Liverpool FC - Talk /Gossip/Rumours 25/25

Nice touch

he started less than 10 league games?

Wharton for midfield. Was interest in Eichhorn but that's been ended now.

There's rumours that we'll get an experienced CB in on the cheap. No links to a RB. I do wonder if they'll go back in for Geertruida or someone else who can cover both. But no links just me speculating

The only narrative that makes sense in my head around the impact of joining so late (and therefore missing preseason with the club) is
1) He was thrown in to a squad in disarray without any time to train with them. You can look at Ekiteke and Wirtz as an example of what time together does for partnerships. They looked slick together at times last season.
2) Again, being thrown in not at proper fitness levels may have contributed to his early injury in the season which knocked any progress he might have been making back.

Iraola will have

marma

Kerkez, jacquet, gomez bradley

Jones szbozlai

Frimpong rio

And a few others not going like chiesa, tsimikas,

And maybe endo or isak are knocked out early, as they're in the same group with Netherlands and tunisia.

And a couple of young players

Theres just enough there to work on some defensive shape and a bit of pressing if everyone is fit that will allow the late returners to step into in August.

Last season preseason training started July 8th. The goalkeepers were due back July 4th and I think the full squad was due back Monday 7th but we all know Jota was planning his way back via ferry on morning of July 3rd to be back for the start of it so it ended up being delayed until 8th.

Everybody would be on holiday right now and preseason return hasn't been confirmed yet but if anyone is at the club now it's likely rehab stuff, Leoni was at the Axa this week for example. Ekitike and Bradley would be the others who won't be at preseason anyway

They are 100% on holiday now and won’t be back nor expected back until July. I would think it would be encouraged for them to take time away similar to any job especially given the situation at Liverpool last season with Jota etc - they would all need time away to themselves and their families.

Many were playing international friendlies also so they are probably only going on holidays now that friendlies are over ahead of the WC. Would people really expect players to take no time off and spend time with their families??

I’d be very surprised if Iraola himself is even really around the club much over the next month to be honest. He has family too and based on previous comments I would imagine he would prioritise spending time with them when he can after a long season and an even busier one ahead.

Yeah starting with a clean sheet, like a new signing really - the best of luck to him,seems to have a great attitude.

Thare is nothing on the LFC app anyway and Iraola was quoted as saying when asked if he is speaking to the players:

“For me right now, I think it's more than talk to the players. Some of them will be on deserved holidays, some of them will be with their national teams. I want to talk to the staff, to the people that were here every day, that know very well the players, to arrive as ready as possible to that first day of pre-season.”

Which reads to me not much will be happening with players before official pre-season which is as yet does not have a (public) start date.

I'd be amazed if that's the case. Aren't there player welfare rules around when training facilities can reopen once the season has finished? Although I'm not sure whether those rules extend to the academy, so perhaps the videos you saw were of academy players rather than the first team.

I thought he looked ridiculously slow and off the pace before that injury and going back to the end of last season with Newcastle even.

But I suppose fairest thing is to give him the World Cup and next season but if it’s a repeat of this year then I think it’s cut the losses time.

At least Darwin is energetic and gets involved in the game. Isak looks 50 out there sometimes he’s so off the pace.