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25 July: Liverpool v Sunderland (Geodis Park, Nashville, 23:00)

29 July: Liverpool v Wrexham (Yankee Stadium, New York, 00:30)

2 August: Liverpool v Leeds (Soldier Field, Chicago, 21:00)

9 August: Liverpool v Monaco (Anfield, Liverpool, 14:30)

16 August: Liverpool v Como (Anfield, Liverpool 18:00)



Timings like the WC 

Gomez injured 7 minutes into pre season. We all love Joe, but we can't rely on him next season. Hopefully one of the new lads we signed last season can step up.

Good first game, three well worked goals. I must say Szoboszlai looks like what a captain should be… giving instructions and switched on to what needed to be done.

UvS xR4GEx » Sat Jul 25, 2026 10:20 pm wrote:Gomez injured 7 minutes into pre season. We all love Joe, but we can't rely on him next season. Hopefully one of the new lads we signed last season can step up.

He’s into the final year of his contract and I think it’s right he is allowed to see it out with us.

He’s given his best years as a footballer to this club and played a big part in our success.

I do hope he moves to another country next year, where the pace and physicality of the game is less intense. His body just isn’t cut out for the premier league anymore.

The Gomez situation just highlights how light we are at the back, Virgil is 35, Joe is made of glass, Leoni is still months away and even when he does return who hits the ground running when returning from an ACL, as for Jacquet he turned 21 a few days ago and has never played a single premier league game in his life.
I floated the idea of bringing John Stones in the other day, tbh i think we need Stones plus someone else, i think a club the size of ours should have at least one CB somewhere near the 25 - 30 age bracket.
We shipped a hell of a lot of goals last year with a defence which was a lot stronger than the one we are heading into this season with.

Stones is also made of glass, there's no point in having him. I'd bring in Quansah with that buy-back clause, not a huge fan of him but I don't see any other decent option either, and we desperstely need a defender.

As I said before, Quansah for Gomez (if the club allow him to see out his contract as a thank you for his service I’d be ok with it) and then we need a 25 year old top draw defender. It’s not wise to go fro a 35 to a 23 year old defender, there needs to be at least one defender in his prime. We need a replacement for Konate, a player ready to play every match.