03 Jun 2026 13:43:31
I'm going to put my neck on the line.
Liverpool will sign Yan Diomande this summer.
Ta.
03 Jun 2026 14:02:40
Cheers Carra. Much appreciated as always.
03 Jun 2026 14:03:20
It's the same way you put your neck on the line for Isak last summer, and it happened. So I believe you 100 percent.
03 Jun 2026 14:03:48
Love it, thanks Carra.
03 Jun 2026 14:04:07
Cheers, Cara.
What's everyone's thoughts on him? I don't know much about him as a player, but I see he's born in 2006, which makes me feel like I'm as old as the club itself.
03 Jun 2026 14:07:01
Always trust your info, Carra!
03 Jun 2026 14:08:36
You're a Diomande Geezer, Carra!
03 Jun 2026 14:09:40
Risky for the fee touted, considering he's only had one season in a competitive league, but if he has the same mentality/ethic/attitude as Mane and Salah, we've potentially got a top top player.
So, that's Diomande and Barcola incoming according to the two big dogs here (imo), Carra saying Diomande, and I recall Robbo mentioning Barcola was 99% likely...
If we pull off both, exciting times ahead. A front three of Barcola, Isak and Diomande with Ekitike, Rio, Gakpo is exactly the depth and quality we lacked last season. I'd add one more in, a cheaper option who can play across the front line.
03 Jun 2026 14:19:05
Vamos!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who will be the next target?
03 Jun 2026 14:21:06
Great news, with the right coach he could be a diamond. We know things can change, but you tend to be the person, along with Robbo, who gets most things right.
03 Jun 2026 14:40:32
If you're right, it's another Carra success, if not, all good.
03 Jun 2026 14:47:19
Cheers Macca for the update. Sands shift all the time, but you and a few others are ITK, so thanks.
03 Jun 2026 14:55:20
Fantastic news, thanks, Carra.
03 Jun 2026 14:59:36
Great news, we need to get this one over the line ASAP rather than let things drag on like we have in recent windows. Barcola doesn't interest me in the least though. There has to be other options.
03 Jun 2026 15:05:08
Sealed by next week imo.
03 Jun 2026 15:10:16
Nice one, Carra, much appreciate the info as always.
03 Jun 2026 15:21:01
Carra,
Where is your on Barcola?
03 Jun 2026 15:36:57
@Sadio Salah, I would rather have Rayan than Barcola to be honest.
03 Jun 2026 15:41:40
Cheers, Carra - Gotta say that when you put your neck on the line (Like you did with Isak) it does arouse me! (Where's those tissues?)
03 Jun 2026 15:52:37
I've not seen him play in clips on YouTube so I can't comment on him.
But even with the small info I would rather him than Barcola.
03 Jun 2026 15:55:59
Nice one, Carra.
It's definitely the most difficult deal of the summer, so to get it done nearly would be amazing.
03 Jun 2026 16:18:48
There has to be cheaper alternatives out there. At the figures quoted in the press, it just seems like a massive risk. Can't remember too many guys coming from the German league and being a major success here, apart from the obvious ones: KDB, Kompany, Haaland. I personally think it's too risky. Last thing we need is another 100m pound average player.
03 Jun 2026 16:36:22
I wouldn't worry about the money, hello, it's not your money and the club knows what they can afford.
Let's just hope if it happens he turns out to be a huge success.
03 Jun 2026 16:38:50
Hellohello: Ballack, Gundogan, Hamann, Babbel (were it not for his illness, may have been a cornerstone RB for us), Havertz isn't the worst, and Schade looks like a good player currently too.
03 Jun 2026 17:06:56
Dom Szoboszlai comes to mind, maybe? Mane didn't even make the Salzburg Leipzig move and came to the prem straight from Austria, didn't turn out too badly now did he.
03 Jun 2026 18:22:08
Hellohellohello (to give you your full name), like others have said, don't let the fee worry you. It's not pounds and pence on the field that we watch, but players.
Plus I truly believe that he is a diomande in the rough.
{Ed025's Note - but what if hes not worth a carat Zed?.. :)
03 Jun 2026 18:33:42
I hope as much as anyone that he is a massive success. I just think 100m plus for a guy that scored 12 goals in a poor league is an awful lot of money.
03 Jun 2026 19:08:00
Is there a league anywhere in Europe that is not poor?
If he does half of what Salah managed, that price tag will look like a bargain. If he flops we sell him to Everton!
{Ed025's Note - you cheeky sod KK.. :)
03 Jun 2026 19:21:19
We were all happy to pay £100m for Wirtz last summer, who had just scored 10 goals in that poor league. And was 3 years older.
03 Jun 2026 21:23:30
He also had a body of work behind him, star man in an invincible title winning team. Big difference.
03 Jun 2026 21:48:42
He's 19, he's not going to have a stellar career behind him. But what he has done is rip up that Bundesliga. More, it has to be said, than Wirtz was doing at that age.