Manchester Joined legend Wayne Rooney surmises Liverpool will “be unstoppable” if they snatch care of to indicator Alexander Isak from Newcastle this summertime.
The Reds have been active in the summertime transfer sector via Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez and Hugo Ekitike headlining the incomings.
It appearances probable that Liverpool will estimate for Newcastle striker Alexander Isak again, while Parma centre-ago Giovanni Leoni is having his medical on Merseyside today.
The Reds are in addition hoping to acquire a provision over the line upward for Crystal Royal abode defender Marc Guehi but it’s the viable transfer of Isak that is advising Rooney they will most clearly win the title.
Rooney told the BBC’s Match of the Day: “I already have Liverpool as the favourites to win the title this year but if Isak comes in, I believe they’re attending be unstoppable. Sift at the amenity they’ve got.
“I believe a extensive thing for Liverpool this summertime was readjusting Trent [Alexander-Arnold] given that he gained countless probabilities and aims down that side. [Jeremie] Frimpong has got the features to perform that.
“So yeah, Liverpool kind hardy.”
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher lately insisted that he’d prefer the Reds to continue to be clear of spending as a boatload as £150m on Isak, especially as they already have Ekitike.
Carragher claimed on The Overlap: “It will be an ridiculous signing. Yet from a Liverpool supporter juncture of venerate, I don’t want the bar to invest £150m on Isak.
“I could perhaps envision that he was Liverpool’s No. 1 target, but there’s something about Liverpool ordering a striker [Ekitike] for £80m, and he’s a ago-upward. There’s something about it that doesn’t sit right to me.”
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And also former Liverpool midfielder Didi Hamann says he concurs via Carragher and would be magical if the Reds have Ekitike upward apex this period.
Hamann told Online casino Sites: “I believe Liverpool have administered their aims clear currently. If they can particularize on a price, they’ll perhaps have to snatch Alexander Isak, given that I habitually really feel if things go public, you can’t vacate the gamer hanging.
“I believe it’ll be splendidly tricky for Isak to revert to Newcastle currently. Even if he doesn’t indicator upward via Liverpool, they’ve got to situate a means of trying to combine him ago into the team.
“I plan he will run out upward via Liverpool, Isak. Yet how are they attending fiascos around after that? That lingers to be witnessed. I wouldn’t remuneration £150million. I particularize via Jamie Carragher.
“I believe £150 million is a tangy rate tag for him. He’s a splendidly nice gamer. We recognized he can rating aims in the Premier League, but I wouldn’t psyche if Liverpool prelude the period via Ekitike upward apex.”
