Liverpool rumours 5

14 Nov 2025 16:43:07
Evening ed1

Don't think its been asked but have we any interest in Serge Gnabry.

{Ed001's Note - did when Klopp was here.}

14 Nov 2025 17:41:22
Ta matey.

14 Nov 2025 18:16:24
He’s way past his best.

14 Nov 2025 19:46:29
Like most of us on here!

14 Nov 2025 19:59:26
He's gnot what we gneed right gnow.

15 Nov 2025 11:41:07
Serge Gnarly - vintage footballer.

13 Nov 2025 09:39:52
Hi Eds,
Wonder if you had heard anything about Elliot's future? From the looks he won't be playing enough minutes for the sale to go through, would you see him returning, or maybe we would cancel the loan and send him somewhere else?
Shame to see his development so stunted.

{Ed001's Note - I expect him to return in January and most likely go out again on loan.}

13 Nov 2025 11:45:47
Wasn't there an obligation to buy? If there's a minimum number of games threshold, that's an appalling negotiation from Hughes. It means we don't get our fee and it's an incentive for Villa NOT to play him which results in the value of our asset to depreciate. It's a lose-lose situation.

13 Nov 2025 12:38:32
Obligated at 10 games. i disagree that it's appalling, for whatever the reason Emery doesn't rate him, if it would have gone the other way then the transfer would already be sorted. A recall and send somewhere else seems the best option.

13 Nov 2025 12:42:25
It was 10 games I believe - I think everyone here and most football fans thought Elliot would play 10 games for Villa.

13 Nov 2025 16:50:26
Which only makes it more appalling because there is now an incentive to ensure that Elliott plays less than 10 games if they don't want to keep him. This is primarily damaging to us and the player.

The golden rule when loaning out a player is assume the other club will take the p because he's not their asset.

13 Nov 2025 17:25:19
Always thought it was a p. poor loan, the moment things go badly he’d be the first to be dropped. Lad should have gone to the Bundesliga as his lack of pace and physicality would not have been an issue.

Think he’d have shone out there. As it is, he’s wasted 6 months of his career. Can genuinely see him not making 10 games for Villa because Emery is a very stubborn manager.

13 Nov 2025 17:42:16
Might not have even been an option but he should have gone to Leverkusen with Quansah. The German league would be ideal for his development.

13 Nov 2025 18:25:13
I don’t think he can play for a 3rd club this season?

13 Nov 2025 22:02:02
I think he can on loan.

14 Nov 2025 07:01:59
Has he played for Liverpool this season?

14 Nov 2025 07:41:47
He played in the Charity Shield, which is considered a competitive match.

14 Nov 2025 08:55:26
He had Morgan Rogers, ahead of him, so he was never going to replace him. I agree, Germany may have been a better option, but what do I know. Basically, without stating the obvious, he needs to be playing. I'm sure, a couple of years back, he had an ambition of making the World Cup squad.

His career has come off the rails, but he's still young enough to get back on. My issue with him is, I've no idea what his best position is. He lacks both pace and physicality, which is a problem in todays game. It's a shame, because he seems a really good lad, who loves Liverpool.

14 Nov 2025 09:19:21
Is it not a calendar year rather than a season? Could be wrong but Elliott would be free to join another club in January.

14 Nov 2025 11:43:15
If it’s a calendar year hopefully we can get him a club better suited. Personally think he’d be very successful in Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1 or Serie A.

14 Nov 2025 13:36:42
Babbity, no one with sense is going to agree to loan a player with an obligation to buy whether they play while on loan or not.

14 Nov 2025 21:50:32
Offer Elliot and Cash to Bournemouth for Semenyo.

14 Nov 2025 22:59:52
Something Red, loads of clubs are doing this as a way to get around FFP. You are essentially buying the player but putting the purchase off a year. It is either a loan with a straight obligation to buy, an option to buy or no buy option. The only one that doesn't make any sense is a loan with an obligation to buy after a certain number of games because then the buying club has a disincentive to play the player if they don't want to commit to him which primarily hurts the player and the selling club.

15 Nov 2025 09:12:06
It is only November and he only has to play 5 more times. Emerys acting the maggot but circumstances can change. injuries, fixture congestion etc.

13 Nov 2025 07:50:04
Carra mentioned recently that Slot is unlikely to be the manager next season. Ed's or those in the know have any idea who we may go after if true?

13 Nov 2025 08:39:23
Wouldn’t be surprised if Xabi Alonso was initially first choice, and the rumours of player power and Perez being unhappy that Alonso wants the players to actually train and not party in Ibiza after games, we don’t go back in for him should he come available.

13 Nov 2025 09:37:06
Alonso has made a great start, and winning is all that matters to Real so I can't see him leaving anytime soon. In fact I think he'll be there long term.

Iraloa all the way, unless Enrique is up for a change.

