Liverpool FC Premier League Champions 25/26 - Talk /Gossip/Rumours

My money's on them bailing Chelsea out once again and buying Jackson.

The cynic in me says this is a bit of PR too, completely damage his character so he has to be sold and there isn't any backlash from fans towards the club. Lets be honest they have had an absolutely **** window and with all the oil riches of Saudi Arabia and their "ambition" its not a good look. Important thing to remember is never believe a word any party says, they will lie through their teeth without blinking to get what they want

So does that mean he would have to invoke it now when the transfer window closes for him to be able to leave the club at the end of the season? Or could he invoke it next may Let's say to be able to leave next summer?

And if it is the first one what happens if he were to have a long term injury in the mean time meaning he would miss most of next season and no club wanted to sign him, would Newcastle still be obliged to fulfill his contract despite him invoking article 17 on them?

Before the last league game of the season AFAIK.

 They also found Webster guilty of breaking his contract "without just cause", although only on a technicality; he and his agent were late informing the club of his intention to leave, because of confusion over the final match of the season (Hearts had reached the 2006 Scottish Cup Final, but the time limit was calculated from the club's last league game, four days prior to the Cup match). For this he was suspended for the first two weeks of the 2007–08 season.

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They can't afford him,and if they wanted him a long time then they wouldn't have gone for Gykores

It applies per contract, if he were to sign a new contract then it would be another 3 seasons (2 if he is 28 or older) before he could force the break.

They never had any interest in Isak and were never going to get him anyway

Arsenal quietly doing very good business this window. Zubi and eze are top players I think the havertz injury forced their hand and they jumped on eze last minute from spurs. A very settled team with 2 big players coming in is ominous.

They might actually do it this year.

Arsenal do seem to have built a more impressive squad but they haven't had any significant sales either.

As machiavellianme said they can only play 11 players but they have built a good squad.

I think there usual formation is a 4-3-3

GK - Raya / Kepa / Hein

RB - White / Timber

CB - Gabriel / Saliba / Mosquera / Kiwior

LB - Calafiori / Lewis-Skelly / Zinchenko

RM - Odegaard / Nwaneri

CM - Zubemendi / Norgaard / Lokonga / Viera

LM - Rice / Merino

RW - Saka / Madueke / Nelson

CF - Gykores / Havertz / Jesus / Trossard

LW - Eze / Martinelli

I think Arteta's challenge this year will be to keep them all happy with game time. If they get Eze over the line Martinelli will definitely be dropped from the first team.

Jesus and Zinchenko must be on good contracts as they're not looking to leave but I can't see them getting much game time this season.

I'm surprised they haven't tried to sell Havertz this summer too as he missed some awful chances last year and is always picking up injuries.

Trossard might also start getting impatient as Gykores will start nearly every game now.

Looking forward already to the game at Anfield Sunday week. Will be a big marker for either team if they get the win.

Definitely more worried about Arsenal now. Martinelli was the weak link in their team imo, he’s fine to be an impact sub for the last 20 minutes, but not at the level of the likes of a Gakpo or Diaz. Eze fixes that.

As an Arsenal fan I agree with all this. We do need to sell those 4 or 5 periphery players but that doesnt affect the title challenge.

I see Pool very marginal favourites still but almost nothing in it. It really appears to be a genuine 3 horse race.

Arsenals players aren’t the problem, the system they play is. They are capable of great play in patches but they don’t create many chances and prioritise minimising risk.

In a way they remind me of England under Southgate. An abundance of talent at his disposal that is totally underused - enough to get through most games but the tactics will end up causing them to lose out.

They were poor against United, the only difference between a win and a draw there was Raya having a good game, other teams will be less forgiving.

They have an unbelievable squad though. If a more proactive manager given the job I would say they’re heavy favourites. As it is they will be in with a shout but I still think they’ll finish around the 80 point mark which might not be enough.