06 Aug 2026 13:00:29
Reports suggesting a bid for Barcola has been rejected.
06 Aug 2026 13:24:13
What reports would they be?
06 Aug 2026 13:48:19
Ron, Barcola wants to leave because of limited playing time. We're not bidding for him for the sake of bidding. He's interested in joining us.
06 Aug 2026 13:55:21
Yep I have heard they want around 150m euros and don't seem to be budging.
06 Aug 2026 14:04:48
Why not just use the money we were going to pay on Barcola and buy Rayan instead.
Play Rio at LW.
It's not rocket science?
06 Aug 2026 14:08:17
But Robbo says everything is agreed. So hopefully this is right and we get the deal announced asap.
06 Aug 2026 14:10:02
Good job you're not in charge, Skezza!
06 Aug 2026 14:21:59
If I was in charge, MaxiMaxi, we'd be in League Two by 2030. Do not, repeat, do not leave me in charge of anything money related.
That being said, we need a top level rw and spending all our money on a lw, blocking our brightest prospect, does not seem like a smart move to me.
And please don't say either can swap to the rw because that is clearly not either player's best position!
06 Aug 2026 14:27:15
Alexa, I disagree. Barcola signing does not block Rio at all. He is the best available on the market and he wants us. Yes, we ideally need a rw, but the market options are limited.
Rio is still young, growing and unproven.
Last season he couldn't play a full 90, so he has much to improve and much to learn. He can be used both rw & lw, but in my opinion he is not yet ready to be the main guy.
06 Aug 2026 14:29:17
Skezza, because Rayan is still very much unproven in the big leagues, he has scored 1 goal per month since he joined the Prem whilst Barcola hit 42 G/A in 24/25 as a crucial part of a UCL winning team and Rio is a 17 year kid with massive holes in his game.
06 Aug 2026 14:31:06
I like our the guys that post info but there's no way Barcola is "done". It may be close and I think it happens but look at Paul Joyce's two recent articles. That's club messaging - it's negotiating tactics.
I'm sure Mbaye is a geniune target alongside Barcola (and I think we need both) but I also think he's also being used to show PSG that we can move on from Barcola if they don't budge.
My feeling is the relationship between us and PSG is not unhealthy, we are allowing them to get their business done and we will pay a fair fee for Barcola (I think it will land around 110-115) but if PSG don't budge from 140 then we will take our money and move on. I think we are still at that stage.
06 Aug 2026 14:35:05
If we had endless amounts of money, then sure, a top class LW to allow Rio more time to grow into the role would be fantastic.
But RW is the main priority, and that is where the bulk of our money should be spent in my opinion!
Replacing Salah for a Left winger who can do bits on the RW feels mental to me, but hey! I'm being called Alexa in online group forums, so it's not all bad.
06 Aug 2026 14:35:57
Crazy money if true. It would be nice if our scouting team got off their ring pieces and scouted some established talent instead of the youngster principle of buying and then selling at a profit.
06 Aug 2026 14:41:47
It won't be that much. The ITKs say it's done, don't worry, have faith.
Long time to go in the window.
06 Aug 2026 14:42:29
Robbo says... ?
06 Aug 2026 14:47:03
Don't be a helmet, OK! Robbo is a great asset to this site!
06 Aug 2026 14:59:27
There is not a long time to go in the window.
06 Aug 2026 15:04:52
25 days is a long time in football, Ron. Look how many deals get done on deadline day, for instance, when needed, it doesn't take long to complete a deal.
06 Aug 2026 15:10:41
And likewise Skezza, replacing Salah with a RW who can only do bits on the right wing but costs as much as the proven left winger with 10x the track record would also be crazy, maybe even more so.
I'm glad your friends are accepting of your identity choices, Alexa.
06 Aug 2026 15:14:23
But does that mean we buy a specialist RW even if the club thinks there is none of the top top variety? Let's face it, there's a reason why 3 of the biggest clubs on the planet have chased a 19 year old from Leipzig all summer that has under 50 games to his name.
