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Yan Diomande Back on the Cards?

Though Yan Diomande has largely been forgotten about following his strong ties to PSG, the French side are, according to Bild, balking at RB Leipzig’s ticket price for the attacker. Diomande’s side reportedly want £120 million for him, and while PSG are a side who can afford that much of an outlay, reports suggest they […]

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Official: Jürgen Klopp Named German National Team Coach

It’s been an open secret for the better part of a month now that Jürgen Klopp would be Germany’s next head coach, to the point we had rather begun to lose track of the times various outlets had claimed the deal was done and his announcement was imminent. Today, though, it’s officially official, with the […]

Woodman Extends Deal Until 2029

Liverpool FC goalkeeper Freddie Woodman has extended his contract until 2029. He joined on a free transfer last season, serving as third-choice goalkeeper. Memorably, he had to come on during the Merseyside derby after an injury to Giorgi Mamardashvili. Here are some quotes from his interview, specifically talking about that match too, with the club’s […]

Rio Ngumoha on Liverpool Goals: “I’ve Got to Improve as a Starter”

For Liverpool as a club and many of the players individually, 2025-26 was a season to forget. For teenage rising star Rio Ngumoha on the wing, though, it certainly wasn’t all bad. For Ngumoha, it was the season he firmly established himself in the first team. Now, under new head coach Andoni Iraola, he’s looking […]

Liverpool and EPL Plan Boston Fan Event to Kick off 2026-27 Season

With pre-season under way and a new Premier League season creeping closer, opening weekend for Liverpool is just a month away and for the first time the league is planning on a series of fan events and watch parties across the United States to capitalize on the lingering aura of the World Cup. For Liverpool, […]

Rumour Mongering: Nallo Headed on Loan to Finland

According to Finnish journalist Eetu Ikola, Liverpool FC defender Amara Nallo is headed out on loan to HJK Helsinki. Last season’s U21 captain will continue his development with a taste of senior football in the Finnish capital. Nallo has been on the fringes of the senior squad for some time, though his two red cards […]

Iraola on Potential Players Sales: “I Want to Keep My Good Players”

Heading into the summer transfer window, Liverpool knew they had plenty of work to do in the transfer market to correct last season’s squad composition issues and the departure of key veteran stars Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson, and Ibrahima Konaté. So far, that work remains largely undone. Yet in addition to that, there has also […]

Rumour Mongering: Liverpool Make Maghnes Akliouche Enquiry

Liverpool are in the market to sign an attacker this summer, with the Reds having brought in winger Victor Muñoz from Osasuna already but clearly in need of more given last season’s squad shortcomings and the departure of legend Mohamed Salah at the end of the 2025-26 season. With that in mind, today 24-year-old Monaco […]

Jeff Bezos Approached to Join Bhatia Consortium

Following on from the news on Tuesday that Amit Bhatia, backed by the Mittal family, is in talks to buy a significant minority stake in Liverpool Football Club, Sky reporter Mark Kleinman is today reporting that the consortium has reached out to billionaire Jeff Bezos to join their bid. A spokesperson for the consortium led […]

LFC Pre-Season Begins with Reds in Chicago

Liverpool FC are officially stateside to begin pre-season training and to play three friendlies in three different US states. Though the club are in Chicago to begin training camp, the first friendly of the two-week tour will be in Nashville, Tennessee on July 25th. The Reds will then play in New York on the 29th […]

Liverpool FC Poised to Sell Minority Stake to QPR’s Amit Bhatia

Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group are currently in advanced negotiations to sell a minority stake in the club to British-Indian businessman and Queens Park Rangers co-owner Amit Bhatia in a deal that would see the club valued at a record £4.5bn after news of the pending deal broke today in the Financial Times. Almost immediately […]

Official: Liverpool Agree Delayed Deal to Sign Samuel Martinez

Liverpool have officially completed another transfer, but it’s very much one with an eye towards the future as 17-year-old attacking midfielder Samuel Martinez has officially agreed a deal that will see him join up with the club next summer when he turns 18 next summer. In the meantime, the Colombian youth international will continue to […]

