25 May 2026 09:58:46
Just heard a rumour Klopp is to come back on a short term contract, spend a year getting the intensity back into the team, help the club find a manager then take over as DOF at the end of next season.
Not sure I believe it too much but it is a rumours page after all. Personally I would take it but I have always been reserved when it comes to returns whether it be players or managers.
25 May 2026 10:30:56
If Carlsberg did rumours...
25 May 2026 10:31:26
Nice rumour. J W Henry is on his yacht off Ibiza. Could this be a meeting with Klopp, who lives on Majorca? Or is J W Henry there for a bit of Ibiza hard core rave? Certainly not for the duty free.
25 May 2026 10:34:01
It's a bank holiday. RW5 is a bit bored.
25 May 2026 10:36:32
Taking Slot to Amnesia.
25 May 2026 10:41:52
I like the idea of Klopp returning to the club. I always wanted him to take the DoF role after taking a sabbatical.
But first we need the announcement that Slot is done with LFC, either sacked or through mutual agreement, for this not to be another 'leak' to keep fans off Hughes, Edwards, and Slot's backs guessing until the start of next season.
25 May 2026 10:44:01
Think if Slot wasn't or isn't fired last night or today, he's going nowhere. Don't buy this two weeks to make a decision lark at all. For me, Alonso going to Chelsea is a clear sign he'll be staying. Alonso would have been first choice, and they didn't even get onto him when he was linked to Chelsea.
25 May 2026 10:54:33
I disagree, Flo, I don't think Alonso was much in our thinking, but I don't think it necessarily means Slot is definitely staying. Any decision for Slot to stay or go will be made this week.
I think if by 1st June we have heard nothing, then I'm inclined to agree Slot stays.
25 May 2026 10:56:14
It'll be like when Clint Eastwood took over the recruits as Gunnery Sergeant Highway in Heartbreak Ridge.
25 May 2026 10:57:49
Didn't Henry meet Klopp last week?
Not saying it's to do with the Klopp coming back (maybe his view on Hoeness as Robbo said or Nagelsmann).
If we were going for Enrquie in 27, it would be great if we Klopp for a year till then, but I highly doubt this unfortunately.
25 May 2026 11:08:26
I'm sure this is nonsense But Klopp may look at the state of the prem and think coming back for a year is basically an open goal.
25 May 2026 11:17:32
I think it's nonsense meself. Klopp will not be coming back, he's happily retired.
25 May 2026 11:18:48
Klopp returning is as likely as Alonso doing a u turn and becoming our next manager. I think a signing or two is more likely before any manager change.
25 May 2026 11:19:54
I don't think Klopp wants to go back to management. I'd love to have a fully committed and passionate Klopp back, but competing against financial cheats and a crooked PGMOL broke him. Let the man rest. He owes us nothing.
25 May 2026 11:19:59
Liverpool have had opportunity enough to hire Alonso, but the Data-Tron3000 hasn't ever spat out his name. He is not seemingly an option as highly thought of as Slot or Amorim.
Apparently the Data-Tron2000 is still saying we need to hire Villa-Boas or Jesse March.
The issue is partly Slot. His inadequacy is writ large over this, but it's also the nerds. We have given the nerds free rein, and they buy players "who get on base".
No stat displays character, so it's no longer a factor.
If you get the chance, watch when Flo was subbed in yesterday. He walks/saunters all the way across the pitch. He doesn't sprint; there is no excitement, there is no "I have 30 minutes to win this game." He looked like he'd been asked by his Ma to tidy his room just as Thundercats comes on the telly. His attitude stinks.
25 May 2026 11:27:49
I wish this was true - but I can't see it happening.
I did hear, maybe on here, Gordon wanted Klopp back, and Klopp was advising him on Hoeness.
If there is any movement on Slot, it shouldn't be long to wait - but I've a horrible feeling he'll be here in August, delaying the inevitable sacking in November.
25 May 2026 11:28:51
Sounds like a dream. However, I think if this was the case, both Robbo and Mo had gladly stayed for another year to help nurture and mentor the new players into the way Liverpool should play.
25 May 2026 11:29:35
Wasn't Alonso first choice when Jurgen left?
