2026 Summer Transfer Window Rumors & Discussion

[Savant]

Dutch media says Gakpo may follow him. Would love that.

Robertson would cancel his contract

 

[Chimaera]

baghdad bob level.

 

[cgf]

Perez promising to make an offer for Olise that everyone knows will be rejected by Bayern, seems like a dumb reason to vote for him.

 

[luiginb]

Perez promising to make an offer for Olise that everyone knows will be rejected by Bayern, seems like a dumb reason to vote for him.

so like the other guy with Haaland?

 

[cgf]

so like the other guy with Haaland?

lol yup. Those claims would make me not want to vote for either of them

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Considering I don’t think there’s a player available or even worth 150M I really hope Flo isn’t just being senile. Buy buy buy whoever you can.

Konate and dumfries was just an appetizer looool

 

[Savant]

We can’t actually be this dumb right

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Wasted a year but a loan will do wonders for him. Come on como

 

[JeffreyLFC]

We can’t actually be this dumb right

I think Rio was always a candidate to be eventually sold (not a scouser, was already poached from Chelsea) but I don't think they would let him go now without Iraola having at least some time training with him. If Slot stayed though he would 100% refuse to even commit with LFC IMO.

I still believe LFC will have to offer him a new contract for him to stay (with most likely some more guaranteed playtime) otherwise I could see Rio refusing to train until it get settled.

 

[trostol]

We can’t actually be this dumb right

would prefer not to test that theory

 

[Cassano]

 

[Savant]

I think Rio was always a candidate to be eventually sold (not a scouser, was already poached from Chelsea) but I don't think they would let him go now without Iraola having at least some time training with him. If Slot stayed though he would 100% refuse to even commit with LFC IMO.

I still believe LFC will have to offer him a new contract for him to stay (with most likely some more guaranteed playtime) otherwise I could see Rio refusing to train until it get settled.

couple of bullet points

- Funny to see this after hearing we couldn’t keep Diaz because he’d block Rio. Also funny that Joyce confirmed Slot did not want to sell Diaz and he got overridden by Hughes. So now Hughes owns this whole mess

-Rio just signed a new contract this calendar year. Yes if you are LFC you do kind of have to rip that up and give him a new one if you are saying Rio isn’t for sale though. I think we had a youth contract policy and I think we just broke that for Abe, so that may or not be related here too

- You need to give Rio guaranteed minutes now. Everyone tripping over themselves trying to say Rio getting less than 1000 minutes was a good thing…if we aren’t giving Rio minutes he is going to go elsewhere

 

[Chimaera]

it's a stupid rumor.

Bayern would have to pay through the nose to make it even something to consider.

 

[qcal1427]

Re: multiple previous posts

Man Gakpo would be such a Spursy signing (derogatory)

PSG bought and scouted very well with Doue, Barcola, Neves, Pacho, etc.. Let's not forget Zabarnyi 65M, Chevalier 40M, Kolo Muani 95M, Goncalo Ramos 65M, Ugarte 60M all in that same time period ...

IMO moving on from Diaz for that offer was the right move at the time. Obviously looking back with hindsight at how their respective years went it was a mistake, but getting 80M for a 28yo who was very good but not elite was good process.

 

[Savant]

it's a stupid rumor.

Bayern would have to pay through the nose to make it even something to consider.

About to get that 150m from Madrid for Olise allegedly.

 

[Savant]

Re: multiple previous posts

Man Gakpo would be such a Spursy signing (derogatory)

PSG bought and scouted very well with Doue, Barcola, Neves, Pacho, etc.. Let's not forget Zabarnyi 65M, Chevalier 40M, Kolo Muani 95M, Goncalo Ramos 65M, Ugarte 60M all in that same time period ...

IMO moving on from Diaz for that offer was the right move at the time. Obviously looking back with hindsight at how their respective years went it was a mistake, but getting 80M for a 28yo who was very good but not elite was good process.

There was no hindsight. Moving Diaz was very dumb. If they needed the fee they could have sold Gakpo instead. They said Diaz would have blocked Rio? Diaz can cover centrally (which would have helped A LOT this season) and Gakpo cannot. Diaz wanted a raise? They just gave that money to Gakpo instead. And they STILL have neither replaced Diaz positional nor the traits they lost by selling him. There was no sporting reason to sell Diaz

 

[gary69]

there's only so many 150 million players right now

And where that would leave Nico Paz, they're going to sell him? Unless it's a top CF, that price doesn't seem to make sense.

 

[qcal1427]

There was no hindsight. Moving Diaz was very dumb. If they needed the fee they could have sold Gakpo instead. They said Diaz would have blocked Rio? Diaz can cover centrally (which would have helped A LOT this season) and Gakpo cannot. Diaz wanted a raise? They just gave that money to Gakpo instead. And they STILL have neither replaced Diaz positional nor the traits they lost by selling him.

I agree it didn't make sense combined with what they subsequently did in the rest of their attack, but as you point out that's mostly because of other things they did or that happened to them completely unrelated to selling Diaz (Isak and Ekitike getting hurt, giving Gakpo a raise, Slot deciding he was never going to rotate or even use subs, Salah falling off a cliff)

There was no sporting reason to sell Diaz

I mean, like 80% of all decisions even amongst top 5 league clubs are not made because of sporting reasons

 

[gary69]

so like the other guy with Haaland?

As of now, I wouldn't totally rule out a Haaland departure.

If City gets relegated, they will at least consider selling him for that price. And almost certainly would loan him out.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

And where that would leave Nico Paz, they're going to sell him? Unless it's a top CF, that price doesn't seem to make sense.

Como

 

[gary69]

Como

Yeah, I know he will there next season, but on long term if they buy a player for 150M, will Paz be able to outrank him? Of course if Vini leaves with one year left on his contract (Perez has said he'd rather let Vini leave on a free in a year rather than sell him this summer) that'll solve a lot of problems.

 

[Savant]

I agree it didn't make sense combined with what they subsequently did in the rest of their attack, but as you point out that's mostly because of other things they did or that happened to them completely unrelated to selling Diaz (Isak and Ekitike getting hurt, giving Gakpo a raise, Slot deciding he was never going to rotate or even use subs, Salah falling off a cliff)

The Gakpo raise was definitely a result of Diaz. They didn’t want to pay both. And honestly Diaz ability to cover center is a bonus because if Isak and Ekitike were healthy Diaz would simply just be starting on the left. And we would not have had to overplay Isak (who was never fit after sabotaging his preseason) and Ekitike (who was out of gas by Valentine’s Day and probably contributed to his Achilles injury) either, so I am not buying that this is unrelated. Slot would have used Diaz if he was here. Slot wanted to keep Diaz, which was the only good thought in his brain in 2025.

I mean, like 80% of all decisions even amongst top 5 league clubs are not made because of sporting reasons

But again, that is why it doesn’t require hindsight to see it was a bad decision

 

[Savant]

Como

And where that would leave Nico Paz, they're going to sell him? Unless it's a top CF, that price doesn't seem to make sense.

 

[Bounces R Way]

No touchy, don't even look at him
we can offer a used Gakpo in this trying time

Very curious who LFC is looking at for midfield. If they land Diomande maybe they'll go for more value buys for the other positions. Like the idea of Camara but don't watch any Ligue 1.

 

[Cassano]

Future team for Partey and Hakimi.