Liverpool Hold Talks to sign an “unstoppable” Isak alternative £ 40 m

The old shot says that if you can’t beat them, join them, but the same goes that if you can’t stop them, sign them. Liverpool seems to be the latter.

Few players will have given the hero of Anfield Virgil Van Dijk Nuits Sommeil in recent years, although Alexander Isak could well be one of them, the Swedish sensation of Newcastle United proving an absolute threat to the Dutch and his colleagues defenders.

Described by the Reds skipper as “certainly the most fit attacker at the moment in world football”, before the final of the Carabao Cup in March, the return of Isak duly marked in this masterpiece of Wembley to seal an emotional and surprise victory for the Magpies.

In all, the former man of Real Sociedad marked four times in just six appearances against Merseysiders in all competitions, which probably played his role in their apparent offer to assign the 25 -year -old St James’ Park on an agreement of 120 million pounds sterling.

These Bombshell news has become the city’s speech from the point of view of the Premier League, although on Tyneside, Eddie Howe and Co do not yet seem to have thrown into the sponge.

Always firm in their desire to maintain the machine 6 feet 4, Newcastle can direct the side of Arne Slot to potential attack alternatives …

Potential alternatives by Isak de Liverpool

The obvious place to start is with the man who may well have a central role to play in the future of Isak, Hugo Ekitike of Eintracht Frankfurt.

The young Frenchman is aligned as a future replacement of the Swedish star of St James’, although Liverpool also throws his hat into the ring, if it turned out to be too difficult to attract their superior northeast target.

It would seem that it is not only this duo on which the Merseysiders have the eye, however, with the Simon Jones of the Daily Mail pointing that the champions are considering several other options in the offer for a new new number.

Among those who would have been discussed in Anfield, there are Manchester United Outcast, Marcus Rashford, with English noted as one of the six Isak alternatives which were considered.

As reported by the report, these talks have not yet progressed with her which seems unlikely that Slot and Co will jum, although the 27 -year -old is certainly available after being exiled by the owner of the Red Devils Ruben Amorim.

Valued at 40 million pounds sterling earlier this year, in the middle of the possibility for Aston Villa to buy their signature loan on a permanent agreement, Rashford would represent a choice much cheaper than this man Isak. It would also be much more controversial, however …

Why Liverpool could target the new Michael Owen

That said, the last player to move directly between Liverpool and Man United was Phil Chisnall, with the advantages of ten goals in 47 games at Old Trafford, before moving to Anfield for a £ 25,000 contract in 1964.

Even the signature of a player with a previous association with “the other” club was a rarity in modern times, with notable examples including a certain Paul Ice in the late 90s, alongside the most infamous “betrayal” of Michael Owen.

Once the Golden Boy of Liverpool, who emerged from the academy ranks like a dazzling teenager, Owen burned his bridges – then some – after having finished in the books in United in 2009, after joining the side of Sir Alex Ferguson via spells in Real Madrid and Newcastle United.

Although he admitted that he had the heart to return to the Merseyside in the middle of his release from Madrid in 2005, no return of this kind came up, with the attacker declining later connecting to Fergie on a free transfer.

Still at just 29 years old at the time of this controversial switch, it was obvious that Owen’s powers were on the decline, with his last goal in a 4-3 victory against the rivals of Manchester City the only real moment of note in the next three years. Only 17 goals in 52 games said a lot.

Although the circumstances can be different in the case of Rashford, it could also prove to be a bizarre and unnecessary signature, this time to Liverpool, with the evil of seeing wisdom, even considering even the star of the three lions as an Isak alternative.

Like Owen – which burst into the stage at the age of 17 at Anfield – Rashford was also once a teenage feeling for Man United, after having marked twice at the age of 18 in February 2016, before finishing this campaign with eight goals in just 18 games under Louis Van Gaal.

High points have followed since the graduate of the Academy, namely his season of 30 goals in 2022/23 during the time of Erik Ten at the helm, although the inconsistency has been the theme of recent years.

As evidenced by the table above, the “unstopable” campaign of 2022/23 of the attacker, as it is praised by Ten Hag, stands out in the middle of a rather disappointing half-receiver, in truth, with Liverpool not exactly targeting a player in his pump.

As was the case with Owen, for all parties, this seems to be a better avoided movement, with the control and the controversy which are not likely to hurt by performance on the ground.

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