25 May 2026 11:30:52
If Klopp was incoming, Mo and Robbo would not be outgoing.
25 May 2026 11:43:43
Alonso was never coming to Liverpool. He wasn't first choice when we appointed Slot, so why would he suddenly become our number 1?
I think it has become clear we need a coach with passion and energy, including on the touch line, but more importantly on the training ground. That's why Alonso was never number 1. Hopefully the owners now realise you cannot go on data alone.
Slot may have been a good choice on paper, but his personality does not suit. So if Slot is to go... he has 12 months left on his contract... his successor will have to have the right numbers and personality. Maybe the owners know who they want, and maybe they will have to wait for the guy from Paris or the guy who has just left from City.
25 May 2026 11:44:36
Nope. As Alonso has stated, God knows how many times, the club have never spoken to him about being head coach.
This is a conclusion fans and pundits have arrived at over and over again.
Neville happily stated Slot was third choice. This is false. It was always Slot. Amorim was second pick, but the adherence to a back three was an issue.
The club don't think Alonso is the man for the job.
25 May 2026 11:59:47
Even if it is a rumours.
But I like this kind of rumour.
Bling back Jurgen.
25 May 2026 12:19:21
Whilst it's very reassuring starting the day with the same conversation, wouldn't it be nice to wait and see what comes out of the season review? Although I do enjoy how people see Slot's future in the most tenuous (imaginary?) connections. The number 32 bus was five minutes late so Klopp will be rejoining, Slot will be kept on as head of the match ball boys....
25 May 2026 12:25:38
Ha ha Flange. Excellent!
25 May 2026 12:26:22
@mcheshi, I never noticed Klopp being that Blingy myself.
JK back, yes and yes, alas a romantic notion imo.
25 May 2026 12:36:35
This rumour makes me happy. I have imagined the great man's return & how it would pan out into glorious success next season.
Whether it happens or not, nobody can take away a dream & the feeling it created. ?
25 May 2026 12:37:18
I think The Goonie has permanent amnesia. ?
25 May 2026 12:45:28
I thought Alonso turned us down to stay at Leverkusen before we appointed Slot.
25 May 2026 13:06:45
Florian, as a club that's very well known for taking their time to make data-driven decisions, especially when it comes to those that affect long-term planning, is there a genuine reason why you think the club would go completely against that philosophy and intentionally rush such a big move as potentially changing manager?
25 May 2026 13:37:55
Looks like wishful, made-up thinking rather than a rumour, but it's nice to daydream at the end of a season like that.
25 May 2026 13:47:06
I bet you Florian Musiala is delighted that Slot is staying. Been singing his praises and defending him all season.
25 May 2026 13:47:46
Nope, what you've done, Florian, is conflated two individual things in order to arrive at a wrong conclusion.
Alonso opted to stay at Leverkusen - yes.
This does not mean that by doing so this is him rejecting Liverpool.
If I decide to go to Skegness in July, that doesn't necessarily follow I turned down two weeks in St Bart's in July.
We never discussed or offered Alonso a job, so his deciding to go on for another year (and have the arguably the best season any manager has ever had) is a separate thing.
When he said "I have never discussed the Liverpool job with Liverpool at any point", what he meant was the thing he said.
25 May 2026 13:50:15
Why would they be waiting till now to start their data driven decisions, Chewy? Why wait until now when there's a WC starting in a couple of weeks that most, if not all, of our potential targets could be flying out to? Take your time to decide, alright, no problem with that, but there's no reason why that process would have to take until now to start.
They know what direction they are going forward with, they would have known before yesterday's game. If the decision was to part ways with Arne, it should be done as soon as. imo I don't see any reason why he wouldn't have been gone by today.
25 May 2026 14:09:24
Im sorry, Why0why, was Alonso, or was he not sounded out about the LFC job while he was at Leverkusen? I was under the impression he had been seen, as it is common knowledge he was Edward's first choice.
Now I salute Alonso for staying at Bayer, I like the loyalty. I was under the impression, though, that if he had wanted the LFC job back then it was his.
25 May 2026 14:18:59
Now we enter the realm of "sounded out" as opposed to "offered the job" or "rejected".
