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Yea, usually terms are all agreed with player when someone bids, and you then will bid below known asking price as the negotiating tactic afterwards is “He’s agreed to join, so unless you want to keep someone who’s not interested in staying, then a deal needs to be made”. The longer it goes on (not even been 12 hours since the recent news) that no bid is made, will give more confidence that Liverpool are not close to Isak camp on getting terms agreed.

Team Hope v Team Edwards over this Isak situation Despise both, but will be delighted if Edwards can ram it home to Hope and others if Isak stays. Would be fully behind Edwards giving it large for a couple of months on back of it before he goes back to knowing fuck all.

All I take from the narrartive that he was pissed off about not getting a new contract last summer, led to his best season ever. So lets piss him off even more this summer so he then smashes 30+ in league.

Blame someone who's not at club - TICK Liverpool could make an offer - TICK Isak could sign new deal with Newcastle - TICK Newcastle after a big named striker - TICK Another fucking usless cover all basis nothing article from Craig Dopey Cunt Hope. Now for Romano, Jacobs, Ornstein to all tweet themselves, referencing this, for their own clickbait traction. SHAMELESS CUNTS

Can we fuck off making threads for players that we have not agreed a deal with, let alone made a fucking bid for.

Depends how quick we get him signed. By weekend starts, might as well. Drags into early next week, no point. Better (and same for any signings) getting them on a fast track individual training regime to get their fitness right up there for when the team comes back. Little point flying 12+ hours to play one game (which may not even be that) to then fly back, unless club really valued the bonding with the team on the flight back.

My work productivity today has been less than Isak.

My new copium is Isak agent is a massive bell. Talks have been ongoing for months on new contract, with Chelsea signing Pedro and Arsenal Gyokres, the agent hand has been weakened in negotiations. After we moved for Etitike that then sprung Liverpool into action, it's further pissed off the agent because it's potentially weakend his hand further. Isak is geninely injured and we've left him behind as we don't want to take a risk on someone we've managed carefully since March over this injury, and the agent has used this as a final cunts trick to get the deal he wants by saying Isak is exploring moves and using the being left behind as an angle to get clubs circling. End result is he gets a new deal at us, but right now the pendulum has swung back towards agent in the talks over the final terms. Believeable?

This all playing out whilst we're in the air and will be to the early hours of the morning is further annoying too. I'll take a bang out of no where Newcastle update tomorrow that Isak has agreed a new deal over getting out of the UCL keague phase

Why we can't sell. As it's needing both strikers to also hit ground running (in terms of settling in / in game play clicking with others). If Isak has his mind on wanting to move on, then this is the Harry Kane situation. Unless someone offers £150m, you're not leaving this summer, but if someone offers £100m next summer, we won't stand in the way. Isak produces again, the move is there (and maybe to more clubs). Onus is then just as much on him to deliver to get his move. We can then only need to sign one striker this summer, our aim all summer, and scout long term for a replacement.

At this stage on FM I would selecting on Isak "Sack your agent".

If he travelled, he could've joined up with Liverpool in Asia too.

For all of the talk of Liverpool interested, surprised they haven't got terms agreed yet with Isak. Like is the £300k even too much for them? Can move on Diaz etc. all they want for funds, but their wage bill will be shooting up this summer. Salah / VVD on big new deals. Wirtz on a mega deal, Etitike on similar, then Isak would take just those three close to £1m pw. Quansah and Kelleher would be neglible wages gone. TAA the only big one off the books. Diaz/Elliot would be like £100k between them. Transfer funds is one thing, wages are another when you are making multiple high end signings. Doesn't leave much wiggle room for future seasons.

We've got this guys contract to sort out still. 2 years left next summer, he'll be wanting a mega final deal.

So what have we done since Monday 14th July when our one and only bid for Etitike went in and was rejected? Made a bid for £25 for Wissa which was always going to be rejected? 10 days, one bid, for one player. Just pure jokes this window Peak Newcastle fan will be for Howe to walk out start of September.

I mean he’s 22 and would be same age Isak was when he joined here after just scoring 6 season before. Pair him alongside someone experienced like Watkins, the burden is eased first season.

Only way things can be softened if the worse was to happen. Watkins £55m Sesko £60m MGW £60m Then remaining funds we had earmarked anyway wraps up Guehi £40m, Trafford £35m and a younger RB like Couto for £40m+

Ornstein info is just from likes of Hope, so it’s just him using more inflammatory terminology to gain the traction to his article.

I’ll start to officially worry he’s off because he doesn’t want to be here when an actual formal offer comes in. That then says to me his agent has a deal lined up with Liverpool. Until then, still going with my copium.

Simple solution, Yasir picks the phone up to Isak agent, asks how much, pays it. If he’s really his favourite player and they want us to kick on, PIF will pay it.

Still don’t get on board with the Isak bashing when there’s been ZERO sources linked to Isak saying he wants out, refusing to play etc. All it’s been is Howe saying he’s had a niggle, resting, wants to keep him (as with any linked player he wants to them to stay) and that’s it. People then have ran with stories based on the principle he wants out, because that is one of the many options that’s plausible until said otherwise.

Just absolute guff What after Etitike, we felt that was done. And Wissa target? And now we want an actual top striker alongside Wissa? This summer has just shown up the journos even worse. Absolute the pits.

Has an update came out his injury then?

The fact he’s done that whilst club is in the air shows how pathetic Hope is. All to gain traction on his failing site to resuce his failing career.

EXCLUSIVE With no information. Get in the bin Hope, fucking tragic man.