31 Mar 2026 15:16:02
Liverpool are going to sign a player from Wolves is what I've heard.
Seems to make sense. Let's see.
1.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 16:23:13
Would have thought/hoped one of Gomes, Andre or Mane. Mane, my least favoured option, as think wingers with more experience required this summer with Rio as our development one.
2.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 16:29:20
Matheus Mane, although there was a long term interest in both their Brazilian midfielders.
3.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 16:33:25
Not far off Diomande in fairness for experience. And knows the league now.
4.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 16:51:23
Diomande has scored 5x the amount of goals in their breakout year and is playing for a much bigger team in terms of where they're competing. Diomande is also a full international, with 9 apps and 3 goals for Ivory Coast.
Diomande is a RW, Mane has been playing on the left. Lots of reasons FM.
But yes, not a million miles of difference in experience.
Would still rather Gomes out of anyone in that squad for what we need.
5.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 16:53:18
Like it or not but at some point we're going to have to start buying some English players, otherwise we'll be running small squads every season.
6.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 17:07:22
Diomande plays on the left, COTG.
7.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 17:12:07
Experience was the only reason I gave Gvardiol. Although I believe Diomande does also play on the left.
8.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 17:18:46
Who's the homegrowners Woodman, Bradley, Frimpong, Gomez, Nyoni, Jones, Danns and Rio? We should be ok. Other good young English players at the club in Wright and Abe coming through. Should be trying to produce our homegrown players inhouse anyway to stay away from the ridiculous transfer fees.
9.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 17:20:22
Diomande *can* play on the right, but he's right-footed, which would tend to push him out wide and limit Frimpong's ability to overlap.
I'd still love to see us sign him, but as a replacement for Gakpo, not Mo.
10.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 17:26:51
Can see us actually signing Wharton, so that would be another. Could Beck cover Kerkez? He's injured, and I haven't seen enough. Can see Utd and City fighting it out for Anderson.
Any other home grown players out there? No idea about what system we actually intend to grow into, but I do like Archie Gray and Morgan Rodgers.
Probably cost a fortune unless Spuds go down or Villa need money.
11.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 17:31:52
Nyoni, Danns and Rio wouldn't count in full squad list as they are not "of age" yet.
They'll be on the youth list.
12.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 17:50:37
Does it really matter though, Ginger, if as we all expect their minutes increase next season? For all we know Rio could end up our starting LW next season. Stranger things have happened. We are never going to have 25 senior players, are we? Even this year we have 22, and that includes a 3rd keeper and Ramsey, who is never gonna play.
13.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 17:51:46
Florian Musiala do you argue with your own reflection? ? A poster could say the sky is blue, you would say it was green & when they point out how wrong you are, you would say i was just saying its the sky.?
14.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 18:29:06
FM should literally just change his name to Devil's Advocate.
Nothing wrong with that. It's literally my job! Won't win you many friends though!
15.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 18:43:50
Jesus, lads, I thought I was discussing, not arguing. Is this not what we are here for? SzSz8, if you're talking about my reply to Gvardiol, I'm right. They are both having a breakout season. I fail to see where the big difference in experience is. Diomande has played a grand total of 22 more senior games than Mane. At an inferior level.
16.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 19:01:29
Florian your doing it again, i'm not on about any one post, it's just your general posting. You love to be right but that means only you can be right, nobody else. Nothing wrong with that, its who you are & you keep being you it makes for an entertaining read.
17.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 19:29:57
SzSz8, would you not look at Gvardiol's response to my original post before giving me a character assessment? I mentioned Diomande purely because he's the most linked winger to us and has a near identical level of experience to Mane. Gvardiol hadn't even mentioned Diomande in his post, yet I then got a nice detailed responce on how Diomande was better, even though I had never said he wasn't.
? I know it's the in thing to call me out on here, but look and read posts before you play amateur shrink. Ooops, did I do it again?
18.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 19:41:56
Florian, I like Rio a lot, he has deserved more game time this season, especially over Gakpo, but if we started next season with him as our starting lw, I would be seriously concerned. He's only 17 and his end product just isn't there yet. It's great to see a kid like Rio coming through, hungry and confident, willing to take on his man without hesitation, but he's just not the full package yet.
Mane looks good, but as you said yourself Diomande's got 22 more senior games, at 18/19 years old that's an absolutely massive difference, don't try to pretend otherwise, not to mention Mane only has 4 league goal contributions whilst Diomande has 17. You can try make excuses by calling it an inferior league but there's no doubt Diomande looks the better more experienced player right now.
19.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 19:45:16
If you weren't comparing Mane to Diomande, then why even bring him into a conversation where he wasn't involved?
20.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 19:46:21
Read my post, FM, it has sweet FA to do with that post. It is your posts in general that show your need to be right, hence your frustrated tone above! I may be an amateur shrink, but I got your number. ? Try not to reply. Prove to me I'm wrong, & you don't always need to have the last word all the time. ?
21.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 20:22:01
Chewy, I would also be concerned if Rio was our starting LW next season. But, seen as a lot would like him to be our starting LW THIS season, stranger things have happened that he could start a lot of games next year. And I don't need to make excuses, I don't care who's better of the two. Couldn't give a flying duck. I merely mentioned Diomande because a poster said more experienced wingers than Mane are needed, and Diomande is highly linked and only 10 months older.
Am I missing something here? And Chewy, in fairness on the goal comparisions Mane plays for the bottom team in the strongest league on the planet, and Diomande plays for one of the top sides in an inferior league. I would imagine he gets the ball a lot more in good situations than Mane would. SzSz8, what's this number you have? I don't have a need to be right. I just happen to be right, a lot of the time. Think that bugs people on here including yourself it seems.
22.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 20:38:38
FM, did you reply? Yes you did! That number!
No more replies from me, mate. Keep posting & being you. ?
23.) 31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026 20:53:36
Please don't go SzSz8. ?
24.) 01 Apr 2026
01 Apr 2026 08:22:37
Rio is nowhere near a full time starter, looks good with flicks and tricks but no end product, tbh, and this is my opinion, he is so like what Doak was.
{Ed001's Note - I am so glad somebody said that! He is so far off ready.}
25.) 01 Apr 2026
01 Apr 2026 09:39:15
I think he's better than Doak, but I agree that he's got a lot of development to go. He should be given more minutes than he was getting, but I agree he is way off being a regular starter, with all the hype and expectancy that comes with it.
26.) 01 Apr 2026
01 Apr 2026 10:06:58
I don't think so either, but if Gakpo stays I can't see us buying another specialist LW. The club won't bump Rio down to 3rd choice in my opinion if they were willing to not block his pathway this year.
And, if that happens, and Gakpo has a season similar to this one, then Rio will start a lot of games, I'd imagine. This is all going with the notion that Rio keeps improving and developing physically, of course.