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Three years, so we're in a stronger position than Palace were with Guehi. Yes, we don't have to sell to a lowballer.

Romano etc. are full of shit and live on clicks so I won't believe what they say. Isak is Real level, like Trent, Konate, MacAllister, Diaz, etc. who all want away, so I wouldn't jump to assuming Isak wants Liverpool and certainly not Liverpool without a Mo Salah 400k plus salary.

70M plus Harry Kane. Kane plus the two fastest wingers in the league would (still) be lethal.

I think we should pay it. The position is too important. It's insurance for Isak and will let us rest him more. If we were in the market for a 3 bedroom semi and not a top level striker, I would endorse "walking away". There are hundreds of thousands of houses. Plug and play strikers are few and far between.

Just sell the women's team next June like Villa. Fuck this PSR shit.

The rumour was always that Nigerian players like Kanu were much older than their agents claimed. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/feb/21/nigerian-football-age-old-problem

Wissa averages about two fewer pass attempts per game than Isak for us, playing for a worse team. Wilson was only about half as many, basically just a moocher.

In terms of minutes played in the PL, its one in two (45 in 92 games' worth of minutes). Its fair because he was often sub when they had Toney. As a Wilson replacement, he'd be superb. Wilson himself was 28 and six months when we bought him. Apologies in advance if I get your hopes up and this comes to nought.

250k is about a third less than VVD, who Isak runs rings around and scores goals against every time he plays him. Even when likely injured, like in the Carabao Cup final.

A weird turn of events. I believed we'd bid on him having sealed personal terms, so I now struggle to believe the rumoured Liverpool wages, which are probably a windup. The fee for an unproven player is crazy, all fees seem to be. We signed Harvey Barnes as "just Harvey Barnes" after a 13 goal season from him two years ago. He'd be 60M in 2025. I know we're all eager for the club to do well, but probably best to ignore transfers until they are actually sealed. There are too many jokers and engagement milkers out there.

"Suds"? This can only mean one thing .... we're finally getting Diego Swarfega!

Wissa has scored forty-five goals in the Premier League, which puts him just outside the top 150 of all time. 92.5 games of minutes, so 1 in 2 for nearly 100 games. Harvey Barnes has 49 combined for us and Leicester and is 140th. I'd buy him if possible.

2000 PL minutes in 2024-25 for only 5 goals from open play. The same the season before, when he was averaging 3 shots a game. Pedro's value is in his potential as a second striker and covering other positions. 60M is a high price for it though. Just on Wissa, but Callum Wilson was 28 and a half when we signed him and he was a great buy.

Its a pity the club Ekitike is joining *wanted* a different player for not much more money. They probably want this other player more because he's got four goals and an assist against them in six matches.

Huge change at Brentford, and maybe best for them to start anew. Them doing well probably depends on the new guy's system, not trying to recreate what Frank was doing without Frank and key players.

Joelinton has had Saudi rumours too. Possible groundwork for future, I thought, when I heard them. "long-standing interest in the player" etc. etc.

That more than anything suggests we're looking at a lot of speculation in Liverpool fans' heads. And the media industry that is happy to serve up content lapped up by Liverpool fans and any rival fans that can get sucked in. 6th fastest to 50 PL goals and only one team wants him and thinks they can set the price? Even though Trent, Konate, Diaz, Mac Allister (apparently), VVD (before big contract), etc. all want or have wanted out?

The biggest sin in recent years was the European Super League and Liverpool were well up for it. Equal interest from the evil new money clubs, Man City and Chelsea, would probably have sealed the deal. As it was, those two did as much as anyone to collapse it.

Dunno what Liverpool the club will do, but nutters in their fanbase will sell it as a win. Liverpool have been successful and their fanbase has swollen to include lots of nutters. There is a mini industry serving them on punditry shows and online. Do your brain a favour and don't watch any of it. Editkev with the goods here. The best explanation is that Liverpool don't actually want Ekitike. The nutters in Liverpool's fanbase (and our fanbase) will have many theories, but a higher profile club should not stand by, let a lower profile club bid on a player, and then panic into bidding and trying to leverage their higher profile. They should just get the business done pronto weeks ago at the cheapest possible price. All the circus around this is getting very tiresome, so I'm losing interest. We have 70M to spend on a Wilson replacement and I trust Eddie to spend it wisely. Wake me up when someone signs. It doesn't have to be Ekitike, who looks great but is unproven in our league. (LFC won't sell, but the last thing my Twitter said was the Mac Allister wants to leave too. This makes sense from a "they're all in it for themselves" viewpoint)

100M plus Saliba 120M plus Szobo 140M plus Joao Pedro Etc.

We need a Black Pink fourth kit!

BS non article from Waugh. Worse than his bantz on the podcast. Clearly knows nothing.

He's the king of scoring goals Mad Dog, Eddie Howe, Ekitike!

I checked out the player ratings in Bundesliga for Ekitike and noticed Xhaka was top ten last season on Sofascore.

Canny player but no improvement on Hudson Odoi, who plays left. Not an MGW replacement either.