If we get £40m for Nunez and spend £60m on Ekitike then that's not bad business imo

comment by Michael Edwards FC 2.0 loading…I am your Premier League Champion (U2720)
posted about a minute ago
If we get £40m for Nunez and spend £60m on Ekitike then that's not bad business imo
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nunez is prob better and has a similar ceiling tbf but just didnt work out for us. can see him doing well elsewhere. If Ekitike fits slots system than its good business. Don't they want 100m euro for Ekitike though lol?

maybe do a str8 swap for osimhen? his attitude is questionable? but he works hard and presses well and clearly has quality? But again theres risk, theres big risk with ekitike too. The only low risk would be isak if hes even available. Gyokeres is prob the biggest risk of them all linked so far?

We've not had a striker we rely on goals playing through the middle since Suarez/Sturridge. Not sure who we go for but I'd be fine with even a small-ish improvement on Nunez if that makes sense - we have enough around our 9 to create and score already

Thought we'd been over this but the risk around Osimhen is low, 4za said as much a few times

Just someone that get onto the pitch for 80% of his matches and play to a decent level with the team will be a massive improvement

Under FSG the club has shown it's preference to wait until the right targets are available. If they're not convinced, they wont pull the trigger imo.

I think we sell Nunez but don't replace him. Use a combo of Jota, Diaz and Szobo/Wirtz (false 9) and then go back for Isak next year.

hughes replaced solanke with evanilson that was tidy. 25m less, year younger and probably better.

Come on Hughes

comment by Michael Edwards FC 2.0 loading…I am your Premier League Champion (U2720)

Just someone that get onto the pitch for 80% of his matches and play to a decent level with the team will be a massive improvement
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Exactly!!

comment by Szoboss (U6997)
posted 5 minutes ago
Under FSG the club has shown it's preference to wait until the right targets are available. If they're not convinced, they wont pull the trigger imo.

I think we sell Nunez but don't replace him. Use a combo of Jota, Diaz and Szobo/Wirtz (false 9) and then go back for Isak next year.

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Yeah this could also be an option, especially if Frankfurt price Ekitike out of a move

Thought I would put this on here as Sky are reporting it:-

'Liverpool have funds to test Newcastle's Isak resolve'
Liverpool have the funds to be able to test Newcastle's resolve to keep striker Alexander Isak, reports The Times.

It is thought a striker is not high on Liverpool's priority list right now, but they would be among the clubs ready to challenge for Isak's signature, if he left St James' Park.

Newcastle are ready to make Isak, who scored 23 Premier League goals last season the best-paid player in the club's history, with Liverpool, Barcelona and Arsenal reportedly interested.

According to the report in The Times, they are ready to take the Sweden international's salary beyond the £150,000 a week mark, with the club concerned an offer could come in for him early next month.

Isak has three years left on his current Toon deal and there are no signs he wants to leave St James' Park.

Newcastle do not want to sell but Liverpool, who recently bought Florian Wirtz for a British-record transfer fee, reportedly have the ammunition to make another potential blockbuster move.

Would LFC offer him more in wages than Newcastle, what is his ambition ? He will have a lot better chance of achieving things with us.

If Newcastle break their structure to keep him, would that hinder them in other areas ? Which in turn would prevent them strengthening ?

comment by Szoboss (U6997)

Under FSG the club has shown it's preference to wait until the right targets are available. If they're not convinced, they wont pull the trigger imo.

I think we sell Nunez but don't replace him. Use a combo of Jota, Diaz and Szobo/Wirtz (false 9) and then go back for Isak next year.

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Agree with this too, I think I said similar recently

Though apparently Newcastle are now offering Isak a pay bump. If he doesn't sign or decides he wants out maybe Liverpool sense the opportunity and go for it sooner. I guess that's future planning for post-Salah, sad as that is to think about

I don't think we'll wait around for him, if we are going to spend mega bucks on him we'll want him now for these 2 remaining salah & vvd years, unless theres a big reduction is price. eg 150mil this year but next year newcaslte still want say 120/30mil, i think we'd rather want to just have him now for the extra 20mil, but i'm just a clueless ja poster so yeah

We're all just peeing in the wind really aren't we, that's fine

true

Problem Newcastle will have is they obviously value Isak at £120m+ but then Isak will likely demand to be paid a wage that represents a player who's valued that high.

He's supposedly on £120k a week which is nothing compared to what he'd get at a Liverpool or City.

If he signs a new deal with Newcastle then I think the deals dead, this summer or next. Now or never I reckon.

Klopp had Blackpool.

Where do you think we'll set up Slot?

comment by Szoboss (U6997)
posted 26 minutes ago
Under FSG the club has shown it's preference to wait until the right targets are available. If they're not convinced, they wont pull the trigger imo.

I think we sell Nunez but don't replace him. Use a combo of Jota, Diaz and Szobo/Wirtz (false 9) and then go back for Isak next year.

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Trigger was pulled on some injured Italian

comment by Terminator1 (U1863)
posted 52 seconds ago
If he signs a new deal with Newcastle then I think the deals dead, this summer or next. Now or never I reckon.
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Agree on the new contract.

Fwiw, I think he's got 1 year too much left on his contract. It wont expire until 2028 which means the real pressure to sell won't be there until 2027. Is he really going to sit on £120k for two years knowing he can likely get a lot, lot more at Newcastle by renewing? Unlikely.

But you never know, if he makes it perfectly clear he wont sign a new deal then next summer is absolutely a possibility.

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posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Szoboss (U6997)
posted 26 minutes ago
Under FSG the club has shown it's preference to wait until the right targets are available. If they're not convinced, they wont pull the trigger imo.

I think we sell Nunez but don't replace him. Use a combo of Jota, Diaz and Szobo/Wirtz (false 9) and then go back for Isak next year.

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Trigger was pulled on some injured Italian
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Which was very clearly an opportunistic punt with a high upside. If it didn't work out (which it clearly hasn't) then we could either ship him back to Italy without huge loss or make money back through loan fees.

That's a bit different to spending £60m+ on a striker you're not convinced on because your actual target isn't obtainable this window.

Lallana getting a bigger send off for his retirement on the LFC website than Trent got for leaving

Liverpool signing Florian Wirtz while Arsenal are signing Christian Noorgard. Levels to this game.

comment by Robbing Hoody (U6374)
posted 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
comment by フレッド - #TWENTYTIMES (U3979)
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comment by The Duality of Van (Dijk) (U21747)
posted 17 minutes ago
comment by フレッド - #TWENTYTIMES (U3979)

Physically, defending was rougher and referees protected players less—

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So you agree with me despite calling my view archaic

I didn't say anything about Messi not being dominant, but rougher tackling was allowed and Messi would probably have had more injuries - literally all I said
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You said defenders would snap him in two or words to that effect. I think he’d find it easier to evade tackles in the 1980s than he does today tbh.
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What?

I’m guessing you weren’t actually alive in the 80s??
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Fred you watch Messi through his career and he’s played in an era where the wind blows and you get a foul, on pitches like bowling greens.

In the 80’s pitches were like potato fields and you had the likes of Vinny Jones deliberately trying to end people’s lives. Now the likes of Maradona and Best before him put up with all that.

Romano is saying Quansah's buy back clause is €60m available from 2027 onwards.

Pretty good business from the club. If he really knuckles down then that would be quite cheap for a top quality CB entering their prime years.