31 May 2026 10:02:56
Hi all,
Andoni Iraola is set to become the next coach. There has been whispers of Thiago possibly being included amongst his backroom staff.
31 May 2026 10:19:59
Oh now that is exciting! Thanks, Vic.
31 May 2026 10:20:02
I have mentioned on here twice since Xmas, that I'd heard both Thiago and Adam Lallana have been sounded out about joining the staff, so that would make sense.
31 May 2026 10:20:02
Happy with that, cheers, Vic.
31 May 2026 10:36:34
I'd welcome Millner as a coach ahead of Adam and Thiago. His way of showing up and as an example as a consummate pro are unparalleled.
We've had far too few young players break through since Trent, and this needs to change ASAP.
The energy and hunger that young players can bring to a squad, provided they see a pathway to the first team, is an essential piece.
31 May 2026 10:39:50
They were teammates for Spain too.
31 May 2026 10:47:34
Alcantara and Lallana would be awesome. Millie and Hendo would be incredible assistants in the future when they retire.
31 May 2026 11:02:18
Could this weekend get any better!?
31 May 2026 11:04:48
Would love to see Thiago come on board, what a player! I'm sure he has a wealth of knowledge to impart.
31 May 2026 11:10:03
FSW, I was coming on here to say the same thing about Millner. Millner was the model professional.
Thiago, Millner, and Henderson. I'd be happy with them for coaches. Plus a couple of Iraola's trusted own assistants.
31 May 2026 11:12:56
It's great to feel optimistic again. Genuinely couldn't have cared less if we signed someone as good as Kvaratskhelia this summer under Arne's tactics.
It's just great to know we're gonna get a fresh start, it's been a long boring slog of a season being a Red, I'm proper excited again, might even buy the new shirt. ?
31 May 2026 11:51:15
Now that's how u tease. I hope it's true.
31 May 2026 12:08:57
Hi, all
Is nobody worried that Iraola would leave Liverpool like he did Bournemouth, to prevent burnout and fatigue, with the Liverpool job coming with significantly more pressure and expectations?
Yes, he'll improve us no doubt, but potentially 50% more games and greater expectations than he had.
And having Edwards and Hughes dictating won't help.
Thanks, all.
{Ed001's Note - that's not why he left them is it? I never heard him say anything about that at all.}
31 May 2026 12:11:20
Thank you, Victor.
Is Hones end?
31 May 2026 12:22:35
I would be shocked if it's Hoeness. Talks with Iraola are extremely advanced now. It would take an absolute disaster in negotiations for it to be anyone else.
31 May 2026 12:28:03
Thanks, Victor
I want Hones more, though.
hahaha.
31 May 2026 12:28:55
Kopfan, why single out Iraola?
He will definitely leave, one day, that is a certainty.
Every manager leaves and every managerial prospect would leave.
Iraola wants the job. Iraola is young. Iraola has proven he can handle the intensity of the Premier League.
Hoeness hasn't sampled the Premier League.
Enrique is 55 and hasn't sampled the PL.
Of all the appointments, he's the best fit and least risky in my opinion.
31 May 2026 12:31:21
Were we not planning on speaking to both? I think when we interviewed Klopp we also interviewed Ancelotti.
31 May 2026 12:47:07
"It would take an absolute disaster in negotiations for it to be anyone else"
I wouldn't put anything past Hughes imo. He ballsed up the Guehi deal in January when all he had to do was ring up Palace and say that we're interested in bringing him in. If someone can find a way to screw up negotiations, he can.
31 May 2026 12:57:37
Thiago is from a school of unparalleled excellence. He is a superbly disciplined trainer and team member. His technical level is unreal and he was loved by the squad when he played for us.
He also showed, in the recent legends game, he is still elite. So if he can be the right hand man to a motivating machine like Iraola, you might have a match made in heaven.
Be clear, Iraola will make us into the hardest working team in the league, and it won't be an overnight fix.
But if you have an unbelievably well drilled team full of technically superb athletes who work harder than anyone else, that's a brilliant recipe.
