Kid Icarus

I just don't buy this at all. Now or in 12 months time Isak is still one of the best strikers around. Brentford and Wolves understand the value in standing firm, we've folded despite having an incredibly strong hand. This is a major turning point with PIF.

It would take it from a -10 move to a -5 rating. All of the stupidity of the move is bad enough, but my pride will never be able to take it. The owners letting the club be disrespected and then disrespecting it themselves is unforgiveable in my eyes.

Never ever forget that yes, Isak's been a cunt, but the club didn't need to do this AT ALL.

£25m discount to a supposed domestic rival, then going into the market on the last day with £130m in your pocket. It's breathtakingly braindead

It's hard to even put into words how much we've facilitated another club fucking us over. We really are Reek in Game of Thrones like - slaves to someone that castrated us

Ashamed of the owners in a football sense now as well so at least there's that

Oh aye, I'm sure our replacement striker search will go well when every club knows we have £130m in our pocket. This is a braindead move in just about every way.

Absolute fucking disgrace. Shameful

Hope has been saying it's a strong possibility for months. Ornstein's article might say it, but they all say we're compromising on price, which I find unacceptable in the circumstances

What I mean Edwards and Hope aren't going to be reporting on it for the benefit of Liverpool

No one has reported that we're okay with compromising on asking price and on whether we bring in a striker or not until tonight. Now Edwards, Hope, Ornstein are all reporting it.

Point is that it's widely reported now, not just the journos that get it wrong (Edwards)

Hope and Edwards?

It's Ornstein reporting it now

Truly Ashley-era levels of embarrassment I'm feeling tbh. For different reasons, but still the same feeling at the same level.

Really struggling to think of a more unnecessarily terrible sale that a PL club at this level's made in the market than this.

Why the fuck are we doing this?

Newcastle need a striker Wolves: stance and price that matches the situation Brentford: stance and price that matches the situation Liverpool need a striker Newcastle who also need a striker, keep getting quoted stances and prices that match the situation and currently have one of the best strikers in the world with 3 years on his contract : how about we knock £20m off the asking price to you, the club that unsettled that player and stopped us getting our number 1 target? No? £30m off?

Liverpool, Isak and his agent clearly knew who they were dealing with like.

He has unfortunately

Brentford and Wolves have more of a spine than PIF. Embarrassing

Always thought a big part of the problem with that is more the finishing than the creation tbh, but yeah I take the point.