Liverpool legend, Jamie Carragher has come out to back the club to beat Arsenal in the race to sign Newcastle striker, Alexander Isak. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, even if he knows Arsenal would love a striker like Isak, Liverpool are desperate for a centre-forward as well, and the Swede has to go to a team that has a realistic chance of winning the Champions League.
Carragher added that even if there are no rumors as of now, he believes the Reds should be part of that queue for him in the summer.
His words, “I don’t really get all the talk about going to Arsenal. I know Arsenal would love him, but one thing I would say as well, Arsenal aren’t the only team that need a centre-forward. Liverpool need one as well. I think in the summer, Liverpool will be in the market for a centre-forward. So I think if he was available, there’s no doubt Arsenal would go for him, but I think Liverpool would be part of that queue as well.
The problem you’ve got with Real Madrid is they’ve got [Kylian] Mbappe, Barcelona I’m not sure have the money – but they probably would be in the market for a centre-forward because you think of the age of [Robert] Lewandowski. But if he’s to leave Newcastle, he has to go to a team that has a realistic chance of winning the Champions League because that’s how good he is.
You know the talk about Isak. There’s a lot of talk about Isak. There’s a feeling that Arsenal are going to sign him or that they need to sign him. As an Arsenal fan, do you think that’s realistic? He’s got three years left on his contract.
Liverpool are desperate for a centre-forward as well but there’s no talk of Liverpool getting him. So I don’t know where all this talk of Arsenal signing Isak is coming from. Liverpool need one as well and if they win the league and Isak was going to leave, surely you pick the team who wins the league. I don’t get it. It’s not realistic for Arsenal, is it? Are Arsenal paying £130m for him?”
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Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.
The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.
In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season. Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.
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