LIVERPOOL VS REAL MADRID 1 - 0: Macca sinks Madrid again

DEFENSE:

Giorgi Mamardashvili: 7 / 10

For a side like Real Madrid, he was surprisingly not tested a lot. But still was reliable when called upon, pulling off a couple of saves from Bellingham and Guler.

Conor Bradley: 9.5 / 10

Pocketed the Real attack last season, and did it again against the same guys this season. Absolutely his best game this season. He kept Vini Jr quiet all game long, yet still managed to find time to push forward with the ball as often and best he could.

Ibrahima Konate: 8 / 10

Honestly did not have much to do either and not having any issues working to his most rock-solid self he was last season. Touch nervy against Bellingham rarely but Real really didn't have much more to offer.

Virgil Van Dijk: 8 / 10

Again like Konate didn't need to do much more than what is routinely required. Commanded the backline well, and ensured any attacking moments of Mbappe, Vini Jr and Bellingham were completely shut down.

Andrew Robertson: 8 / 10

Excellent showing again from the veteran Scot. Another performance that justifies why the 31 year-old is still the right left back for the job, rounding off a solid backline display by the Liverpool defense while also getting forward on occasion.

MIDFIELDERS

Mac Allister: 8.5 / 10

2 games vs Madrid, both goals for him. This is the kind of performance we want to see from Mac Allister. Took his goal well and was the heart and glue of the entire midfield in the background.

Ryan Gravenberch

Commanded the midfield battle with relative ease and was a problem for Real Madrid's midfielders: Bellingham, Guler and Tchouameni who couldn't get forward for 

Dominic Szoboszlai: 9 / 10

Honestly, where would we be without Szoboszlai this season? Honestly another performance like that shows why Dom needs to be fit all the time. Was everywhere on the pitch doing the dirty work, constantly banging on the doors of Courtois. And was rewarded with an assist to Mac Allister via a set piece from the right.

FORWARDS

Florian Wirtz: 8 / 10

Surprisingly deployed as a Left Winger but he was an brilliant pressing machine. Getting into the action and causing loads of problems on Dean Huijsen. A constant threat out of possession because he will pressure opponents.

Hugo Ekitike: 7 / 10

Not exactly his best play but while prepping for Man City, hence probably saving his energy for the next game. Well, Mac Allister's goal ensured that Hugo didn't need to do much more than that.

Mohamed Salah: 7 / 10

Tried going forward when he could and was dangerous on occasion. But still one of his quieter days. 

HEAD COACH: Arne Slot 9 / 10

The key for the win was using a proven midfield of Gravenberch, Szoboszlai and MacAllister. Winning the midfield battle was crucial to command the field. The setup of 2 Number 10s inc Wirtz in attack of all people, was more defensive on paper. But oddly enough, even though we had significantly less possession of the ball, 41%, attacking wise we were pounding Madrid's goal over and over and over again.

17 Shots to 8
9 to 2 on Target

The only thing now needed is to be more clinical. But the formula is there. 

NAT PHILLIPS TO WEST BROM COMPLETE! JOTA AND HOW OTHER PLAYERS SALES CAN FUND ISAK OR ANOTHER FORWARD?

Nat Phillips to West Brom Completed!

A Good move for Nat Phillips, whose potential move I talked about yesterday was confirmed and completed this morning. West Brom announced the move and confirmed by LFC. As to the fee, you may ask, the deal was worth about 3million sterling pound, equivalent to about 3.5m Euros.

Diogo Jota rumors? How potentially raising money of a striker will be like.

Newcastle are already looking out for potential strikers and center forwards and there have been some rumors of them linking to Diogo Jota. It is useful to note because any sale regarding both Nunez (who has given the initial green light and no issues on personal terms to Napoli) and Jota will fund for a striker that we need for the new season. It is said that Jota's price tag is around the 43m range.

If it is Newcastle, there can be only one that we want as a trade, Alexander Isak. The links between us and them just don't stop. It may help to sweeten the deal but bet it'll still need a sizeable amount of funds. But also bear in mind that Nunez and Jota aren't the only folks tipped for departure. Harvey Elliott (bottom X post) is also being linked for a hefty penny too. Hence, if these three do depart, will raise substantial amounts of money to fund a striker. And there are STILL more of our boys also linked to departures like Doak (linked to Everton on a 30m pound deal), Chiesa and Robertson. 

OWEN BECK TO WREXHAM?

