Liverpool will hope that it will be lucky to follow Alexander Isak in a transfer thaw that was a decade in production.
The red are massive admirers of the Newcastle striker after examining a deal for the first time during his breakthrough years at AIK Solna.
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Isak originally appeared on the Angard Radar after achieving the Swedish team AIK in February 2016 in his debut as a 16-year-old.
This year, a milestone proved to be a title winner team for the Liverpool recruitment team, which was based on data to build a title winner.
Sports director Michael Edwards, who has since returned to Fenway Sports Group owners of the club as managing director of football, Ian Graham, and the scouting department to analyze the transfer market, the then research-native Graham and the Scouting department.
Klopp wanted to reunite this summer with Borussia Dortmund’s Mario Holze, but the data favored Sadio Man.
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The following summer, Julian Brandt declined to move to Merseyside and Klopp was convinced that Mohamed Salah to Pivot.
Between these two transformative arrivals, a young striker, who was referred to as “Next Zlatan Ibrahimovic”, had changed the data mines.
The problem, however, was that Isak’s talent was visible to everyone after having broken a 105-year-old record when he became Sweden’s latest top scorer by finding the network against Slovakia.
In his potential, his AIK teammate Chinedu Obasi said to the Swedish Outlet Fotbollkanals: “He has great potential and I absolutely believe that he will go far.
“If he focuses and continues as he is, he can become Sweden’s next Ibrahimovic.
“He has the potential, everyone can see it.”
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Liverpool was the competition for Isak’s signing from Leicester, Bavaria Munich and Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid.
In the end it was Borussia Dortmund who was famous for her role in the development of young players and won the race for him in January 2017.
The transfer of £ 8.6 million exceeded the record fee for a Swedish teenager when Ajax 2001 paid Malmö for Ibrahimovic for Ibrahimovic.
The former director of Dortmund Sporting, Michael Zorc, said: “Alexander Isak is an extremely talented striker who wanted to sign many top clubs in Europe.
“We are pleased that he selected Borussia Dortmund. Both BVB and the player themselves are convinced that this transfer has great potential.”
Liverpool reacted to the disappointment by capturing Dominic Solanke from Chelsea months later, but neither of the two strikers found her feet to her respective new clubs.
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In contrast to Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland, Isak could not adapt to life in Germany and only played four minutes under Thomas Tuchel at BVB.
A move to Real Sociedad in summer 2019 the company turned to deal with it, and soon Liverpool returned to the table.
Micky Gray, the co-comentator for Isak’s player of the game for the Swedish 1-0 victory against Slovakia at Euro 2020 at Talksport 2, asked the English teams to sign the striker.
He said, “He is 21 years old.
“I have no doubt that he could do it every week in the Premier League. I would like to see him. We want to see how top stars play in the Premier League and he would be a great addition.
“I thought he was fantastic. When he had the opportunity to run on the back line, he was fantastic.
“He might have got a hat trick on another day, but his overall performance was absolutely first class.
“He has a young player of the year in Laliga and I think we have a star in production.”
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It was Newcastle who dared to jump the following summer, and Klopp pushed Liverpool instead to inject Darwin Nunez the money.
Ironically, the successor to Klopp, Arne Slot, three seasons later, tries to whip the Uruguayan to finance a change for Isak.
And ex-Liverpool hero Danny Murphy admitted that the red favorites will be for the Premier League title when Newcastle agreed. Who put a £ 150 million price With him in January.
“The big thing [at Liverpool] If you get in and who goes out, ”he said about White & Jordan.
“I have hypothetization here and it will probably not happen, but there was some news that ISAK may go to Liverpool.
“I know that sounds a bit wow, but can you imagine? Suddenly Liverpool are of course favorites.”
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