Liverpool FC Rumours

21 Apr 2026 16:14:22
Liverpool are closely looking at free agents as backup for RB/CBs from La Liga and Serie A.
Rudiger, Hermoso, Mingueza (who might already be off to Arsenal).
Also, Marcos Leonardo is one of the options for ST but has been put on the back burner due to his cost and wages.

21 Apr 2026 15:06:47
Hi all,

Slot is still gone in the summer. Sky Sports News is incorrect (which isn’t surprising). However, they are correct about our push for Yan Diomande.

A considerable part of the reason why Slot is leaving is due to his desire to return to the Netherlands. There were brief talks held with Spurs some time back, but nothing came of it. The club desire a manager who is comfortable with remaining at Anfield for the next 3/4 years at least.

Arne Slot has already made that abundantly clear to the board that he does not fit the bill due to his family’s intention to remain in the Netherlands.

To add my two cents, if not for his decision it could be entirely possible that he would remain. As things stand though, that will not happen.

{Ed025's Note - cheers VG..

21 Apr 2026 15:23:20
Well, thank God he wants to leave.

21 Apr 2026 15:26:36
Cheers for the info. Much appreciated.

21 Apr 2026 15:47:26
Thanks, Victor. The ITKs need to be given a break. They are committing to giving info that is correct at the time of posting. Things change in football. People need to get a grip and realize this.

Appreciate the update, Victor!

21 Apr 2026 15:51:01
Thanks for the info, VG, much appreciated.

21 Apr 2026 15:31:26
That makes a lot of sense VG. Is it also true the players haven't taken to him and that is also a reason he's going?
Would you also agree Ed025?
Thanks VG, Ed025.

{Ed025's Note - VG is usually a very reliable poster HH and it seems a plausible solution for all concerned mate, there is a lot of white noise going around about the managers position though but if im honest i just cant see how he will still be here next season..

21 Apr 2026 15:57:58
I've got my fingers, toes and balls crossed!
Although the last one is technically a medical condition.

21 Apr 2026 16:06:23
I am concerned about a new manager coming in this summer. With a World Cup, a lot of outgoings, and you'd imagine quite a few incommings. Whoever comes in is going to have a very disrupted pre-season on top of getting to grips with players he would have very little time with.

Somehow think it would be better to get him gone September like we did with Rogers.

21 Apr 2026 16:07:22
Thank you Kloppofthenortheast. We do our best.

It's worth mentioning too that things in football are hilariously fluid. Plans and expectations are constantly changing. For all I know, I could hear something totally different in a week's time about Slot's position.

It's hard to make a call on something months/weeks in advance and have it remain true, because, quite frankly, I don't make the decisions, nor does any other "ITK". I just pass along what I hear.

21 Apr 2026 16:10:59
Brilliant, thanks Victor. Any news on who is most likely to replace him? Sorry, I know I'm taking the pi**.

21 Apr 2026 16:14:25
Slot - what a guy, what a legend & total class act. The employers want him to stay, but he's decided that the fans come first, and is going to leave, & say family is issue....
To show our appreciation, I'm sure no shortage of folk willing to drive him to airport & contribute to his air fair. :-)

21 Apr 2026 16:15:16
Tic, and risk being miles off it by September as well as missing out on prime managerial candidates?
I'd rather a new manager have a disrupted pre-season tbh.

21 Apr 2026 16:15:27
Xabi. The rumours about his family eyeing up spots to live around the North East are true, last I asked.

21 Apr 2026 16:23:06
Is that a typo, Vic, or is there a reason they are going east and we are west? Xabi going to commute or do a Michael Owen and helicopter it across, ha?

21 Apr 2026 16:24:23
VG star, thanks mate, much appreciated.

21 Apr 2026 16:29:03
Typo. North West, I mean, haha.

21 Apr 2026 16:33:54
Cheers, VG. Appreciate the update.

21 Apr 2026 16:34:31
Said I won't be believing a thing about Slot leaving till I see his egg in John Lennon waving goodbye. It isn't looking likely either.

21 Apr 2026 16:42:38
Imagine after the season we've had, Bert n Ernie are allowing a manager to dictate when he goes, and they would like to keep him, unbelievable incompetence by the lot of them.

21 Apr 2026 16:56:14
Hope this is true and I believe it is.

21 Apr 2026 17:03:18
Nice one, VG.

21 Apr 2026 16:25:58
Thanks for the answer Ed025, VG. I get it about the white noise, lots of if, buts and maybes going around.
I think so also mate, he can't stay now but you never know!
Thanks again gentlemen.

{Ed025's Note - no problem mate..

21 Apr 2026 17:41:22
Jay - he'll be at Manc Airport not John Lennon. 😂

21 Apr 2026 17:43:20
That's goddam good news!

21 Apr 2026 18:03:31
True Ron 🤣🤣

21 Apr 2026 18:28:50
Well thank God for that. I'm just recovering from hearing about Konate extending his contract so I needed some bit of good news. Thanks VG.

