Alexander Isak

[Erikse]

Any bets on the next story? Lewis Hall to Real Madrid? Or just the same old Bruno stories?

 

 

Edited November 12, 2024 by Erikse

[Pixelphish]

  On 12/11/2024 at 16:28, Erikse said:

Any bets on the next story? Lewis Hall to Real Madrid? Or just the same old Bruno stories?

 

 

 

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"LFC retain interest in Anthony Gordon"

"MCFC eye Bruno G"

"Isak tells AFC come and get me"

"Tonali home sick with AC life line"

 

[Erikse]

  On 12/11/2024 at 16:32, Pixelphish said:

 

"LFC retain interest in Anthony Gordon"

"MCFC eye Bruno G"

"Isak tells AFC come and get me"

"Tonali home sick with AC life line"

 

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Pretty sure any of us can do the jobs that football journalists do nowadays.

[Kanj]

80m? No way @Conjo it’s 9 digit minimum.  

[Conjo]

  On 12/11/2024 at 16:57, Kanji said:

80m? No way @Conjo it’s 9 digit minimum.  

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He's worth it, but if there is interest from one of the very top elite teams and if he wants to leave I think we'll eventually cave in the negotiations in fear of not being able to get anything for him at the end of his contract. Could be dead wrong though

 

Unlikely scenario though. Most likely he's here banging them in for us for years to come.

[Ketsbaia]

Without exaggeration, it'd be £100m minimum.

[TheBrownBottle]

  On 12/11/2024 at 15:55, Lazarus said:

I think somewhere in the 90's would be a reasonable fee for him - if we can get more then great.

 

But who would replace him? Got to be someone who will fit in with our team and tactics.

 

Not that I want him to go - hes an amazing player. And he'll score even more with proper service from the right wing position.

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You are Joe Kinnear and I claim my £5

[80]

  On 12/11/2024 at 17:08, Conjo said:

 

He's worth it, but if there is interest from one of the very top elite teams and if he wants to leave I think we'll eventually cave in the negotiations in fear of not being able to get anything for him at the end of his contract. Could be dead wrong though

 

Unlikely scenario though. Most likely he's here banging them in for us for years to come.

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That contract runs out in July 2028 though... So there's seriously no rush. Unless he spits the dummy, and I think he's bright enough to know that if a club's offering £80m-£90m for him, they're clowns who aren't taking buying him seriously.

[HayDen Traces]

  On 12/11/2024 at 16:57, Kanji said:

80m? No way @Conjo it’s 9 digit minimum.  

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100%. £80m is an insult.

 

£150m.

[NSG]

Basically the only way I’d sell him is if we got enough to fund 2 quality strikers as a replacement. Wilson (  )will be off in the summer so we already need one in. 

 

 

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[Yorkie]

  On 12/11/2024 at 21:36, HayDen Traces said:

100%. £80m is an insult.

 

£150m.

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 It isn't, though. That matches the highest fee ever paid by a PL club for a striker (excluding Chelsea (Lukaku)).

 

Anyway, it's surely a moot point for now. He's not going anywhere any time soon, he's got it great here. 

[Smal]

I really hate how as soon as he starts playing well the discussion always turns straight to how much people would sell him for. This fanbase needs therapy big time .

[Stifler]

  On 12/11/2024 at 16:32, Pixelphish said:

 

"LFC retain interest in Anthony Gordon"

"MCFC eye Bruno G"

"Isak tells AFC come and get me"

"Tonali home sick with AC life line"

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“Almirón determined to stay”

[tarie4]

  On 12/11/2024 at 22:34, Smal said:

I really hate how as soon as he starts playing well the discussion always turns straight to how much people would sell him for. This fanbase needs therapy big time .

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Give him 200 a week and a 2 year extension. That ties him down till 2030 when he is 30/31. We should not entertain selling him for any fee. Build the team around him, Gordon, livra, hall and botman. 

[LFEE]

  On 12/11/2024 at 15:39, Ronson333 said:

at least it’s only Bailey 

 

 

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Classic start of the international break story.

[Kanj]

  On 12/11/2024 at 22:29, Yorkie said:

 

 It isn't, though. That matches the highest fee ever paid by a PL club for a striker (excluding Chelsea (Lukaku)).

 

Anyway, it's surely a moot point for now. He's not going anywhere any time soon, he's got it great here. 

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If centre mids are going for 90m+ then surely you can assume someone like Isak could fetch more given the inflationary impact on football transfer fees, York. 

[tarie4]

  On 12/11/2024 at 23:00, Kanji said:

If centre mids are going for 90m+ then surely you can assume someone like Isak could fetch more given the inflationary impact on football transfer fees, York. 

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Moisés Caicedo went for 115 million. 

[Theregulars]

That’s not his point though, is it? His point is that £80m isn’t insulting or inherently unreasonable. 

[Hhtoon]

Would rather 90m to go abroad than 100m+ from a PL club.

[Erikse]

Even if he really wanted to leave, which hasn't really happened yet with any of our stars despite numerous of articles saying so, I think we would be able to get atleast £90m. A fee of 90-100m is a possible outcome in that case, IMO. I just don't think that he would want to leave that badly next year, even if we're not in the UCL.

 

 

Edited November 12, 2024 by Erikse

[Yorkie]

  On 12/11/2024 at 23:00, Kanji said:

If centre mids are going for 90m+ then surely you can assume someone like Isak could fetch more given the inflationary impact on football transfer fees, York. 

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If Isak were to leave, obviously I'd hope he'd only go for something truly obscene, I said so yesterday. It would have to be, in order to offset the loss of a player who puts us in the running for titles. But £80m isn't an "insult," it's an enormous transfer fee and a decent profit on what we paid. 

 

I don't picture 9-figure transfer fees becoming a routine thing in this league tbh. There's only been four deals made which are in that bracket; two of them done by Chelsea - which is a totally unreliable barometer - and the other two were English internationals in their prime; there's always been a premium on those relative to the market. Maybe Isak would go for that but he'd be one of extremely few. 

 

  On 12/11/2024 at 22:34, Smal said:

I really hate how as soon as he starts playing well the discussion always turns straight to how much people would sell him for. This fanbase needs therapy big time .

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Just reacting to the 'news' story posted tbf, though I don't think discussing the hypotheticals is inherently pessimistic. 

[ExiledGeordie]

If we’re not in Europe or the champions league next season then I think he’ll probably go next summer and we’ll re-invest the money. That said I think we might have a really strong second half of the season which quieten plenty of transfer talk. 

[TRon]

  On 12/11/2024 at 23:30, Erikse said:

Even if he really wanted to leave, which hasn't really happened yet with any of our stars despite numerous of articles saying so, I think we would be able to get atleast £90m. A fee of 90-100m is a possible outcome in that case, IMO. I just don't think that he would want to leave that badly next year, even if we're not in the UCL.

 

 

 

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I think he wants to be in the CL and if he gets a chance to play in it and get a significant salary hike, he would probably take it. In our favour, we are in there fighting for a top 6 spot currently, and he's on a long contract so he won't exactly be beating down the door to get a move.

[HawK]

[Erikse]

  On 13/11/2024 at 07:56, TRon said:

 

I think he wants to be in the CL and if he gets a chance to play in it and get a significant salary hike, he would probably take it. In our favour, we are in there fighting for a top 6 spot currently, and he's on a long contract so he won't exactly be beating down the door to get a move.

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Probably yes, but I'm talking about exactly that. We're not forced to sell unless he makes a huge deal out of it, and that's very unlikely.

 

 

Edited November 13, 2024 by Erikse