25 Aug 2026 08:11:06
Dear mr fields - I have the right to share what I get told by folks I consider reliable just the same as you.
You might not like it and it maybe contrary information to yours and that can happen.
As it stands PSG are not moving an inch from their valuation of barcola and LFC haven't not submitted a bid anywhere near there valuation. Our only submitted proposal offer for barcola remains the 105m Usd bid we submitted late July.
We didn't make the minteh bid out of blue he was always the plan B
And we absolutely never touched on subject of a double signing from PSG that's just a media spin.
A lot of positives are happening in the club hierarchy and
The thought that has been floated is to sign players that improve the current squad and the manager is now a huge part of it and fortunately pretty soon we will have the answers.
Thanks ed for the platform.
25 Aug 2026 08:31:09
Thanks Baba, everyone's entitled to post and you shouldn't get abuse for passing on info you've been told.
To be honest I am so fed up of this transfer window, it's worse than a romcom, the constant will they, won't they.
Roll on the 2nd September and we can all just concentrate on the football.
From my side I hope your info is wrong as I think Barcola would be a good buy, though we probably could have got better value for another player.
25 Aug 2026 08:31:36
Time for the sheep to be shaved, me thinks.
25 Aug 2026 08:37:06
Why Hughes is Sporting Director is beyond me, that guy can't negotiate his way out of a paperboy, let alone 100+ million-dollar contracts....
The Saudis can have him.
25 Aug 2026 08:42:25
Everything changed from it being Edwards' plan to now Andonis. Those higher up coups see that Edwards' and Hughes lack what a great manager has, which is why they are
laptop-based deal
makers.
This whole affair is part of why FSG are selling as they realised that their huge splurge was misguided.
Huge changes afoot.
25 Aug 2026 08:42:26
Baba, Minteh isn't a plan B for Barcola.
Liverpool did walk away but PSG have clawed them back to the table. It's close.
You are absolutely entitled to post your views, as is everyone else.
TheFields and others said Barcola was done several weeks ago, and on a quick search this morning, he still plays for PSG, so that's not worked out too well.
You post your info, pal.
Cheers.
DjimiT.
25 Aug 2026 08:45:55
Thank you BBS.
25 Aug 2026 08:46:40
Paperbag
25 Aug 2026 08:56:46
Hahahaha.
As per my previous post, how many of these so called itk's will be seen here when the window shuts and Barcola wears the red shirt?
25 Aug 2026 08:59:21
I hope you mean bag not boy, Kiwi. Moving on swiftly.
25 Aug 2026 09:09:59
Champagne comedy.
25 Aug 2026 09:14:30
So Liverpool bid £77 million pounds. You're talking nonsense.
25 Aug 2026 09:29:08
"The thought that has been floated is to sign players that improve the current squad."
... By God, boys, I think we've cracked it. Dare I say it, almost blindly obvious?
25 Aug 2026 09:30:28
The ITKs seem way off this window. Anyone who reads these pages multiple times a day can determine that. Personally I like that it's a tight ship. But we need 3-4 players or it will be a challenging season.
25 Aug 2026 09:40:52
Hilarious, Navy, isn't it? So, before that thought, I guess we were actively looking at players to make the squad worse?
25 Aug 2026 09:46:34
What has made some of these proclaimed "ITKs" so cheeky? God. ?
Great fence sitting, btw, DjimiT. Stating Liverpool have walked away from the deal (they didn't), so, if the deal were to collapse or go ahead, you're covered from both ends. Total spoofer.
25 Aug 2026 09:49:07
I really don't get the abuse that gets dished out against every poster. Why? If you don't like the rumour - so what? No need to comment! This is a rumour site. Yet some seem to treat it as a pissing contest.
If some post clickbait for likes or comments, let them. If it affects you badly, look for a therapist, as the issue is not the poster.
If some post genuine rumours, whether ITK or not, and are subsequently proven right (or misguide, or wrong), let them. It's why I read this site way too many times a day.