Young Rumor this time round. Left Back academy product Owen Beck is also rumored to be linked to a loan by Wrexham. This would be good publicity for Wrexham. If you don't follow them, just to enlighten you; Wrexham has been on a triple-successive promotions from League two all the way to the Championship. Pretty insane for a side that is owned by... of all people.... Deadpool Protagonist actor Ryan Reynolds. They've been a side to watch lately and I recommend that you also follow them for shits and giggles and some lols but their success story has been nothing short of remarkable.

MALICK FOFANA AS CHIESA REPLACEMENT? NAT PHILIPS TO LEAVE.

In light of Chiesa's potential departure, Liverpool today have been linked to Malick Fofana as his replacement, as reported by Sacha Tavolieri:

Malick Fofana
Age: 20
Club: Olymique Lyon
Position: Left Winger

Stats in 24/25 Season: 11 Goals, 7 Assists

To be fair to the recruitment, Fofana is young and only turned 20 in March. As such, he's Lyon's most valuable players with a market value of 30m euroes.

May not be a bad idea to add another Left Winger to the ranks just in case we need to prepare for any outgoings like Diaz or Gakpo in the future. But for now, seems like a low-risk addition. And to be honest with ya, 18 GAs including 11 goals this season is good for someone that just turned 20.

Look out for Transfer news later.

NAT PHILIPS TO LEAVE LIVERPOOL

To take players off the wage bill, Nat Philips is the next in line to leave on a permanent basis. Having used as an emergency center back and his breakout season in the 20/21 was the reason why we managed to still make for UEFA Champions League Qualification, comfortably too.

As far as the next club is concerned, the deal is involving West Bromwich Albion, and likely for a small fee. Doing so will free up the wage bill of 45,000 pounds a week.

MILOS KERKEZ MEDICAL SET.

Just by looking at X / twitter reports everywhere, Milos Kerkez is scheduled to fly over to England to complete his medical. Hope we have a completion of his signing tomorrow!

23-June-2025: Kerkez and Quansah 'Here we Goes!', Harvey Elliott to leave? Wirtz has completed his transfer!

FLORIAN WIRTZ SIGNS HIS CONTRACT

'Sorry for the long wait!', that was what Wirtz said in his first interview in AXA training center.



It has finally been announced that he has finally signed his contract and was officially unveiled on Friday night. He was presented in the presence of his family. Again a club record deal of 116 million pounds if you are not aware. As to what number he will be assigned remains to be seen because we've yet to have an unveiling of the new kit. But even that will only be in effect in August, which means he'll still need to have a number assigned for the pre-season matches before this. That will also apply to any other members coming in. My preference is Mac Allister get the 6 and Wirtz get the number 10. But he might get 27 first, after Darwin Nunez's first shirt and Divock Origi and since it was the number he started with.



Milos Kerkez to LFC Completed!

The long awaited news of Milos Kerkez to LFC from Bournemouth has been broken out as well. Fabrizio Romano announced shortly of the young Hungarian just as Wirtz completed his medical. His desire to come to Liverpool was to no surprise however. According to an Interview by David Ornstein.

Jarell Quansah from LFC to Bayer Leverkusen Completed!

Adding to the Here-we-go news is Quansah's deal has been completed as well.  £30m plus another 5m in add-ons is a good bit of business done. A Buy-back clause has been inserted in, just in case we want to reacquire his services in future.

RUMORS

Harvey Elliott to Brighton? 

Cite: https://www.teamtalk.com/liverpool/transfer-news-harvey-elliott-brighton-40-million

Another potential departure as we kinda have talked about is Harvey Elliott. Not with Leverkusen but with Brighton Albion and Hove. This could be a good move if Harvey wants to remain in the Premier League and play first team football. Already a heavy user in 2021-2023, his experience would prove invaluable as well as his leadership since he has been leading the England U21s as skipper. He recently scored 2 goals in 4 matches in the EURO U21s over the last couple weeks. As such, I feel he deserves first team football, just he won't get it here. The deal is rumored to be in a range around £40m which is again like Quansah, no small fee but I doubt it'd be enough as Elliott's flying high with the England U21s. A 50m range would be a masterstroke, means we sell to Brighton for more than we paid for Alexis Mac Allister.

Warren Zaire-Emery to LFC?
Center Midfielder, Defensive Midfielder

https://www.rousingthekop.com/2025/06/21/liverpool-make-first-move-to-sign-generational-talent-warren-zaire-emery-from-psg/

Not so much of a need, but would be good to have to rotate with Gravenberch. This 19-YO elite teenager's rise to become one of PSG's regular player with already more than 120 matches with the first team in the last 3 seasons despite his young age winning the continental treble with PSG. As someone primarily as a box-to-box midfielder would be a huge get. But I don't see this deal happening anytime soon.

