Summer 2026/Contracts

[Kev0909]

yes a bit early

2026 contracts

Robbo Extend by 1 year if not silly wages
Nyoni Extend (Probably ends up leaving in a few years for 10-20m)
Konate Extend if possible we already need a CB
Woodman Club option to extend by 1 year will be activated probably due to reg rules
Williams leaves on a free

2027

Curtis Jones Extend for numbers/English
Virgil van Dijk Let go in 2027, already on the decline sadly.
Allison... depends on the situation but probably go brazil in 2027
Gomez Sell in 2026, get something for him replace with someone you don't have to worry about getting injured every time he plays
Bajcetic---- think he's broken, possibly 1 year extention then loan and try sell for a few million
Endo-Sell 2026 if we can replace him with a actual top no6 ,and lets endo see out his career actually playing.
Salah Leave in 2027 unless a saudi team wants to make a good offer in the summer.

All out of contract, 2027.

So I ask you, the great people of LFC online, Extend,Sell,Or leave on a free?

Coming soon------- a LFC online version of snog, marry, or avoid.

[Steveo]

Fair play for laying it out - but reading that list gives me the chills...

You’re talking about letting VVD walk and selling Gomez... but who exactly is stepping in? We have signed -one- senior CB since 2018...!! ok no scratch that - I forgot... Ben Davies (2021) - Who literally never played a minute...

If we bin them off, we are left with Konate - who is made of glass - and kids. That ain't a refresh... tha's our rank amateur squad planning coming home to roost. Tough to clear the decks when you haven't re built the foundation. Faltering foundations that were built largely on the sale of Coutinho while the best manager on the planet was in situ.

Losing the entire spine (Ali, VVD, Salah) in '27 looks like a demolition job. I am deeply worried about the next 10 years...we are staring at another long term mid-table transition era unless we land a manager who can get us punching again.

[Kev0909]

Fair play for laying it out - but reading that list gives me the chills...

You’re talking about letting VVD walk and selling Gomez... but who exactly is stepping in? We have signed -one- senior CB since 2018...!! ok no scratch that - I forgot... Ben Davies (2021) - Who literally never played a minute...

If we bin them off, we are left with Konate - who is made of glass - and kids. That ain't a refresh... tha's our rank amateur squad planning coming home to roost. Tough to clear the decks when you haven't re built the foundation. Faltering foundations that were built largely on the sale of Coutinho while the best manager on the planet was in situ.

Losing the entire spine (Ali, VVD, Salah) in '27 looks like a demolition job. I am deeply worried about the next 10 years...we are staring at another long term mid-table transition era unless we land a manager who can get us punching again.

Yep that's why i'm a bit negative about the future, when we already need a LW,NO6,CB before 2027 if I was being greedy i'd also say RW to replace Chiesa or a RB that's not injured every season so frimpong can play further up . even a LB if robbo leaves unless tski comes back and covers for a few seasons ?

We can't cock up the next windows otherwise we are in trouble, we'll probably need another CB in 2027- and a RW- -- no doubt we'll leave it all to last minute again as we fail to future plan.

Hopefully Leoni can take gomez place going forward, we bring in 2 cbs over the next few years... 3 if konate goes!

Szob, Maca, Grav 2028- midfield is ok for a while at least, just need a no6 then that's sorted, no9 sorted

Times are changin

Don't see VVD getting a extension on his wages when he'll be 36 in july 2027, it's not just my decision but it's what I think FSG will do, already showing signs of decline sadly.

We leave things for too long (positions we need), and fail to future-proof (for players that'll leave soon) it's a joke, it has been like this for years, then we wonder why we have no depth or have to change the team a lot in one window...

[JockStrap]

Good thread. I agree with all of them. I think Nyoni has already extended though

On his 18th birthday in late June 2025, Nyoni put pen to paper on a new long-term contract.

I'm really not as worried about players leaving as some of you. Happens every year at every club. The difficultly will be in replacing players like VvD and Salah who have been world class for a very long time. But there are people well paid to do that.

[Kev0909]

Good thread. I agree with all of them. I think Nyoni has already extended though

Oh the source I use normally has everything right, in that case that's good.