Alonso, the person central to this, stated he has never interviewed for or discussed the Liverpool head coach role with Liverpool.
Now, did his agent have contact with Liverpool representatives, maybe? Has he "rejected" Liverpool, nope, has he "turned us down", nope.
As I said, staying on at your current club does not necessarily mean you've "rejected" another club. Blythe Spartans weren't rejected by Alonso, as they probably never interviewed him or made him an offer.
25 May 2026 14:44:18
Dream positive, fellas. I'm going for no announcement yet because they have promised Enrique's agent not to create any hint that he will leave PSG. Then, after the CL Final, PSG announce him leaving, Slot announces he's off & the rest writes itself.
I know it's a long shot, but it's far better than imagining Slot will be the manager when next season kicks off. ?
YNWA - Dare to dream.
25 May 2026 14:53:33
If they're going to sack Slot, it will be once his contract ticks over to one year remaining. As the pay-out will be significantly reduced, which makes sense considering the outrageous money we spent last summer.
25 May 2026 15:07:55
SzSz8
This is the only viable conclusion I am entertaining.
Isak to Atleti, swap for Alvarez.
Wirtz to Bayern, swap for Olise.
Gakpo to the farm for imbeciles, cash insurance, buy Diomande.
Mac10 to Madrid, buy Anderson.
Frimpong to Dortmund, buy Munoz/Kayode.
Kerkez to Newcastle, swap for Hall.
Buy Quansah back (£30m).
Buy Barcola (£80m).
£110m expenditure. Enrique, win the lot.
Re-sign Robbo and Mo.
25 May 2026 15:17:10
Why0Why, I'm with you, accept we should keep Wirtz & Isak, obviously still getting Alvarez & Olise. ?
25 May 2026 15:20:12
Would we not have to wait until the 30th of June for that, hsl? Isn't that the date most contracts end?
25 May 2026 14:03:17
We're just going back through Rodgers 14/15 season again only Slot was lucky everyone else was worse, Rodgers was found out in exactly the same way and also only just scraped 60 points while losing double digits in matches. Slot will cling on to his job like a stubborn turd that just won't flush away due to weak and poor leadership at the top of the club. The players we are targeting and likely to bring in will not make a blind bit of difference(forget Barcola & Diomande, I reckon we end up with dross like Minteh & Nusa, as for midfield along with the painfully slow Wharton, Slot wants a reunion with Koopmeiners by all accounts and he's absolutely dog muck, as well as also wanting Dumfries, I can only refer to Ed001's assessment of him), if Slot isn't fired and continues it will be the same poor results only with a smattering of new faces.
Just like 15/16, I think it's fair to say Slot will probably be getting his P45 before the start of November, only there isn't a Jurgen Klopp to save us from this mess.
25 May 2026 15:39:00
SzSz8 - Trust me on this, I've seen a lot of players put on the red shirt and a lot have just worn it. Some players fill it.
Wirtz & Isak aren't Liverpool players. There is nothing about them that looks and acts like a Liverpool player. They're both missing something - Isak looks scared of his own shadow and Wirtz looks like he needs special headphones when it thunders. They both have that vague lost look that Timo Werner had.
There isn't an inch of fight in them. They will go down as our two worst ever signings. Flo is plying futsal and Isak needs a team built to feed him chances. That's not Liverpool. Flow would be great in Spain or Germany.... Isak would do well when he fancies it in Italy or Spain.
Season 27/28, you'll be praying we can sell them for reasonable money. Awful signings.
25 May 2026 15:56:49
@whyohwhy
"Isak would do well when he fancies it in Italy or Spain"
His record in the Premier League for Newcastle surely speaks for itself?
25 May 2026 16:09:16
Why0Why, Wtf should I trust you. ? I'm 50 years old, been a Liverpool supporter since 1981 & have a pretty good idea of what makes a Liverpool player.
Wirtz already took the Bundesliga by storm & Isak smashed in goals for fun in the EPL (so your statement is redundant)! I'm positive they will both be super stars at Liverpool, they just need tactics that allow them to play their game.
Whatever happens I will never be praying over any players sell on or purchase fee ffs. ?
25 May 2026 16:18:40
How good is it, Navy Keith? His career has two good years, two. He's 26.