21 Apr 2026 14:59:50
Slots contract runs out of the next season I thought? If so I cannot see FSG backing him in the summer unless a new contract is signed first.

21 Apr 2026 15:41:31
That's why clubs employ DoFs.
Regardless, if the coach/manager moves on there's a wider vision which is used for recruitment.

21 Apr 2026 14:19:23
Thing is, these "other sites" could say LFC have invented a way to bring in a prime, Barnes, Souness, Gerrard and Dalglish, and I'd only believe it if Carra, Robbo, Ned or Thefields confirmed.

21 Apr 2026 19:00:40
Eds I assume you got rid of the original post that this was attached to. Thank you for doing that there was no need for it from the original poster.

{Ed001's Note - yes, it was just a troll.}

21 Apr 2026 19:34:30
Cool thanks Ed.

21 Apr 2026 14:07:14
Liverpool, the ownership there ideally want to stick with Arne Slot despite huge public conjecture over if he's the man to lead them forward.

"The only name people seem to come up with is Xabi Alonso, but suggestions are that he's not on Liverpool's radar."

Interesting way of putting things from David Ornstein.

21 Apr 2026 14:42:59
I can see Liverpool's radar from my kitchen window and can confirm that Alonso is not currently sat on it.

21 Apr 2026 13:55:16
Wow… Sky Sports are reporting slot to continue as our boss for next season…. I’m really hoping they have also been given the same info just like most journalists have. I really can’t take him being in charge next season; my mental health won’t take it…

21 Apr 2026 14:09:47
The fact that they even mention it means that his job is under discussion imo.

Grateful to all the rumour posters, but I don't accept that any decisions have been made before the season is concluded.

21 Apr 2026 14:12:05
I've just checked, and this is all coming from what Jamie Carragher has said "from what he's heard....". So, to be taken with a pinch of salt.

The headline is "Slot is Expected to remain..." Even sly sports are playing it safe.

Who is going to trust Carragher with any truth knowing where he works.

21 Apr 2026 14:24:28
If the club wants mid table obscurity or a relegation battle, then Slot is just the man for that.

21 Apr 2026 16:06:17
Ron, I tend to believe the same, I never subscribed to the idea that Slot was working a notice, makes about as much sense as crossing the channel in a boat full of holes.

21 Apr 2026 17:13:53
I fear he will be, so obvious how this plays out, Alonso will go elsewhere. We will start next season with Slot, nothing will change, then it will be if only.. every fan can see it, it's embarrassing.

21 Apr 2026 18:01:17
Nobody is going to say anything until a champions league place is a certainty, or not.
It will be interesting.

21 Apr 2026 18:36:43
Thank God we have Carra, The Fields, Robbo, VictorG, Ned etc on here for sensible news bulletins.

21 Apr 2026 13:50:40
Ed001 don't know how accurate it will be but sky sports news reporting it understands that Arne slot will be in charge next season as they close in on champions league place.

{Ed001's Note - no idea, I don't watch Sly Spurts News.}

21 Apr 2026 14:02:49
Ed001 I hope Robbo is right with his post earlier on and Slot does not want to carry on and the club don't want him too. And it's just the club spinning nonsense in the press to keep things sort of calm till the end of the season to claim champions league football.

21 Apr 2026 13:43:42
Sky Sports reporting slot staying for next season.
Are they taking that from Carragher last night and spinning
It?

21 Apr 2026 16:06:54
Almost definitely.

21 Apr 2026 10:28:55
Morning Gents.

I've been told Liverpool will go full in on Diomande in the summer.

Club very confident it will get done.

Cheers.

21 Apr 2026 11:02:22
Thanks, Robbo.

21 Apr 2026 11:20:42
I must admit to not really seeing much of the lad... but talk of him being Salah's replacement... is he that good or have the potential to be? We've been so blessed with Mo, and to think we've just happened across his successor and we're going all in on me worries me.

21 Apr 2026 11:22:36
Absolute priority to get this guy in. He is some player already, and will be very special if he keeps on developing.

Hopefully Eddie/Hughes get this done.

21 Apr 2026 11:30:05
I see that Plettenberg was stating that on X, Robbo. Cheers for the update.

21 Apr 2026 11:32:03
@Aquilaniisgod, (what a wonderful name, by the way) I have only seen highlights and he looks very good in those. However, that's not a good metric. However, I read an article once on The Athletic (or someplace), where they were talking about how RB Group insiders consider him the biggest talent they have seen in their group of teams apart from Haaland.

Given some genuinely good players have come from there, it is high praise. I hope we sign him also because he is a Liverpool fan due to his dad. With his speed and skill, he will fit in perfectly.

21 Apr 2026 11:37:59
Diomande looks like an extremely promising player.

However, at 19 with only 40+ appearances at top flight football, it's a very small sample size for the price tag of £87mil.