If we get the transfers right, the leadership team right, and we bin off Edwards and Hughes (which, given their awful last 12 months, seems likely), things could improve at a significant click.
I am optimistic.
31 May 2026 13:02:42
Ron, you could argue that Klopp and likewise Slot hadn't "sampled" the PL either, regardless of where they come from, be it Germany, Spain, Italy etc etc. The incoming coach/manager would've done "due diligence" before accepting the job, there's been quite a few managers that have come to the PL and have done an excellent job, ie Arsene Wenger for example who was in Monaco and then Japan before taking on the Arsenal job.
31 May 2026 12:55:59
Ed001 in his interview he said he didn't want to make the mistake of staying one year too
many and risking the feelings of satisfaction.
Ron, I'm not singling him out I'm just asking the question and yes all managers leave at some point, if he does well with us for next few seasons would he do the same again and is that not something we should be worried about as a club, wouldn't we be better with someone who could stay as long as klopp did.or would want to if doing well?
{Ed001's Note - so no then, he didn't say anything about fatigue. As far as I am aware, he is leaving them because he didn't want to settle for hoping for Europe each season. He is ambitious and wants to win trophies.}
31 May 2026 13:18:13
Thiago joining in every and any scenario is something I can get behind.
31 May 2026 13:25:17
Iraola knows at Bourneymouths every year, he will have to rebuild.
He lost Kerkez, Huijsen, Zabarnyi, Oatara and Semenyo from his side last year. There's a point when you probably want to know each year you'll tweak and improve, not rebuild.
He also wants to go to a club that can win every trophy.
He's ambitious, not a flight risk. There is always a level at which you look around and go "nah, this is alright". That's Liverpool and about seven other clubs. Hence arguably the best manager in the world staying nine years when he usually left after three, right?
31 May 2026 13:42:16
Can Salah do a u turn and stay?
31 May 2026 13:52:07
Kit
He's still under contract. There is absolutely no reason that can't happen. He has a year left.
31 May 2026 14:03:34
I just don't understand the logic of saying "we can't appoint that guy in case he leaves us one day".
That should never be a consideration. You appoint the best man for the job - end of story.
I'll take 3 years of amazing success than 10 "nearly" years.
31 May 2026 14:08:08
Ron,
I agree. If we followed that logic, we don't hire Jurgen because at the time the received wisdom was "he leaves after three years".
Can you think of a more spectacularly stupid decision than not hiring Klopp in 2016?
31 May 2026 14:16:32
Why0why0, how about hiring Edwards into a role that has no definition. ?
31 May 2026 14:29:47
Man of Todd
No idea what that means, but I'd launch the massive wool out of a cannon. I don't regret letting Arne go at all, but, personally, I think a large chunk of the blame rests squarely on Slick Rick's and Edwards' heads. They've stunk the gaff up.
31 May 2026 14:58:13
Iraola looks like he has the man management skills and levels of intelligence required for a top job. Think it is the right call. Slot is clearly a very good coach, but man management was not good enough for the constant interrogation of top level football.
31 May 2026 15:22:45
Thiago rumour's been all over social media since about 7am British time.
31 May 2026 15:32:34
Thiago as DoF and Adam as an assistant.
31 May 2026 16:09:26
Why would anybody want Salah to stay? We can blame Slot for a lot of things, but we can't blame him for Salah losing his pace, can't dribble, for constantly crossing the ball and finding the opponent. Always thinks of himself. We shouldn't have offered him a 2 year extension. He was finished before then. All this crap about him winning us the league like he played all the games by himself.
What if the new manager realizes all I mention above and then benches him, then Mr Twitter will tweet and send the fans into a frenzy and whoever the new manager is must leave. No, sorry, his number is up and he needs to go. He said his goodbye. Now bye.
Was brilliant for us. Love what he did. Time to move on.
31 May 2026 16:11:12
Nice one VG.
31 May 2026 16:23:28
RobRed, God bless you for having the self belief to talk such utter wham. It must help to get you through your days.
Mo did decline, that is the linear nature of time. But even the most cursory analysis of his heat map, his colleagues, how we played and other factors surely lead you to another conclusion.
