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

If Liverpool get past Galatasary then they could have to beat the same 3 teams to win both the CL and FA Cup. In the CL Chelsea QF, City SF and Arsenal final. That is very possible

This is the risk you take when your league form is sl bad you are heavily relying on on the luck of the draw for cup compa.

City away and Gala away. Christ.

We need a proper Inter away performance tomorrow.

City have such a tough run of games coming up, the FA cup may be one of the few opportunities they may get to rotate and play a weaker team which they probably won't pass up.

Ah right, missed that, although if they do have the champions league the next week it could still be an opportunity for some rotation, but then again so may we.

Worst possible draw really

I thought we were playing on Wednesday night and just assumed it was 8 so thanks for that

I love them, i work early in the morning and can have a rake of pints during the early kick offs

Ooof Wirtz and Frimpong talking about how they both got interest at the same time so they started talking together in the Leverkusen dressing room about what it would be like to go to Liverpool together

Really shows the intelligence of our recruiting team. Wirtz seems shy and quiet as a person so moving for the first time away from the area where he grew up would have been a big deal - especially to a whole other country when there were offers from Munich.

So to basically set it up that you could take a friend with you was a masterclass. I'm not saying Frimpong isn't a player we would have wanted anyway - we needed a RB and he was available at a good price and is Homegrown for squad purposes. But everything seemed to be set up at the right time and played perfectly - they said in the interview here that they both learned on the same day that Liverpool were interested in the other player. That's not an accident.

Watching this I could definitely believe that without Frimpong being part of the overall strategy we would have lost out on Wirtz to Bayern

No of course but I'm saying it lined up nicely that the opportunity presented itself. Same as us drawing them at home that season and giving Leverkusen team free reign of the AXA Training ground - we don't do that for every club! And the fact they were interested in Quansah too

I think everything lined up nicely to allow us to move for one of the hottest talents around, and the team played it incredibly well. This video just gave some nice insights into it

Reminds me how any club who wanted to sign Ibrahimovic would need to buy Maxwell too 😂

That's not how a well maintained squad works, no.
If you have high turnover season after season it is because you are poorly planning your squad.

2/3 changes per summer is normal due to age and refreshing the squad etc..
Utd need a LOT more than 2/3 changes.

If Liverpool added 2/3 to their squad they would (should) have enough to challenge again.

Slot made up his mind really quickly with Quansah. Not his fault his replacement got a season ending injury on his debut.

I've posted before about the transfers in vs out last Summer, and by in large we upgraded (and fans fairly unanimously concurred) the squad. Where the club failed in managing the squad was…

1. Inadequate CB cover. Yes Guehi was all but signed so they get a little slack for that, but no moves in January??

2. Inadequate progression of reserves/youth talent. That's not something they messed up last Summer during their £200m spend. That's been coming a while, and amplified under Slot. The club doesn't seem to have a depth of upcoming talent or reserve players capable of stepping up to help rotate the 1st team.