21 Apr 2026 11:40:44
The fact that Red Bull are stating that he could be the best player to ever come through their system suggests he has definitely got something about him.

21 Apr 2026 11:48:14
Cheers Robbo. Good signing at the right price.

21 Apr 2026 11:54:32
Really like the look of this one. Comfortable on both flanks (seems to favour the right, which is rare), dribbler to help against low blocks but also a carrier for transitions. Has the physical attributes that the likes of Sancho lacked when making the transition to the prem and probably even someone as good as Adeymi might fail to get the big move. Also declared his love for Liverpool which is always an extra tick. I can see him lighting up Anfield. Most likely the reason we didn't follow up on Semenyo - 7 years younger and higher ceiling.



I've one question for folks here. If he were to take up the right flank and say we don't go for a Wharton in midfield, would you be slightly worried about the lack of left footed dynamic? Not only for inswinging setpieces, but more so for looking into a low block. I think you need someone in the team to create that angle. Am I overthinking it? Or do we smash the transfer window again and do Olise and Diomande lol.

21 Apr 2026 12:03:04
Cheers, Robbo.

Makes a lot of sense if we can get a good price and that the dispute he's having with his former agency doesn't impact the transfer.

21 Apr 2026 12:29:13
I'm sceptical about talents from the Bundesliga.
Olise looks like a world beater in that league, 12 months ago, no English team was in for him.
Then there's Jaden Sancho.
I'm not going to talk about Wirtz.

It's too polarising.
Keita - excelled in Bundesliga.
Karius - 2nd best keeper in Germany, a total dud in England.

The price is too rich for me for a talent from the Bundesliga. Let someone else take the risk.

21 Apr 2026 12:40:44
Ron Keague, I'm going to agree with you most of the way, you could have said it better about Olise 🤣 I'm not even going to mention Diaz with the sudden jump in goals+assists.

That is not to say players from there are not going to hack it here, Keita was a good buy, he was just too injury prone and I'm too sure that age was 😉(I don't want to get into trouble).

21 Apr 2026 12:44:15
He does look special to be fair, Ron K.

Let's not forget that we did nab Firmino from the Bundesliga and he arguably defined the whole Jurgen Klopp era as the team was built around him.

21 Apr 2026 12:54:10
I am a little worried about this... Alonso doesn't play with wingers, is this another signal that the club are going to stick with Slot?!

21 Apr 2026 12:58:48
Half agree with you there, Ron, although I'm not sure why most of the prem weren't in for Olise to be honest. My main concern with him was his injury record, and maybe that's eased by playing in a less intense league, but even at Palace he was class.

But yeh it's been hit and miss, probably more miss than hit, but there are a lot of gems too, Bobby obviously the main one, Heung Min Son another, KDB (even though he went there after Chelsea), main challenge has been the German ones rather than the foreign imports into Germany, but Keita one still haunts...

although I'd probably say Keita, ability wise, still wasn't a bad player, just was made of glass, so only showed glimpses... also a lot of rumours of having a bad attitude.

21 Apr 2026 12:59:11
Graham, Alonso played wingers at Real Madrid every game.

He does not have a set style of play.

21 Apr 2026 13:03:49
He is so young and talented. If he develops his off the ball work (which needs a lot of development) and a little bit of end product work, he could become an animal.

I fear Slot is the wrong manager to develop him correctly. Hopefully, that won't be an issue.

Iraola would turn him into an absolute world beater.

21 Apr 2026 13:24:58
Nice, cheers Robbo.

21 Apr 2026 13:51:38
@tobi3 Keita was a good buy You are having a laugh! He was one of the clubs worst purchases ever. As in EVER!

{Ed025's Note - absolutely SG..

21 Apr 2026 14:08:26
Wasted spend if Slot remains, I'm afraid.

21 Apr 2026 14:49:53
Chelsea, United and Newcastle were all very keen on Olise at the time he joined Bayern, but he wasn't so keen on them. Apparently he has his head very well screwed on and didn't fancy playing for any of them, given the varying degrees of bin fires at each of those clubs.

As for Diomande, he's not remotely comparable to the likes of Sancho, Diomande was offered absolute bags of cash to go to Chelsea before he was 18 but he turned it down as he wanted to play and not be a chattel to be moved between feeder clubs or sitting on a bench collecting splitters, the kid has a good mentality which matches his unlimited potential.

The fact he's barely 19 and is bullying grown men week in week out is reason enough to think he can step up. Personally can't think of a better option than him.

21 Apr 2026 16:37:36
It's some front line when Ekitike returns, Diomande, Isak and Ekitike plus Wirtz as creator. There's also Gakpo and Ngoumha. Pace strength and trickery.

21 Apr 2026 17:03:58
Nice one, Robbo.

21 Apr 2026 18:40:03
It's some front line Red Jones when Slot isn't in charge of them any longer. Until then it'll remain substandard regardless of names on the team sheet.