Mattoon

I hope that in their arrogance that Liverpool put in a deadline day bid for Isak and get brutally rebuffed and on 2nd September Ekitike rips both his hammys to shreds

New contract, £250k pw, £130m buyout clause (£200m for Liverpool) and you have to sack your agent

Hilarious amounts of teenage huff going on here, suck it up Alex you're not going to that party in Liverpool, you're grounded.

This is what it's going to take, an official statement that they've pulled out or the window closing, while there's even the smallest chance of this happening Isak will continue to huff and sulk, once his options become zero he will come crawling back.

I genuinely think if we get him in this week then he starts at Villa and Gordon moves forward when he's gassed.

I don't think he deserves one after the way he's acted but from the clubs perspective I think it's wise, they can protect themselves with clauses and even extend the amortisation to reduce PSR spend, plus Isak gets extra incentive to stay and play so it's a win/win.

What kind of team lets a star player leave at the end of a transfer window with no possible replacement? It's not a dangerous game, it's Russian roulette with 6 full chambers.

It looks pretty much set in stone when you take emotion out of it, we're not getting a suitable replacement in now. Once he realises there's no way out for him, if not before it will be on 2nd September, then he will have no choice but to come crawling back and Howe will integrate him back in the team.

I echo the statement that Isak has tainted watching it back which is a shame because now I want to hate watch us smash them in the final again.

£130m + £10m doesn't really get us that much after amortisation and sell on clause.

I just dont see the Saudis allowing him to go to the scousers after the disrespect they and Isak have shown here, they'll let him rot. Plus like I said earlier, the club aren't confident any of the strikers left on the market are elite or potentially elite enough to replace him. Might take a few weeks but he'll swallow his pride and come back with his tail between his legs.

Yeah he looks perfect foil to unlock a pass under a press, can release our wingers quickly and turn a game on its head, exciting prospect.

His close ball control, decision making and his eye for a pass in tight spaces along with his accuracy is insane for his age, I know this is just a small snippet but he looks extremely promising, snap him up!

My prediction is that we get Wissa or Jackson to replace Wilson and move our focus to CM and leave Isak to sulk, then on the 2nd September we put a new contract in front of him with a release clause (if it's up to the Saudi's it will be a no Liverpool clause) and he will sign it and come back into the fold. Any further attempts to sign Isak from Liverpool will be met with a short, sharp, " do one", no way we sell him now, it seems pretty evident we don't feel any strikers left on the market offer up as an acceptable replacement for Isak.

Maybe we should make a play and force them to spend a large portion of their Isak kitty so it's game over?

I hate 50% of this forum, so there's that too

They were so vulnerable down the channels when they pushed up, Palace had a lot of joy with the ball over the top to Munoz, Elanga will have a field day.

Availability, price and level of risk to allow Isak to leave comfortably, there's a lot of factors to consider and it doesn't look like we're happy with the potentially available options.

I think that's an unfair judgement of what he's written, he's unequivocally not for sale right now and it would take a very unlikely set of specific circumstances for that to change, there's no chance we sell him because those circumstances can't be met this window in the clubs eyes. We need to replace Wilson and there's no one out there they feel comfortable will come close to replacing Isak, Ekitike was that player, Sesko was another option, no one else seems to meet that criteria, I think there are players out there but atm they're too risky.

Well, more fool you, because Adam Pearson said Porto are willing to sell him to us and if Adam Pearson says so, it must be true!

Bring me the head of Anfield Agenda

Is it bad to pray for some injuries? Nothing bad, just enough to derail the start of their season for them. Hope they get humbled today.

It might not translate very well but Barnes is one of the top finishers in our team, it's got to be worth a shout against Villa if we don't have anyone in by then.

I was genuinely thinking this when I typed it, so long as he takes someone out with him I'll accept that

I'm actually looking forward to the home game in 2 weeks, it will be an absolute bear pit and the players will be out for blood, if ever there was a perfect storm of incentive for us this was it. I hope we batter them all over the pitch and send them home battered, bruised and snotty from tears.