Isegrim 11889 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 5 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said: you do not, under any circumstances sell isak to a club in this country. Fair point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 9890 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 13 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said: you do not, under any circumstances sell isak to a club in this country. Barca won’t be able to afford him. R.Madrid have Mbappe. The only foreign team with the funds I can see coming in are PSG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26327 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 24 minutes ago, Chaser said: Im sure there's a strategy to our purchasing plans, just wonder how much flex we have if we do get Ekitike, keep Isak and still require a CB and/or the Trafford deal. we’re going to need a CM now Longstaff is away, unless Howe sees any of the academy players stepping up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 22469 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 23 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said: you do not, under any circumstances sell isak to a club in this country. Our owners have just stuffed £90 million into Chelsea's gstring. I don't think they give a fuck about, let alone understand, this valid point 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26327 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 11 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said: Barca won’t be able to afford him. R.Madrid have Mbappe. The only foreign team with the funds I can see coming in are PSG. Mbappe’s not a CF though. If Isak has another 20+ goal season I could see them coming in next summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrokendoll 14232 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 1 minute ago, PaddockLad said: Our owners have just stuffed £90 million into Chelsea's gstring. I don't think they give a fuck about, let alone understand, this valid point I think you're probably right mate. I also think it's probably why there's a very good chance we've already seen isak kick his last ball for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 43884 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 3 minutes ago, PaddockLad said: Our owners have just stuffed £90 million into Chelsea's gstring. I don't think they give a fuck about, let alone understand, this valid point It's their WC bribe so I'm guessing that comes before NUFC? It massively pisses me off btw but this is the latest hand we've been given after MA. I'd be more than happy for world football to go to salary caps and amounts to be spent being the same for every club regardless of income and watch football eventually plateau out and see who the best coaches really are? I suspect the likes of the Saudis but especially the yanks would be gone in an instant. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12368 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 33 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said: you do not, under any circumstances sell isak to a club in this country. If we have any desires to compete at the very top of this league then this 100%. Selling Isak to Liverpool, or any other Premier League club for that matter, would be worse IMO than flogging Andy Cole to Man Utd in 1995. In one move you're explicitly weakening our position and strengthening that of a direct rival. We sell the best striker in Europe to a PL team and our level of ambition isn't what it has been made out to be. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28510 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 If the dippers want Isak, fine. But pay the going rate. Don't try and take the piss. I.e going rate is £150m+ We should play hardball. Every other fucker does with us. So fuck em. This isnt FCB club anymore. We don't need to sell. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 4598 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 14 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said: It's their WC bribe so I'm guessing that comes before NUFC? It massively pisses me off btw but this is the latest hand we've been given after MA. I'd be more than happy for world football to go to salary caps and amounts to be spent being the same for every club regardless of income and watch football eventually plateau out and see who the best coaches really are? I suspect the likes of the Saudis but especially the yanks would be gone in an instant. 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 22469 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 (edited) We could bleed Liverpool absolutely fuckin dry on this and get Etikike. And then buy a top class midfielder and defender with the change... Liverpool think they've been clever here but it may turn out that we've been cleverer. They could end up spunking £250mill on two players + millions on others in one window. They're different to Man City and Chelsea, their financial advantage wasn't developed in the days before FFP/PSR became a massive thing for the premier league.... If they back off and get Etikike his agents obviously want a bidding war. Theyre definitely going to overpay if they get him. Their online whoppers are saying "ooh you'll miss out on Isak's replacement"... not sure if that bothers me too much at the moment... Edited July 16 by PaddockLad 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63116 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 7 minutes ago, PaddockLad said: We could bleed Liverpool absolutely fuckin dry on this and get Etikike. And then buy a top class midfielder and defender with the change... Liverpool think they've been clever here but it may turn out that we've been cleverer. They could end up spunking £250mill on two players + millions on others in one window. They're different to Man City and Chelsea, their financial advantage wasn't developed in the days before FFP/PSR became a massive thing for the premier league.... If they back off and get Etikike his agents obviously want a bidding war. Theyre definitely going to overpay if they get him. Their online whoppers are saying "ooh you'll miss out on Isak's replacement"... not sure if that bothers me too much at the moment... Aye zero margin for error for them on a £250m window, which is why they want Isak and they want him on the cheap (which I think 120m is). I still think we should be dragging them into the deep water here by telling them to get bent on Isak, and then triggering daft lad's release clause. It's the only hope we have of beating them to this signing is just making it too risky for them. If they match our bid, he's gonna pick them. It's obviously a risk for us too, but we've got to start taking risks to make the step up. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman 188 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Osaka is the most complete number 9. Anyone else is a downgrade, never should we think about selling him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4938 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 2 minutes ago, Duffman said: Osaka is the most complete number 9. Anyone else is a downgrade, never should we think about selling him. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman 188 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I mean Isak 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 4598 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15559 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Diego posted this on Discord (I've told him we're back up and running here). What does it even mean !!! We'll bid but not if you say he's not for sale !!!! https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1945264283958329819 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 10574 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Nonsense to unsettle Isak? And get his agent salivating? Our pursuit of Guehi played out similarly, the difference is that IF Isak was for sale there would be a lot more teams from all over Europe interested and he's also got 3 years to run on his contract. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 26327 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 i much preferred the days when amanda was overseeing transfers. our deals would be first reported only when they were all but wrapped up. everything seems to have played out in the media for the past year or so. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15559 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 2 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: i much preferred the days when amanda was overseeing transfers. our deals would be first reported only when they were all but wrapped up. everything seems to have played out in the media for the past year or so. I think that's more to do with agents and their online shills than anything tbh. Romano being a prize cunt of one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63116 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Aye Staveley wasn't doing anything special, we just got lucky in who we were dealing with. Even then there wasn't many that came out of the blue and got done. Botman went on for a bit and weren't we haggling in public for a bit with the club owner when we got Bruno. I think there's been some mythologising of Staveley's transfer business. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 12555 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: i much preferred the days when amanda was overseeing transfers. our deals would be first reported only when they were all but wrapped up. everything seems to have played out in the media for the past year or so. Edited July 16 by The Fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego21 2465 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I don't want to sell Isak, but it's true that if he wants to leave, perhaps it's best to let him go now while he's at his peak value and not wait for him to get angry or for years to pass on his contract and devalue his value. Of course, for a fair price. 120 million doesn't seem like a fair price to me. Pay 140 million, or add Darwin to the 120 million, and with that we can have a good deal. We'll use the 120 million to sign Ekitike and Scalvini (or another center back) and we'll have a good starting eleven and a good bench, lacking one or two backup midfielders. With Elanga, Barnes, Ekitike, Gordon, and another striker (Darwin or whoever), we shouldn't be as dependent on Isak's goals as we were last year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12368 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Sky reporting the Mackems are after Xhaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 22469 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 It means Liverpool are using journalists to unsettle footballers at other clubs and also to conduct the terms of the transfer itself 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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