We need to lend them Richard Hughes so they can get some business done and we all can move on for good.
@mlawton
The tragedy isn’t that NUFC fans dream, it’s that their dreams are being financed by a murderous regime. And Shearer, one of their most prominent figures ever, is selling those dreams like they’re handmade. They’re not.
Every penny NUFC trade is sustained with another journalist that the Saudi monarchs kill, with another persecuted gay person, with another woman made slave, with another political opponent brutally decapitated. Disgusting.
This is garbage reporting by liverpool dot com. The source they cite for their non-reporting is not "Sky Sports Switzerland", there's no such thing. It's a guy in Switzerland who has a website "Sky-Sport" (hyphenated, singular form: sky-sport dot ch), writing in French and borrowing the trademarked likeness of the British Sky Sports media company.
Some Newcastle partials fell for it too, or possibly are taking advantage of it, making a few quid from clickbait.
Sloppy.
Some rumours have emerged that Isak has agreed to a five-year deal with Liverpool and some Newcastle-based outlets are echoing those reports, but nothing too serious at this time.
It seems that Newcastle paper were fooled by a Swiss website called "Sky Sport", which is most likely not affiliated with the British company "Sky Sports" (plural).
Too much speculation and nonsense floating around, that report pretending to be from Sky Sport(s) was rather unusual.
I think that, very soon, all involved parties are going to learn whether Alexander Isak is in it for the money, or he actually wants to win the Champions League. Either way, I think this Saudi money offer is helpful to Liverpool interests.
We don't want to sign someone who doesn't want to win the Champions League, do we?
In the model, the third most likely scenario was:
"Newcastle sell Isak to a non-PL club; Liverpool hold funds for a future marquee move"
If we consider all three most likely scenarios and normalise the numbers for proportional share, scenario 3 gets 21%, which is non-negligible, but far less likely than one of the other two most likely outcomes together.
This is my last roll of the dice.
S5 – NUFC keep Isak, sell other asset; LFC buy cheaper forward – 40.11%
S1 – NUFC sell Isak to LFC (structured deal) – 29.41%
S6 – NUFC sell Isak to non-PL club; LFC hold funds – 18.72%
S2 – NUFC sell Isak; LFC pass – 5.88%
S3 – NUFC keep Isak with big raise; LFC pass – 5.88%
My suspicion is that Alexander Isak not only wants to participate in the Champions League, he also wants to win it. 🙂
So do we!
Not only Alexander Isak was sent back home from Glasgow, he's now training alone. The most bizarre of circumstances for Newcastle's most "treasured" player, in Howe's own language. So treasured that NUFC won't let Isak play with Newcastle nor with any other club.
Having seen other similar situations in the past, historically that doesn't look like a sustainable situation.
Things aren't as black and white as they seem at Newcastle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEuwO3xBhM0
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🚨 Hugo Ekitike wants to join Liverpool.
🤝 The striker has agreed in principle to the move if a deal can be struck between the clubs.
📃 And Liverpool have indicated to Eintracht Frankurt that they are ready to make an official offer.
🗣️ Talks are progressing and things are expected to move quickly #LFC #NUFC
🚨 Hugo Ekitike wants to join Liverpool.
🤝 The striker has agreed in principle to the move if a deal can be struck between the clubs.
📃 And Liverpool have indicated to Eintracht Frankurt that they are ready to make an official offer.
🗣️ Talks are progressing and things are expected to move quickly #LFC #NUFC
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#Newcastle have turned down a bid of 100M from #Liverpool for Alexander #Isak. #NUFC consider him a key-player and don’t want to sell the striker. #transfers #LFC
#Newcastle have turned down a bid of 100M from #Liverpool for Alexander #Isak. #NUFC consider him a key-player and don’t want to sell the striker. #transfers #LFC
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#Liverpool are really trying to sign Alexander #Isak from #Newcastle. Submitted a huge bid to #NUFC, which would like to keep the striker. #LFC have also offered a contract until 2030 with the option for 2031 to the swedish player (included a very rich salary). #transfers
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🚨 Liverpool contact Eintracht Frankfurt over possible move for Hugo Ekitike. #LFC working on 23yo #SGE forward, having also approached Newcastle for Alexander Isak. #NUFC want to keep 25yo + Ekitike interest ongoing. W/ @SebSB@twitter.com @ChrisDHWaugh@sportsbots.xyz @TheAthleticFC@sportsbots.xyzhttps://nytimes.com/athletic/64937…
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◾ #LFC make contact with Eintracht Frankfurt over Hugo Ekitike 🗣️
◽ Tug of war for striker 🪢
◾ #NUFC still pushing hard for Ekitike 🤞
◽ Adamant Alexander Isak going nowhere ❌
🤔 Story via @David_Ornstein@sportsbots.xyz @SebSB@twitter.com for @TheAthleticFC@sportsbots.xyz:
https://nytimes.com/athletic/64937…
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Liverpool have made contact with Eintracht Frankfurt over a possible move for Hugo Ekitike, who is also being targeted by Newcastle United.
More from @SebSB@twitter.com and @David_Ornstein@sportsbots.xyz ⤵️
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⚫ 3 words repeated from very top of #NUFC: "Not for sale"🚫
⚪ Stadium, training ground - & now #LFC interest in Isak 👀
⚫ Ekitike battle still ongoing ⁉️
🔮 Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike & true test of #NUFC owners' ambitions - one they always expected:
https://nytimes.com/athletic/64972…