13 Nov 2025 13:29:17
At the moment, I still hope that Arne can figure things out over the next 10 games, plus a couple of strategic signings in January that help fix our build up and physicality issues.

If things go belly up for Xabi Alonso, you would hope we are in the mix for him. No doubt Bayern would be there too.

Enrique is another that would be brilliant. He's won everything and has a great personality. But I don't see him getting bored of PSG at the moment. Unlikely.

I really admire Iraola's progress but boy would that be a leap! You wonder whether he needs one more job at a side that is likely to face low blocks more often. We need to see how he fares with that.

13 Nov 2025 16:42:22
Carra didn't say that Slot is unlikely to be our manager next year. He said that he is of the opinion that he won't be. That's a huge difference tbh. He didn't say it as a matter of fact but rather what he thinks would happen. The only fact that he mentioned was that the higher ups would not be shy to dismiss him if/ when necessary and that there are a few top managers who would be willing to join us.

Personally, the only two I'd want is either Iraola or Enrique.

13 Nov 2025 17:57:13
You’re only ever 3 games away from the sack at Real Madrid so anything could happen.

But Alonso turned us down so he would not be on my shortlist.

If you don’t want to come to us then you won’t be asked again.

13 Nov 2025 18:47:41
Alonso likes 3 at the back, a tactical set-up that has a ceiling beyond which it’s not effective. I really think a club going all retro and playing 2 strikers in a 4-4-2 could monster things. A throwback not just to 90s Prem teams, but also the great Italian teams of the Sacchi era.

And you know what? We have the squad for that. Dom on the right, Flo on the left as a drifting 10.

{Ed001's Note - he played a back 4 before Leverkusen and he is doing so at Madrid.}

14 Nov 2025 07:05:18
“ (It) has a ceiling beyond which it’s not effective” …. That sounds quite reasonable - although you could say that about everything really.

15 Nov 2025 09:16:04
Crazy to me when a current champion manager is being talked about as if he's not top notch. I personally hope Arne's here longterm but if he's not god help the next guy if he loses a few on the trot because unless its Pep he won't have the fact that he's actually WON the league we play in to fall back on.

11 Nov 2025 17:53:34
Dom rumours are tosh, as it has been known for about 2 years its Macca they are after.

Bastoni rumour has legs but I wouldn't be placing any bets on it. His preference is to stay in Italy with Inter and sign a new deal. Although his agent has said he is open to listening to offers for him, that could just be games to get a better contract.

11 Nov 2025 18:52:02
Any news on other CB alternatives, Schlotterbeck has been mentioned previously?
I hope we get Szoboszlai and Grav both extended soon.

11 Nov 2025 19:20:05
Outside of Guehi. The only other ones that I've heard about, who would come into the first team as starters are Lukeba and Konsa. That was in the summer tho EM.

11 Nov 2025 20:06:07
Appreciate that cheers, I don't mind Konsa at all. Not seen anything of Lukeba.

11 Nov 2025 22:15:46
Is it really impossible that they would want to sign more than one player from us? Or maybe performances of both this season make Dom a more attractive target?

11 Nov 2025 23:18:44
I’d really like Schlotterbeck.

12 Nov 2025 00:14:55
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that both Mac Allister and Konate had their best game of the season against Real Madrid, the club they would like to join next summer.

12 Nov 2025 01:12:04
Don’t rate Konsa, just another bang average English defender and at 28 he’s at the wrong end of his career, Lukeba is poor in the air and had a lot of time out through injury. No thanks to either of them. I think if Madrid offer £75m plus, Mac Allister goes.

12 Nov 2025 03:03:12
Ed001, who was the CB you really wanted us to sign in the summer but wouldn't mention his name? Would he still be your first or preferred choice for us?

{Ed001's Note - Agbadou. Not with the style of football we are playing, which incidentally Pereira changed to in the summer as well, which is why Wolves are bottom of the table. They were constantly passing it around the backline and had a few errors, which resulted in goals, the confidence of the defence nosedived and they disintegrated as a unit. If we are going back to an aggressive, front foot style, higher up the pitch and not asking the defenders to be the playmakers, then he would have been an excellent signing. Now his confidence is gone, I am not sure a move under such pressure would be good for him. That tends to just lead to players struggling to establish themselves and failing to make the grade. You need to sign them when they are on a high, so they can come in full of confidence and step right up. Plus you need to sign for the style you are playing, which is not him for this set up.}

12 Nov 2025 14:26:46
Latest Real rumour, aside from the Szob one, is Wirtz and Rodrygo swap. Probably started because of his history with Alonso. I’d prefer that to losing Szob tbh, but would also rather let them have Macca provided it’s for a fee.

