Novocastrian

Still nothing from the executives. Asleep at the wheel.

Use their vast wealth and ‘political’ power - make it clear they won’t deal/trade with Liverpool or the ESL clubs. Complain to the PL about Liverpool tapping the player up. Offer Isak a bumper deal? Start becoming a nuisance in regards PSR constraints. Make it clear to the player he’s under contact and won’t be leaving this summer. Anything they can do is better than nothing.

He’s seemingly on the Liverpool payroll.

Tosin can fuck off along with Joao Pedro and Neckitike.

Well this is all pretty shit really. I know we should know our place in the pecking order and just shrug our shoulders as bigger clubs take our prized assets but I was expecting more from PIF.

At this stage id sell him to Chelsea for £160m rather than Liverpool. Chelsea would pay it if he was available.

Can’t bring myself to look on Twatter

Our owners could be doing loads more. Yes we are stifled by PSR but this learned helplessness (we can’t compete, the rules are against us) is pathetic.

That would be even worse, fuck taking Liverpool’s duds. If they want him pay 150m up front. If Isak lacks motivation he can train on his own for the next three years. PIF need to grow some balls. I’ll never be done with the club but I’ll be done with these owners if they don’t grip this now.

Reaching a consensus that Wissa may actually be a good signing just before it’s announced he’s signing for Spurs.

Pretty obvious now Ekitike would have been his replacement.

I don’t like the thought of spending £30m + on a player who will be 30 next year. However, he’s 8th in non-pen goals in Europe’s Top 5 leagues last season. Ultimately the proof is in the pudding - if the neckosaurus fails at Liverpool and Wissa’s goals fire us back into the CL and maybe another cup win then it will be worth it.

Depends on the fee, would you pay 45-50m for a player who will be 30 next season?

I would put this in the ‘panic buy’ category, especially if we are paying daft money (£40m+). Surely we haven’t scouted strikers for 12 months to end up with Wissa despite his impressive goal return last season.

Would have loved him here but that was primarily as it would have signalled our ambition to bring in the best young players in Europe. On the pitch there’s absolutely no guarantee this kid is an £80m PL forward. There’s just as much chance that he flops like a lot of Liverpool strikers of the past.

Howe’s done the heavy lifting though, with his staff. He’s got us CL and won a trophy using ‘Ashley money’ i.e the money spent so far could have been spent by Ashley if he’d given a fuck. PIF brought a welcome change of approach and released funds but that’s it at this stage.

Dirk Kuyt

Not saying it’s going to happen but if PIF sold Isak now to Liverpool it would as bad as anything Ashley did in my opinion. After Howe won a trophy and qualified for the CL.

True, but like Carroll, Isak is worth more to us than the money. It makes no sense to sell him, is he unhappy because he wants an improved contact from us or does he genuinely want to join Liverpool? Surely the latter can’t be true….

Starting to feel a bit like the Carroll sale this. Heard the initial approach on the radio in the morning going to work, laughed out loud. Followed the saga all day until he was sold. I wasn’t laughing then. We may think this all a load of bollocks but somethings not right. On top of the underwhelming window we are having this is a worry. When are PIF going to get a grip of things. Howe is conjuring up miracles on the pitch, it’s time for them to match his performance.

If we lose Trafford it’s nothing less than incompetency at this stage.

Wonder where this is currently? Have we bid £30m or £35m? The ‘Newcastle tax’ isn’t the amount we need to pay but maybe the bit extra we are going to have to come up with to secure our targets quickly.

Flabbergasted by our evident lack of imagination in this transfer window. Our only targets seem to be players we’ve scouted for 2/3/4 years (Trafford, Elanga, JP, Ekitike) all of whom are now valued at least double or three times what they were when we were originally linked. No one in the scouting department watch any matches last year?

Would be an honour to negotiate personal terms and a fee with Leipzig before handing the transfer over to Bayern for completion.