Liverpool Discussion posts 3

20 Jun 2026 09:40:29
We've decided to pull out of the race to sign Yann Diomande, with the asking price considered far too high. The club are now moving quickly to identify alternatives, with moves for Crysencio Summerville and the return of Darwin Núñez currently viewed as the top priorities this summer.

20 Jun 2026 10:01:40
I didn't realise Chelsea were in for Diomande.

I'm told the reason the bid stalled was that he didn't fancy the only available shirt number with 437 on it.

20 Jun 2026 10:02:55
Garbage.

20 Jun 2026 12:39:00
Remember to change accounts next time xabichelsea ?

Good try though, mate.

20 Jun 2026 15:41:49
troll, and a poor one at that

20 Jun 2026 16:55:43
Come on Xabi, it's time to get over it. I can tell you're still crying about Rio jumping ship, but it's nearly 3 years ago.

21 Jun 2026 08:39:28
It's a while since we had a Chelsea fan fishing on here. It'd be great if we played you in the CL this coming season. Oh hang on.

19 Jun 2026 17:59:09
Yea I think we should stick to 87m offer for Diamonde and if not then walk away.
If we can give 120 for Diamonde we can probably manage 160 for Olise who is better and has played in EPL.

19 Jun 2026 18:26:10
Bayern won't sell him tho.

19 Jun 2026 18:32:15
Newcastle didn't want to sell Isak.

19 Jun 2026 20:34:01
I can see Olise going to Madrid. Rumours they will bid close to 195 million.

19 Jun 2026 22:25:53
Bayern and Newcastle are similar size clubs, alright.

20 Jun 2026 07:25:02
I would actually prefer Diomande. I am also not convinced Bayern would want to sell and we would probably have to pay well over the odds for him.

20 Jun 2026 07:49:24
But would Olise want to leave Bayern for Liverpool?

Guaranteed trophies vs opportunity to challenge for trophies?

I love LFC, but sometimes we are just not that attractive to some players, given their existing situation.

20 Jun 2026 07:50:45
Carra already said RBL need to look like they are holding firm.

20 Jun 2026 15:43:16
Florian, the size of a club is completely irrelevant if a player wants a move.

20 Jun 2026 17:18:03
Every player looks better than they are in Bundesliga.

19 Jun 2026 12:20:52
Victor Munoz injured already??

He's going to fit right in at Liverpool. :P

19 Jun 2026 13:33:09
He was injured already, he's just had a slight setback.

19 Jun 2026 09:38:43
He's injured already... ???

19 Jun 2026 10:12:56
Live the context of who this is...

19 Jun 2026 10:38:15
Munoz.

19 Jun 2026 11:21:32
He was carrying a niggling injury, and it's not better for him to feature in Spain's game.

19 Jun 2026 12:05:20
How did he pass his medical?

19 Jun 2026 13:33:50
It's a minor injury he had before the WC started, a slight setback, so Spain are not taking chances, that is all.

21 Jun 2026 08:41:58
It was a close run thing, @JLC. He had a bad cut on his finger.

19 Jun 2026 05:23:18
Listen me out. I will 100% sell Szobo to the highest bidder above 100M if he doesnt commit to a new contact by 31 July.
The fashion disatanista gives me bad vibes esp after that episode on the pitch with fans and I feel he is dying to play for Madrid.


We cannot let this happen. Except for exceptional set pieces I dont see much in his game that we cannot replace.

19 Jun 2026 07:58:29
And if no one bids over 100m?

Or if he isn't interested in joining whoever does?

19 Jun 2026 18:34:01
Real aren't bidding 100m for Dom, they'll wait til his contract runs down. We don't have the power to force a sale. People need to get that into their heads.

20 Jun 2026 17:22:10
Szob is never a 100£ million pound player unless he brings 45 million in cash with him.

18 Jun 2026 20:25:58
Not Liverpool related but there has to be better ex pros who can co commentate. Lee Dixon has got to the worst and it seems like he is ITVs lead man. He’s truly awful. ?

18 Jun 2026 21:46:37
Quite a few of them are a tough listen, to be honest. I just switch off from them and just watch the game. Rooney is terrible.

19 Jun 2026 07:28:52
The other thing I can't get my head around is all these pundits flown out, expenses paid, etc etc, to sit in a studio with a nice panoramic view of the city to watch a match when they could sit in a studio in London. Jobs for the boys.

18 Jun 2026 20:21:06
Malik Fofana linked to Spurs, shame. I would preferred him to Barcola with Diamonde.

18 Jun 2026 21:35:32
I do like Fofana, but seems we've moved on from last summer when it looked like we were buying him.

19 Jun 2026 09:48:02
He hasn't kicked a ball for 10 months now due to serious injury. Maybe he is as good as he once was, but I seriously doubt it!

18 Jun 2026 10:18:34
Munoz looks a decent player, but if he is being regarded as anything more than a squad player, pretty worrying. I'd regard him as the Jota replacement.

If he is a starter, we will have over a quarter of our starting team under 6 foot in Munoz, Wirtz and Kerkez. If we do get Stoke-ball again next season, we will be in trouble.

Although I don't think Wirtz will last long in the first team under Iraola.

18 Jun 2026 12:49:48
I think we should get Paul Millar up front to cover Ekitike, just to keep Bob happy.

After all, it's the height that matters, not the skill.

18 Jun 2026 13:47:42
Can't imagine he's being brought in as a starter, far too much of a gap between him and Barcola, who I still expect us to pursue. Seems like we're looking for depth and versatility across the forward line to both cope with Iraola's style and provide assistance for Isak. All the wingers we're being linked with play both RW and LW.

