Player Alexander Isak

[Reece_Spurs]

Not a chance we get near £100m unless Richarlison goes for around £50m.

 

[Frozen_Waffles]

If you asked me before the links and in a perfect world who we would sign, Isak, Eze and a class winger (probably Gordon) would be the perfect solution.
I'd still love him here, just a very intelligent footballer who knows where the net is.

I wouldn't consider selling Romero to get him though. I also still have high hopes for Richarlison as well.

I agree with the other poster, let's get our midfield/wingers sorted and we can consider this next season. Let's see if Richarlison can stay fit first.

I still think if we get all the other pieces right Richarlison will be worthy of our investment (and then some).

 

[Ron Burgundy]

I think this is a total non-starter.

Great player - one of the very few strikers out there who'd really take us up a level. But I just don't see it happening.

1) I can't see Newcastle selling
2) If they did, it would have to be for crazy money, which I'm not sure we have
3) If he was available, there would be other (CL qualified) teams going in for him

I think Doue will be tough. But this one is a total no-go

 

[Styopa]

Not a chance we get near £100m unless Richarlison goes for around £50m.

Even if Richy were sold for sixty million, I would still find it hard to believe that we would make a move for Isak at over 100 million. At the value being talked about, Isak could be in the top four or five most expensive transfer fees, ever. I just can't see us doing that.

 

[brendanb50]

The Athletic had a big article this morning about how everyone at Newcastle was freaking out leading up to July 1. Didn't mention Spurs specifically in the Isak talks but did mention multiple times how he was on the table as a "last resort". Newcastle ultimately think they did enough to satisfy PSR but aren't 100% sure.

link here: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5599305/2024/07/01/newcastle-psr-player-sales/

I think this is key to this discussion. Newcastle basically needed options desperately ahead of that deadline and as it now seems, they managed to just about top up the coffers enough to avoid trouble.

Prior to some of that business is where I think the Isak interest pops up - Newcastle weighing up every option and everyone knowing they need to do something. I’d wager that’s when we’ve enquired about Isak/shown interest - but now that deadline has passed I can’t see this happening at all. I think with panic over, if Newcastle do want to find a safer position financially, there will be other players who they’ll look to trade on this summer.

Isak aside, I hope they struggle to do some business this window and stagnate a bit, will be a very hard season for them without adding to their squad.

 

[HildoSpur]

This is not happening lads.

 

[mil1lion]

Not a chance. Real Madrid just won the CL with Joselu up top. You can win everything with a decent striker and an elite defence, but not vice versa.

Isak is a top player, but our growth next season doesn't hinge on him. He's the cherry on top, not a necessity.

Agree. It's just the only way this would happen for me is if we sold someone for similar money and Romero would be the only one. I'm perfectly fine without a forward this window if we sort other areas and see how the youngsters progress for another year. Then the budget next year can be more focused towards a forward and one or two more.

 

[VoteMe4Prez]

This is not happening lads.

And as has been said, I don't want us giving them £100m plus to improve other positions

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Unless Richy goes for big money, which is incredibly unlikely I would think, I don't see us spending big on a CF this summer. There is just too much other work to be done. However I wouldn't be surprised if we were laying the groundwork for a move next summer. By then one would hope the idea of one larger purchase to round out our squad wouldn't be so far fetched. Plus i'm not particularly convinced Newcastle will have a much better season then the one just gone and if thats the case Isak will very likely be pushing for the exit.

 

[Finchyid]

Unless Richy goes for big money, which is incredibly unlikely I would think, I don't see us spending big on a CF this summer. There is just too much other work to be done. However I wouldn't be surprised if we were laying the groundwork for a move next summer. By then one would hope the idea of one larger purchase to round out our squad wouldn't be so far fetched. Plus i'm not particularly convinced Newcastle will have a much better season then the one just gone and if thats the case Isak will very likely be pushing for the exit.

We won't spend big, the issue is the last 10 games showed us, without Richy we are short of a striker.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Not a chance. Real Madrid just won the CL with Joselu up top. You can win everything with a decent striker and an elite defence, but not vice versa.

