Alexander Isak - now a Newcastle player

Assuming his injuries are just unfortunate this year, I’d definitely gamble on him. Doesn’t look like a natural goalscorer and it’s not clear he can play as a solo #9, but he’s got a lot of potential otherwise. Carries the ball well, uses it intelligently, threatens in behind.
 
He is a frustrating player because I feel he has incredible potential if he could put it all together. Feels like a player that could randomly explode under the right coach, he has the skills to be a world beater but I wonder where that will be and if it will ever happen?
 
groovyalbert said:
What's going on with him? Know he has his injuries but he seems to be really out of favour.
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As a no.9. Callum Wilson is probably just a more reliable goal scorer. Not sure Wilson can be be taken out the team when fit so the question is whether they change formation or he plays wide.
 
I don't think he looked good at all.

When he gets the ball, he doesn't seem to have any idea what he wants to do next.
 
Very frustrating because he's so talented and technically proficient but he needs to improve his finishing.
 
Would be starting him and Gordon sooner rather than later given our dire goal returns. Something has to be shaken up. And I like Wilson, but after the WC he's not seemed too bothered.
 
He was exciting at the start of the season and I wouldn't have minded if we'd gone for him in the summer. He was doing very well in Spain too.
 
Great player. I remember him being unbelievable at Anfield earlier in the season.
 
His play for their first goal was absolute class. In the first half he also made a chance purely with his impeccable touch and then putting ASM through. Imagine if we'd spent £70m on him rather than Antony last summer?
 
R.N7 said:
Premier League suits him to a tee.
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Indeed. Funny thing is I said an some past thread about three or four years ago that united should buy him as a prospect. One of the few times I've been right, he would have been better than W.W up top.
 
This guy is the real deal. Absolutely ice cold.
 
All round top striker with high energy and pace. Would do wonders here.
 
He is a very good reason why Newcastle won't be trying to grab Kane on astronomical wages any time soon.
 
Rozay said:
All round top striker with high energy and pace. Would do wonders here.
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I actually think he'd be the perfect CF for Arsenal instead of Jesus. Great hold up play, can keep up with Saka and Martinelli, much better in the air and extra clinical.
Arsenal missed one here.
 
Only 23? He'll be their best number 9 since Shearer no doubt. Sky's the limit.
 
bosnian_red said:
Was a gamble for them but he's definitely paid off. Looks class.
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Was he? His first two seasons at Real Sociedad were very good. Goals dried up last year but you look at his general profile and he was ideal for any top half prem side to get looking to break into europe.
 
FootballHQ said:
Was he? His first two seasons at Real Sociedad were very good. Goals dried up last year but you look at his general profile and he was ideal for any top half prem side to get looking to break into europe.
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I mean it was a big price and yeah last season his stats were that of a decent but nothing special attacker. Was a risk in terms of how he'd adapt to the prem and wasn't generally sure if he'd handle the lone striker role but he's done it very well
 
bosnian_red said:
I mean it was a big price and yeah last season his stats were that of a decent but nothing special attacker. Was a risk in terms of how he'd adapt to the prem and wasn't generally sure if he'd handle the lone striker role but he's done it very well
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It's still not a risk when the club is backed by an infinite pool of oil money. No transfer that City or Newcastle make can be seen as risky in the way that it is for us, Liverpool or Arsenal.

We signed Sancho for £70m and he was under immediate pressure to perform in a disfunctional team, Grealish is signed for £100 and had identical goal and assist contributions to Sancho in his first season but was under no pressure because City won the league anyway thanks to the billions they've invested in their squad and infrastructure over the years. Grealish is now bring praised like he's some big revelation and Pep is getting the credit for getting the best from this £100m player.

This isn't Mike Ashley's Newcastle signing a £63m player, this is a state investing a tiny fraction of their wealth in a vanity project that will inevitably succeed one way or another even if their next 5 signings were absolute duds signed for £50m each.
 
Going by the hype seems we should have gone for him. Bit odd as we needed a CF last summer too. Or does he have some obvious weaknesses?
 
Care_de_Bobo said:
It's still not a risk when the club is backed by an infinite pool of oil money. No transfer that City or Newcastle make can be seen as risky in the way that it is for us, Liverpool or Arsenal.

We signed Sancho for £70m and he was under immediate pressure to perform in a disfunctional team, Grealish is signed for £100 and had identical goal and assist contributions to Sancho in his first season but was under no pressure because City won the league anyway thanks to the billions they've invested in their squad and infrastructure over the years. Grealish is now bring praised like he's some big revelation and Pep is getting the credit for getting the best from this £100m player.

This isn't Mike Ashley's Newcastle signing a £63m player, this is a state investing a tiny fraction of their wealth in a vanity project that will inevitably succeed one way or another even if their next 5 signings were absolute duds signed for £50m each.
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Don't agree with this at all, we still have to operate within FFP, so busting £65m on any player is a huge risk while we don't have the sponsorship deals to cover it.
 
amolbhatia50k said:
Going by the hype seems we should have gone for him. Bit odd as we needed a CF last summer too. Or does he have some obvious weaknesses?
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He was 75million. That seems like a big one to me given our ownership who spent 0mil on Weghorst, Eriksen and Sabitzer
 
Andy 1892 said:
Don't agree with this at all, we still have to operate within FFP, so busting £65m on any player is a huge risk while we don't have the sponsorship deals to cover it.
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Let's not pretend they won't fecking cheat the system like every other sugar daddy club in existence. Every rule they break has a dollar value that is all. Even going back to City breaking the doping rules all they got was a 50k fine.
 
GazTheLegend said:
He was 75million. That seems like a big one to me given our ownership who spent 0mil on Weghorst, Eriksen and Sabitzer
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He's obviously a player us and a lot of other teams in need of a striker were monitoring.

If he'd waited until this summer he'd probably have ended up at a bigger club than Newcastle. They were clever to jump in and put down huge money like they did. Plus, they can afford to take risks like that.
 
Random Precision said:
He was €63 million which at the time was £58 million, not sure where you get 75 million from.
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Here in Spain the figure of €70M+5M was given. Transfermarkt also gives that same figure.
 
So good technically, that run for the assist for Murphy's goal today. Just dribbled past Everton players as if they were training dummies.
 
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