29 Aug 2026 20:33:18
Gakpo going to City. Hope we've got someone lined up! Still think Minteh.
{Ed666's Note - feels a lot like Sarr to me mate
29 Aug 2026 20:45:01
This seems super weird to me.
29 Aug 2026 20:50:06
Think Minteh will be January.
29 Aug 2026 20:50:44
Should just say no, we need all the help we can get to compensate for a poor defence.
But then again this is Liverpool, and for a long time haven't really done very well with transfers, and essentially made us far weaker and a long long transition spell to continue.
29 Aug 2026 20:54:15
Scored last week, assisted this week, yet getting sold. ??♂️
29 Aug 2026 21:01:12
They can have Gakpo... in exchange for Semenyo.
29 Aug 2026 21:04:46
Complete madness to sell a player who's been playing well to a direct rival.
I also don't understand what's in it for Gakpo. He's well paid at Liverpool, and at City he'd be deputising to Doku, Haaland, Cherki.
If City think he's good enough to deputise for any of those players, then he should be good enough to deputise for our front row, who are (sorry to say it) less strong in every position.
I can't see how this makes sense for the player or LFC.
Two summers of terrible transfer decision making by people who apparently don't understand that football is a team game.
29 Aug 2026 21:07:33
Very strange transfer. Is the money needed to fund the Barcola deal? If so, and we're not signing anyone else, we look light on depth if Gakpo goes (and until Ekitike is back, he's the only obvious cover for Isak). Or, if we're going to bring someone else in, it's quite a leap to assume Sarr or Minteh will offer more than Gakpo.
Based on last season, a big transfer fee is arguably worth accepting, but to City? Strange that they want him, strange that we would sell a current first team starter to them.
Ironically, he looks a bit better on the right flank than he did on the left; decent performance today, created a goal and a couple of chances.
Meanwhile, whilst the pack gets shuffled up front, we still look woeful in the full back positions and soft in midfield. Opponents are going to hurt us down the flanks and through midfield all season. I'd rather have a League 1 central midfielder with an engine and a tackle in him than the version of Mac Allister that we continue to see.
29 Aug 2026 21:08:12
Should tell City only swap for Semenyo only.
29 Aug 2026 21:08:19
I don't want Gakpo to go. However, if we hoot Sarr I think he could be a good signing, gives Munoz and Sarr for the rw and Isak and Sarr for cf. Though if we got Sarr and Gakpo leaves I still feel we would be a forward sort.
Rio cannot be relied upon, and nor can Koumas, so we will be relying heavily on the 4 to cover those forward positions.
29 Aug 2026 21:09:10
I feel like this is the 50th bad decision in a row the club had made over the last 2 years.
29 Aug 2026 21:10:34
Minteh will be out for weeks at least. He probably will need time to get match fitness.
Compared to Gakpo, who has been one of our better players since the start of the season.
Just deranged planning if this happens.
29 Aug 2026 21:13:59
The club 'having someone lined up' sounds good until you ask yourself the following questions:
1) Would this someone be an upgrade or a downgrade on Gakpo?
2) Can Liverpool find a winger who is better than Gakpo before September 1st?
{Ed666's Note - yes and yes
29 Aug 2026 21:19:09
I get why a lot of fans want to keep Gakpo currently. But most would’ve been happy to see him leave earlier in summer or if we brought in new players. Most LFC fans don’t think he’s good enough for a starting 11 spot. When Barcola is in and Ekitike is back, where does Gakpo play? £85 mill would normally be great money for him.
Unfortunately so far the transfer window hasn’t been great for us. Not only have we needed quality, we’ve also needed to add quantity to compete on all fronts.
29 Aug 2026 21:19:16
This is crazy. AI openly saying we have a thin squad and the DoF is doing a 1 in 1 out transfer. I get that Cody isn't a winger, but when we won the league he scored 17 goals, and as things stand we don't have a second striker. AI must be going nuts.
{Ed666's Note - Maybe we have deals lined up? I know the past few weeks in the transfer market don’t exactly inspire confidence but I’m sure there’s players lined up for positions we’re in need of. And if there isn’t we then we moan and complain.
29 Aug 2026 21:19:38
Strange decision to let Gakpo go to a direct rival so late in the window, appreciate Barcola is seen as a younger upgrade for LW, but surely we need strength in depth. Perhaps could be argued that we need more balance, and Sarr would give that, as he covers RW and CF, but a little underwhelming, really.
All comes down to fee for Sarr and if he is seen as our main RW option or a stop gap signing ??
29 Aug 2026 21:24:20
All the comings and goings, little revenue and massive spending, and we've the most mediocre team we've had in 10 years.
29 Aug 2026 21:32:03
I'll repeat what I said the other day. In the current market, Gakpo is worth £90m+. This is based on what inferior players have been sold for. Selling him to City, a title rival, is absolutely bonkers unless we can rinse them for huge sums. He's probably been our best player the last 2 games FFS.
29 Aug 2026 21:32:39
This almost seems like intentional sabotage.