Isak is a top player, but our growth next season doesn't hinge on him. He's the cherry on top, not a necessity.

This.

 

[Yid-ol]

We won't spend big, the issue is the last 10 games showed us, without Richy we are short of a striker.

We will have a couple of youth options this time who should be closer to stepping up than we did last season.

Veliz isn't injured now or on loan currently. Parrott is being talked about as being back up/rotation also. That all depends on if one or both go out on loan or not though. But if one or both stay, that's more options that we had last season.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

We won't spend big, the issue is the last 10 games showed us, without Richy we are short of a striker.

If we retain Parrott because we think he is good enough and bring in two wingers then we would have 3 options for CF Richy, Son and Parrott.

Now I agree, we won't spend big on a striker but if we enter into next summers window with only one or maybe two positions to strengthen and we hopefully have qualified for the CL then I don't think its that far fetched IF the team behind the scenes are 100% convinced Isak, or whoever, is the basket we should put all our eggs into.

That doesn't mean in the next year we don't find a cheaper striker we think fits the profile equally well and ultimately decide to go for him instead. It's very possible. But in general the less incomings we need the more money we may be willing to spend on the ones we do bring in.

 

[GlennHuddlestone]

Unless Richy goes for big money, which is incredibly unlikely I would think, I don't see us spending big on a CF this summer. There is just too much other work to be done. However I wouldn't be surprised if we were laying the groundwork for a move next summer. By then one would hope the idea of one larger purchase to round out our squad wouldn't be so far fetched. Plus i'm not particularly convinced Newcastle will have a much better season then the one just gone and if thats the case Isak will very likely be pushing for the exit.

It'll also be one year closer to the end of Son's contract ( be that the extension or a new one) and there'll need to be a replacement there too

 

[djhotspur]

I think the only way Isak is possible is if Newcastle would take £100m and we got £70-80m from selling Kulusevski and Richarlison. And even then i'm not sure Levy would have the bollocks. Seems unlikely to me.

I think he would if he sold those two for 80-90m. Plus he we sold solomun, Gil, hojberg, Gio, Davies, Reggie, Emerson, spence, Rodon (gone). If we got 150-200 in sales I think he’d take that chance as that’s HUGE wages shifted too.
We could still likely get doue x2 and Neto too but the LB rotation would have to be someone on loan or free. Plus it would basically leave us next season with next to no work to be done bar actually signing replacements or targeting one big squad upgrade.
it’s obviously a pipe dream and the chances of us selling all those players are remote but the net spend wouldn’t be that high and wages wise we could be net better off.

 

[djhotspur]

It'll also be one year closer to the end of Son's contract ( be that the extension or a new one) and there'll need to be a replacement there too

Yeah. Guess it depends on if we have Neto/doue. He we do have those two I would imagine we are pretty sorted for a son replacement at LW and then would likely need a RW, if we don’t make werner permanent.

 

[djhotspur]

Not a chance. Real Madrid just won the CL with Joselu up top. You can win everything with a decent striker and an elite defence, but not vice versa.

Isak is a top player, but our growth next season doesn't hinge on him. He's the cherry on top, not a necessity.

I mean you say that but they’ve just signed mbappe to start at striker and Joselu didn’t start for Madrid he was a bench player….

 

[GlennHuddlestone]

I mean you say that but they’ve just signed mbappe to start at striker and Joselu didn’t start for Madrid he was a bench player….

And Bellingham chipped in with 20 odd in the absence of a striker

 

[djhotspur]

And Bellingham chipped in with 20 odd in the absence of a striker

Exactly, makes it much easier when you have Bellingham, vini and rodrygo. By all accounts Madrid want wirtz too so they are adding a huge amount of goals to their forward line.

 

[robotsonic]

Exactly, makes it much easier when you have Bellingham, vini and rodrygo. By all accounts Madrid want wirtz too so they are adding a huge amount of goals to their forward line.

Doesn't this just back up the idea that you don't need a 100m striker if you have the right players elsewhere first? That they're going to add more goals now is neither here nor there.