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You survived the Ashley era and selling, albeit a top class player, for an astronomical amount of money to fund potentially a title challenging team would be the last straw?

In this 4-3-3 we play definitely, but I think if we changed to 4-2-3-1, 3-4-3 or whatever then I'm not sure he suits a midfield two.

I’m not saying it’s happening, just saying if it were to happen it’d be final straw for me tbh

I like it - shame it hasnt got the trim down the side mind, would have been much better I think

Who exactly is reporting it?

Adidas are absolute miles out

Reckon if Isak goes to Liverpool with even the slightest PSR reason I might well be done with football. The whole thing is a farce

where is this from?

I don't think I ever saw an angle of that photo, or footage, from in front of Isak. I was sure it'd go down as one of the most iconic in the club's history.

I hope thats not this summer, and not to an EPL team.

Going to wait to see if properly lit and on someone. Not keen atm.

Would be an all time classic

Agree, but he'll also be 29 by the time the new season starts. We can't afford to let players finish their careers here, winding down their abilities on big salaries, when selling them for good money is an option and getting in someone younger to replace them now. I don't want him to be sold, but I'd not be surprised if he was.

This is complete nothing.

What's the difference though between a talent and a baller and rizz? Like maybe Eric Cantona had rizz but was he a baller? And if he did have rizz was it a product of some god-given natural talent or did it owe more to some of the films he watched and the books that he read?

Rather see him play for Sunderland than them men.. can't stand um

I don't think there's many players in the world that have Joelinton's particular skill set. He'd be incredibly hard to replace.

These are the ‘lads’ they are referring to! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Lads_Alliance

That's the thing, right? You wanna swap one player for two. So, let's say we get £150m for Isak from Liverpool, and use that to buy two players. That's most of the money from Isak's sale gone just to replace him. Decent players cost over £60m each, plus, say, £120k a week in wages. That eats up most of the extra cash from the sale. I don't see any upside to selling Isak to Liverpool or any epl team, if we want to be a top-four team. None whatsoever. You are handing them a guaranteed 20 goal a season striker on top of the talent they have. Nah there is no upside here.

I like it. I like retro look shirts. I didn't like the shield at first but I reckon I could get past that. Of the 3, I think this is the best.

Yeh but these are all footballers. Like being fast and strong is a talent in tennis. It's not a technical talent but a talent nonetheless that helps with the game. When Bale ran off the pitch to run around that Barcelona player and scored - that was a goal that was only possible due to his insane physical talent. The overhead kick was still a display of talent but a different type. As are the freekicks he's scored. All a combination of incredible physical, technical, mental talents. I get it - in football we revere technical talents the most. Those are what I call "ballers". That Monaco winger looks a baller, Kudus is a baller. Elanga isn't. Doesn't mean they are not talented footballers.

Keep, he'll come good again after a good recharge in the coming weeks. Go with Barnes amd you'll see the difference by 10 games in