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Certainly the most balanced thing I've read, not I necessarily believe he really knows.

Someone said we already offered a new deal I think, but I can't really keep up.

Why thread?

It won’t matter in 3 months TBH, hopefully 3 weeks.

I don't think I'd be confident to say that. Liverpool are always going to be more attractive and pay more than us, if money and a league title is his aim.

Guess the generous interpretation is that he's made it impossible for the club and they need to take the money from the only club that wants to stump up. Personally I would rather refuse to sell him to anyone in the PL, but I guess they might decide they can't miss out on the cash. At least tie it to signing a direct replacement or something, I guess.

Wrong thread?

He didn't take any pens for Brentford either did he? So that's another 5 goals or so.

Well maybe not mega but very expensive.

And why will it be hard for him to get a house? He can get the best house in the north of England for a couple of months wages.

I think they'd win the league without Isak TBH.

Aye I suppose so, they do currently have Nunez though and he's been playing and scoring in their first couple of pre-season games. It's just so unusual to see a club buy two mega-strikers in the same window.

The whole thing is weird. They've basically wasted 80m or whatever on Ekitike. I mean, unless their wealth literally is unlimited.

Part exchange when we send Isak to Saudi?

Plausible but Liverpool bought Ekitike even though they really wanted Isak?

Could be we didn't want to take him I guess. Which is weak by the club and player but not as bad as refusing to go.

100%, feels like the wrong people have been appointed in a couple of major cases, but at least we are trying to fill that right positions with people are actually experienced in their jobs. I just hope we can hang onto Howe for long enough to bring in the new exec and get something efficient in place.

The tour is more marketing than season prep, but I take the point.

Baggy trouserings.

As long as we sign an elite-level striker I can accept the situation, worry is we don't.

Everyone is sure of this but why haven't they done it already?

I know it feels like it, but everyone can't sign for Liverpool and Chelsea.

Yeah, if Isak was desperate to go to Liverpool we could have just got Ekitike. Liverpool have surely made it harder for themselves to get Isak now.

No chance.