Ignore the haters, engage as you will, and keep the rumours coming!!!
25 Aug 2026 09:50:52
It's a rumours page, lads. Just because you don't like it or agree with it doesn't mean you can be a 'Richard' about it.
25 Aug 2026 09:59:39
I know we all want our club to be successful. A bit of banter or light p. taking is par of the course, but everyone needs to chill.
25 Aug 2026 10:17:12
Just my own thought today. I know it was talked about earlier in the summer, but any chance we could buy Alex Scott from Bournemouth? I guess it may cost 75 -80 million pounds. If LFC don't buy, I could see Chelsea bidding again, even bigger money, especially if they sell Enzo to City.
25 Aug 2026 10:21:12
Just my take:
Since the passing of Ed002, I just take all the rumours, regardless of who posts them, as a bit of craic.
The idea that a genuine club insider would be giving accurate daily or even weekly updates is weird in my opinion. I know someone who works at a very high level at the club and it would never even cross my mind to talk to him about transfer rumours. I'd be embarrassed to bring it up. It's his job, he doesn't want to talk about it outside of work. We talked briefly about Slot last season and all he would tell me was that nothing would happen before the end of season reviews.
So I read the rumours, I appreciate the content, I think about how the rumour might impact the club, sometimes I opine on it. That's what the site we all appreciate is about. It's not a contest.
25 Aug 2026 10:18:56
I have no idea why you singled me out, but it's time you were put out to pasture.
Firstly, let's get something straight you attention seeking sheep ?. I've never have said it's done, I said deal has been agreed financially.
Secondly, I've said I don't believe we will sign Minteh as it makes no sense and seems to be being pushed by Gambian media and recycled news.
Thirdly, I've maintained all along we were not in for Mbaye.
Fourthly, I'm not some attention seeker that repeats what he has seen on clickbait or social media.
Lastly, your username. The fact you are using Baa Baa Black Sheep tells me all I need to know about you mate.
I'm only replying this once, in a polite way. Leave me alone mate, don't rattle my cage. ?
25 Aug 2026 10:41:55
BBS - Why would we submit a bid in USD? And $105m at that.
Surely it would a) be in £s or €s, and b) higher than £78m?
As for Djimi's flip-flops, they're up there with Havaianas.
25 Aug 2026 11:04:18
Djim, you have said several times Barcola is done, now today it's close. Make your mind up, mate, one minute it's done, then it's close, surely you know what done means.
When it's done, let us all know and not before. That would be appreciated.
25 Aug 2026 11:05:59
Cheers, VG and TF.
25 Aug 2026 11:12:42
Cheers, baba, all info is welcome on a rumour site.
25 Aug 2026 11:20:18
Haha great post The Fields made me chuckle. ?
25 Aug 2026 11:31:51
Ron, get him drunk and then to spill the beans hahahaha.
25 Aug 2026 11:40:38
Dollars not Euro? Right, ok. It's sheep shearing season.
25 Aug 2026 11:46:42
Just my personal opinion, but given club leaks have dried up significantly, I'd take anything these "ITKs" say with a pinch of salt. Not much they've said has come to fruition this summer, and they all seem to be quite touchy for people who are posting on a rumours site. Everyone needs to relax a bit, methinks.
25 Aug 2026 11:49:37
Baba.... Are you a wool....
25 Aug 2026 11:56:12
Agreed, Ron and DontKnow. It's clear no one here is truly ITK, and that's a good sign for the club. Best to take any rumours with a pinch of salt.
Can't wait for this window to end, so these childish ITK battles stop.
25 Aug 2026 11:59:02
This window has been frustrating but I have enjoyed the rumours on these pages throughout the window. Some have got things correct, others have missed by a mile (I still recall John Barnes is gods insistence that we will sign Diomande lol). At the end of the day, however, I urge both calm and skepticism. Seeing this civil war breaking out reminds me that everyone here is going out of their way to 1.