06 Aug 2026 15:21:21
Patience, folks, patience.
I am happy for people to discredit the info me or anyone else gives. I am not here to please everyone, but to just keep people in the loop as best I can.
06 Aug 2026 15:22:29
@Skezza is right. Blowing millions on a position we don't need is crazy. World class wingers cannot swap wings and be as competent, they just can't, and aren't. They are world class in their position, not in numerous positions, so you play them where they play best.
We should have just stumped up the money for Diomande, end of. But we tried to play it clever (and we did, despite the shenanigans of his entourage), and it's come back to bite us.
It is well known our recruitment is amongst the worst in the Premiership, and everybody should be able to see why. Another s*** show, and it will continue to be until we get a proper decent recruitment team who know what they are doing.
I still don't think we will sign Barcola. And I still think we will nip in and buy Diomande.
06 Aug 2026 15:24:31
Why don't we go for the Ajax Belgian winger mentioned before & PSG trying to sign?
06 Aug 2026 15:27:05
Would you say the same if Barcola doesn't get done?
We need a lot more than Barcola if we have any ambitions of winning the league, yet we can't even get the main one through the door.
06 Aug 2026 15:27:08
Is that @Bekind not 'been kind' - shocker.
Preaches, then 3 posts later.....
The 'im better than you Holiier than thou' brigade and its true colours.
06 Aug 2026 15:32:31
Rio is probably 2 seasons away from being able to start as a regular, and that is dependent on him making significant improvements in his overall game both offensively and defensively. He is a real talent, but that's all as things stand.
06 Aug 2026 15:48:13
Our recruitment was great when we moved on from deals we felt financially didn't make sense, but recently it has been all desperate moves where we have overpaid for all players, Florian, Isak, Darwin. Our biggest mistake was not hold on to Luiz Diaz.
I don't understand how they gave Salah 400k salary but couldn't give Diaz, who was so underpaid, a 200k salary, and now this Barcola nonsense.
Clubs that do smart business only evolve with time. We should learn from Bayern, RM.
06 Aug 2026 15:54:18
I want it now, if it's not happening now it can't be true because the internet said so. The level of 'stupid' is on another level on this post.
Imagine thinking that buying/selling a player is an ABC process.
Everyone should post on the site no matter what their opinion is, but when you start playing mine is bigger than yours, then you need to get back in your box.
06 Aug 2026 15:58:58
I personally believe the ITKs on the Barcola deal. It suits both clubs to agree and not announce. PSG will want to do business without everyone knowing they have the Barcola money, Liverpool want to do business without everyone thinking they're throwing money around.
I like that our transfer business seems to be behind closed doors again, and think the Barcola chase is 'public' to show some commitment to the player.
06 Aug 2026 16:11:11
Rio is a kid, exciting on the ball, yes, but I have seen nothing to understand the confidence people have in him. But want to sell Gakpo.
I know who I'll be backing to score and assist more this season, whatever club they play for.
Barcola is an international player, so far ahead of Rio in his development as a senior player, and of course he can play anywhere across the front line.
I think, because we've been so used to watching Salah on the right and that he would never play left wing, fans have forgotten there are different ways to play football. Salah couldn't, but Mane could play either side.
Also forget about the money. Football is monopoly. And what, from the massive fees we've spent on players over the past few years, suggests we don't have money.
06 Aug 2026 16:14:23
Rio is nowhere near ready to be our starting Lw. Gakpo might potentially move to Spurs. We absolutely need Barcola.
06 Aug 2026 16:18:08
What the hell are you talking about, John Barnes?
Do you want users to openly slate our ITKs and drive them away?
I do not change my moral compass and will always defend the lads who post info.
I will not sit by as a user belittles another for no reason other than to be abusive.
I suspect you have grasped the complete wrong on the stick!