18 Jun 2026 16:54:01
Gakpo is probably leaving so it's like for like in terms of a left wing option. I would think the Diomande move will be completed for the right side, and Barcola will end up elsewhere, possibly Arsenal.



After that, a centre mid, likely Wharton, and then a right back, Koyode, will complete the first team business. If Macca and Curtis go, we may need another centre mid, unless they think Trey is ready to step up.

18 Jun 2026 23:19:19
I don't think we're spending 40 million euros on a winger who isn't good enough to start.
We aren't Man City. If we're nicking him off Newcastle, we rate him.
We spend 10-20 million euros for squad players.

19 Jun 2026 06:52:23
3 players under 6ft and you're getting dramatic? Kerkez is 5ft11 as well, haha.

PSG are the best side in Europe, and they beat Stoke/Arsenal in the CL final. With 6 players starting that game under 6ft. Neves, Mendes, Hakimi, Dembele, Vitinha and Doue are all under 6ft. Marquinho's and Kvara are only just 6ft, and Pacho and Ruiz are 6ft2. One of the shortest teams Arsenal faced all season, and they absolutely battered them.

Arsenal were extremely lucky to make it to penalties.

Defending set pieces is not all about height. Otherwise we'd have been good at it last season. Virgil 6ft5, Konate 6ft4, Gakpo 6ft4, Isak 6ft3, Gravenberch 6ft3, Ekitike 6ft3, Szoboszlai 6ft2, Gomez 6ft2, Jones 6ft1 etc.

19 Jun 2026 14:59:07
Bob le Ponge, why don't you think Wirtz will last long under Iraola? I think the opposite, with the high pressing and quick transitions, will get the best out of him. I, for one, cannot wait for the season to start and see the development of this squad.

Wirtz is an elite presser and just a class act on the ball. He struggled last season as we did not play to his strengths and all the play was behind or to the side of him.

19 Jun 2026 18:37:45
Bigsqueeze73, 40 million is squad player territory for a forward in a top 4 side these days. You've forgotten we spent 80m on Ekitike to play second fiddle to Isak.

21 Jun 2026 08:46:03
It's not about size, it's about quality.

18 Jun 2026 06:49:54
Dangerously re-opening the Emma Hayes debate.
My wife is sexist when it comes to football and was saying switch her off when Emma Hayes was talking.

However, I think her appearance, sex, body shape and accent, presentation medium (blackboard and kitchen worktop) mean that her analysis is being dismissed too easily.

She makes some insightful and clever observations and is clearly a good coach.

I’d say the main question is whether this belongs on World Cup footy on a mainstream TV channel where a lot of non footy fans will be watching.

I doubt they’ll follow what’s being explained and end up pointing to her accent, sex, kitchen worktop etc as to why she shouldn’t be on TV.

For me the main problems are Rooney and Giroud, the charisma twins. Should never be anywhere near TV. One can’t even string normal sentences together and the other just ends up using 1000 words when 4 will do.

Bit like this post !!!

{Ed078's Note - good points. The rise in misogyny is no accident. It goes hand in hand with racism and climate denial.

18 Jun 2026 07:29:11
I felt sorry for her tbh Ed

She's clearly a very good coach but the production team chucked her under a bloody big bus with that shockingly bad setup & left her wide open to ridicule which is exactly what has happened.

She looked uncomfortable as well and most likely felt Roy's eyes bearing down on her!

{Ed078's Note - agreed.

18 Jun 2026 10:49:24
There is no rise in misogyny, nor rise in racism, nor crime, nor poverty, nor any other buzz word political stuff. There is merely a rise in perception and reporting/posting.

The point is, politics and football should be kept separate. If people can criticise any of the male pundits (which they frequently do and often with more venom) then the female ones should not be immune either.

The world will never be a perfect utopia. We need to accept it and move past this chip-on-the-shoulder nonsense, because it solves nothing and bogs actual progress down.

{Ed001's Note - everything is intertwined with politics, there is no keeping things separate. No we don't need to accept it and move past it, the idea is to keep trying to improve things with that as the aim, even if it is never achieved. Just accepting bigotry and racism etc is moronic. To even suggest we should do so just shows up your thinking as backward.}

18 Jun 2026 19:34:58
Sorry ed, but thinking you can eradicate tribalistic human nature is moronic. We will never get to the point where people universally agree or where everyone feels like they're part of an inclusive environment. There are too many people with too many different things going on and too many different needs, wants and opinions.

Someone gets offended that person X gets a leg up, someone else gets offended if they don't. Without knowing who person X is which offended party is right? Only one's individual prejudices would visualise who person X is automatically.

It is easy to think that bigotry only comes from one source or is aimed at certain groups of people, but intolerance is everywhere and aimed at all types of people, particularly today.

My point is resilience is far easier to teach en masse than universal acceptance of everyone else. Not to say we shouldn't teach that it's nice to be nice, but a utopia is impossible.

{Ed001's Note - nobody has said it can be eradicated. If you weren't so busy being a dick about it, you would read and see that I said the problem is that you want to just give up and just accept people being dicks. That is when it all turns to crap and we end up with orange paedophile rapists running countries and tiny Tommy ten names organising racist marches across the country. The point is to keep trying to make it better.}

18 Jun 2026 20:10:53
I am well aware of and what is most frustrating about many "tolerant" people is that if I took that tone with you, you'd ban me. I'm not trying to be a dick. I'm trying to be balanced about the nature of people.

I am genuinely offended, by the way. Not cool, just because I think differently to you.

19 Jun 2026 14:29:28
The dark wins when good people stop shining a light on it.