not get a job till the summer you're correct. However Manchester City are either Keeping Pep or getting Maresca. They have had many discussions with him since his departure at Chelsea and pep has recommended him to the city board. Harvey Elliot could most definitely be involved in a separate deal to Yan Diomande with Liverpool not really interested in doing a swap deal.
From what I hear Marc Guehi wants either city or Liverpool. Arsenal simply have too many defenders.
{Ed001's Note - City were speaking to Maresca months ago, long before he left Chelsea.}
12 Jan 2026 23:03:19
Seems mad, Maresca didn't set the world on fire at chelsea. I would have assumed Enrique would succeed Pep but just a pure guess that one.
13 Jan 2026 07:31:27
Ed001 I thought Maresca did a good job at Chelsea they are not like the old Chelsea all about winning for me all there managers are going to struggle under this situation.
How did you think he did Ed?
{Ed001's Note - he is terrible. He can't organise a defence, has no discipline and plays mind numbingly boring football, far worse than we are playing. They spent 2bn and you think he did a good job to come nowhere near challenging for the title? I can't understand that view.}
13 Jan 2026 07:50:32
Good piece on Xabi by Guillem Ballague this morning. It's a perspective on his time with RM. It doesn't shed much light on his credentials or not to coach at the top level, but does give an angle on why he failed at RM, and wasn't really ever wanted there.
It reinforces why this era of the coach with little influence is a difficult one, as Arne's is finding out.
13 Jan 2026 08:55:41
The club backing the players and not the coach they hired to lead them was always going to end badly for xabi.
13 Jan 2026 11:32:16
ED25, do you have any ITK's on the Everton page?
Maybe you could borrow one of our many for some info, as i'm sure they would/ may have multi club info?
{Ed025's Note - we do have a couple who supply information from time to time RD but like all sites its difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff mate, some come off and some dont but sometimes you can just tell over a period of time who you can trust..like Carra on here..
13 Jan 2026 13:50:00
RD, I get info about most clubs in the league. I don't post that because I'm only a fan of LFC ?.
13 Jan 2026 16:46:53
that's fair enough fields and 25.