06 Aug 2026 15:08:48
I know it would be impossible for the eds to enforce, given how much time they give up to this site for free already, but in an ideal world new posters who simply criticise established posters within their first 10 posts should be given the boot. They contribute nothing other than trying to discredit people, it's not banter and it's not rumours.
Only exception should be Vic, although his criticisms are exclusively for players we are tenuously linked with!
06 Aug 2026 16:26:06
Agree, Rugby, or just not allowed to post at all for X number of weeks, would stop the make a username just to post hate brigade also.
But as you say, the lads do so much already to keep this alive it's probably just another headache that isn't needed.
Anyway, good day to you, sir!
06 Aug 2026 16:20:32
Hahaha John Barnes. look who Real Madrid just signed. maybe evaluate your sources?
06 Aug 2026 16:38:43
Ron, why are you panicking? I thought you were happy with us signing nobody and let Iraola work his magic?
06 Aug 2026 14:44:18
truce - has Barcola put in a transfer request?
I must have missed that.
He's not going to come to us UNLESS he's getting more playing time, but he's not agitating for a move because of reduced playing time as far as I'm aware.
06 Aug 2026 15:02:41
OP, could be recycled as it has been reported all week.
Could be genuine, but could also be recycled crap to keep interest (and clicks) in the story up.
What was the source?
06 Aug 2026 16:53:50
OK!, but who are you? Besides some nob who names himself after a glossy brain-rot tabloid rag? You've made just 1 comment on your new account, trying to belittle one of our trusted posters, gtfo.
Lads, we need 2 world class wingers. Relax
06 Aug 2026 17:00:07
I'm not panicking, Pelican, I'm just commenting on the Barcola transfer and the lack of time in the window.
I actually think it would be interesting to see what Iraola can achieve without any more signings, but the man himself has said we need players.
06 Aug 2026 17:10:47
God! It's bloody tedious on here at the moment! Eat, sleep, repeat. Best bet is to just wait and see what happens I'd say.
06 Aug 2026 17:48:49
It's gonna be mental, lads.
Barcola & Munoz terrorising the opposition fullbacks. One cutting in and, with his body open, slides a Henry-esque goal to the bottom corner. Another going in and out, laying a floater as he reaches the byline, with Isak placing a naughty ball past the keeper.
Mbaye comes in to keep the pace and speed of play with Rio on the left wing doing shimmies and stepovers, breaking the fullback's ankle only to smash it home.
Szobo and Wirtz gliding from the middle of the park while Nyoni keeps it simple, controlling the tempo.
VVD? Smiling with Jacquet, lip-readers seeing him say "Welcome to Liverpool, brother. Just wait till we play in Anfield."
Final score:
Newcastle 0-4 Liverpool
Keep the faith and up the Reds!
06 Aug 2026 17:54:12
Apparently, I'm the negative one but I think @Ron Keague may have just taken that title off me lol. But tbh, really and truly nobody knows what's going on for sure. It's a messy back and forth, nothing concrete. I've heard certain stuff about it, also, it's just a complicated negotiation.
06 Aug 2026 14:44:18
truce - has Barcola put in a transfer request?
I must have missed that.
He's not going to come to us UNLESS he's getting more playing time, but he's not agitating for a move because of reduced playing time as far as I'm aware.
06 Aug 2026 18:46:34
Crazy if Barcola is done and not only are Liverpool allowing PSG to delay the announcement they're allowing him to play for them in meaningless friendlies.
06 Aug 2026 20:26:56
@Redkei, that post was Majestic, as David Brent would say "you've charmed me".
Screw it, go all in on Barcola and Mbaye and we're winning the goddamn Quadruple!!!!!
06 Aug 2026 20:53:39
Our rumour version of John Barnes isn't a god. ;)
06 Aug 2026 23:40:55
You guys are grown men acting up like teenage girls.
{Ed025's Note - you are guessing that they are grown men Greg..