Liverpool’s former winger, Jermaine Pennant, believes that his club will finally land Alexander Isak, but will be sweated until the last minute.
The Swedish striker has made no secret of his wish to leave Newcastle this summer, and last Saturday was absent from the 0-0 draw of the Magpies against Aston Villa.
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Liverpool are the leaders in the ISAK competition and already have a bid of £ 110 million for the striker, which was previously rejected in the window.
The Merseyside outfit does not plan to give a second offer unless Newcastle encourages a deal.
But Pennant believes that there is simply too much water under the bridge so that Isak can successfully stay in the hearts of the Toon believer.
Even in the unlikely event he does, the 42-year-old believes that Newcastle has left a shell of Isak, who brought 23 league patients home last season.
Jermaine Pennant’s judgment on the Isak -saga
“I just can’t see her if you keep it now,” said Pennant in Liverpool from Talksport.
“There was so much noise, so much toxicity in relation to the problem. He is unsettled in the club.
“Even if they kept Isak, they don’t get the same player. They are facts. 70 percent, 80 percent isak, they don’t get the same player.
“He doesn’t want to be there, his heart is not in there. You can’t force anyone to be anywhere or whatever, he has to do it himself.
“Now it is worth losing £ 140 million to rebuild your squad to keep someone who will not give you what he could give you beforehand, and the value can also fall.
“I think the deal will be completed, but it will not be done while we play Newcastle. I think it will be a deadline day. It will be as if we were sweating it, Liverpool ‘. But I see it with certainty.”
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Liverpool is after the summer sale of Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez to Bayern Munich or Al Hilal for a new man for a combined sum of over £ 110 million.
Hugo Ekastens, who came to Liverpool despite great interest from Newcastle, started at the top and scored in her 4-2 victory over Bournemouth for the Reds to start her title defense of the Premier League.
Virgil van Dijk’s thoughts on Liverpool’s striker situation
Despite the arrival of Ekitens, the Reds skipper Virgil van Dijk believes that his site is still easy in the attack department.
Van Dijk spoke exclusively with Talksport after Liverpool’s defeat against Crystal Palace in the Community Shield: “Well, we have just lost Darwin, he went to Saudi and we lost Lucho, obviously he went to Bavaria.
“I think there is always space for an attacker to strengthen us. Let us see what the window brings about the team’s balance.”
Should Liverpool return with a second offer for Isak, successful persecution would take over your transfer editions this summer north of 400 million GBP.
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Ekitens, Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez, Florian Wirtz, Giorgi Mamardashvili are among those who have moved this window to Anfield.
Wirtz is the festival of margin that Bayer Leverkusen took part in the GBP of 116 million, which makes him the most expensive player in the history of the Premier League.
As far as Newcastle is concerned, chief Eddie Howe is simply interested in getting the Isak saga behind once and for all, regardless of the result.
“We are interested in a solution because the consistent noise in the team is not helpful for a team,” Howe told Talksport after the draw against Villa.
“We are aware of this, we want to close it, but we are not responsible, when.”