[Kev0909]

Good thread. I agree with all of them. I think Nyoni has already extended though



I'm really not as worried about players leaving as some of you. Happens every year at every club. The difficultly will be in replacing players like VvD and Salah who have been world class for a very long time. But there are people well paid to do that.

I'm a little worried because it's a big job, but it's also exciting what the future holds I just hope we get it right, really is a rebuild next few seasons, last summer was just the start.

[Nineteenx]

I’d see with Virgil I don’t see playing a new system in which there’s no pressure on the ball for him to do his best work as him being in the decline i see that as a needless change if formation and style that has badly affected a lot of players who won multiple trophies played as we did to win the title both times and the Champions League all the other trophies and reaching several finals

Robbo renew with wage cut we’re going to need the leaders from the 433 for the new manager most likely De Zerbi

Konate extend as a priority

See how Virgil is

Gomez - Need a manager who works with youth and plays them like De Zerbi to bring young players through before we can go binning off homegrown qualified as buying British is very expensive

Alisson we how he feels, he might want to go this summer he doesn’t seem happy with what Slot’s doing like several others as a keeper he has 2 assists and several players he’s released to assist Slit doesn’t let him use that which is madness and if it were me I’d be fkn pissed as many players seem to be

We need to talk about holding onto our best players never mind renewing as if it’s a given with how things are going

[Kev0909]

Hope we get Szob & Grav sorted without being 1 year left too

hopefully we've learned something regarding contracts

[Nineteenx]

Rumoured to be letting Robbo go 😢

He should play more I think better with the ball and off the pace if you don’t get enough regular minutes

We all agreed on Kerkez coming in, good signing but need to improve his deliver abd forward passing be really sad to see Robbo go

[JockStrap]

I've updated the list based on what happened in January. That's a lot of players leaving in the summer.

yes a bit early

2026 contracts

Robbo - Sell. He clearly wants to play football.
Nyoni Extend (Probably ends up leaving in a few years for 10-20m)
Konate - Sell. Unlikely he signs a new contract.
Woodman Club option to extend by 1 year will be activated probably due to reg rules
Williams leaves on a free

2027

Curtis Jones - Sell. He will get offers to be a 1st team regular.
Virgil van Dijk Let go in 2027, already on the decline sadly.
Allison... depends on the situation but probably go brazil in 2027
Gomez Sell in 2026, get something for him replace with someone you don't have to worry about getting injured every time he plays
Bajcetic---- think he's broken, possibly 1 year extention then loan and try sell for a few million
Endo - Sell 2026 if we can replace him with a actual top no6 ,and lets endo see out his career actually playing.
Salah - Sell. He's over the hill.

All out of contract, 2027.

So I ask you, the great people of LFC online, Extend,Sell,Or leave on a free?

Coming soon------- a LFC online version of snog, marry, or avoid.

[Ravo19]

Going to need to move players on to raise funds
ATTACK-after spending over 300m on 3 attackers,it could be 3 out (salah,chiesa,gapko)
One new winger in.
MIDFIELD-jones,endo out to fund new DM.
DEFENCE-is where fsg will have to spend,new RB,NEW LB to replace robbo.cant see us buying 2 CB's and hopefully get konate to sign new contract and replace gomez with new CB,give virgil one more season before replacing him in 2027.that is still 5 new players needed in the summer which is a big ask.

[Kev0909]

Going to need to move players on to raise funds
ATTACK-after spending over 300m on 3 attackers,it could be 3 out (salah,chiesa,gapko)
One new winger in.
MIDFIELD-jones,endo out to fund new DM.
DEFENCE-is where fsg will have to spend,new RB,NEW LB to replace robbo.cant see us buying 2 CB's and hopefully get konate to sign new contract and replace gomez with new CB,give virgil one more season before replacing him in 2027.that is still 5 new players needed in the summer which is a big ask.

I have a feeling you'll be dissapointed

Might keep tski for LB cover.... might just roll with the RB's even if they're awlays injured

Might finally get a DM if we're lucky, we don't need 2 cbs when we have one coming in already, so just one, even then that's not a given they'll buy another CB.

