TK-421

Think we'll just about manage till Man City let Trafford go next summer.

Pulled an Odimwengi?

After spending all their 'romano money' on Isak/Liverpool updates, they didn't have any left to get info on any other transfers.

Potentially dangerous summer this for football. Two players who pushed to leave, didn't play for their clubs, helped play things out in the media/social media, and still end up getting their preferred moves. Hopefully contracts going forward will be adjusted to try and prevent/stamp out such actions in future.

But that £124m is spread / amortised over the length of their contracts isn't it? £130m is an immediate bump

Isak really. But he needs to get used the league. Isak had Callum Wilson playing to help/give him time to bed in that first season, which will be why EH wants another with premier league experience, ala Wissa or Larsen.

Flipside to this being done (well, agreed and the ball in motion) in the early hours, is that at least we have the full day to pursue other deals knowing exactly where we stand, as tight as that may be given our history on deadline day itself. We may well end up overspending slightly for another forward, but it is what it is. We must do what we can to bring another one in today.

Of course, the media narrativecwill forget what a cunt he's been this summer. Forget??? They barely even mention/condemned it anyway!!

Well, this isn't the news I wanted/expected to wake up to. Thought it'd at least play out this morning. £125m FFS. Let's at least hope we have another forward deal on the way. But, the precedent is set. Big club wants your player? Just tap them up, turn their head, and pkayer just downs tools. Job done. Urgh. Might gan back to sleep. Maybe this is a dream/nightmare.

Nah, sorry but I dont believe for one second, regardless of how he's acted and EH / the squad feeling, that we'd bring in and rely on Woltermade as our new striker, who isn't really an out and out striker, as well as new to the league, with Osula as the only other proper 'striker'. No 'replacement' or 2nd forward in, and he MUST stay. Its negligant to still sell him and leave ourselves short up top till January, which is already a trickier market, never mind when clubs know you have up to £130m burning a hole in your pocket and potentially even more need up top.

Sure there's been loads of deals over years fallen through because they run out of time on deadline night, and that was after the fee was agreed. But as I say, this is Liverpool, they'll get loads of added time, as per.

Thinking back to Andy Carroll, think bid was accepted around 5.30pm (remember I was at work), and then flown down on Ashley chopper (fnaar), and only completed just before the 11pm deadline. So if that took around 5 hrs or so, then surely a bid needs to be made and accepted by lunchtime tomorrow to have a chance of hitting the 7pm deadline? Though Liverpool would probably be given some special dispensation to get such and important deal done.

7pm

Its been said that Isak will come round, once he knows a move to Liverpool is impossible. You can imagine them calling him at 7.01 tomorrow evening. "Sorry Alex, they didn't get in touch with us so we couldn't make our £150m bid"

Pen for Palace... subject to VAR check

Didn't know he liked Scottish football?

I'm all for rejecting any offers from them till the window closes, then tell him he either reintegrates, or if he's still adamant he wont play for us again, then he can go to Saudi on loan, and we do this dance again next summer. Reckon we could get a decent loan fee for him?

Ah, AI bullshit.... hence why he's wearing a red tracksuit. Probably some scousers typed in "Show Isak wearing a Liverpewl trackie, Laaa"

But there were other reports saying he'd moved out as planned in July due to the burglaries he'd suffered. Allegedly 'staying with a friend' was the official line.

So that's the house that is/was listed on Rigthmove up for rent at £7k a month, that the newspaper article said he'd moved out of?

Probably won't change much/anything, but I can see him submit a transfer request, as a final attempt. But as I say, doesn't mean Brentford will or have to lower the price, or even accept it.

Got Peter Reids strides on.

VAR in the Fulham case at least, shouldn't have been recommending a review. There was nothing 'clear and obvious' about that incident, which is only when VAR is supposed to intervene. Once called to the monitor, they are almost telling the ref, hes got it wrong. I'll admit though, more refs should have more courage to go against the VAR review and stick with their decision, or none decision, in this case.

So, if we don't get the 2nd striker in, the Isak becomes Wilsons replacement. Might be available as much he was anyway!

Didn't did he? Thought all he said 'it didn't look like it would'. I reckon he's on the bench, otherwise, I think the announcements may have said it hadn't been done in time.