Liverpool FC - Talk /Gossip/Rumours 25/25

Keepers

• we sit tight

Defenders

• Robertson out
• Tsimkas back in
• Jacquet in plus another CB (Senesi on a free makes lots of sense)

Midfield

• No outs, give MacAllistar the benefit of the doubt he can bounce back back.
• New starting DM/CM

Forwards

• Salah out
• Chiesa out
• New starting RW
• New RW / CF versatile player

That's 3 extra bodies vs what we have now.

Big expectations on Wirtz and Isak to step up next year.

Get the RW and DM/CM right and we're in the mix again.

Ok Chelsea might be looking out of the race but Brighton are now the threat. We must beat Palace to keep the upper hand.

We play Brentford at home on the last day of the season, we could and really should have CL football for next season secured before that match, in that scenario if Slot is leaving in the summer I'd imagine it would be announced in the lead up tithe Brentford match, so that he can get a proper send off, but, if we still haven't secured CL football before that match, no announcements will be made until after the Brentford match. I really wouldn't be surprised what way the club go with Slot, the club are going to continue to show their support publicly right up until they decide they want to change.

He wont be there next season, it'll be an amicable parting. They'd have trouble shifting expensive tickets otherwise.

Your point is well made on being happy with CL footie from the powers thst be. However, next season represents a chance at a league title by replacing Slot. United will have a new manager and City plus Chelsea and Arteta win or not is possibly end of the road at Arsenal.

I'd actually sell MacAllister.

Given the sheer amount of football he has played over the last number of years, and hard running during those games too, his legs look like they might have gone and there's no coming back. Maybe that injury he got at the end of last season is a contributing factor too, or maybe he is saving himself for the World Cup this summer. But he seems to have lost something, with no signs of it returning.

MacAllister has that physical nature to his game, but getting around the pitch is proving to be difficult, which gets exposed in the PL. He would probably still excel in a slower more technical league like Spain or Italy.

He's also being putting in the hard yards at International level, always travelling long distances and making himself available and playing, even when carrying a knock. He wants to play for his country, which should be commended, but it doesn't help us!

He's played the World Cup in 2022, the Copa America in 2024 and now the World Cup again this summer. No break this summer, when he really needs one. He didn't really get a break in 2025 as he was trying to recover from that back injury. I think we should let someone else deal with that fitness issue that is coming in August 2026.

Jones is academy grown and is good enough for the first team so he is absolutely needed for the squad in terms of PL HG players, and UEFA academy trained players.

Kelleher, Quansah and Trent have left in recent years, and with Gomez's future up in the air, losing a 6th first team quality player in 2 seasons is far too much. I think Bradley is the only academy grown first team player left that count in UEFA rules. the rest are not good enough, or too young, so the squad size gets reduced as a result.

Jones is a necessity to keep for this reason alone, in my eyes.

If Gomez and Jones go then Bradley, McConnell and Bajçetic are the 3 currently listed as first team players who would be homegrown and club trained, and as you say the latter 2 are likely not good enough....though I'd expect one will stay for numbers. There's others in the academy like Kaide Gordon and Luke Chambers but those are not realistic options.

On the flip side though we have been signing u21 players like Rio, Leoni, Nyoni, Jacquet who are much better than what has been coming through the academy and are first team squad players. The first 3 of those will eventually be homegrown and club trained. Pécsi is similar to Jacquet in that he's u21 for next season but non-HG the following.

But if we didn't have players u21 at first team level it would make the squad places more valuable. Having quality in the squad who essentially don't take up a spot (I know the List A rules for UEFA make it more complicated) helps both with not needing all spaces taken up meaning we can be more flexible and opportunistic in the market along with making sure those u21 players have a pathway to play instead of having 25 squad players ahead of them and them being an afterthought

A busted flush

If Chelsea don’t get any kind of European football I’d like the see the club try for Caicedo again.

He just signed a contract extension in the last few days didn't he?

Salah on more than that and it will be off the books in the summer. Think VVD is on 350 too. Isak/Wirtz probably not too far off. So wouldn’t automatically rule it out based on wage.

Think we'd be crazy to get rid of Jones. I'd keep Gomez too. We need a few like them in the squad. Jones hasn't been too bad at times this season. He's not a first team choice but he's a decent option from the bench and to rest others. He is also versatile. Gomez likewise, but his injuries are a worry. Still think it's worth having him as he can fill in at times as long as we're not depending on him. But if he can fill in for a few games here and there it allows us to rest others. Was a mistake getting rid of Kelliher too (did he count as homegrown?).

I think in addition to the squad rules, it's good to have some British &/or Irish players in the squad/team. Otherwise, players don't relate to the crowd and there becomes a disconnect. Milner and Henderson had that homegrown mentality. Fans want to see players who care about the jersey and not just an imported player getting paid millions and rolling about on the grass every five minutes. Too much of that in the modern game. Think you need a balance in the squad. Some players to tell guys to grow up etc.

Some Matteo Moretto is reporting that Alisson and Juve are nearing a verbal agreement on him joining. The usual twitter accounts running with it now.

The wage bill is being culled. It's off the charts so I get it.

Allison is injured more than he plays unfortunately. It's a shame.