{Ed666's Note - that’s how conspiracies start ?
29 Aug 2026 21:33:04
Funny how so many of our fans were screaming abuse at Gakpo last season, but are now on their knees begging him to stay. Really makes you think, huh.
{Ed666's Note - I get on my knees for no man. That’s Ed’s 001
29 Aug 2026 21:35:04
Unfortunately the club is currently a shambles. It's going to be a long hard season.
29 Aug 2026 21:44:33
Gakpo is pants. £85mil is a steal. No brainer. Just bring in some quality before Tuesday.
29 Aug 2026 21:52:08
Firstly, the club won't let Gakpo go unless they had a replacement.
Secondly, most of you all hated Gakpo last season, and now cos he scored one goal, he is world class.
Thirdly, he is on huge wages and would command a decent fee. We could get a better player in on half that wage and then add some bodies to other areas of the squad.
29 Aug 2026 21:58:56
Savinho's output to resale value must surely be a reference in the pricing negotiations for Gakpo, if this deal is to happen.
Anything less than 20 - 30% more should be rebuffed, surely?
29 Aug 2026 22:05:22
90% of this site have ragged Gakpo for a year and want him gone, now he's going, it's the club's moronic. ??? can't win.
29 Aug 2026 22:12:15
Have a feeling we have a few lined up if willing to let Gakpo go, but all feels a bit close to the wire.
Hope we don't end up with panic buys.
The business we have done has been under the radar so far, hopefully there are some good surprises on their way before the window closes.
29 Aug 2026 22:15:10
He was awful last season, as was 99% of the squad. But he was used as a scapegoat by many. But there's no way we should be selling without a defined upgrade. Barcola, in addition to Gakpo, should be bare minimum.
29 Aug 2026 22:17:42
Gakpo wants to move. Who can blame him, with the abuse he received last season.
Excellent player, but one who could be anonymous all game before getting a key assist or goal. He is a perfect winger for City, who likes their wingers to come inside.
I think he had reached his ceiling with us, but we need a seriously good winger to replace him. Munoz and Barcola are a great pair of wingers, but Rio is not first team ready, and we also need cover for Isak.
{Ed666's Note - I’m not sure he’s ‘excellent’
29 Aug 2026 22:28:25
Also, people complain when we let players go for free, but now also complain when we sell people for twice the price we bought them for? This is the best time to sign a slow and one-dimensional player.
29 Aug 2026 22:37:41
It's moronic selling Gakpo with a few days left of the window, and only dregs available to sign. Self sabotage.
29 Aug 2026 22:46:14
Ironically, I liked Gakpo a lot more playing on the right today than I do when he plays on the left. If we've only got so much money to spend, I think there's maybe an argument to be made for making do for the time being with Gakpo and Munoz on the right wing, and just splashing that cash onna boss midfielder instead.
29 Aug 2026 22:57:33
Gakpo wants to leave because he understands he will be used as a 2nd choice since Barcolas' arrival.
Club needs to get the hard cash because there won't be another chance to get 80m for him.
We will be getting Sarr because we need a restless right winger who tracks back to help the defense. Gakpo doesn't have that. We will also be getting him because he is experienced, paving the way for smooth integration for Ngumoha and Munoz without creating immediate problems for positions.
Buying another youngster for right wing, then where do Munoz and Ngumoha fit in? This is why Sarr is the perfect placeholder. Not Minteh, not Mbaye.
The only missing link (apart from RB, since I don't see Frimpong getting any better) is a proper midfielder. From then on it's about how fast Iraola gels the team.
{Ed666's Note - Great post and you make salient points mate .
29 Aug 2026 23:09:18
@RedQ: Savinho is 22 years old and didn't play regularly. Gakpo is 27, reached his peak in his last 3 peak years (being an ok/good player here and there). So, no, the output isn't the only factor for prices. 80m is about right.
29 Aug 2026 23:09:42
Bar Cola will be the starting left wing. Munoz covers across the line.
Gakpo is a back-up left wing, and is 4th in the pecking order as a starting CF behind Isak, Eli (when fit), and Munoz. He is a one trick pony - step inside and shoot, and if City want to pay £70m plus (which should be our starting point for cost), then take it.
If he actually wants to leave, then get shut of him. There are better options out there - if not this week then in January.
29 Aug 2026 23:15:20
Hyperbolic maybe, but if we do sell Gakpo and don't bring in an obvious improvement which in my opinion means someone we haven't yet been linked with, I'm about to write this season off. I'm just so frustrated with how badly this club is being run currently: not replacing crucial players who leave and not addressing glaring holes, it's just too frustrating after watching an entire season of persisting with Slot when he clearly was insisting on playing terrible, losing football.
29 Aug 2026 23:31:20
Meibi Iraola let Szobo play RW, even RB, after buying a decent DM/CM. Sarr & Minteh aren't good enough.
30 Aug 2026 06:28:39
Sarr is such an unlikely signing since
Palace
are so difficult to deal with and Sarr is a very limited
player.