Marc Guehi:

It is said today that Marc Guehi has declined to renew his contract in Crystal Palace and will jump at the opportunity to join another club when that presents itself. Therefore at this juncture, to prevent Crystal Palace to lose a player on a free, they would wanna cash out now while his contract is still valid for just one more year. We may wanna jump and negotiate a cut price deal below his £50m market value. Already the general sentiment of Palace fans is that Guehi can join us with their blessing. And since Quansah is joining Leverkusen, Marc will be a huge upgrade. Although previously I said that Guehi would be a rotational Center Back with Konate, some may say that he may be a potential successor to Virgil Van Dijk as his spot and captaincy.

20-JUNE-2025: QUANSAH, MARC GUEHI, DARWIN NUNEZ. WIRTZ MEDICAL BEGUN

Few more transfer news and rumors and more updates for our LFC boys, as of 20th June 2025. 

Flo Wirtz's Medical has begun.

Before we get to the updates, a quick one that Florian Wirtz has begun his series of medical tests. In fact, he's already done with the first half of his medical yesterday. So today will be the 2nd part of his medical tests before the official unveiling as reported by Florian Plettenberg. Fabrizio Romano also reported his private flight coming in from Cologne to Manchester.

QUANSAH VERBALLY AGREES WITH BAYER SWITCHEROO

When Wirtz deal was agreed about a week and half ago, Bayer Leverkusen sought to replace Jonathan Tah with Jarell Quansah. As of today and as expected, Quansah has verbally agreed to the so-called "swap" deal but it's considered as a totally separate deal, technically. Either way, it'll be good business if this is pulled off and since he wants regular minutes. 40m+ Euroes (34.1m pound sterling) for someone built from our academy in LFC since 2009 is nothing to sneeze at. David Ornstein reports a fee for this amount while Fabrizio Romano reports around a 30m pound range.

DARWIN NUNEZ: NAPOLI'S FIRST OFFER

According to Alfredo Pedulla, there has been direct contact made to Nunez's entourage that an offer has been made by Napoli to secure Nunez in a range of 37M pound (42M Euro). Of course we would need more because we have more gaps to fill up front and to replace Quansah. We'll see how it pans out because I believe it's gonna be just a matter when he will move and what will be the eventual settlement and agreed fee plus add-ons if any.

"MARC" GUEHI TO LIVERPOOL BID?

Addji Keaninkin Marc-Israel Guehi, or simply "Marc" Guehi would be one to reinforce our ranks to replace Quansah after his move to Leverkusen is completed. Marc Guehi has had a great season in Crystal Palace. With a year left in his contact, would be a great stand in for Konate or played in rotation, but also a good leader to add to LFC's Leadership team, being current captain of Palace. Another piece that should be kept an eye on. This makes perfect sense because we are gonna be running low on Main center backs without Quansah.

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GOALKEEPER MOVEMENT OUT OF LFC? JAROS AND HARVEY DAVIES

Some movement out of LFC at this time! As expected, with the arrivals of new Goalkeepers Pesci and Mamardashvili, means two of our keepers are on a move, one of which confirmed and announced. If both move, meaning the number 13 would go to Giorgi Mamardashvili, and 62 to Pesci.

CONFIRMED DEPARTURES:

Vitezslav Jaros - To Ajax FC

Jaros, 23, having just signed a new long term deal, has been announced to be Ajax's new number 1 on a season long loan, reuniting with former LFC captain, Jordan Henderson who is captain in Ajax.

Vitezslav holding his new Number 1 Jersey for Ajax.

RUMORED:

Harvey Davies to Crawley Town FC

The other keeper potentially on the move. If it does happen, Davies, 21, will spend the season at League Two side Crawley Town. Let's hope he gets great experience there and help the team who were relegated from League one this year, before he returns.

Darwin Nunez to Napoli:

It's reported by Romano that Napoli have scheduled another round of talks with Darwin Nunez to progress on the deal. Seems to me, Napoli would most likely his final destination. Other Saudi clubs are vying for his signature but Nunez seems to want to stay in Europe.

OTHER NEWS

Not from Liverpool but one to note and a player from Chelsea we completely forgot about was Mykhailo Mudryk. Already suspended due to drug use, his ban could further last till up to 4 years. Honestly this player is one of Chelsea's worst, if not the worst signing in their history.

