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

I agree on Wirtz, but Eketike is clearly a baller too, and he was half the price. I still think that Isak will come good, and if they do start to click together, under the right management that 3 could be every bit as lethal as MSF, if not better.

If they don't though it would be a major misstep from management (both club and coach) imo. All the makings are there, just need the people above them to get their sh*t together, or else let someone else in to do it.

I have no concerns over any of our signings last summer, including the delayed transfer of Mamardashvili. I like Frimpong and Kerkez, Wirtz and Ekitike have shown their value - particularly playing together, and I rate Isak highly.

Only one I am unsure on is Leoni, but that's more down to not having seen him much and having a serious knee injury as a teenager that he'll have to come back from.

There's no player new this season that I think doesn't look good enough and I wouldn't want to keep longer term.

And given the amount of players who could leave this summer, that's a very very good thing because if we had to replace the squad players on top of also cutting losses on recent signings then we'd be in a much worse spot

As it stands this is a transitional season with a bunch of new players all of whom should be more settled next season.

As it stands you could have Mamardashvili, Jacquet, Leoni, Kerkez, Frimpong, Isak, Wirtz, Ekitike as a lineup next season with only the midfield being here before 2025

So that for me is the obvious next target along with Diomande (who I've now researched enough to really want). Camavinga and Wharton would both be excellent targets.

Get Diomande and one of those and I think we're looking good. Elliott returning is the interesting one if we change manager

“We bring new players, we will adapt, we will try to understand each other and at a point, with time, we will win a trophy. We will have success and when we win the Premier League or Champions League, people will forget every bad season we had because now we won the league last season. This is just part of the success and we have to be relaxed because we have amazing fans, we have to stay together, and the success will come for sure”.

These words from Konate don't sound like someone who is leaving the club.

We have to retain Konate, the other 2 centre backs are too young an inexperienced to be thrown straight in. If Konate does go, I think we will buy back Quansah.

I think this season Konate has been through a lot, and without criticising him too much given his circumstances, he probably is entertaining less interest from other clubs than he was late last season.

Having said that it will likely be a formative year for him, and I hope he becomes a better player because of it. He still has plenty left in his career, and if he can get to the point where top European clubs are coming in for him, and he can still be respectful to the club in how he handles his future, more power to him.

Konate had lost his starting place in the French national team in 2023/24. Deschamps had been very critical of his lax attitude and he was an unused substitute for the Euro 2024 Finals. Klopp had been very strong in his praise of Quansah when he spoke to Slot about the squad, so it wasn't difficult for Slot to choose him ahead of Konate for the first game of the season.

Aaaaaaaannnnddd Frimpong is injured again. Made of steel in Germany but made of márla since he signed for us.

Looks like Isak will be going to the World cup

He was on for 13mins

Absolutely no need to make tactical changes in a friendly match that necessitates taking off a RB 13mins after you subbed him on, considering your starting RB had also been sent off

the squad isn’t big enough and doesn’t have enough quality so he is stuck with the players he has.