Dutch would have a stroke.
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Iāll be the first to correct myself and point out that only one of those three is actually Dutch.
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Theyāre Dutch like youāre Japanese, Legs, so thereās that.
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Seeing as how Antonyās playing in the Spanish League. Maybe itās the case that players in the Dutch league can be good and itās only the United coaches who suck.
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Isaak will never happen. That is not our price bracket. There has to be better value out there. The lad from Sporting for instance.
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There was a lad from Benfica, who was not much cheaper than Isak might be, 3 years agoā¦
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And a lad at Brighton we bid a similar price to what Isak is rumoured to cost this year, a couple of years agoā¦
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I do think the Caicedo bit was us and Bloom having an understanding to screw Chelsea over.
Caicedo is a good player. No doubting that.
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Weād screw ourselves publicly if that was the case.
We tried, matched the bid, but the player decided otherwise. Chelsea probably did more groundwork with him, I got the feeling we came in late.
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Colluding with another club to drive up the cost of a player a third club wants to by would result in enormous sanctions if uncovered and is likely even a criminal offense.
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Itās not to say it hasnāt happened before.
But totally unable to be proven.
There would need to be a lot of people in on it, and all it takes is one to blab. Neither Liverpool or Brighton would take that risk.
The likelihood is that either through Brighton or the agent, Liverpool were given encouragement to bid
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I am a bit concerned about the injury record of Isaak. Not terrible, but not great either. If the price is the rumoured 80 odd million if they donāt qualify for the CL, fine. If the price is 120M or even more, the injury record gets more concerning.
The quality is there, no issues on that part. But the availability has a question mark.
Depending on who we keep, Salah will be at AFCON and Jota has his own injury issues. We might be spending a lot of money and leaving too many availability question marks over the forward line.
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If we have concerns over his injuries and evaluate itās too risky (knowing that sometimes aspects of these decisions arenāt black and white), then I donāt think Ā£80m instead of Ā£100m+ makes a difference to still go for it. In that case, I believe we look elsewhere.
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Daniel Sturridge vibes, or just a bit fragile?
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Isaak isnāt as good as a fit and proper Sturridge. Cāmon.
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We get several mentions in the BBC gossip today. Apart from Football Insider saying what everyone knows about Nunezās move to Saudi being blocked by the club and him being pissed off about it, there are some actual rumours, including a couple I havenāt seen previously.
Liverpool are considering an approach for Portugal international Rafael Leao, 25, but the AC Milan forward is also wanted by Barcelona . (Teamtalk)
Milos Kerkez, 21, is expected to leave Bournemouth for a new challenge in the summer and Liverpool are keeping tabs on the Hungary left-back. (Fabrizio Romano), external
Borussia Dortmund are preparing for the departure of English winger Jamie Gittens, 20, with Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham all interested. (Sky Germany - in German)
Liverpool want Wolfsburgās Konstantinos Koulierakis, 21, but could face competition from Crystal Palace and Aston Villa for the Greece centre-back. (Caught Offside)
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