21 Apr 2026 10:28:55
Morning Gents.
I've been told Liverpool will go full in on Diomande in the summer.
Club very confident it will get done.
Cheers.
21 Apr 2026 11:02:22
Thanks, Robbo.
21 Apr 2026 11:20:42
I must admit to not really seeing much of the lad... but talk of him being Salah's replacement... is he that good or have the potential to be? We've been so blessed with Mo, and to think we've just happened across his successor and we're going all in on me worries me.
21 Apr 2026 11:22:36
Absolute priority to get this guy in. He is some player already, and will be very special if he keeps on developing.
Hopefully Eddie/Hughes get this done.
21 Apr 2026 11:30:05
I see that Plettenberg was stating that on X, Robbo. Cheers for the update.
21 Apr 2026 11:32:03
@Aquilaniisgod, (what a wonderful name, by the way) I have only seen highlights and he looks very good in those. However, that's not a good metric. However, I read an article once on The Athletic (or someplace), where they were talking about how RB Group insiders consider him the biggest talent they have seen in their group of teams apart from Haaland.
Given some genuinely good players have come from there, it is high praise. I hope we sign him also because he is a Liverpool fan due to his dad. With his speed and skill, he will fit in perfectly.
21 Apr 2026 11:37:59
Diomande looks like an extremely promising player.
However, at 19 with only 40+ appearances at top flight football, it's a very small sample size for the price tag of £87mil.
21 Apr 2026 11:40:44
The fact that Red Bull are stating that he could be the best player to ever come through their system suggests he has definitely got something about him.
21 Apr 2026 11:48:14
Cheers Robbo. Good signing at the right price.
21 Apr 2026 11:54:32
Really like the look of this one. Comfortable on both flanks (seems to favour the right, which is rare), dribbler to help against low blocks but also a carrier for transitions. Has the physical attributes that the likes of Sancho lacked when making the transition to the prem and probably even someone as good as Adeymi might fail to get the big move. Also declared his love for Liverpool which is always an extra tick. I can see him lighting up Anfield. Most likely the reason we didn't follow up on Semenyo - 7 years younger and higher ceiling.
I've one question for folks here. If he were to take up the right flank and say we don't go for a Wharton in midfield, would you be slightly worried about the lack of left footed dynamic? Not only for inswinging setpieces, but more so for looking into a low block. I think you need someone in the team to create that angle. Am I overthinking it? Or do we smash the transfer window again and do Olise and Diomande lol.
21 Apr 2026 12:03:04
Cheers, Robbo.
Makes a lot of sense if we can get a good price and that the dispute he's having with his former agency doesn't impact the transfer.
21 Apr 2026 12:29:13
I'm sceptical about talents from the Bundesliga.
Olise looks like a world beater in that league, 12 months ago, no English team was in for him.
Then there's Jaden Sancho.
I'm not going to talk about Wirtz.
It's too polarising.
Keita - excelled in Bundesliga.
Karius - 2nd best keeper in Germany, a total dud in England.
The price is too rich for me for a talent from the Bundesliga. Let someone else take the risk.
21 Apr 2026 12:40:44
Ron Keague, I'm going to agree with you most of the way, you could have said it better about Olise ? I'm not even going to mention Diaz with the sudden jump in goals+assists.
That is not to say players from there are not going to hack it here, Keita was a good buy, he was just too injury prone and I'm too sure that age was ?(I don't want to get into trouble).
21 Apr 2026 12:44:15
He does look special to be fair, Ron K.
Let's not forget that we did nab Firmino from the Bundesliga and he arguably defined the whole Jurgen Klopp era as the team was built around him.
21 Apr 2026 12:54:10
I am a little worried about this... Alonso doesn't play with wingers, is this another signal that the club are going to stick with Slot?!
21 Apr 2026 12:58:48
Half agree with you there, Ron, although I'm not sure why most of the prem weren't in for Olise to be honest. My main concern with him was his injury record, and maybe that's eased by playing in a less intense league, but even at Palace he was class.
But yeh it's been hit and miss, probably more miss than hit, but there are a lot of gems too, Bobby obviously the main one, Heung Min Son another, KDB (even though he went there after Chelsea), main challenge has been the German ones rather than the foreign imports into Germany, but Keita one still haunts...
although I'd probably say Keita, ability wise, still wasn't a bad player, just was made of glass, so only showed glimpses... also a lot of rumours of having a bad attitude.
21 Apr 2026 12:59:11
Graham, Alonso played wingers at Real Madrid every game.
He does not have a set style of play.
21 Apr 2026 13:03:49
He is so young and talented. If he develops his off the ball work (which needs a lot of development) and a little bit of end product work, he could become an animal.
I fear Slot is the wrong manager to develop him correctly. Hopefully, that won't be an issue.
Iraola would turn him into an absolute world beater.
21 Apr 2026 13:24:58
Nice, cheers Robbo.
21 Apr 2026 13:51:38
@tobi3 Keita was a good buy You are having a laugh! He was one of the clubs worst purchases ever. As in EVER!
{Ed025's Note - absolutely SG..
21 Apr 2026 14:08:26
Wasted spend if Slot remains, I'm afraid.
21 Apr 2026 14:49:53
Chelsea, United and Newcastle were all very keen on Olise at the time he joined Bayern, but he wasn't so keen on them. Apparently he has his head very well screwed on and didn't fancy playing for any of them, given the varying degrees of bin fires at each of those clubs.
As for Diomande, he's not remotely comparable to the likes of Sancho, Diomande was offered absolute bags of cash to go to Chelsea before he was 18 but he turned it down as he wanted to play and not be a chattel to be moved between feeder clubs or sitting on a bench collecting splitters, the kid has a good mentality which matches his unlimited potential.
The fact he's barely 19 and is bullying grown men week in week out is reason enough to think he can step up. Personally can't think of a better option than him.
21 Apr 2026 16:37:36
It's some front line when Ekitike returns, Diomande, Isak and Ekitike plus Wirtz as creator. There's also Gakpo and Ngoumha. Pace strength and trickery.
21 Apr 2026 17:03:58
Nice one, Robbo.
21 Apr 2026 18:40:03
It's some front line Red Jones when Slot isn't in charge of them any longer. Until then it'll remain substandard regardless of names on the team sheet.