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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 […]

Official: Dominik Szoboszlai Signs New Contract at Liverpool

Liverpool’s standout performer of the underwhelming 2025/26 campaign has put pen to paper to guarantee a longer stay on Merseyside, having had a fruitful four years since arriving in 2023. The Hungarian captain spoke to Liverpoolfc.com after putting pen to paper on a new long-term deal, elucidating his ambition and hopes for the future: “I […]

Rumour Mongering: Arsenal Move for Rogers, LFC More Active in Barcola Race

In an update on Arsenal’s transfer activity from journalist Ben Jacobs, there is information on the Bradley Barcola situation. Liverpool FC are currently more active in the race for the PSG winger’s services. TL;DR because it’s Arsenal: They are set to bid for Morgan Rogers after discussions with Aston Villa. Alternatives could be Julian Alvarez […]

Andoni Iraola on “Hungry and Versatile” Victor Muñoz Signing

With Liverpool failing to replace Luis Diaz last summer and then seeing Premier League legend Mohamed Salah depart at the end of the 2025-26 season, the Reds knew they had a lot of work to do to strengthen on the wing in order to avoid heading into the new season with an even weaker and […]

Kerkez: “He’s Maybe Not Much of a Talker”

There’s a new Liverpool FC head coach in town. Andoni Iraola is the new man at the helm. There are some familiar faces in the building for him to work with, including left-back Milos Kerkez, who was his left-back at Bournemouth before signing for Liverpool last summer. Milos spoke about playing for Iraola again while […]

Liverpool Star Dominik Szoboszlai Reportedly Agrees New Long-Term Deal

Over the past hour, a wave reports out of Hungary claiming that Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai has agreed a new long-term deal with the club have found confirmation in the English press, and with it suggestions that it may only be a matter of hours before the news is made official. It’s news that has […]

Alexis Mac Allister and Argentina Heading to World Cup Final

With Argentina beating England on Wednesday thanks in large part to an absolute tactical disasterclass from Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel, Liverpool midfielder Alex Mac Allister is heading to the World Cup final on Sunday where he and Argentina will face Spain. With new Liverpool signing Victor Muñoz in the Spain squad, it guarantees the […]

Milos Kerkez Says Iraola “The Perfect Boss for Liverpool”

While the arrival of Andoni Iraola as Liverpool’s new head coach represents change for most of the club’s players, for left back Milos Kerkez it’s a reunion, with the Hungarian having spent two seasons playing under Iraola with the Cherries before joining the Reds last summer. As a result, Kerkez well knows the new boss […]

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Hillsborough Law Passes in House of Commons

After years of fighting for it, the Hillsborough Law has finally passed in the UK’s House of Commons. Officially called the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, the Hillsborough Law is designed to ensure accountability and fairness in the justice system, should tragedy occur. Public officials will be required to provide truthful evidence to inquiries and investigations. […]

Liverpool’s Muñoz Becomes World Cup Finalist as Spain Advance

At least one Liverpool FC player is due to participate in the FIFA World Cup Final this weekend after new wing signing Victor Muñoz was an unused substitute when Spain triumphed 2-0 over France in the first semi-final of the competition on Tuesday. A penalty by Mikel Oyarzabal put Spain in the lead in the […]

Andoni Iraola Wants Curtis Jones Stay: “It’s Very Important He’s Scouse”

Following the return of Michael Edwards and the arrival of his hand-picked sporting director Richard Hughes and head coach Anre Slot in 2024, Liverpool saw a massive exodus of local and club trained talent. Over the past two summers, much of the sense of a local connection to the squad has been lost. Some, like […]

Rumour Mongering: Saudi Clubs Interested in Liverpool’s Alisson Becker

Despite rumours early in the summer linking Alisson Becker with a move to Juventus, with the Serie A club never willing to pay a significant fee there was never any real chance of the Liverpool and Brazil number one heading to Italy and it didn’t take long for the Reds to signal nothing would come […]