Cf Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 £125m is an utter capitulation from the club. Other players and clubs will be taking note of this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 And with that, a mighty cheer went up from the heroes of Gallowgate. They had banished the awful Alexander Isak forever, because it was haunted. Now let's all celebrate with a cool glass of turnip juice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 We must get a striker in. I assume this Isak deal was agreed last week if not much earlier, and that we have another striker deal all ready to go as well, regardless of what the selling club's public stance about not selling may be. If we don't have a striker coming in, this is a disaster. My overall impression is that this is not far off Isak's fair value, there was a "good fit" type symbiosis where both club and player made each other look better than they are, but regardless of fee, we did not need to sell this summer and this has been brought about by being walked all over by the player and the buying club. The natural way for this to have happened would have been a bid that was much higher than fair value. Villa are floundering and Forest aren't doing too well either. Thanks to PSR, fly too close to the sun and this is what happens. Especially if your folk are too inept to build a fucking stadium or name a fucking training ground. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Just now, Ronaldo said: Some criticism. Are the club guilty of neglect if we don’t sign a proven striker tomorrow? obviously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Just now, Rosenrot said: Remember PIF bought Nunez too… Nah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 1 minute ago, toon25 said: Irrespective of all else, it's completely and utterly obscene that a football club can spend half a billion fucking pounds in one transfer window That football club and its fans were in total agreement on that......until it was them that did it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe1984 Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 1 minute ago, toon25 said: Irrespective of all else, it's completely and utterly obscene that a football club can spend half a billion fucking pounds in one transfer window Chelsea twitching nervously... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Seriously how does this benefit us 1 minute ago, The Prophet said: If they get Guehi, it'll take Liverpool's summer spend to a cool half a billion? Must be a nice ceiling to have. We've basically handed them the league when if we had kept Isak could be challenging ourselves - that is the lunacy of it all. I expected more from PIF - the statement they put out looks a joke now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 I don’t think there is any way that it can be spun that the owners haven’t made a hash of this from start to finish - the player has acted out very publicly and successfully managed to undercut the club’s valuation. The club also issued a statement re ‘conditions’ where it seemed to have briefed the press that the price was £150m. We don’t know if the valuation was the real one, but if we don’t have another striker in by this time tomorrow then they’ll get all the opprobrium that they deserve. If we’ve made a big signing (or two) by that time then my view would be that we’ve done what we need to protect and improve the club and onwards we fuck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Just now, Jonas said: That football club and its fans were in total agreement on that......until it was them that did it Offended by everything, ashamed of nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Probably going to be a very unpopular post, but I think 125m is a good price for him at his age, I don't think he's going to get better and we've already seen the best of him. I think we're selling him at his peak or just past it. Trying to separate heart from head bearing in mind his behaviour, and for a player to appreciate +60m in 3 years, plus all the room to reinvest... and we're selling a twat not someone who wants to stay. It's be gutting if we had an offer 'too good to turn down' for Guimaraes or Tonali and they made it clear they're happy here but the club effectively booted them into a helicopter Carroll-style. Anyway, I never thought Isak was that good? I think our new German lad will bring more to the team and be a much better fit tactically. We should hopefully see an increase in goals from midfield and out wide with his build up play and ball retention. Cya twat, thanks for what you did while you were here, integral to our push up the league and the league cup win, but still a twat. Looking forward to what this means PSR wise, this could be the making of our squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagten Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 If we counter this with a crazy overpay for JSL or Wissa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 And obviously this has been agreed for sometime as well. From noise to agreed in half an hour Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Giz us news of Muani transfer in the morning and a creative attacking MF later on and this Billy Bookshelf bellend will be a thing of the past. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobbySolano Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 PIF can point to this as the day that they started losing goodwill from the fans. Absolute joke to allow this to happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 1 minute ago, r0cafella said: Aye people spinning narratives and never counter points raised is getting on my nerves as well. It's a football forum it's what happens. It isn't bollocks that folk have wanted Isak sold. Anyone saying it is, is deluded. Folk haven't wanted us to bend over and be shafted by Liverpool and it appears we have, at this stage. However, it is convenient to not consider developing key factors and not at least consider why we may have finally taken this decision at this stage. There is nothing wrong with attempting to review the positives and negatives to further understand or formulate an opinion on whether this is a good or bad move. That's what we should all do. History dictates that the decisions undertaken by the management of the club have been (in the majority) nothing but positive for us to date. Therefore, I choose to back them not berate them, in what has been an incredibly difficult circumstance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 5 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: You and Heron both saying this now. I didn't respond to Heron because I didn't want to keep quoting him, bit this is utter, utter bollocks. I can't really put it any other way. It’s not utter bollocks though, read through this thread over the past few weeks. You are in a WhatsApp group that I’m in where it’s been mentioned. Go on social media and look at it, look at all the people on YouTube videos and being interviewed for cameras saying that we should get rid of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Just now, duo said: Seriously how does this benefit us We've basically handed them the league when if we had kept Isak could be challenging ourselves - that is the lunacy of it all. I expected more from PIF - the statement they put out looks a joke now. this is my biggest gripe now. If we can't even stick to the conditions in our own statement, then what the fuck? Absurdly weak. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Just now, duo said: Seriously how does this benefit us We've basically handed them the league when if we had kept Isak could be challenging ourselves - that is the lunacy of it all. I expected more from PIF - the statement they put out looks a joke now. I don’t think we’re title challengers tbf and wouldn’t be with a half-arsed Isak still in the building. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bonk Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 8 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: 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. Brentford and Wolves sold their best players and are clinging to their second best players to stay in the league. Isak was always leaving, he didn’t care about the club as deep as some of our other players. For the record, I think £130mil isn’t enough, but it appears Eddie and our owners do and want him gone. I’m fine if it gets reinvested and we add more quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliogeordio1 Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 remember when torres when to chelsea from liverpool and turned into absolute dogshit.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT24 Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 I’m going to use my 4000th post to say fuck you, Alex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Bet it turns out in the end that we did make him a gentleman's agreement. PIF are fucking cucks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 2 minutes ago, r0cafella said: And obviously this has been agreed for sometime as well. From noise to agreed in half an hour It was about an hour and 20 minutes from Dave O'Kop's tweet to confirmation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 7 minutes ago, huss9 said: we all knew the day would come when a purple would have to go. Aye, with a fair offer and representative of the player's value. Not stringing something out all summer and playing a soap opera out in public through client social media 'influencers'. Give me the Eze to Arsenal situation any day of the fucking week over this complete and utter farce which has affected the club from top to bottom. The other aforementioned club has just tanked last year's Champions League quarter finalists 3-0 at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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