He was good in a team that was entirely designed to get the ball to him as soon as viable. We don't do that. Every player (Barnes, Gordon, Murphy, Willock) were tasked with doing his running for him.
He scored 52 non-penalty goals in 109 games. That's about the same rate as Mane, a winger.
He's a decent player, but he's not right for Liverpool.
If Edwards wasn't hell bent on proving Klopp wrong, we'd never have spent so much on him and had Slot admitting he didn't know how to play Hugo and Isak at the same time.
Went on strike, won't press, exhausted after 20 minutes, always injured - he wasn't great business.
25 May 2026 16:30:25
Nice that you used Mane as a winger who basically scored as many goals as a lot of CFs. ? 52 outa 109 with no penalty kicks is actually good going. Are we discounting penalty goals now, like Bruno setpiece assists?. ?
25 May 2026 16:32:11
So did Werner, so did Sancho, so did Havertz - excelling in Germany isn't a litmus test.
Flo has been terrible. Genuinely awful. If he wasn't to be valued based on this season, he'd be £40m.
Isak has a one in two goal return for two seasons, and he's 26.
His return is the same as Mane, but Mane was a winger and did so much.
Isak just scores goals and isn't super at it.
So, given that you have seen this, and arrived at the conclusion we need to keep them, then I cannot trust your decision making.
Let's revisit next March. I will wager any money you will say, "but how could we know".
25 May 2026 16:38:34
Didn't Mane share the Golden Boot one year?
25 May 2026 16:55:35
I'm not sure anyone in Spain would want Isak, he's a crock. Also, why let the men that bought all of these flops sell them and buy another load this year. That is quite insane.
I do agree, though, that Isak and Frimpong and Kerkez should be sold. I'd maybe hang on to Wirtz cos he'll be built like Arnie by the time preseason is over. We could stick him in CDM lol.
25 May 2026 16:56:58
Yes, because he was exceptional. Isak isn't.
As I said, if you watched him h ing to do sprints at half time because he didn't run enough, if you watched him have zero impact on a game. If you watched him sat on the bench not watching the match, watched him refuse to go on preseason, watched him break down physically time and again and thought "yep, he's mega" I have a bridge to sell you.
See you in March 27. You will all deny you championed him.
25 May 2026 17:34:24
Who's championing anybody? Just not ready to write off a bloke who's been injured half the season off yet. Comparing anybody in their position to what Sadio Mane was in his is a waste of time. The bloke was outrageous. Second only among wingers to the Egyptian King.
25 May 2026 17:55:02
I'm with you, Why0why. Isak is our new Andy Carroll. But possibly worse, or on a bigger scale. Alarm bells were ringing as soon as I saw the links and I thought. Our club would never waste that sort of money, even on a good player with an excellent fitness record. Then it happened. I really have no idea what they were thinking of. He is so lazy and permanently injured.
It was a very odd transfer window when we really needed a CB and a CDM and a right back, and we went and spent £450m on players that don't fit or we didn't need, then scratch our heads at the end of the season and wonder why or where it all went wrong. It was almost like Isak was bought to show off or to stop another team getting him. I don't like him, he's lazy.
25 May 2026 18:32:08
I honestly feel the Isak deal was Edwards and Edwards alone.
He left after Klopp pulled rank to sign Nunez over Isak. He's back, and he's paid so far over the odds to sign a suspect player, and I think he wants to win that argument.
As is, he's not. I say this honestly. I want to be wrong, I want to watch him score 30 goals and win the league, but he's just not a Liverpool player. Robbo is the archetype, he's a nark who will run himself unconscious to win. Isak doesn't have that aggression. I'm not writing off an injured player. Early in the season, before his injury, he was spectacularly bad.
I used to watch him at Newcastle a lot, and at no point did I think "we need him". We don't do well with target men nines who need to be fed. That's never been our way for 30 years, and if one of you says "what about Rush" - that man invented a forward press, he ran his blood to water and the term "defending from the front" was coined about him.
Hand on heart, if any of you could go back in time and sign someone else for £150m would you? Not Dembele, not Alvarez, not Kane - you'd sign Isak still?
