21 Apr 2026 17:02:40
Wharton is seen as the no 1 replacement for Macca, who wants to leave and is one of those the club is looking to cash in on.
Endo, Gomez, Elliot, Gakpo and a couple of youngsters are all possible exits as well.
Jones is an odd one, he wants to stay but he is also aware he could go elsewhere and be a 1st team regular.
I still expect him to sign a new contract tho.
Another more robust midfielder will be looked at as well.
As for wingers, the noises are Diomande is 1st choice but I'm also being told not to discount Barcola.
Slot wise, I'm staying out of it. ?
21 Apr 2026 17:31:38
Cheers, TheFields, good to hear from you, mate. Thing is, Slot doesn't like robust midfielders, so I'll just leave that there. ?
21 Apr 2026 17:37:14
Thanks, Fields. Any news on Chiesa?
21 Apr 2026 17:41:42
Cheers Fields, much appreciated mate.
21 Apr 2026 17:51:35
It feels strange to get invested in transfer rumours when the manager isn't sorted.
21 Apr 2026 18:01:15
Cheers Fields
21 Apr 2026 18:04:54
If a proper no.6 is not priority this summer it'll be same as you were next year, 2 years on an fabinho hasn't been replaced. Hughes master class
21 Apr 2026 18:07:39
SA, I've just been sent this from a mate. Its off X and comes from Slots mouth apparently
"I hope and I assume that if I leave, and whenever that might be, people remember me for the fact that we won the league in my time over here, but that I also played a big part in creating a new cycle."
Make of it what you will ?.
Sorry Red, he is expected to leave but the same could of been said last summer mate
21 Apr 2026 18:11:21
Elliot is important to move on as counts as pure money as homegrown. Could he be used in a deal for Diomande? Endo could be worth keeping for the season as he's only got one year left same with Gomez as no one's buying a massively injury prone defender with a year left.
Jones has a year left so if no deal done then likely to be sold and again pure profit. Perhaps João Gomes could be had cheaper now Wolves are down.
{Ed001's Note - home grown is nothing to do with pure profit.}
21 Apr 2026 18:16:35
Cheers Fields.
On Gakpo, would we consider keeping him now Ekitke is out for a long period
21 Apr 2026 18:21:04
Unfortunately the cycle he created was one with reverse gears only. I won't be sorry to see the back of him.
21 Apr 2026 18:23:38
Cheers TheFields, I have also seen some other quotes apparently from Slot along similar lines.
It doesn't feel like its from somebody who's planning on staying.
21 Apr 2026 18:28:59
It's irrelevant who we sign if Slot remains in charge
21 Apr 2026 18:37:29
I think it will be another years waste of Endo's career if he hangs around at Liverpool.Should have left last summer.
21 Apr 2026 18:56:58
Ed thought it counted as pure profit or was it the fact you can use the money straight away. Hence the benefits of club selling more homegrown talent
{Ed001's Note - that is not how it works. I don't know why you would think homegrown status had any bearing on it.}
21 Apr 2026 19:03:54
Thanks for the info Thefields
21 Apr 2026 20:27:18
Academy players who the club sell count as pure profit as they had so purchase value against them on club accounts, so whatever you sell them for you earn back. They players are often home grown but in this context it's incidental.
For example, you could buy a home grown player elsewhere, then sell them again 2 years later, and the money you make from the sale wouldn't count as pure profit, it would be balanced against their purchase cost / remaining value on the club books (determined by fee paid and length of contract remaining).
This is an incomplete summary of course but hopefully clears up the confusion somewhat.
21 Apr 2026 20:54:49
Ed001 what do you think will happen to Elliott if Slot leaves. I would like him to come back think he is a good squad player and was vastly under used last season by Slot.
Think he could have helped this season his loan has been a total waste of time really poor deal I would have rather it just have been a straight loan than this so he could have played more games.
Never should have agreed to that deal.
{Ed001's Note - it will depend on who replaces Slot. I would expect a new man to actually take a look at him though.}
21 Apr 2026 21:31:55
Elliott just isn't good enough for Liverpool unfortunately. Just being honest.
21 Apr 2026 21:58:27
Slot should have stopped at hoping people would remember he won the league and not the big part he played in the balls up this season.
21 Apr 2026 23:02:21
Great info Thefields. Thanks
21 Apr 2026 23:08:11
I really hope we don't keep Gakpo to cover for Ekitike, especially if Bayern are willing to pay £70m for him.
Plenty of better alternatives, especially if we can bring in pacey and direct forwards on both flanks. Wirtz could play in a Firmino type role at times, if we have these types of forwards and need to rest Isak.
22 Apr 2026 09:47:14
If we sold Mo Salah for $1, that would count as pure profit wouldn't it? lol
also, where did we get the info that Slot doesn't want a combative midfielder? is that from the ITKs that he blocked recruitment for a combative midfielder?
22 Apr 2026 09:48:07
Also, I'd really keep Harvey. From a club-first perspective, wouldn't it be better for us to keep him for the season especially as we don't know what shape Ekitike may return in in 2027, if he returns that is.
22 Apr 2026 11:42:27
KeegansPerm, homegrown refers to the squad building rule whereby players must have spent 3 years playing for teams in the FA by the age of 21. "Pure profit" is part of the accounting rules, where academy players are given zero value on the books, which is hugely beneficial for PSR but doesn't always literally mean pure profit; with Elliot for example, he was brought in from Fulham for about £1m and has a sell on clause too.
They are completely unrelated but it's an easy mistake to make because people do sometimes use the word homegrown to describe an academy player.
22 Apr 2026 12:12:17
I'm sorry Fornax but on what evidence this season can Wirtz play a false 9 role for us?
He doesn't have the holdup play of Firmino. He doesn't have the intelligence of Firmino.
He's a young lad struggling for form. He needs playing in his preferred position and a confidence boost, not sticking him up front in the Premier League and asking him to do a job until Hugo comes back.
22 Apr 2026 13:30:40
Navy Keith, Outside of Dom and Ekitike there's no evidence for anybody being capable of playing any position based on this season alone, so that's a nonsense stipulation. Wirtz did play the false 9 occasionally at Leverkusen. He also has elite off the ball movement (which most of our squad is too slow or blinkered to recognize) which is essentially half the battle for a false 9, not to mention great close control and creative passing.
Moving up to the forward line could actually improve his game considerably for us as he requires the team to play through him in order to get the best out of him and playing as a false 9 could make him more of a focal point.
22 Apr 2026 14:38:47
Love your work as always Fields.
Anyone saying keep Gakpo must be out of their minds. Nowhere near the level needed.
Desperately need another 6/dm type in. Need another option there and hopefully a bit of competition for Grav will spur on a lift in his level
22 Apr 2026 14:50:19
Everything Chewy said, but also just to add I don't think we have had the right types of forwards fit to play with a false 9 consistently. We would need players running off Wirtz, with the pace and directness that Salah and Mane used to offer Firmino for it to be effective.
23 Apr 2026 00:43:09
Gakpo is fine in the squad and with another player competing with him. It feels silly to say, but he's literally shown this in previous season