Florian Wirtz: As reported by Romano, it'll be a big 48 hours. Wirtz should be done with his holiday, having spent time with Frimpong, as I shared yesterday should commence his medical later today on Thursday and would carry on till tomorrow, Friday then the official announcement would follow.

TRANSFER RUMOUR: ALEXANDER ISAK TO LIVERPOOL?!

Some bombas only just started coming out over the last 16 hours or so that Alexander Isak may be on the move. No matter where this is coming from, this will be a very complicated deal. And it'll only happen if someone is brought over to Newcastle to replace him.

At the same time, Newcastle is also looking to sign Joao Pedro from Brighton. Whether that remains the case will depend down the road. But if Joao Pedro does come in to Newcastle, will mean that LFC will have an opportunity to sign Isak. Again, this will be a complicated deal. But with Newcastle having Champions League football next season, spells some huge dilemmas.

A. you bang on Isak and Anthony Gordon
or B. You take the money and bring more members in.

Some fan journalists are already on the prowl for this snoop:

IndyKaila

Ivan Schwakoff

Whether or not Isak signs, LFC still needs to get a new striker as an upgrade to Jota and Nunez and must not dawdle on these deals. All the signings need to arrive in time for the pre-season then we can just have everyone get assimilated into the squad first.

If we don't get Isak, then Hugo Ekitike will have to do. Either way, it is a dream transfer window as long as a Striker and a center back comes in.

WIRTZ MEDICAL AND HOLIDAY

A bit on a light one for Florian Wirtz as he's spending time with his mate Jeremie Frimpong at the start of the week, with Wirtz sharing his story 8 hours ago on Instagram then reshared by Frimpong later. Wirtz will have his medical before the pair joins up with the LFC squad for training and pre-season.

Hope LFC can have a bit of a bezzies episode between those two, especially since the two of them have been playing together in Leverkusen for the last 5 years or so and will do so with Liverpool from here on out.

TRANSFER UPDATES FOR LFC SO FAR AS AT 15th JUNE 2025 - STILL UPDATING

ARRIVALS (Inc those not announced but Here-We-Go is given)

Jeremie Frimpong
Right Back, Auxiliary Right Winger

Already announced his arrival from Bayer Leverkusen and officially unveiled on the 30th May 2025 for a reported transfer fee of around 40 Million Euroes, or just under 30 million pounds. Was intended to be a replacement for Trent Alexander Arnold. Jerry, as he's usually addressed as his shortened name, is a right back by trade. However recently was rotated in the National Team at Right Wing during the World Cup Qualifiers.

Florian Wirtz
Attacking Midfielder, Forward

Our blockbuster signing, having won over Man City, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. Will be joining his buddy and teammate Jerry for 25/26 in a long-term deal as well. This was a 'Here-We-Go' from Fabrizio Romano since Tuesday, 10th June 2025 for a whopping 140million Euroes, 116m Pounds which do include add-ons. This deal has been like a month in the making, although personal terms were long agreed without issues and Flo only wanted to play for us so it was pretty much a lot of club-to-club discussions that took a while.

Has yet to be unveiled and announced as Flo is currently on Holiday after his UEFA Nations League duties with the National Team. Was pivotal in Leverkusen's unbeaten season in 23/24 and still remained the heart during the following season. Rumors of a 345,000 pound weekly salary have been way off the mark, he'll receive around a range of 195-245K. A profilic Attacking Midfielder, his vision and eye for goal also allows him to invert and play anywhere in the frontline, with Left Winger his next likely spot. Expect him to complete all the formal steps around Wednesday.

Armin Pesci
Goalkeeper

Was a surprise transfer arrival from Puskas Akademia as he is already someone with European football experience, having played for the Europa Conference League Qualifiers. Moreover, Pesci, who only just turned 20 in February this year had been the Hungarian club's number 1 throughout last season and was responsible for its push for 2nd place. It'll be interesting to see how it affects the rest of the goalkeeper ranks because of the arrival of Giorgio Mamardashvili. Expect Pesci to fulfil the role of the number 3 goalkeeper over Jaros.

Giorgi Mamardashvili
Goalkeeper

Already sealed since last season and arranged for his arrival soon for the 25/26 season, Giorgio came out of a bad start but a strong end to his final season in Valencia. The 24 Year-old Georgian Goalkeeper will set to be Alisson's number 2 and understudy because my hunch tells me that he may succeed Alisson at some point.

DEPARTURES

Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid
Left early for the Club World Cup, while we get some good change for it 10m Euroes for just a month early. Left a bitter taste in everyone's mouth since he was already fluent in Spanish on his reveal this week. However, the 10m was a masterstroke so we don't leave empty handed from this deal.