If not, this might help.
24/25 his heat map is the corner of the box. He has Trent finding him and Dom being his legs. Inside he had one of Nunez, Jota or Diaz pressing. What happens then? Mo gets the ball with defenders on the half turn, and he has a few yards to run to assist or shoot.
Upshot - 50 goals and assists.
25/26 - heat map, he's wider and deeper. No Trent, Dom all over the gaff, and inside Flo, Isak, Hugo or Cody. No press at all. He was utterly nullified in this formation. We also played at a pace that allowed defenders to be face on with Mo 15 feet away. So much easier to snuff him out.
Time will catch him, but his loss of form was more from how Slot misused him and his colleagues not being able to press.
What is Iraola famed for? A high press. It's not the nonsense idea you seem to suggest.
31 May 2026 16:26:38
Thiago has a great football brain & was part of a squad that played high tempo football with European games in mid week. He can impart valuable experience to all and sundry.
31 May 2026 16:29:42
I can't think of a player who has done so much for a club and yet so vilified by its fanbase than Salah. The only two times he has spoken out this season was when the three stooges were trying to get rid of him behind his back in January and when he called out the dropping standards a few weeks back. And both times I feel he was justified to do so.
He has kept himself in amazing shape and he was still one of the fittest players despite being one of the oldest.
And yet, people still rate and pine after players like Sadio "Senegalese want me to leave Liverpool so I did" Mane and Luis "my dream club is Barcelona" Diaz over him. Boggles my mind.
31 May 2026 16:39:14
Why0why, "wham"? ?
I've supported Liverpool since the 80s. I've seen legends come and go, and one thing has always remained bigger than any player - Liverpool Football Club.
For me, no player should ever indirectly challenge or turn the fanbase against a manager. Whether it's through interviews, body language or social media noise - that's not the Liverpool way.
This isn't Salah FC.
Do I appreciate what Mo has done for us? Absolutely. Liverpool legend. One of the greatest we've ever had.
But for me, this past season he became toxic at times. Too much focus on himself, too much drama around contracts, form and reactions when things didn't go his way.
You can talk tactics, heat maps and systems all day long - and yes, Slot may not have used him perfectly - but football also works in cycles. Pace drops. Sharpness drops. It happens to every great player eventually.
I think the club should've moved on when he said his goodbyes. Thank him properly, honour him properly, and rebuild properly.
And if people feel supporting Liverpool means supporting whichever club Salah plays for next, then maybe they're fans of Salah first and Liverpool second.
That's just my opinion. YNWA.
31 May 2026 16:59:33
RobRed
I don't care about your bona fides if you then say "well you can cite reasons why this season he's not looked as good, I'm going to ignore them".
No idea what Salah FC is, and I've no idea why me saying "he was used badly, hence not being as good" has anything to do with a player being bigger than the club.
You arrive at weird conclusions, which mean any further conversation is likely to lead to you reaching more weird conclusions.
But let's answer one thing. A season ago he was the best player in Europe. He loves the club. The new manager's style of play is a marriage made in heaven, he's still in contract and he could be exceptionally useful - that's why: "anyone would want him back".
31 May 2026 18:10:43
Thiago literally left Barcelona to pursue a management role at his hometown club with Jordi Alba. Reports say he is more keen on administrative roles rather than coaching roles.
Given this was very recent, there is no way he is joining.
01 Jun 2026 04:04:32
Why0Why
He said his goodbyes. Let him go. Liverpool FC needs to evolve. The old guard need to leave. Time to play a different way, hence Wirtz and Isak and all that.
01 Jun 2026 10:02:12
RobRed,
You've now ignored every retort and opted for "he's said his good byes".
So? He can say hello again, he's in a contract still. Ever since Mo arrived there has always been Liverpool fans who paint roundabouts desperate to believe the absolute worst about Mo. He's selfish, he's greedy, we are a stepping stone to Madrid, he just cares about himself. Every single thing he's done has shown this is not true. At any point in his Liverpool career he could have moved for WAY more money. He didn't. What would he have to do for you hotel shouters to give him a fair go!