12 Nov 2025 19:53:54
Fields, can u please pour lots of ice cold water on the Upamacano rumours?

12 Nov 2025 20:39:05
I'm ok w Macca leaving. For me he's the odd one out in our best XI. Dom was looking like the fall guy going into the season but he's first on the team sheet now.

13 Nov 2025 03:58:59
Once otyer clubs sense we cannot qualify for champions league, the vultures will circle and go in for dead carcass.

13 Nov 2025 09:30:32
Macca is a fantastic footballer but not mobile enough to be as effective in the premier league. He'd be an absolute full blown baller in the Spanish or Italian leagues though I reckon. Agree with above, good offer and off he goes I reckon.

13 Nov 2025 11:59:35
Why would anybody want a dead carcass?

I understand that logic isn’t a prerequisite for opinions but who would want to buy contracted players for inflated prices when the players are performing consistently badly?

11 Nov 2025 10:05:11
Rumours beginning on real Madrid and sobosli. Get him signed up Liverpool.

11 Nov 2025 10:41:14
Woah diddly ho, how can you butcher his name that badly Batman!?

I’ve not heard anything on my end.

Mac Allister is the midfielder on our team they’re looking at, as well as the elephant in the room with Konate.

11 Nov 2025 11:13:33
Negotiation tactic.

11 Nov 2025 13:10:35
Bit harsh on elephants there Ned.

11 Nov 2025 15:17:51
Best player in the team right now. Cannot afford to lose him.

11 Nov 2025 16:18:07
Szoboszlai is going nowhere. As it stands unless an absolutely gargantuan offer too good to turn down comes in, we would rather see him depart on a free than in the summer to Madrid.

11 Nov 2025 18:16:52
There are Concrete Rumours that Slot wants an immediate improved contract offer for Konate, before the international break finishes?

If True both must leave LFC ASAP, and Klopp and Gerrard installed as manager and coach respectively, with immediate effect.

Of course Henry will do nothing his only concern is the Jingling of the Tills, if we were to get beat 10 nil in every game till the season ends, he would not care one iota, he only ever turns up at Anfield when we beat a low block team!

Slot and Henry "Couldn't even Run a Bath"

11 Nov 2025 18:41:02
Klopp and Gerrard…are you having a laugh mate lol.

11 Nov 2025 19:49:44
You're having a Giraffe, you prefer Slot and Van Broke-US LMAO to two Anfield Icons, knows how much you know about LFC history and Football?

11 Nov 2025 23:59:14
Gerrard who couldn’t even hack management in Saudi Arabia is now suddenly fit to manage the PL champions? Yeah pal, you’re right - I don’t know much about football 🤣🤣.

12 Nov 2025 21:12:25
Klopp all day, but I wouldn’t really want to do it to him as he’s given us everything and should enjoy his time in the sun. If he’s reenergised maybe, but they do say don’t go back. One thing that would intrigue me though is how he’d get Wirtz playing, and ultimately Isak as well that would be exciting.

Stevie I don’t think so, I’d guess he’d be fine in some ambassador type capacity at the club but not coaching.

I always thought Xabi, but he’s getting some stick at Real for being a control freak, and not allowing the players to be expressive enough. Sound familiar?

11 Nov 2025 09:12:37
Whispers abound that the club is keen on Bastoni. Having not seen anything of him, is he a player that would improve us? Ed’s…. Is he a left or right CB.

{Ed001's Note - he is probably the best left-sided centre-back in the world right now. He would 100% improve us and would be my dream Virgil replacement but he has said he wants to stay in Italy. If that hasn't changed, then I would look elsewhere.}

11 Nov 2025 10:06:18
As always, your insights are appreciated mate. Fingers crossed he and lGuehi provide the solid back line for no 21. One can but dream lol.

{Ed001's Note - yeah, it would be a nice dream to have come true.}

11 Nov 2025 10:34:58
Yeah I’ve said along with some others Bastoni is the dream signing but he has to be all in otherwise no thanks.

11 Nov 2025 11:05:50
Would he currently displace Van Dijk? not really seen him play.

{Ed001's Note - on current form? My gran could displace Virgil right now!}

11 Nov 2025 13:11:39
I don’t really want to write a post which says:
“Is your Gran available Ed? ” 😁.

{Ed001's Note - she was always very fond of you Ron.}

11 Nov 2025 15:17:32
Bastoni + Leoni = torri gemelle. that would be an absolute dream.

11 Nov 2025 19:27:57
That's not what your Gran said to be Ed001. Typical of her no loyalty 🙄.

{Ed001's Note - you can't expect better mate, she was a blue after all.}

11 Nov 2025 19:43:42
Oh yeah I forgot about that mate. Typical Bluenose 😂.

{Ed025's Note - hey!!, we will have less of that talk Bazza.. :)

11 Nov 2025 21:40:10
Very sorry Ed025 😞.

{Ed025's Note - no problem Bazza, we are family mate.. :)