Caoimhin Kelleher to Brentford
Our young legend deserved the sale to get proper minutes. Brentford would receive a very solid keeper and Penalty saving specialist. His move to Brentford was announced and completed last week. Best of luck, Kelly!

RUMOURS

Milos Kerkez - Bournemouth AFC
Left Back

The Hungarian Kerkez has been interested in our long term project for the next season and he is set to be the next arrival after the finalization of details on club-to-club level. Personal terms have not been a problem for Kerkez so it is only a matter of time till a "here-we-go" is announced by Fabrizio Romano. We can also sorta confirm this because interestingly enough, his family members already self-announced Milos' arrival on Instagram stories.

Jorrel Hato - Ajax FC
Center Back, Left Back

A very talented young teenager with already more than 100 with the Ajax first team, including 29 in the Europa League and Europa Conference League, under his belt and just turned 19 and also currently the club's vice-captain. He's someone that can cover both Center Back and Left Back which will be very useful, almost in a way that Joe Gomez does.

Andy Robertson - Out to Atletico Madrid

Atletico have just named Robertson their potential number 1 Left Back just 16 hours ago prior to writing. Robbo has one year left on his contract, so in a way it does make sense to cash a bit on him instead of letting him go on a free. Ideally I would have gotten Tsimikas to shift out but whichever the case, if Kerkez is out primary Left Back for years to come, then whoever is left won't be starting games anyway. As of now, personal terms are not a problem should Robbo move to Atletico.

Federico Chiesa out to Napoli

In search of game time, Federico Chiesa may want to return to Italy, according to Fabrizio Romano. Why we bought him in the first place, I really don't know. But lucky it has been a low risk transfer for us. As far as rumours go, Napoli is the first in line that has made contact with Chiesa's camp.

Darwin Nunez out to Napoli or Ateletico Madrid or Al-Hilal

Our Number 9 has fallen out of favour with Slot. And as any latest word from Fabrizio Romano goes, it is pretty much guaranteed that he will not be in Slot's plans for the next season either. Again Atletico Madrid is rumoured to be after Nunez as well, but Napoli is also interested. However, it will be ideal if we'll have one of your strikers, e.g. Julian Alvarez or Victor Osimhen. Al-Hilal is also lurking to try jumping in for his signature too. Look I don't mind where he ends up, the most important thing is to bring in a striker that can outmatch his productivity.

Jarell Quansah and Harvey Elliott to Bayer Leverkusen 

After the deal with Wirtz and Frimpong, Bayer will sort to look to rebuilding their ranks. Quansah looks one of the candidates that will try closing the void left behind by Jonathan Tah. LFC's looking at a price of around 35m pounds. Should be easy work since Bayer should be loaded with almost 200m euros of cash. Rumour has it that Harvey Elliott would also be joining Quansah, in this case to fill the void left by Wirtz. However as much as I would want him to have minutes, I personally don't see this happening.

Vitezlav Jaros - To Ajax FC

With the arrival of Mamardashvili and Pesci, Jaros looks certain to find minutes elsewhere. As of now, Ajax came calling to acquire Jaros' services on a loan basis. DaveOCKOP's latest update of Ajax coming to a verbal agreement means that it is most likely to happen, so look at this space for updates.

Luis Diaz - to Barcelona or Al-Nassr

Having reached in form by the time we won the Premier League, there is some serious interest coming from Barcelona or Al-Nassr. Unless a really really good deal in the range of around 90m to 100m Euroes come in, we should do everything in our means to keep him, now him reaching the peak of his powers and how key he has been for us. And I think he's also seriously underpaid in wages.

GRADING AND RANKING EVERY PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM FOR 24/25 SEASON

20th: Southampton
20th in the Premier League

Came down almost as quick as they come up and they spent quite a bit of money too. The only redeeming thing is that they did not get the worst points tally that Derby County had years ago.

19th: Manchester United
15th in the Premier League, Europa League runners-up

It's pretty obvious that this season was nothing short of diabolical which is unprecedented for a team that stature. Within the season alone we've seen the sacking of Ten Hag and hiring of Ruben Amorim which saw them go 14th after winning just 3 of their first 9 games. The fact they did not string consecutive wins at all this season, plus they went out on a whimper in the Europa League Final makes them 19th. If I was a united fan, I'd be fuming, but boy I do love to see them all squirm right now.

18th: Leicester
18th in the Premier League

Not a good season for Leicester in their return to the Premier League which sees them go straight back down to the Championship again. They were the best of the demoted ones, and shockingly enough, they did not lose to Tottenham at all this season, winning one and losing one. It's a shame that one of their legends Jamie Vardy has indicated he is done there. 


