Liverpool Shouldn’t Sign Isak For £150M – Carragher

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has said that he is not happy with the club’s proposed £150m swoop for Alexander Isak. He recently said that it just doesn’t feel like Liverpool’s way to spend so much during the transfer window.

Speaking during an interview, Carragher disclosed that LFC are never known to splash the cash on several players at once.

According to him, while he agrees that Alexander Isak will make Liverpool Football Club a lot better on the pitch, he doesn’t want the club to pay £150m for him.

He stated that the fact that Isak’s purchase automatically makes new signing Ekitike a bench warmer makes it even more questionable.

“In terms of what Liverpool have done in the summer by bringing in players, they’ve spent a lot of money and it doesn’t feel like the Liverpool way of doing things so much – or certainly if you listen to some supporters who have been on the owner’s case for so long!

He [Alexander Isak] will be an amazing signing, but from a fan’s point of view, for myself, I don’t want Liverpool to spend £150 million on Isak. You [Martyn Ziegler] just said he’s Liverpool’s number one target, and I can probably imagine that, but there’s something about Liverpool buying another striker [Hugo Ekitike], and he’s backup.

Something about it doesn’t feel right to me. I know Liverpool need numbers, for a number of reasons, at the top of the pitch,” he said.

The former defender noted that sporting director Richard Hughes has been a bit messy with his transfer decisions this summer.

Carragher concluded by saying that Liverpool’s dealings in the market do not seem well planned at the moment.

“I look at Isak, and he’s obviously thrown his toys out [of] the pram once Arsenal signed a striker and Liverpool signed a striker.

From his point of view and from his agent’s point of view, do they not tell Newcastle months ago that they wanted to move on? It feels a bit messy to me now.

For me, when I think of Liverpool, it doesn’t look really planned – I don’t think the plan is to buy a striker for £80 million, and then be looking to buy another one for £120m,” he added.