Provide rumours that they hear and 2. To a degree provide some entertainment. Every rumour should be considered with skepticism yet should nonetheless be respected. At the end of the day, only the club knows what they will do. Bickering and believing anything you read on this rumours (and I stress rumours) site is ridiculous. Accept that some ppl may be wrong, have a laugh if you will, and move on.
25 Aug 2026 11:51:08
Kopend1, I know what you are doing and it won't work. Go back to social media and be a troll there mate. Its not wanted here
25 Aug 2026 12:20:08
At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is when the club makes a formal announcement of a player arriving or leaving.
All the information, conjecture, opinions and fairy tales put on a banter / tumours page on a football forum shouldn’t be seen as the be all and end all on transfers.
Take everything with a pinch of salt and try and enjoy the gossip.
25 Aug 2026 12:25:02
I have been on this site for around 10 years now and i think this is the first time i am seeing people come on here and target all ITKS with boring posts that align with spoofers on X. Its no co-incidence when i see spoofers on X post i see Djimi come on and say we have walked away. But then flip flow a day later saying PSG have begged Liverpool to come back.
Is this PSG European champions, best team in the world? Begging Liverpool to come back, i am a businessman and the world does not work that way. As for the legendary ITKS of this site Fields, VGD, Ned, Carra, Robbo and Macca. Much respect to you all and the Eds and thanks for your patience i appreciate you!
25 Aug 2026 12:35:57
@PirateKing ?
I've known him over 20 years, so we've certainly been drunk a fair few times.
I honestly don't think he'd have any granular details anyway. He doesn't work on recruitment. He'll hear a fair bit but he'd never fully divulge.
The way I see it, if I kept asking him to divulge details of tens of million pound contracts he'd probably quickly "unfriend me". He loves his job too much.
25 Aug 2026 13:06:42
The state of this chat...Desperate scousewives is well and truly back.
25 Aug 2026 13:48:29
@Ron Keague,
Of course, mate, just kidding. You nor anyone owes anyone else anything, and it is certainly not worth losing a friend.
My philosophy is be grateful for what we have and hope for the best.
The transfer window isn't over yet. I wish people would save the moaning for when it's over.
I will back the team and Iraola to the hilt. Our squad isn't as bad as people think, and Iraola certainly acknowledges the squad is thin.
Everything he is saying, and his philosophy, I agree with. The foundations are right. I hope the club back him, and let's allow the man to build us up again!
25 Aug 2026 14:31:02
Let's just state the obvious facts.
1. We are/were in for Barcola and Minteh.
2. We've had bids rejected for both.
3. Nobody on this site knows for sure what the outcomes will be.
If we don't sign Barcola, it doesn't mean a deal was never close, we all remember Fekir.
Obviously, we all recognize that our squad is thin and it's been an underwhelming window to this point, but turning on each other when we all want the same for the club is utter madness.
25 Aug 2026 15:24:16
Well put, Jcan, just don't need all the fake stuff leading fans on. If signings get done, we'll find out from the reputable posters, and until then just scroll past the timewasters and don't bite.
25 Aug 2026 16:03:46
If City can sell Savinho for £75m+, then Gakpo is going to be worth double that. Their stats for the past 2 seasons are very different, with Savinho's being quite poor...
25 Aug 2026 19:32:25
Well in The Fields, mate, great response!!
Also, people are not getting grief for posting, they're getting called out for re-circulating crap they read on X or some dodgy site and pass it on as "my sources".
Appreciate the actual ITK's who give up their time to post what they hear though.
Been a frustrating window up to now but hoping that some good news this week can change the mood on here. ?
25 Aug 2026 21:31:27
Oh sweet baby Fowler! Not another wannabe trying to start a p***ing contest?! ? Fields, what did you do to the poor lad?!
Side note: Djimi, with yet another complete u-turn inside of 24 hrs, as predicted; that's at least 9 in the last 10 days.