17th: Ipswich Town
19th in the Premier League

Initially, Ipswich looked like they are tough nut to crack when we only edged them 2-0 on opening day of the season then hold out for 4 impressive draws consecutively, including Aston Villa and Brighton. Later on, it was surprising that they did not even record a single loss to Chelsea at all, even notching a shock 2-0 win against them in Ipswich's home fixture. But from there it all went down hill, recording just a single win in the 2nd half of the season.

16th: Manchester City
3rd in the Premier League, FA Cup runner-up, Qualification for the Champions League

Another team whose early performances cost them everything overall. They were on a huge winless streak of having only 1 win in 12 matches, bowing out the EFL cup early to Tottenham. They really tried and they did put on a strong 2nd half, but the irreparable damage was already done. Also by all rights, they should have won against the underdogs Crystal Palace but the latter really went for it.

15th: Tottenham Hotspur
17th in Premier League, Promotion to the Champions League via Europa League title win.

A comical season to say the least. It's the tale of two parts of the league. In terms of League form, they were absolutely shit, ending up in 17th. But the promotion / qualification straight into the league phase of next season's Champions League of all things via winning the Europa League bumps them off nowhere near the bottom. Ranking maybe still be low, but in terms of who still had the better season than their rivals Arsenal? Tottenham still had an arguably better season. And to be fair there are a few good moments for them besides the Europa league win, which includes beating Man Utd all four times in their encounters in all competitions, dumping Man City early out of the EFL Cup which also begun City's bad spell. *Regardless of the case, Ange Postecoglou has been relieved of his post on the 6th June 2025.

14th: Wolverhampton Football Club
16th : in the Premier League

Another team that started very poorly at the start of the season under Gary O'Neill. Only drawing 3 and losing 7 of their first 10 games saw the Wolves staying in the relegation zone for the entire first half of the season and O'Neill eventually released. In the mid of December, it was up to Vitor Pereira to attempt the escape off the drop-zone. Since then, a double over Leicester and Manchester United, getting a 6-game winning streak in the process and wins against Tottenham and Aston Villa ensured their survival.

13th: West Ham United
14th in the Premier League

WHU's campaign was... meh... to say the least, and rather quite disappointing. Lingering most of the time just above the relegation zone was quite alarming. They did finish in 14th however which is not the worst thing in the world. Other moments of the season for them includes doing a double win over Manchester United and a shock away win against Arsenal which greatly halted Arsenal's momentum in their title bid.

12th: Arsenal Football Club
2nd in Premier League, Qualification for the Champions League

The shortcomings of Arsenal Football Club this season are mostly boiled down to the decision making of both Mikel Arteta and the Kroenkes. Most of their attackers all went down to injury throughout the season, yet with two windows to address the problem, they failed to bring in a proper forward or striker. As a result, even though their defence was good, probably the best defense in the league, you can't win games with no goals, which resulted in too many dropped points and also bowing out of the FA Cup within their very first FA Cup game. Martin Odegaard even when back from injury was not fit and at peak performance. However to be fair, they did reach 2 semi finals, the EFL Cup and Champions League, beating Real Madrid and only losing to PSG.

11th: Everton
13th in the Premier League

This was a tale of two halves of Everton, which will explain why I didn't rank them super low. Everton began the season badly with 4 straight defeats. Sean Dyche's turtling park-the-bus football was depriving the team with goals. And by the time the first half ended, Everton could only muster 3 wins out of the possible 19 although to be fair they did nick points vs Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City. After Dyche was sacked on the 9th January, David Moyes made his return to salvage Everton's season which largely worked. After losing his first 2 games, Moyes' Everton made a 9 match unbeaten streak, including wins against Tottenham, Brighton and nicking a point off Manchester United, us at LFC, to name a few. With only 4 losses since the re-appointment of Moyes, 8 wins and 5 draws in the remaining 17 league games was enough to finish strong.

10th: Fulham FC
11th in the Premier League

A typically average season for Fulham which can typically see some good moments and patches as well as some pretty wacky moments. Shock doubles against Newcastle, Nottingham Forest and Brentford largely screwed up the first two teams momentum in a bid for Champions League Football, especially for Forest. Whereas Newcastle had to rely on the modified UEFA rules to have a 5th place PL team just to get in. Their early exits in EFL Cup to Preston North End was a big shock to say the least.

