Only really stands up if you believe what a Newcastle journalist said on Friday, the fact he’s already saying something else would suggest it was bollocks fed to him by sources.
If it is 150m and not a penny less then you do what Napoli did and walk away they evidently didn’t think Nunez was worth that and we don’t think Isak is worth 150m so we have submitted a first offer. Newcastle didn’t choose to negotiate they put out they rejected and were somehow aghast at it and tried to make out we were somehow evil to string along Isak only to now be suggesting Liverpool are looking to put in a second bid.
Did anyone beyond Craig Hope their mouthpiece say as such? And he is now saying otherwise.
Someone at the club is putting these ill advised comments out via Hope and then 24 hours later it seems someone’s stepped in and overruled it.
There is a reason he is training somewhere else and I hope its not us pulling a RM trick.
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I would also doubt his sincerity if someone else came along later doing the same thing.
I take that The Standard isn’t what it used to be. According to them, via ESPN Brazil, we have ended our interest in Isak and have made contact with Rodrygo’s reps.
Well, let’s wait and see. I don’t anything is going to happen until Newcastle get back from their travels and Isak gets back from Spain.
Edit: I see Isak is back.
Almost a palindrome there.
We do need someone else to reinforce the forward options with Diaz gone and with Nunez and/or Chiesa maybe going. It would also help cover for the chance that we might not get Isak this transfer window.
I mean, I only enjoy if these are the right moves for us… the pure net spend figure isn’t positive by default. It’s more the fact that we are doing well and can do it.
I’m sure we will see similar summers and even bigger ones, comfortably.
Money in football changes, increases and we are one of the world’s biggest clubs.
There will be more records and more summers like this.
It’s not so much the total spend, although I don’t see that being topped for a while, it’s more the volume of business in one window.
A proper keeper, two full backs, likely a CB, a record for a midfielder, probably two forwards and possibly even a third.
It’s an unprecedented level of business for one summer and none of them are “backups”, squad fillers or teenage prospect types at this stage. It’s all top quality players.
There will be less and more active windows. In this one, we had a tragic even that happens very rarely. Sometimes we have to change a bit more and it also depends on opportunities on the market.
They’re not all equally top players though, some of them will have to prove it at this level. Some of them don’t have to be classified as starters of backups, they go into competition and the best ones will be picked.
But landing someone like Wirtz is big (even if it is from a “Leverkusen”).
We didn’t see that very often and that is by far my favourite move this summer.
It’s becoming clear to me that no one really knows what’s happening with Isak other than the principles.
The “leaks” over the past several days have been all over the place.
We’ve bid 110m for Isak, no add ons.
We’ve bid 110m + add ons.
We’ve bid 120m + add ons.
Liverpool will be making a second bid quickly. Liverpool is out on Isak for this window.
Liverpool is still in, but waiting for Newcastle to sanction an approach.
Liverpool and Newcastle have an understanding and it’s just a matter of time.
Newcastle will not sell Isak.
Newcastle will sell Isak once they sign Sesko and Wissa.
Newcastle wants both Isak and Sesko.
Liverpool are moving on to Rodrygo.
Liverpool have no interest in Rodrygo.
Does this player want to play for us or not…I get the impression he’s fighting one off against the other…if he wanted to play for LFC…he would say so…I think he’s a time waster…but who knows and we shall see
