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I feel like us seemingly being content with having 5 midfielders in the squad (one of them being permanently injured) implies to me that we might be playing a different system a lot of the time this season with a 2-man midfield. If that were the case we need 3 strikers minimum in the squad really.

yellow ticker time, baby

we always needed another striker in addition to Isak to replace Wilson. I think keeping Isak for a year and using the season to develop Sesko and get him used to the league would be realistic. It’s been obvious all window that we have the funds available.

he’s looked really involved and happy in most of the pre-season photos/clips I’ve seen. Could be really important in the dressing room this season I think, even more so than usual.

I’m not convinced at all by what I’ve seen of Sesko, but the one thing that makes me excited by it is Eddie Howe. If there’s a player there then Eddie will get everything out of him.

the way this window is going it just feels likely we’re probably being used to draw a bid out from Man U

man, I really wish we’d sold him before Longstaff

“£120m package plus add-ons”

Romano says opening bid was £120m + add ons

I get that everyone’s pissed off and angry but I think that’s clouding people’s judgment and rationality over this tbh. We literally have no idea what’s gone on.

it has been the case for around 18 months

the photos on the link you posted indicate that the house is already completely empty, like!

horrific interior design

none of these mention how we’d be selling a player to a direct rival who could score 30+ goals a season for them for the next 7 years

wouldn’t sell to Liverpool in any circumstance. He can join them on a free in 3 years if he must.

a goal or assist every 260 minutes is really not very good at all. Even if someone plays every minute (which doesn’t happen) of a 38 game season it’s 13 g+a. Extremely average. doubt he develops much beyond what he is now either.

it’s possible that Isak has “left it so late” because he’s been waiting to see what we could do in the transfer market and well…we’ve fucked it up in the most spectacular fashion.

no mention of a source or anything in Hope’s article. Not even like “a club insider informed us” or anything, just “we can reveal”. shit journalism either way

we have to keep him and offer him the money, not least because the striker market is completely dry - especially after we’ve missed out on 3 or 4 targets there already. We will really struggle without his goals. only Tonali comes close to justifying wanting some kind of parity with Isak on wages at the moment imo.

if it's £30m and you get 3 good seasons from him it's well worth it imo.

go and touch grass pal. Spending your time signing up to message boards to wind up other fans is absolutely pathetic behaviour.

somehow they’ve made more of a story out of this than it would’ve been if he’d just gone and not played

I don’t think this one will happen but I’d be ok with that. Does seem we have plenty of spend available though.

incredible signing

Heeeey Anthony Elanga Ooh ah I wanna knoooooow how you scored that goal just imo