Expert says Liverpool CAN afford Isak
“Liverpool and Arsenal could afford it from a PSR perspective,” Borson said. “Neither of them will necessarily have the cash available, but that can be put in by the ownership groups. I think both deals are unlikely, to be honest.
“It would be a very major signing for it to happen. I would think it’d be more than £120million as well. Newcastle are unlikely to want to sell, even if the player would want to go.
“I think that the price that was paid would have to be such that it really accelerated Newcastle’s development elsewhere with the profit that they made from that transaction.
“He’s probably going to have a book value of about £30million by the end of the season, something like that given what he was bought for. The profit would be significant, but would it be significant enough for them to really be keen to do it?”
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Newcastle are currently in a clamour for Champions League football along with a clutch of other clubs. They are currently ninth, awaiting their game versus West Ham on Monday night.
If they fail to gain qualification for the Champions League then we could see Isak on his way.
“I suspect that, if they get the Champions League qualification, then the chances of that happening fall considerably because they just don’t think anybody’s going to pay £140-150million,” Borson says.
So not only will Liverpool be hoping they can beat Newcastle in the EFL Cup final, but that they miss out on the Champions League in order to facilitate a deal for Isak.
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