Part pundit, part dyed in the wool Red, Carragher manages to balance his passion for Liverpool with his position as one of the most strident and informed voices in English football.
To recap: Liverpool want Isak, Isak wants Liverpool. Newcastle’s conditions for sale, despite a public insistence that they don’t want a deal, is a £150m offer and two replacements of a similar standard.
Isak has scored 62 goals in 109 appearances for Newcastle (Photo: Getty)
An already fraught situation – the Sweden international will not be considered for Saturday’s opener against Aston Villa despite being fit – is being stretched to breaking point.
But Carragher, who sounds decidedly lukewarm about the deal, is not one of them.
“I wouldn’t like it if it was a Liverpool player and I do feel for the Newcastle fans a bit.
Carragher’s position is that he thinks Isak will be at Anfield before 1 September.
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But taking the nuclear option of refusing to be considered for selection is never the right path.
“Sometimes a problem occurs – and it happened at Liverpool when I was there with Steven Gerrard – where the player outgrows the club. He’s almost too good and that’s what has probably happened here.
“Transfers happen every summer but I don’t think you should ever go toxic or nuclear where you refuse to play or train. That may be what forces the move in the end, so who am I to say it’s wrong, but I just don’t like it. They’re paying his wages, they’ve been great to you, you’ve been great for them, just keep training, keep playing and hope a deal gets done.”
The Sweden international does not see his future at St James’ Park (Photo: Getty)Newcastle moved for the 23-year-old, insisting they wanted him and Isak in the same squad.
What occurred was Liverpool signing Ekitike and unsettling Isak. Carragher admits to feeling confused by that.
“They do need two more attacking players, they need another striker and they need another wide player to replace what’s gone. But when you sign a striker for £80m – and I think this kid [Ekitike] looks a really good player – Liverpool have signed him to be the next Isak.
“So I do worry a little bit for Ekitike. People say you need all sorts of different players and you do need that but sometimes you buy someone who is so expensive and so good they don’t have competition, they just play. That’s what Mo Salah has done for seven or eight years.
“The back up ends up getting frustrated, there’s no reason for them being there.
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“I look at it now and [Newcastle] at the time were trying to be strong, saying they wanted both of them.
“But when you think about it the best thing they could have done is sat down and said ‘You have Ekitike, we have Isak’ and everyone would be in a much better position.
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