As a Swede, looking forward to see him in the Prem.
Newcastle United sign Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad for €70m rising to €75m
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He's quite good but I get the impression Newcastle despite their money aren't the first choice for top players or top talents, so they will end up signing players like this who are good, and who top clubs have looked at, but decided against committing to a transfer. Newcastle will probably end up overpaying as clubs will want to exploit them for all they can. Would make sense for why the signing is quite late in the window, player holds out for other options before deciding to take up Newcastle's offer. I expect they will do one or two more similar deals before the window shuts.
It could work both ways, they may snag some top players before other big clubs are in for the player, but they may overpay for some players who aren't good enough enough to justify that price.
It could work both ways, they may snag some top players before other big clubs are in for the player, but they may overpay for some players who aren't good enough enough to justify that price.
Could almost buy two thirds of Antony for that price
Casemiro was kept under wraps quite well.
From the first report to the deal being announced was about 48 hours.
Would have been good competition for cf slot here, shame.
He is a talented player, but thats an insane fee.
because no one gives a feck about Newcastle I guess so they don’t have loads of journalists following it all
A bit mental but it was inevitable they'd start the big spending sooner rather than later
What’s up with the financials of clubs making a fortune from PL transfers? Are some of them now sitting on huge cash reserves?
Like Casimero, for example, who we were supposed to have been after for weeks, despite it only being reported a few days before the transfer?
The whole transfer rumour mill is complete and utter bollocks.
as a swede i think he is overrated.
can have a very long run without scoring but will shine time to time. and score a masterclass.
I think that he will flop. 6 goals in 32 matches last season isnt good enought.
can have a very long run without scoring but will shine time to time. and score a masterclass.
I think that he will flop. 6 goals in 32 matches last season isnt good enought.
that fee is pure madness. Holy cow.
Genuinely interested in why. To be honest I haven't really watched him so I can only go on his stats which do not seem great for a striker as apart from one run in 2021 he doesn't seem to score much. But really interested to hear from someone who knows him as a player.
would be a disappointing season for them if they didn’t. They’ve been one of the top sides in the league since last January and have now added some more quality
60 million pound doesn't sound too insane when he's a striker which are in limited supply, highly rated, only 22 and already scoring goals at international level and will only get better + it's late in the transfer window
Would it be any more of a gamble and 'mad' than us splashing closer to a 100 million euros for antony? Same age who comes from a worse league and also isn't there yet statistically.
Ajax are mega cash rich because of sales. They can't spend it as they are not buying for 40, 70 or 100m. They buy from a much cheaper band of players as they can't attract the top top players
60 million is hardly a gamble in today's market.
I think this is definitely the case. He's a really good player and this is the sort of fee he was always likely to go for, but I thought it'd happen to one of Europe's elite in 1-2 seasons time once he'd stepped up his goalscoring numbers abit.
I think like you mentioned, those clubs have looked at him and decided they aren't willing to commit this amount of money until he takes that step, but for Newcastle it's the sort of gamble they'll have to take early to get these types of players as they - despite their riches - would be unlikely to seriously compete for him next summer I think if he scored 15-20 goals in La Liga this season.
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Because no one cares about a player potentially moving to Newcastle.
Good player, £60m a bit too high but that's the going rate I suppose for strikers. There aren't a lot of cheap ones out there
Nah, it's not tbh. Different market and Robinho was a bigger player.
Its a very decent deal in a striker deprived market. They could also sign his international teammate, Forsberg from Leipzig as an alternative to sinking ridiculous money on the likes of Maddison.
He had a mare finishing wise last season: Underperformed his non penalty expected goals by 55% (which is terrible) in LaLiga last season.
It was a strange season for Sociedad though, and even though they ended up on 6th and qualified for Europe again, the whole team was horrible in front of goal. They ended up scoring just 40 goals total, finishing 6th, which is some kind of a record.
He has usually been delivering around par when it comes to converting chances in seasons before that though.
Good signing, currently a 1 goal in 3 games striker. I thought they'd go for someone a little more clinical
I've seen a fair bit of him, and he's definitely a good player, but I'm not really sure he has the potential to be a top player.
I think a combination of our club that leak it deliberately to keep muppets happy and press also linking us to every player going cos agents keep dropping our name
Yeah! I really hate sportswashing too.
This kind of breaks the new owner/board policy of slower investment so I'm guessing Callum Wilson's hamstring scan (he came off in the 70th minute against city) might look terrible and forced their hand?
Still pleased with it, mind.
What policy? It’s literally the first proper window?
Every time I’ve watched him play, I’ve been impressed by him, the tools are there.
Because nobody gives a shit about Newcastle.
Let's hope he's not thinking that he's signing for Sunderland
Same, and I always felt he would go for a fee in the 50-60m range. This is a good signing for Newcastle.
Probably bought him as they know Callum Wilson will pick up the inevitable injury. That would have left them short. If he can learn to convert more chances he will be a great signing.
They're probably realising that they're going to have to overpay to some extent until they reach the point where they're a more desirable destination for the type of talent they want to target, similar to how City did. If they have a good season I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them break 100 mill next summer on someone.
It’s the same thing City had, signing Robinho on the last day and he wasn’t entirely sure who City were, Madrid just wanted him out
We're about to pay £90m for Anthony. We're in no place to laugh at the fee tbh.
Huge money... Has potential and can be a handful already, but needs to score more goals before a top club goes for him