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Tomo said:
Way I look at it with Isak, it’s like Kane when he tried to force his way.

Isak isn’t as good as Kane but still a top player. We had Kane 27 years old, 3 years left who was the top scorer and assister in the Premier League. Levy wanted £160m and City went around with lowballs.

Isak I think you could justify £120-140m. Newcastle just need to set a price and tell Liverpool and Isak pay it or shut up, put the ball in their court and set a deadline of one week to meet the target.
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All sensible, but as with the Kane situation the broader question is whether Isak can be re-convinced by the project there, and what his desire to leave says about what they are or aren't building.

Also, not sure which way it cuts, but Levy absolutely did not set a price on Kane that summer, he refused to engage with City in any way whatsoever directly or indirectly.
 
FightingIllini said:
All sensible, but as with the Kane situation the broader question is whether Isak can be re-convinced by the project there, and what his desire to leave says about what they are or aren't building.

Also, not sure which way it cuts, but Levy absolutely did not set a price on Kane that summer, he refused to engage with City in any way whatsoever directly or indirectly.
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Newcastle have all the opposite problem we have.

They are in theory richer than the rest of the Premier League combined with basically unlimited cash but they can’t use it cos their PSR is poor. Chelsea or City never had this issue as the regulations were much weaker before hand so they could build up their squads rapidly, Newcastle can’t so they still have a money issue and the ‘project’ is really them finding a way to grow the asset to generate wealth so their PSR is bigger and they can spend their cash.

For a player like Isak he isn’t going to wait 5 years for the PSR to grow to enable big squad improvements. The project due to PSR was always going to be a slow burner.
 
Tomo said:
Newcastle have all the opposite problem we have.

They are in theory richer than the rest of the Premier League combined with basically unlimited cash but they can’t use it cos their PSR is poor. Chelsea or City never had this issue as the regulations were much weaker before hand so they could build up their squads rapidly, Newcastle can’t so they still have a money issue and the ‘project’ is really them finding a way to grow the asset to generate wealth so their PSR is bigger and they can spend their cash.

For a player like Isak he isn’t going to wait 5 years for the PSR to grow to enable big squad improvements. The project due to PSR was always going to be a slow burner.
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They aren't even spending up to their PSR ceiling though, and PSR exempts infrastructural investments which haven't been pursued as aggressively as I would have expected.

It's definitely true that PSR limits their ceiling, but that should be increasing the sense of urgency, not reducing it.
 
Smogz said:
I'm Swedish, I must admit seeing Sweden's two strikers is making me sick. First Göykeres to ArsenaI, makes me automatically not liking him. And now Isak behaving like a fucking greedy fool, not honoring his contract. This together doesn't make me want the national team to succeed in the World cup qualifying and next summer's world cup. I was looking forward to the buzz of a world cup. Now not so much.
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Gyokeres did the same thing as Isak.
 
PapeMasterclass said:

View: https://x.com/GFFN/status/1955370946271047899
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Something doesn't add up here for me. Luis Enrique is apparently ditching Donnarumma because he isn't a good enough footballer, even though he's a 1st class goalkeeper.

City ditched Joe Hart because he couldn't play the way Pep wanted him to, but now they are taking on someone rejected from PSG for exactly the same reason and getting rid of(?) one of the absolute best in the world at it.
 
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