Why?
Do you think any deal for Isak is dependent on Nunez leaving?
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Diaz Sunday. Isak Monday!
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The price that we get for Nunez might be much less if we purchase Isak first. Teams know that we want to sell him. There will be them trying to underquote.
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You don’t think that they know that already?
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Always a chance other clubs come into the fray and post lesser offers. Especially Atletico and the likes. If we are getting say 50m with a Saudi club and Atletico come in and give 35m with Nunez’s head turned towards Atletico , It weakens our hand.
Yes, in terms of squad numbers and roles. We lost Jota - RIP and have brought in Ekitike. With Isak coming in, we need to move Darwin on to make room in the squad. Unless Slot is looking to switch it up and go for 2 strikers up top.
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Huh? What have I missed?
A whole lot. Do try and keep up pleasue 
So, we’ve bought Isak have we?
Great stuff! 
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Diaz had a value, and so does Nunez.
The club won’t deal for less than the value.
Signing Isak is not dependent on selling Nunez. I believe we are operating on a different level now, we mean business.
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It’s not a prediction, it’s a spoiler
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I don’t think we can wait for the Saudis with their fax machine to put a bid in for Nunez.
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Finance wise likely yes but we do need non-homegrown player slots in the squad to be cleared. At the moment, if Diaz goes, we don’t have more players then non-homegrown slots anymore but to free up non-homegrown spot, we need Kostas or Darwin to go.
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Dont think it’s an issue. That’s not a new strategy and delaying our bid for Isak or any other forward just increases the cost on that end. If it had been, i suspect we would have just accepted the offer we had earlier in the summer for him.
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Nobody knows when is the right moment, but from what it’s been reported, it seems that no, we don’t have to sell Nunez first, we can now proceed with buying Isak.
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We look ok with non-homegrown slots now. Even accounting for the stricter UEFA requirements that will require us to register Kirkez on the A list (wont have to in the PL) we’re at only 17 after the changes of this week (Hugo in and Diaz out). There are at least 2 on that list of 17 who are highly likely to expected to leave before the season starts - a LB (presumably Kostas after Robbo being named VC) and Darwin.
The above is also assuming we dont intend to register Pecsi in Europe.
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Yes I agree we should be able to clear some spots and be okay by the end of the transfer window when everything is done but if we sign the new players before we have cleared the room, it might hurt our bargaining position with other clubs knowing we need to sell… although I suppose there is always loaning out that we could do with someone if really stuck.
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Rumours of Robbo being given the VC are a bit premature. Andy said yesterday after the game nothing has been decided.
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But if you sell first buying clubs know you’re sitting on a wedge of cash.
Reality is we’ll find buyers because Nunez will not want to have another season like last year and he’s seen two strikers come in you’d assume would be ahead of him in the pecking order.
His agent will be fully aware of Liverpool’s intentions. He’ll know where his client will be willing to move to. Ultimately our bargaining position is dictated more by the players wishes and his agent getting someone to make a offer for him than it is by buying clubs thinking we need to move players on.
If he’s adamant he’s not going to Saudi it doesn’t matter if they offer us £100m. If he wants to stay in Europe his agent needs to find a suitable destination for him at a club that can afford the fee we’re asking.
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The other club has to be able to afford and agree he is worth the price we are asking. That’s going to be a limited number of clubs but lets wait and see, plenty of time left to go and stances will change as the window progresses and it doesn’t have to be just Darwin that moves on to give us the needed homegrown spots we need for anyone else we bring in.