25 May 2026 18:47:40
It was £125m. So if Isak presses from the front next season, will he qualify as an LFC No.9 for you? Because his finishing is not in question.
25 May 2026 19:01:18
He's a Liverpool No.9 because we signed him to do that and that's his squad number.
If he does something he's never done, that the manager doesn't encourage anyone to do (seemingly), if he stays fit, and if he takes the chances he's been given, will I be happier?
Are you a Reform voter? You seem a bit slow.
Also, to clarify - when you say "his finishing isn't in question," it is; I am directly questioning it. I think he's had chances this season before his injury, and he's missed a hatful.
I honestly think if Nunez missed the chances Isak did this season, he'd have had a campaign from online weirdos.
So to sum this up, I don't accept your premise about his finishing. I don't think he will press. I don't think he will remain without injury. I don't think after Nov, Slot will be manager, and I don't think he will be a regular starting option after next season - and I suspect you'll all deny that you thought his "finishing wasn't in question".
25 May 2026 19:23:50
Why0Why you do think alot, take a cold shower & clear your head mate.
Throughout this thread you have made comments as facts & have been pulled up on there accuraccy. Now resorting to insults because you are losing the arguement, you are not coming across well
25 May 2026 19:41:16
Lots of opinions, Why0why, but I totally agree on Isak: it was always hard for me to see how he suits our team.
I disagree on Wirtz. He is willing to run and has skills no one else has in our team. If we get back to playing fast attacking, pressing football, I think he excels as either the advanced mid or a false 9.
Currently, he looks lost and demoralized, which I don't blame him for, cause Slot has us all demoralized.
25 May 2026 19:58:21
No bother, why0why. ? Whatever you say.
25 May 2026 20:08:02
SzSz8
Please show me the facts I have been pulled up on? Not a general vague feeling, show me a fact I have stated, not an opinion, a fact, and explain how I have been pulled up on their "accuraccy"?
25 May 2026 20:12:18
Souness 2.0 reincarnate.
25 May 2026 20:16:57
Why0Why, don't need to, I'm not bothered if you believe me or not, but I know someone questioning you gets under your skin & burns a hole in your brain to prove them wrong.
25 May 2026 20:31:37
I can picture it now. Jurgen and Henry on the Gary's, jaws rattling away, telling each other how much love they have, hugging each other, then signing a one year contract on the yacht at six bells in the yacht kitchen.
25 May 2026 23:13:18
"Don't need to, not bothered".
Excellent retort. What you meant to say is "I confused facts with opinions" and therefore couldn't oblige.
26 May 2026 00:44:27
Did Isak refuse to go on the pre-season tour?
I thought he was injured.
Is Isak a target man? I wouldn't say so.
{Ed001's Note - he went on strike and refused to go on the Newcastle tour or train with them.}
26 May 2026 09:50:02
Ed001, that's one theory.
Another is that he had "a minor thigh injury" so didn't go on the tour and that Eddie Howe wouldn't let him train with the rest of the squad because he had acted "poorly".
I get that that was probably diplomacy because Isak was exploring his options and that didn't go down well at Newcastle.
I'm not defending Isak. He should have turned up and put in a transfer request. It was NUFC that gave other reasons for Isak not going on the tour or training with the rest of the squad.
{Ed001's Note - it is not a theory, it is what happened. He refused to go.}
26 May 2026 09:52:04
To clarify. I meant Newcastles preseason and as the Ed says, yes he did.
Here's the thing. Newcastle fans are a brilliant fan base and Eddie Howe seems a decent fella. You can huff and moan, but he went on strike. Imagine what we'd say about a player like that.
Coutinho?
It was one of a number of fairly red flags for me.
26 May 2026 10:39:19
Fair enough and thanks, Ed001.
I'm not saying otherwise. I'm just saying what Newcastle said. Again, I bet there was a fair bit of diplomacy because the club probably did want him to stay and didn't want to cause more unrest with the fans.
26 May 2026 10:52:02
Rigsby, just to be clear, there is a limited chance that a player of Isak's stature gets a thigh injury and Newcastle, the club he plays for, sent him to train at Real Sociedad - that's his old club.
He went to Sociedad instead of on preseason. This is a matter of fact.
