Well, this has all the makings of a saga that could last until the end of the window.
Newcastle doesn’t want to sell.
Isak doesn’t want to stay.
Liverpool wants Isak but doesn’t want to waste time if no deal can be done.
Liverpool have been there before with Van Dijk and Alisson and Coutinho and Suarez etc. Usually, the player ends up getting their move - though it might not happen in the same window.
If Newcastle is resigned to the notion that Isak will leave in 2026 - purportedly the release clause they’ve offered in a new deal - they risk that he will get hurt, have a poor season, and/or that Liverpool will turn their attention elsewhere. Even waiting until the winter might end up costing them tens of millions.
I get that they need to source a replacement. That’s why I was hoping a deal surrounding Nunez would materialize.
Don’t see that working - " See, after suggesting they would pay the highest fee in Premier League history for you, they only offered to pay the third highest so they are obviously not serious…meanwhile we can’t give you a pay rise or sign anyone to strengthen the squad…but you’re OK with that aren’t you lad..?"
As an aside, how glorious is it that utd have fallen to the point that they are not only shite, but that the idea of them being able to land someone like isak is a proper laugh. The shine has finally come off this pile of shit
I remember when we signed Hugo and newcastle fans were wanking themselves silly, saying we had been outplayed by their management, who really bid for hugo just to keep isak
Al Hilal are going to give us a bit more for Nunez, so we can give the barcodes a bit more for Isak and placate their fans. In turn, they will pay a bit more for Sesko to take him from Man Utd. They will get some PSR headroom and we will get our man.
