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Coping here but the best thing about that article, whether true or not, is the reaction is there for ownership to see.

Feels in play for sure and then the window and possibly our season will rest entirely on Isak’s next move.

Swapping Willock out for either Gallagher or Mainoo in would be the stuff of dreams.

😂 I’m not opposed to this formation either. But if the players were robots and we could get past the emotions then an attack of Woltemade / Isak is the best in the league.

What formation would we be looking at? A 4-2-3-1 with Bruno/Tonali, Gordon/Waltemade/Elanga, Isak? Seems delicious.

Think that’s about best case scenario. PSG away while preparing to smash Liverpool in the League Cup semis may be tough though.

If we made one £30m loss on a player (eg if Woltemade is a bust) it would have a cascading effect that would set us back years. The safety net the cartel has is so unfair.

Loan with obligation is the ‘we’re out of money’ move, which raises a number of questions.

Would never in a million years believe the quotes are real without the video. "I'm not going to talk about another club's business or players" would do here.

Has to, although giving him 14 and not selling Isak would be funnier.

Happy for him regardless of what happens from here. The last 6 weeks must have been absurdly stressful and frustrating.

Unless the Woltemade purchase puts us in a questionable spot for UEFA's calendar year financial rules then we truly hold all the cards now, and I really hope we make that very clear to both Liverpool and Isak.

I'd do it for £110m to be honest.

Can he play 80-90 minutes or does he start loafing around at 65 minutes?

This game was devastating in the moment, but I honestly think it's done us more good than harm. On a Monday night with more people watching than normal we went toe to toe with the champions with 10 men and our star player on strike. Obviously Toni Kroos took notice, but he's not the only one. Other than Slot we've received nothing but praise for both the team and the supporters. I wouldn't be shocked if that game and/or Kroos' comments had an influence on Woltemade. There's really no way to have watched that game as a footballer and not thought about what it would be like to be involved in that ... unless of course you're a little snake from Sweden.

Him holding out to go to Bayern in 2-3 years will be fun Seriously though, the situation was starting to look very grim. We needed to pull a rabbit out of our hat and we've done just that.

Other than people wanting to travel to new places I do not understand half the reactions in this thread. Of course we're going to play good teams in the Champions League. Could it have been slightly easier? Sure, but mostly talking about marginal differences. And being "bored" of the same teams as if we've been parading around Europe for the last two decades? It's been two decades since Barcelona came to SJP and they have the biggest rising star in the sport. We turned Mbappe into a meme, let's do it to Lamine.

GET IN

If the rules weren't so ludicrously unfair we'd have signed Joao Pedro 2-3 years ago. Who knows what else we may have done. Not to mention we wouldn't have an artificial wage ceiling in place.

So you defending Ten Hag was, in fact, a charade all along?

I’m not sure if you’re kidding but there’s no groups.

I totally understand why his teammates want nothing to do with him. I get why Eddie wouldn’t want the distraction. But if we capitulate and spend £100m plus on those two it’s going to be very hard to stomach. Jackson I can least talk myself into a ceiling outcome that would make it all worth it.

Probably the best case scenario from here is to overpay for Wissa (the excessive fee for an older player can be justified in lower risk / more immediate goals), slowly ease the traitor back in and make him earn his place back (he's our second striker now until proven otherwise), and then find our striker of the future in January/summer.

If I was one of his teammates that just gave everything I’d have a really hard time forgiving after that.

Probably won’t see Joe until October / November.