Michael

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[Kieran Maguire @KieranMaguire]

Elliot Anderson's deal at £116m puts him 31st in the all time Premier League inflation adjusted transfer fee list, now updated for 2026/27 prices.

[Michael @77_tay]

@30YearsRed jarrod bowen - west ham
lucas bergvall - spurs
vuskovic - spurs
murillo - forest

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@halleberry Bruce

[Watch LFC @Watch_LFC]

This is the sort of thing we should have done to announce our signings this summer.

Well done @adidasfootball 👏

[Eddie Gibbs @eddiegibbs]

🇸🇪 Isak: The Price of Ambition

There’s something raw about a striker pulling away from a club that gave him stage and status. It happens all the time, but that doesn’t dull the sting. If Alexander Isak does leave Newcastle now, it will not feel like business to their fans, it will feel like betrayal.

Not because he owes them servitude, but because the exit smells rushed, fractured, badly staged. And in football, timing is everything. There’s a world of difference between a move and a mess.

#NUFC look cornered. If Sesko is the answer, they are still left with a hole and a headache. This is not the elegant handover of a striker entering his prime, it’s a scramble.

#LFC, meanwhile, sense the moment. Their entire model is built on reading windows before they close. Their front line has aged, frayed and faltered, and they know they cannot afford another Nunez-style 'maybe'. Not another ‘might click’ or ‘could settle’. They want proven. They want someone who has already done it on #PremierLeague grass.

Isak fits that like a glove. He’s quick, lethal and, crucially, intelligent; in movement, in build-up, in decision-making. And while his numbers don’t scream Haaland, they speak clearly to those who understand the rhythm of the game. He scores goals that count. He brings others into play in a way Haaland doesn't. He has presence.

But there is a price to this ambition. For Newcastle, it's the blow of watching a project asset unravel. For Isak, it's the goodbye that will echo with boos. Liverpool fans will celebrate his arrival, but they would do well to remember what it costs to prise talent out of places that truly believed in it.

When he signs, he walks into a dressing room still in mourning. One where Diogo Jota’s shadow will rightly linger. Isak won’t replace him. But he may help carry the weight.

[Greig Hopcroft @ghopcroft]

🟥 Liverpool Are Cooking, But What Are They Really Making?

Oh, it’s marvellous, absolutely marvellous. The kind of stuff that makes your heart lift and your voice crack. #LFC, fresh from two wins over a combative Athletic Club, have served notice, not just that they’re ready, but that they’re reinvented.

The movement, the energy, the sheer gallus swagger of it all. Players popping up in different roles, trading positions like it was the most natural thing in the world. Not chaos, not confusion, but fluency. And right in the thick of it, Szoboszlai. What a player. A Rolls Royce of a midfielder, gliding through the park with calm, intelligent presence. Always looking, always available, always two passes ahead.

The front line bristled. Gakpo’s goals sharp and true. Salah ghosting into space, that trademark composure still untouched by time. Ekitiké with the feet of a conjurer. And from deep, Florian Wirtz, mercurial, elusive, drifting into the action like a fog and vanishing just as quick. He doesn’t just play passes, he creates echoes.

They say it’s only pre-season. But pre-season’s where you spot the glint in the steel. Where you learn who has the lungs, the bravery, the brains. And what we’re seeing now from this Liverpool side under Slot is something very special indeed. This isn’t just tactics, it’s instinct polished by design. The triangles, the press, the recovery, all of it drilled and redrilled to the point of muscle memory.

And through it all, the memory of Diogo Jota lingers. The tributes were poignant, sincere, and reminded us why football clubs are more than just machines. They carry people, moments, loss.

Isak's agent was at Anfield, that much is true. But the bigger story is on the pitch. If this is just the beginning, what might the ending look like?

#LFC #LiverpoolFC #YNWA #ArneSlot #PreSeason #Szoboszlai #Wirtz #Gakpo #Ekitike #Anfield

[Eddie Gibbs @eddiegibbs]

🟥 The shirt matters less, the business behind it more.

#Adidas returning to #LFC should feel like a homecoming, but the magic has dulled, at least for me. The kits I wore threadbare in the eighties meant something. Now, every new release feels like a global template, made to sell not to inspire. They will still inspire some, and they will most certainly sell.

This deal is no small thing. If it really brings in around £1bn over 10-years, then the commercial team deserves credit. That kind of money does not just balance books, it builds squads. We are not choosing fabric anymore, we are choosing firepower.

Liverpool’s operation has become a global machine, with offices from New York to Hong Kong and nearly half the retail footprint in Asia. They out-earned #MUFC commercially for the first time in the #PremierLeague era. That shift matters more than which stripes go on the sleeves.

As for the kit itself, it will sell, because it always does. There will be queues at Anfield, Liverpool One and around the world. I am not the target demographic anymore, I get that, and maybe that is the point. The kit launches are events now, less about football and more about market reach.

I am glad to see Wirtz handed the number 7. That shirt should mean something, and he just might grow into it. Diaz and Milner were good players, but they never carried that aura. Not like Keegan, not like Kenny.

The prices are ridiculous, especially for kids. And yet, sales keep climbing. If parents buy knock-offs from China, I cannot blame them. They look the part, and for many, that is enough. The badge still shines from a distance, you wouldn't know the difference from afar.

What matters now is not who makes the kit, but what the kit pays for. If this deal helps bring trophies to Anfield, then let the nostalgia go. The past was stitched in cotton, the future is printed on balance sheets.

[Michael @77_tay]

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@catshealdeprsn Feline Bureau of Investigations

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@SamueILFC probably also thinking how he is going to get into the first 11 😂

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[Michael @77_tay]

@LFCUNLOCKED

[Anything Liverpool @AnythingLFC_]

£130m on the two biggest xG overperformers from last season, and handing them the guts of £500k a week combined?

United doing United things. And they'll tell you with a straight face they're winning the league too.

[The Redmen TV @TheRedmenTV]

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[Michael @77_tay]

@AnythingLFC_ Ekitike + Rodrygo
1. to replace Diaz, Nunez and the dearly departed Jota
2. future-proof our attack for the next 5 to 8 seasons
3. versatility

[Michael @77_tay]

@catshealdeprsn human: ready to make biscuits?
cat: imma wanna make biscuits 😸
human: chocolate chip?
cat: anchovies 😺

[Anything Liverpool @AnythingLFC_]

Send this to someone who was foolish enough to doubt the Don

[Michael @77_tay]

@PostsOfCats Mystic

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Liverpool FC will retire the number 20 jersey across all levels of the club in honour and memory of Diogo Jota.

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

For Diogo and Andre ❤️🤍