There is some thought that his numbers should be contextualized by the fact that when he plays he often has to be the water carrier for a front line containing one or often two other players who don’t do much work. I can definitely buy that in terms of accepting arguments he is better than his stats suggest. It is a much harder sell to say that what he has demonstrated easily translates into what we’d be looking for and his cost would be a worthwhile investment.
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I’m not convinced about the price tag and also the attitude of isak himself. Hypothetically, is it allowed to insert a prevent-going-on-strike clause in case he does it to us in the future? He’ll probably would refuse to sign it…
Anyways all hypothetically. I don’t see us signing him
Trust the process. I think Hughes and Edwards (especially) deserve the benefit of the doubt. I think they’ll get Isak over the line. I think Strand-Larsen and Wissa will end up at Newcastle. I think this is just about who is going to blink first.
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Carra’s comments on this were interesting how he related it to the Torres situation he experienced. He described Torres trying to leave that summer and everyone finding the subsequent half season after it didnt happen really awkward and uncomfortable with lots of the players concluding it would have been best to let him go and being quite happy when it subsequently happened in January. That maybe puts Agger’s attitude towards him in that Chelsea game into a different context - it maybe wasnt just about one transfer request but a response to being sick of 6 months of his shit.
I found it interesting as I really didnt remember the situation in the summer being like that. I remember there being a lot of talk about him following Rafa our of the door, but in my head I dont remember there being much about him agitating for it or it being a contentious issue to keep him. Is that something I wiped from my head or did they just do a good job of keeping it under wraps?
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2624 posts and nearly every one saying pretty much the same thing…
Where do you guys find the time? Jobs, family?
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Yeah I remember the transfer request happening in the winter window.
Saying that imagine giving Hodgson the 50m 
Mind you we signed Carroll so…
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Sandcastle will be hoping we go and sign another forward this window, for then that leaves Isak with no takers and nowhere to go before the September deadline.
I think Edwards and Hughes will just let this play out. If we get him for the price offered, or thereabouts, it might happen in the next few days. They want to dig their heels in, then we remain in a position to still want him in January… Similar to the Virgil situation… By doing this, we are letting the player himself know, it is them we want, no-one else.
By not baling out on the bid and recruiting someone else, we are showing our commitment to the player
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Retired
I doubt it, how would it work?
For what its worth, our situation would probably be different. With sufficient notice and a fair offer on the table we would be open to selling any player who wants to leave.
Isak would cost us a lot more than he did Newcastle, and the price we pay would probably mean we have very little chance of selling for more (or same), so if he wants to leave before his contract ends that might be an issue…but not insurmountable and given how much more he would earn here and the trophies he could win, i dont see him pushing to leave us as much as he is doing at Newcastle.
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Im on annual leave in the garden in the sun
I spend at least 17% of my working day on TAN.
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And that is all LFC fault of course.
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Just no doing right by some is there.
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This one I think
Surely a misspelling?
Is there reason to expect that he would repeat this behavior if we dealt with him honestly, transparently, and respectfully?
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Joyce
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Agreed.
His “behaviour” is that of an employee who has been misled, subject to broken promises and enduring the moment when he realises his ambition has not been appreciated and matched.
In three years time he might move from Liverpool. But it won’t be for the same reasons.
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From YNWA to YAWN…This really is dull.
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