9th: Brighton and Hove Albion
8th in the Premier League

One of those teams that had a slight dropoff since their very successful season 2 years ago. But they still proved competent to be formidable opponents in their own right. It started out promising with wins over Everton and Manchester United, while also nicking points off Arsenal and Nottingham Forest. The number of draws did make them suffer because, a few if turned to wins would have granted them European football. Still, a double against the two Topsy-turveys Manchester United and Tottenham and a double over Bournemouth gave them a decent-ish enough finish. Shame, could have been a more successful campaign for them but it is what it is.

8th: Bournemouth
9th in the Premier League

The start of the season was tough for Bournemouth AFC with difficult matches in a row including Forest and Newcastle but did manage to nick points from these two games. Surprisingly had quite a strong mid-season where it seemed that they are good candidates to get European football before a dropoff occurred. Like Brighton and Hove Albion, not getting European football was a bummer. However, their defense really improved thanks to the efforts of Loaned-in Keeper, Kepa. A very rare double over Arsenal was probably the biggest shock of the season and Bournemouth were the only team to achieve this feat.

7th: Brentford FC
10th in the Premier League

Again a team that has improved and impressed significantly from their disappointing finish in 16th last season. Although they have a very average first half of the season, they had a very strong second half of the season, under the guidance of Thomas Frank. They notched a comeback point against Man City, later even going on a 6 match unbeaten run, holding against Chelsea and Arsenal in the process plus wins against Manchester United and Nottingham Forest, finishing with a respectable 56 points.

6th: Aston Villa
6th in the Premier League, UEFA Europa League Qualification

If not for the final day shenanigans, Aston Villa could have obtained that last Champions League Qualification spot for next season. Still a good campaign, especially during the second half where they put up a strong performance. They also notched up some famous wins, including one vs Ligue 1 Reigning champions PSG though losing on aggregate, and a win vs this year's re-crowned Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich. Bit of a bummer for them though.

5th: Chelsea
4th in Premier League, UEFA Conference League winners, Qualification for Champions League by league position

One of the sides whose manager felt they weren't in for a title challenge. Yet they done pretty okay. Maresca's Chelsea had a decently good start before there was a slight falloff. Still did manage to get a trophy in a process. Yes, it is the lowest tiered European Trophy, but it's still a trophy and it's great morale for the club. Moreover, they improved their position from 6th last season, to 4th, which qualifies them for the Champions League next season based on league position, instead of the Europa League after which is the promotion for winning the Conference league. Good season for Chelsea. In a way, the season is not over yet, the Club World Cup beckons for them.

4th: Crystal Palace
11th in Premier League, Qualification for Europa League via FA Cup title winner.

Honestly I am still buzzing for them ever since they won the FA Cup. Even though their mid table finish looks kinda meh, that 1-0 win alone vs Man City was enough for me to rank them to the top 5. Could have been 2-0 in fact, if not for the intervention from the VAR. In context, this is Crystal Palace's first ever major trophy in their history. Eze, Mateta, Guehi all enjoying their time and proving they can handle this level. Overall, excellent season for Crystal Palace and looking forward to their Europa League campaign in 25/26. Happy for their coach Glasner and happy for all of em'! For the first time, we will see them in the FA Community Shield and they will face us in LFC. As always won't count the Comm shield as a trophy but it is gonna be a very good warm up match once the season kicks off.

3rd: Newcastle
5th in Premier League, EFL Cup winners, Qualification to the Champions League

They have been very consistent throughout their last 2 seasons and have been proving themselves as an upcoming super team that can go head-to-head with almost anyone here. Beating us in the EFL Cup by right qualifies them to the Conference League. However, the way the UEFA co-efficient works at the end of the day, the Premier League obtained a 5th spot (plus another because of Tottenham) for qualification to the Champions League. So Newcastle clinched that last spot, only just.

2nd: Liverpool
Premier League title Winners, EFL Cup runner-up, Qualification for the Champions League.

When Slot was first appointed in the club, not one pundit ever expected LFC to come anywhere close to the top of the table. But Slot simply just breezed through the league and blown aside teams in the UCL league stages as well. That also includes very comfortable wins against 2 reigning champions; a 2-0 win Real Madrid (La Liga) and a thumping 4-0 of Bundesliga Champions Bayer Leverkusen, only losing out unfortunately to PSG to penalties. The fact that PSG had an easier time after us and winning the UEFA Champions league means we are undisputedly the best team to go toe-to-toe with them next season. The FA Cup was a disgrace though, bowing out so early to 2nd tier relegation battlers Plymouth of all people, like what the fuck bro! It was also bad that we didn't turn up for the EFL Cup final, giving Newcastle their first trophy in a very long while.

