Both centre forwards. Terrible waste of funds and the fee you paid for Ekitike, plus the wages, is not representative of a backup striker.
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Not a backup striker, a versatile forward. It's not pre 2000 anymore when every forward was a guy that only played through the middle. To be fair, Man Utd have still always gone with that approach, Liverpool have evolved more into having forward players that can play in various positions and roles.
Playing him out wide is playing him out of position.
We're paying £125m so he was right then.
For this money no brainer for Newcastle to sell... He's a good striker, but nowhere near the best to have played the game. This is one of the most expensive transfers ever and the biggest British one. Pretty insane from Liverpool I think but we'll see...
Huge signing for them. Will solidify them as the best team for a while to come.
Quite depressing to see as a United fan.
Quite depressing to see as a United fan.
Think theyve replaced collectively instead of individually.
Wow Moneybags FC
Best part of €500 spent in one window
Best part of €500 spent in one window
Puts huge pressure on Liverpool to win a few trophies.
Anything other than the title will make them a laughing stock.
I do think Isak is a great striker, but at 130m he's vastly overpriced. This either puts Ekitike or Gakpo on the bench, let's see how they manage to rotate and keep everyone happy.
Anything other than the title will make them a laughing stock.
I do think Isak is a great striker, but at 130m he's vastly overpriced. This either puts Ekitike or Gakpo on the bench, let's see how they manage to rotate and keep everyone happy.
The most inevitable outcome. There was no way back at Newcastle. Still think him and Ekitike is overkill but it's a nice problem for Liverpool to have.
As a fan I would certainly rather my club had the 'dilemma' of whether you should play Ekitike or Isak up front.
Isak will be the nailed on No.9 though considering you've just broken the British transfer record for him. From the limited I've seen of Ekitike, he probably can play wide but he's certainly not a Diaz / Gakpo creator from wide, so I don't really see how a front 3 of Ekitikee, Isak and Salah would work.
The level of spending seems so out of character for Liverpool, I do find it a stretch the plan was always for Isak and Ekitike this window, along with Wirtz. Wirtz has looked lost in the middle too, I think he'd actually benefit playing off the left getting more time on the ball and the game ahead of him while he beds into the league, because Gravenberch, MacAllister and Szoboszlai are your best 3 in the middle in my opinion.
Newcastle look to have done a decent job in the circumstances getting in Wissa and Woltemade. Impossible to replace Isak like for like and that gives them decent firepower.
It's actually a pretty smart move by them. Part of the reason Isak got injured at Newcastle is because they had no competition for him and he was expected to play every game.
They can rotate the two or potentially play them together at times.
If we'd signed Ekitike this summer and then added Isak alongside him I'd be ecstatic!
Well yeah, if you had fifteen World Class strikers, it's better than having just one. I just don't agree with paying gigantic money and huge wages for a player, only to essentially blindside him by signing Isak. Not to mention the insane fee that Isak has cost.
Isak is a fanny, waited for Liverpool to play at St James Park before he signed so he wouldn't have to go back there this season.
Just curios as I see you support Liverpool.
How come you spent 11 years and 23.711 posts on a rivals forum? From where comes this motivation?Pretty sure Ekitike knew Isak was most likely to end up at Liverpool too, and there will have been a discussion about the managers plans, playing time, positions etc. Likewise, Gakpo has just signed a new 6 year contract, he is also obviously very comfortable with the managers plans.
I see a scenario where Ekitike sometimes plays wide and develops into that role, he will also get starts through the middle when Isak needs resting, overall, plenty of games for the main front 4.
Overpaid for both though.
Where is Mr Jurgen Klopp? I'm interested in what he has to say...
I don’t think he is going to answer cause he has been chasing money like there is no tomorrow ever since he retired.
Both Isak and Wissa have conducted themselves badly IMHO.
Haven’t we done exactly the same with Cunha and Mbuemo, they even have played in multiple positions. yet for us it is seen as poor business from our fan base but for them amazing?
Those trivago adds make me want to hack my eyes and ears off
Can’t wait to see 6’4 Ekitike playing on the wing.
Although weren't they originally asking for £150 million?
I hope the scouse stop moaning about other teams spending after this.
Reminds me of when we signed tevez.
Net spend la
That Luke guy is having a proper meltdown over this.
Shouldn't have been so smug and arrogant when he knew all along this was a possibility.
Shouldn't have been so smug and arrogant when he knew all along this was a possibility.
aye, you are right, I really like both Cunha and Mbuemo, especially Cunha, think he could be a bit of a Maverick, got an edge about him and definite ability. Neither were signed as a striker, ye had Hojulind and now have Sesko for that role. But similar for sure, just Liverpool don't have the out and out striker like Sesko, both Ekitike and Isak are more versatile, can both play wide and interchange which is the way Liverpool have played for years now.
I do think Utd have made two very good signings there, jury out on Sesko cause I just don't know enough about him, but not a striker that would fit the Liverpool system.
As for Klopps comments, how many years ago? 100m for a top player is becoming normal, more and more money going into the premier league and it will continue to grow both domestically and in Europe.
I agree both Isak and Wissa have acted like cnuts during these transfers. Whatever was or was not agreed verbally is not an excuse. If not written down, continue to play and perform like Eze did and Guehi had been doing, Ronaldo 7 and Suarez too. But as a fan, of course happy to get a player like Isak in.
Klopp said that and immediately dropped the best part of £100 million each on van Dijk and Alisson. It was a stupid comment then, regardless of the current transfer climate.
If he is worth this sort of money how much would Alan Shearer be worth, he is twice the striker from a relatively young age as well. The world has gone mad.
Since we're tooting our own horns here I was actually utterly spot on.
Euros. Players that they've sold plus Jota insurance money. Not difficult to look up.
I know ye don't like net spend talk cause it doesn't suit your narrative, but come on, Coutinho was sold for about £140m in the end which financed them deals, £75m and £67m.
Before the Isak transfer, Utd had net spent about £60m more than Liverpool. So even with Isak and probably Guehi, Liverpool might end up overall outspending Utd by about £100m, lets see what happens in the final hours. When you consider what Liverpool have spent for the last few years, and the money they have taken in with the various football successes, this still leaves the club in a financially and PSR very good state.
If you were to be honest, you can't really argue that Liverpool have just been throwing money around to buy success.
Yes 300m euros, probably over that.
Dias 70 + Nunez 53 + Quansah 35 + Doak 23 + Kelleher 15 + Trent 10 + Tyler Morton 10 + Nat Philips 3.5 + Jota insurance money which is very high - the 20m left of his contract that they'll pay to his family. That's about 300m.
He was a world record fee in his own time. Do the math from there.
Shearer, Henry, Ruud, Andy Cole, Michael Owen, Fowler, all miles better than izak ever will be. Any one would be worth a quarter of a billion in today's market you have to think.
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