Jamie Carragher has questioned the knowledge of Liverpool signing each Hugo Ekitike and, probably, Alexander Isak this summer season.
The Premier League champions spent £69million on bringing Ekitike to Anfield from Eintracht Frankfurt but remain interested in Newcastle striker Isak.
Each males play predominantly by means of the center, though Ekitike may also play off the left.
Ekitike may very well be an costly back-up at Liverpool
And Carragher believes it’s shocking that Ekitike was signed for such a big quantity given he could be a again up if Liverpool do handle to prise Isak out of St James’ Park.
The previous Liverpool centre-half outlined his ideas alongside Paul Scholes on The Overlap after which took to X to elucidate it additional.
Having outlined his preliminary uneasiness at Liverpool probably spending £150m on Isak, Carragher then mentioned it was “un-Liverpool-like” to spend £69m on a squad participant.
The Reds noticed an preliminary method for Isak rejected by Newcastle and outlined the actual fact they’d not be speeding in with an improved provide.
Isak set for crunch talks at Newcastle
Isak is about to fulfill with Magpies boss Eddie Howe at the moment for the primary time since skipping the membership’s pre-season tour of the Far East. He subsequently skilled on his personal at former membership Actual Sociedad in one other indication of his dissatisfaction with life on Tyneside.
Along with Ekitike, Liverpool have additionally signed Florian Wirtz this summer season.
Darwin Nunez is about to depart Anfield, nevertheless, with Al-Hilal closing on a deal for the Uruguay worldwide. Al-Hilal and Newcastle are both owned by the Saudi Public Investment Fund so it may be by boosting Liverpool’s transfer pot they are increasing the chances of Isak moving to Merseyside.
