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He's one hell of a striker.
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Up the workers.
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Liverpool have agreed a British transfer record fee of £125m to sign striker Alexander Isak from Newcastle United.
Sources close to the deal have told BBC Sport that an agreement for the Sweden international to move to Anfield is now in place. Newcastle sources claim the deal could be worth as much as £130m with add-ons. Isak is expected to undergo a medical on Monday before signing a six-year contract. Liverpool had an original £110m offer rejected in August but are now set to land their first-choice target of the summer. The protracted saga involving the 25-year-old appears set to come to an end on the final day of the summer transfer window, and it follows Newcastle having signed striker Nick Woltemade from Stuttgart last week. Liverpool have already broken their club transfer record this summer by signing Germany attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz in a deal worth an initial £100m, with a further £16m in add-ons. Isak's arrival would top that outlay. After also bringing in Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Armin Pecsi and Giovanni Leoni, the deal would take the club's spending to about £416m without add-on fees. Liverpool could still add to the spree, with the Reds working on a deal to sign England defender Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace. Meanwhile, the departures of Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Jarell Quansah, Caoimhin Kelleher, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Tyler Morton and Ben Doak have recouped an initial amount of about £190m. |
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Isak 130mill done deal 31 aug 15.00
Big money |
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emry baking in villa decline agreeing loan for soccer mercenary jadon sancho,maybe ellioit as well,you,d think that would mean rogers going,cant see them 3 in same side
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geordies happy yo buy wissa who treated brentford just like isak treated newcastle, reap what you sow
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newcastle have far bigger problems than isak, 50 mill for elanga and on bench on sat could see why though garbage when he came in,best newcastle player on pitch against leeds was LONGSTAFF
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Liverpool spent the Coutinho money on two of the greatest of all time in VVD and Allison. Cant believe the Geordies are going to blow the dosh on a 29 year old from Brentford with one year left on his contract and the German Peter Crouch. Throw in Elanga for £60m and they've been absolutely fleeced this summer imo.
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'pool haven't paid £130m for Isak to stick him on the bench.
Now Slot's problems begin. |
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is right nobby. Isak means probable relegation imo. Get on!
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Salad replacement
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And heres me hearing nobody gives a toss about noocarsel and then seeing a whole thread about them from other fans. Dear me,envy must be contagious.
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arsenal bid 100 mill for johnny wilkinson to drop kick offs on corner flag
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How many weeks before Isak is fit enough and integrated enough to start a big match for Liverpool?
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Great bur ri£ky signing. They should really get Guehi and have done with it.
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On a serious note, if we lose Gomez and don't get Guehi then I won't be happy.
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Poor soul.
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aston villa becoming everyone elses dustbin
elliot,sancho,lindehoff |
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Newcastle have done well imho. The negatives for them are only lack of replacement (Still today to get someone in) or even backup for that position. There is the ego element with fans unhappy at him going to an opponent but a mature fans will acknowledge he needed to be shifted and may also have dodged a bullet given he has now shown his personality type after decent output from him and a trophy. Also no guarantee he succeeds there. They have a lot of egos in that forward line now and will be interesting to see how they pan out especially with Wirtz struggling so far.
The top 10 largest transfer fees is in the main a whos who of failures and little value shown. They have gotten a serious wedge of money that will do them the world of good PSR wise in a market where the top spenders are dead. Liverpool imho are the only club willing to spend that sort of cash. Real, Barca, Man Utd, Man City all seem to be pulling back for a variety of reasons. The fee Newcastle have gotten is about the max of the current market. Above this price you are looking at players who shift serious jersey sales/merchandise/marketing which Isak will do for Liverpool fans but not much outside that etc.. Newcastle get a top grade attacker in for half the price and 2 or 3 years younger and expand the squad depth including RW, CB and another attacker who replaces Wilson and another few years in the bank in terms of age.. If Newcastle get another attacker in the door today who is decent (Looks like Wissa is done and dusted), I would punt them for Top 2 at 33/1. Top 4 odds as well look proper value around 4/1 |
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1st time poster Harvey Elliot is a fabulous player
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SirNorbertClarke
HE ISNT |
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Liverpool fans have short memories. When Newcastle were taken over by the Saudis they were the first ones to complain about the blood money. They have now paid 130 million to the Saudis; does that now make them as bad as Newcastle
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Be interesting to see how Slot fits them all in and who makes way and whether it upsets the equilibrium, what we know to date as a fact is that Ekitike has started extremely well without Isak.
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n,castle offered 25 mill for 29 yr old WISSA 6 weeks ago, all thats happened since is WISSA has made a koont of himself and 6 weeks closer to been 30 yrs old and n,castle have paid £55 million for WISSA, brentford have had THE TOON ARMY eyes out , makes ISAK THE BARGAIN OF ALL TIME AT £125 mill
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bbc reporting guehi signed for liverpool
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1st TP seething under his blanket,turning greener as the day goes on.Envy is such an infliction
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It is a league of banks and hedge funds teams.
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35 mill for Guehi,bargain imo...
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35m for guehi or 55 mill + 25% of any sell on price back to watford for WISSA
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1st time poster is the bigest d!ckhead on the forum, Wissa is 28, turns 29 in a couple of days time, 6 weeks closer to being 30 yrs old
You may as well of said that he was six weeks closer to 99, what a muppett. By the way, Wissa scored as many goals from open play in the PL last season as Isak did (19), the fee is £50m and some unreachable add ons.Meanwhile, down the road.............. |
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and the Guehi deal is off. |
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gordon suspended
isak in pub bavarian crouch in stand and 55 mill elanga sat on bench wissa now bought,elanga might even fall off the bench ![]() |
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Bavarian Crouch? yeah i think Crouch only scored 22 goals in 42 games for the engerland.
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6 of them were against trinidad and tobago
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No they werent Tiger. |
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I thought Emile Heskey was a great foil for Michael Owen. He might not have been able to hit a cow on the backside with a banjo but worked hard for Owen.
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he made an £11 million move to Liverpool in 2000, which, at the time, was the record transfer fee paid by the club.
although not quite the Isak of his day! |
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Brains
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The German lad is not a bad player. He isn't the superstar the media were making him out to be during the U21 Euros, but he has ability, scores goals and seems to be hard working. He has quite good feet for a beanpole, as well as aerial prescence. It's a lot of money for a player only proven at U21 and Bundeslige level, but I don't think he will turn out to be a bad investment.
As for Isak, it's beginning to look like Liverpool might not even need him, the other big teams have been so poor. |