Alexander Isak - International C*nt

[Alberto2005]

We shouldn't sell for a penny less than £150m.

[black_n_white]

1 minute ago, Tonalis Bookie said:

FWIW when I've had discussions about this purely as a fan I've said i would sell since May and people have looked at me like I'm mental, and maybe I am but hear me out.

 

He is as peak price right now due to contract position and last season. Its extremely hard to see how it goes up given his incredible season, player rating, scoring the winner in our first trophy win in so long, the fact he remained fit for so long. The only possible way it increases if he goes to the world cup, scores 6 and gets sweden towards the semi's. Even in that scenario it puts him further into a threshold people cant pay due to PSR. Conversely if he has an average season or just a good to very good season, at best his value stays the same but its unlikely with a further year off his contract. Add to that he may pick up injuries again etc we could end up selling below peak and impact ourselves going forward. I think we all accept he will go next summer so to me whether its now of then, you sell at the highest point.

 

Its slightly different but Spurs sold at peak with Bale and wrongly reinvested the money and wasted that opportunity. I dont see Isak as an irreplaceable player like Bale was, but it will cost a lot of money to be able to replace him. To use a moneyball phrase we may have to recreate him in the aggregate but in that sense we add squad depth. Had we done the deal and taken Ekitike and pocked a further 50m, we could have used it towards a player like Eze so i really dont see this as a terrible situation, we hold all the cards, even if it is late on

The problem is we didn’t do the deals, Wissa is our alternative and we are painfully slow at doing deals.

[St1pe]

I’m actually surprised how utterly foaming I am about this and how we’ve operated this summer. When they said transformative summer I assumed forwards not backwards. 

[southernmag]

As unpleasant as this is, we shouldn't be surprised. Isak, like most footballers, is self-focused and has limited loyalty to any one club. This was always a possibility.

 

If we could get 130m + from a non PL club, then theoretically, we could reinvest it for the greater good. Trouble is, with our lack of direction and impetus behind the scenes, I'm not confident we could pivot efficiently to put that money to good use.

 

This season's going to be interesting - for better or worse.

[Wilson]

1 minute ago, Shadow Puppets said:

I’m still not remotely convinced this is coming from Alex… truly believe it’s agent agent agent driven. But it is what it is. We clearly can’t offer the wages and/or the chance of titles that they want right now.

 

Surely he'd be on a plane right now if it wasn't coming from him. 

[r0cafella]

Btw, I rather let him go for free than sell to Liverpool. 

 

Last summer was Gordon this Summer isak. I wouldn't do business with them period. And before people say, yes I know it can be cutting off ones nose to spite the face but Im fine with that. 

[Hanshithispantz]

He's missed the Celtic game, been spotted training alone, and now is fucking off the Asia tour 

 

I don't think his agent can be blamed here like.

[The Butcher]

 

[Ikon]

Fuck off nerd.

[sixx]

What a depressing summer.

[r0cafella]

Ben Jacobs gets so much air time and he writes for give me me sport?

[Kanj]

Fucking hate this sport rn 

[Lazarus]

Anyone got isak on their shirt?

 

If i were the club I would insist on a written transfer request. Then see who matches our valuation. 

 

Good luck to him. 

[Miggys First Goal]

This is like Trump and Zelensky in the Oval Office. Somebody tell him he doesn’t hold the cards. We hold all the cards. 3 years, Isak.

 

If anybody wants to sign him - cash upfront, in full. No structured payments. No instalments. Can’t meet those demands, no deal, bitches. 

[Pilko]

Surprised how limp we've been here. Should have dragged the cunt kicking and screaming onto the flight or stopped his wages.

[r0cafella]

Just now, Pilko said:

Surprised how limp we've been here. Should have dragged the cunt kicking and screaming onto the flight or stopped his wages.

Absolutely, don't want to partake? Enjoy the fines. 

[Menace]

1 minute ago, r0cafella said:

Ben Jacobs gets so much air time and he writes for give me me sport?

Literally lives in Qatar btw 

[Collage]

Not Liverpool. Anyone but Liverpool

[kingxlnc]

Openda is not enough of a replacemnet. 

Must be Sesko out of whoever is left top tier

 

Bring Guler in too

[r0cafella]

Just now, Menace said:

Literally lives in Qatar btw 

So the bein Ben nickname he was given during our takeover was bang on ?

[Kanj]

I do hate that we didn’t tell him he’s going on the trip as long as he’s a Newcastle player.

[The College Dropout]

12 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

Parish knew Guehi wasn't a cunt and wouldn't kick up a fuss and was willing to take the financial hit. As I said at the time, keeping Guehi and staying in the league is a much better deal for palace than selling him and getting relegated. 

 

Hand on heart we are in a really difficulty place because we simply can't match our stated ambition, now psr has been dismantled none of those big boys have to worry they can spend what they like as so many loopholes exist they don't have to worry. As we aren't willing to do the same we are left holding our dicks. 

Also - nobody even wants to bid £50m for Guehi (yet).  He’s that level where top clubs won’t spend big money on him. Isak is that level. 

[Joelinton7]

The sacrificial Elanga we offered him wasn’t enough 

[Nucasol]

3 minutes ago, The Butcher said:

 

He’s like an aggregator bot. Unless it concerns Chelsea and then you can count it as gospel as he’s been on his knees guzzling Boehly batter.

[1881]

Read somewhere, but can’t remember where, that Bruno’s contract has a clause that his salary should be largest or equal largest therefore if Isak’s was increased above Bruno’s then they would have to finance both their increases. Seems like a very bad clause to put in Bruno’s contract if it is true as he is not the best player at the club now and will not necessarily be in the future.