Now, who knows what promises people at Newcastle reneged on, but for me he handled it poorly.
26 May 2026 11:06:33
Why, I'm not huffing and moaning. I'm just telling you what NUFC and Eddie Howe said.
It was reported that he didn't go on the pre-season tour because of injury, and Howe didn't want him to train with the rest of the squad.
You can see through that, but I thought I'd mention it in the interests of debate.
26 May 2026 11:18:14
Rigsby, I was referring to Isak having a huff and moan but still fulfilling his duty as a player and going on a preseason tour.
I'm not sure you huffing and moaning would've had much impact on Liverpool signing him.
26 May 2026 12:07:52
Why0why,
You have an interesting team forming, at a relatively low cost too.if you get your way.
I like the thoughts behind it though.
Isak to Atleti, swap for Alvarez - Alvarez is a outstanding player. If only we have gotten him in the first place.
I do not think this will be a 1-1 swap, but if it is, perhaps it is one worth contemplating.
I am of the mind to keep Isak. From this point on, his value can only go up, given he has done nothing for almost a season.
Wirtz to Bayern, swap for Olise.
I love this the best, and seem like one which can even happen.
I do not rate Wirtz. Player coming with such big reputation and fare as well as he did, done nothing that makes us go wow.and having the opporrtunity to do so.
A very very smart move
Gakpo to the farm for imbeciles, cash insurance, buy Diomande.
I like this too.just sell him.
He is so hopeless and lost as a number 9, and so 1 dimensional as a left winger
Among many things he is a player which lost Slot his credibiity. (I am not a Slot fan)
Mac10 to Madrid, buy Anderson.
Ed1 said Real not interested. But I do not care where he goes. Sell him. Too slow, too limited. Anderson will do nice.
But I think we will need more than 1.
Frimpong to Dortmund, buy Munoz/Kayode.
Frimpong is quite uesless as a out and out RB, and useless as a out and out right winger. He will excel in wing back role.
I think we can keep him, and get another who can play RB/CB.
He is HG by the way.
Kerkez to Newcastle, swap for Hall.
I criticised him a lot, primarily he deprived Robbo of a starting role, and unjustifiably. Seen him os much this season, and had only played 1-2 good game.
He is probably same as Frimpong.
With Tsmikas coming back, I don't mind selling him and take a chance on another LB.
Is Hall any good?
Buy Quansah back (£30m).
I understand his buy back kick in 1 more season down the road.
Get in back in place of VVD then.
I think VVD+Konate needs to be changed, else it will really be insainity expecting different outcome having same player, even if we change style, midfield and etc.
Jacquet has been bought for huge money, and Leoni will be back. I definitely like Quansah back now, if one of Konate/Gomez were to leave.
Buy Barcola (£80m).
Is he worth it?
What abt Kvaratskhelia? I will pay another 30M extra for him
AND, NO MORE DUTCH PLAYER.
26 May 2026 14:15:09
I mean, if we can get Kvara, you roll out the red carpet and you build the statue now.
He's the real deal.
£150m outlay and you'd win the lot with that side.
By the way, I hate Frimpong, I think he's utter bilge. Watch his attempts to stop crosses in the last 15 minutes of a game he played half a half in.
He's exhausted.
Lewis Hall is proper. He's got a St. Helens face which is a shame, but he's an outrageous talent. Kerkez ain't. He's okay, but Hall is special. He's also a nark. We need knobheads who get under skin of rivals. Not milk people who have all the fight of a sweaty Bream.
26 May 2026 14:41:50
Honestly, if we can get the lot with 150million, I would say go for it.
I would think we would still be 2 short. A centre mid and an alternate 9 short...
Agreed that Frimpong and Kerkez had an underwhelming debut season. Robbo and Bradley should just have started the season, and things could have been much different.
Bed them in slowly, like how Klopp did with Robbo and Fabinho.
It showed the difference in class between Klopp and Slot. He never held Mane and Salah back because they were ready. Or Alisson. But Slot was unable to assess.
All the new signings were simply not ready, except maybe Ekitike.
Actually, among the new signings, I am most disappointed with Wirtz. He just seemed to be extremely overhyped.
I might be, and am happy to be proved wrong.