1st: Nottingham Forest
7th in Premier League, Qualified for UEFA Europa Conference League

Honestly a huge surprise that gave everyone in the league, including Liverpool a run for their money. Most pundits, if not all, predicted a relegation for the Nottingham Forest. However, Manager Nuno Espirito Santo proved them wrong and managed to guide them to European Qualification for next season all without spending much money. They did have a slight blip at the closing stages of the league, but can't doubt that their performance in the 1st half of the season was strong. Would be a team to keep an eye on next season, especially when they are involved in the Conference League.

LIVERPOOL FOR 25/26: WHO STAYS, WHO GOES FOR ME?

GOALKEEPERS

Alisson: Keep. Best Keeper we've had.

Giorgi Mamardashvili: Coming in after completion of his loan in Valencia. Looking forward to see him play.

Harvey Davies: Keep as our number 3 goalkeeper.

Jaros: Sell. Deserves having regular first team football elsewhere.

Kelleher: Sell. Also deserves minutes elsewhere now Giorgi is coming in. Don't get me wrong, he's been good.

DEFENDERS

Trent Alexander Arnold: He's gone. Will be replaced by Frimpong.
Conor Bradley: To Keep for a long haul as competition for Frimpong. Quite injury prone so needs careful management.
Jeremie Frimpong: Arriving to LFC as a long term replacement for TAA. Also slots into TAA's homegrown slot as Frimpong had years of training at our rivals Man City.
Calvin Ramsey: Sell. A pointless signing last season.
Jarell Quansah: Sell. The less said of him the better, he's been nothing short of calamitous.

 Joe Gomez: Sell. Never consistently available and fit. 
Ibrahima Konate: Keep if he ties down a contract. Otherwise sell him now.
Virgil Van Dijk: Keep. Still our mainstay center back and Captain. But we'll need to start looking for successors soon.
Rhys Williams: Sell for cash.
Nathaniel Phillips: Sell.
Tsimikas: Sell. About time we start considering to cash him in.
Robertson: Keep, but no longer as a 1st choice left back.

MIDFIELDERS

Tyler Morton: Can go either way. Keep as squad option or sell if a good offer comes in for him.
James McConnell: Same scenario as Morton.
Wataru Endo: Easy keep. Good squad option for defensive midfielder, also a surprisingly effective center-back. Deserves to be added to the core leadership group.
Harvey Elliott: Sell. Deserves minutes elsewhere. Don't know why Slot doesn't rate him.
Stefan Bajcetic: Keep but he has to prove himself in 25/26 as this is the last chance I'll give him before I say sell.
Trey Nyoni: Keep. Would like to see more of him during pre-season.
Curtis Jones: Sell. Not good enough for the pace of the game for the longest time.
Alexis Mac Allister: Keep. Best Midfielder we have. End of story.
Ryan Gravenberch: Premier League Young player of the season. 1000% Keep. Will need a supplemental defensive midfielder for him or he's gonna be ran to the ground.
Dominik Szoboszlai: Keep as part of a rotation with Florian Wirtz potentially coming in.

Florian Wirtz: The contract deal is already agreed. Now comes the finances of the deal. Should expect a here we go by Fabrizio Romano soon.

FORWARDS:

Federico Chiesa: Sell. Pointless Signing.
Diogo Jota: Sell. As lethal he is, he is way too injury prone to handle consistently.
Darwin Nunez: Sell. Inconsistent.
 (LOAN)Jayden Danns: Would benefit with a full season loan as he's not had consistent minutes due to injury.
 (LOAN) Louis Koumas: He's been good to be fair, but I think he'll benefit with another year in Stoke.
Kaide Gordon: Sell. Too Injury prone to keep around.
Luis Diaz: Keep. However, I'm open to letting him go if an offer of at least 90m Euro comes in.
Mohamed Salah: Easy Keep for the Premier League player of the season. Complete his career here and fully deserves a promotion to vice-captain. Said it before and I'll say again, he's someone that acts like the big brother of the squad and will make a good body conditioning coach or instructor. Still would need a natural successor for him, however.
Ben Doak: He's the only natural right winger we have, outside of Salah. Until another RW comes in, keep. Should play for us more and start for some of the cup games. 10 GAs in 24 games for Boro for someone so young is nothing to sneeze at.
Cody Gakpo: Keep. Indispensable atm. Both as a central striker or Left Winger. Probably the most consistent forward after Salah. Should be peaking soon. Another player I'm quite excited for to see what his future holds.