Need wide attackers in my opinion... there's no depth and the players that play there not good enough.

Can only see us making 2-3 signings after Jacquet

[Ravo19]

I have a feeling you'll be dissapointed

Might keep tski for LB cover.... might just roll with the RB's even if they're awlays injured

Might finally get a DM if we're lucky, we don't need 2 cbs when we have one coming in already, so just one, even then that's not a given they'll buy another CB.

Need wide attackers in my opinion... there's no depth and the players that play there not good enough.

Can only see us making 2-3 signings after Jacquet

Ha,forgot about jacquet,i would still keep konate and sell gomez.
Need a new winger and cash in on chiesa,salah & gapko.endo & jones out new DM.
1st team RB and LB cover.
What has been over looked is leadership on the pitch,hendo was a great captain and was a big influence on us winning title,i dont see that from virgil.

[Insidious]

Ha,forgot about jacquet,i would still keep konate and sell gomez.
Need a new winger and cash in on chiesa,salah & gapko.endo & jones out new DM.
1st team RB and LB cover.
What has been over looked is leadership on the pitch,hendo was a great captain and was a big influence on us winning title,i dont see that from virgil.

I might be reading your post too "literally" and thus misunderstanding, so if I am getting the wrong end of the stick do feel free to correct me.

But if we sold Endo and Jones to bring one DM in, we leave ourselves short.

If we sold Chiesa, Salah and Gakpo to bring one winger in, we leave ourselves VERY short.

Six mids, six forwards, would be the ideal. That works for 4-3-3 and works for 4-2-3-1 if you want to call the "10" a mid. For clarity, I am not saying we need to buy all that - we already have lads here - I'm saying if you play with a central forward and two wide forwards, you want cover for each individual. At the moment our attack depth for example would currently look something like -

Chiesa......Isak......Ngumoha
Salah......Ekitike..... Gakpo

They don't all have to be elite quality, but we need a lift. Salah isn't really functioning on the right this season with Slot not trusting Chiesa, while we know Gakpo provides "cut inside" and Ngumoha simply isn't given minutes. I'm all for protecting Rio and maybe there's some underlying issue the medical staff keep tabs on, but does he need to be playing quite so little as currently?

If I thought one of Salah/Chiesa out would happen and a pacey forward came in that'd be a great start. Think of what Mane brought in his first season (played on the right) for example - if we can find anything resembling that then it's a huge lift. If you can find someone for the left as well then even better but Slot seems to really rate Gakpo and we may not want to block Rio's development (you have to play him then!!!!!) by bringing someone in.

Regarding midfield, whether it's 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 you still want six lads. If we are 4-3-3 (not saying we are every week, just want a template here) we might loosely call it -

.........................Endo
....................Gravenberch

....Jones...................Mac Allister
Szoboszlai...................Wirtz

In which case you'd say Endo is our "weakest" position (I rate him considerably higher than Slot does, but he isn't often played and is our oldest mid) and it's arguably the spot you target to acquire "the best money can buy" to give the midfield a lift, whilst also meaning you have the option of having Grav further forward sometimes and also can think about if there is anyone you might want to cash in on in future (Mac Allister?) if you want to rebuild further. I mention Mac Allister because he hasn't been at his best this season and isn't the quickest or tallest - and annoyingly I think getting another couple of physical specimens into the side might be useful, much as I would love to simply "outplay" opposition teams.

[Ravo19]

Good points but we need at least 4 more players and fsg wont splash out without selling to raise funds.my view would give us-
ATTACK-new winger,ekitikie,isak,wirtz,rio,frimpong.=6.
MIDFIELD-new DM,mac,dom,gravenberch,frimpong=5
LB-new LB,kerkez=2
CB-vvd,jacquet,leoni,konate=4
RB-new RB,bradley=2
KEEPER-alisson,Mamardashvili=2
It's not perfect but gives us a 20 matchday squad.maybe keep gomez,frimpong has played a lot right mid and can add something in attack,maybe a young midfielder can come through for place on bench.unlikely but could bring elliot back.
I guess my point is i dont see fsg splashing out for the needed 6/7 players and we will be lucky to get 3.