Rumour Mongering: Liverpool Open to Selling Fullback Duo

With a number of key Liverpool stars absent from pre-season following the World Cup and a squad still needing a few key signings to avoid a situation where new head coach Andoni Iraola is set up for failure before the first ball has been kicked, the Reds headed to the United States to begin their […]

Liverpool FC Women Sign Mao Itamura

Japanese attacking midfielder Mao Itamura has today signed for Liverpool from Feyenoord, pending visa and clearance. The teenager is a promising attacking talent, and was named in last season’s Women’s Eredivisie Player of the Year in 2025-26. She finished the season with eight goals and six assists in a season that saw Feyenoord qualify for […]

Liverpool Name 31-Player Squad for United States Pre-Season Tour

Liverpool are set to head to the United States shortly to begin the second phase of their preparations for the 2026-27 season under new head coach Andoni Iraola, with a first pre-season friendly set for Saturday, July 25th against Sunderland from Geodis Park in Nashville. They follow that up with by facing Wrexham at Yankee […]

Rumour Mongering: PSG Set £60M Bradley Barcola Asking Price

Liverpool have a lot of work left to do this summer in the transfer window now that the World Cup has ended, with a squad that was already thin and unbalanced last season with pace on the wings a particular issue having seen key stars depart this summer—including star winger Mohamed Salah—and little work done […]

Trey Nyoni: “It All Starts Now With Preseason”

The World Cup is over, players that were on breaks are starting to return, and we are now a little over a month away from the first Premier League match of the season for Liverpool. This also means that preseason preparations now begin in earnest and some of the younger players like Trey Nyoni are […]

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Besiktas President Blames Agent Demands for Salah Deal Collapse

On Friday, widespread rumours out of Turkey broke claiming that Mohamed Salah’s next club would be Besiktas (come to Besiktas) after the 34-year-old Egyptian superstar was said to have agreed a €10M per season contract. It didn’t take long, though, for a confusing wave of denials to follow. Salah’s agent Ramy Abbas took to social […]

Sportswashing Works: The 2026 FIFA World Cup

Readers of this site will no doubt be aware of this TLO’s long history of stressing the evils of sportswashing in world football. Whether it be from corrupt, human rights absuing regimes owning Manchester City, Newcastle, or PSG, or FIFA hosting its most prestigious tournaments in countries with corrupt, human rights abusing regimes like Russia, […]

Everything’s the Best: Mid-Summer Day’s Check-In

In a little over twelve hours, football’s biggest event will wrap-up leaving most of the world in a minor hangover, longing for the next for years to breeze by. Which means that we will finally get to re-focus our collective angst and energy to club football and, in particular, watching Liverpool’s Reds line up for […]

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Joe Gomez Excited For Season Reset

Liverpool players are beginning to trickle back into the AXA Training Centre as preseason begins. This preseason will be an important one with big shakeups in the team. The World Cup will also make things trickier for the senior players coming in at different times. Joe Gomez is one of the team members who has […]

The Liverpool Offside’s World Cup Final Survey: The Results

With the 2026 World Cup nearing its end and the final now set for Spain and Argentina on Sunday from New York, we took the chance early this week to look back at the tournament and ask Liverpool Offside readers which Red they felt has had the best individual tournament. We expected it to be […]

Rumour Mongering: Salah Agrees To Besiktas Move

The World Cup is winding down, with the third place match on Saturday between France and England, and the final set for Sunday between Argentina and Spain. All of this to say that most players that were of interest in the transfer season are now on vacation, which also means that their agents are back […]

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Club Return Dates for World Cup Finalists

Argentina’s Alexis Mac Allister and Spain’s Víctor Muñoz will be given at least three weeks off following Sunday’s World Cup final in accordance with FIFA’s rules. This means the pair will miss all but the final pre-season friendly on August 16th, with their return dates somewhere in the range of August 9th, returning to training […]