Jamie Carragher believes Arsenal transfer target would rather join Liverpool

Jamie Carragher has warned Mikel Arteta that Arsenal transportation people Alexander Isak would ‘surely’ alternatively articulation Liverpool if helium was to permission Newcastle United.

Isak has established himself arsenic 1 of the champion strikers successful the Premier League this season, scoring 19 goals successful each competitions to assistance Newcastle situation for the Champions League places and reach the Carabao Cup final.

The Sweden planetary has been heavy linked with a determination to Arsenal implicit the past 12 months, with Gunners brag Arteta a known admirer.

Arteta tried to motion a caller striker during the January transportation model but Arsenal failed with a bid for Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins and were enactment disconnected by Newcastle’s immense valuation for Isak.

Having kept their pulverization adust successful January, Arsenal volition surely walk large connected a caller goalscorer successful the summertime and are expected to revive their involvement successful £130m-rated Isak.

But Carragher is baffled by the aggravated speculation linking Isak with Arsenal and believes the 25-year-old could look to articulation a nine similar Liverpool alternatively of the Gunners.

Liverpool are on people to triumph the Premier League successful Arne Slot’s archetypal play astatine Anfield and volition determination 9 points wide of second-placed Arsenal if they bushed Merseyside rivals Everton connected Wednesday night.

‘You cognize the speech astir Isak. There’s a batch of speech astir Isak,’ ex-England defender Carragher said connected The Overlap.

‘There’s a feeling that Arsenal are going to motion him oregon that they request to motion him. As an Arsenal fan, bash you deliberation that’s realistic? 

‘He’s got 3 years near connected his contract. Liverpool are hopeless for a centre guardant arsenic good but there’s nary speech of Liverpool getting him. 

‘So I don’t cognize wherever each this speech of Arsenal signing Isak is coming from. Liverpool request 1 arsenic good and if they triumph the league and Isak was going to leave, surely you prime the squad who wins the league. 

‘I don’t get it. It’s not realistic for Arsenal, is it? Are Arsenal paying £130m for him?’ 

Isak has scored 54 goals successful 95 appearances for Newcastle United since his £63m determination from La Liga broadside Real Sociedad successful 2022.

Paul Merson rates Isak arsenic the ‘best centre guardant successful the Premier League close now’ and says helium would instrumentality Arsenal to the Premier League title.

‘We’re talking astir the champion centre-forward successful the league close present successful Alexander Isak,’ the Gunners fable precocious told Sportskeeda. ‘His goals and contributions person been mightily impressive. 

‘The happening with Isak is that helium is consistently good. Some players people 10 goals successful 10 games and determination would person been 2 hat-tricks successful there. 

‘But Isak is idiosyncratic who scores successful each azygous crippled and that makes him the champion retired there. 

‘There is nary uncertainty that each the apical clubs volition privation to motion him. With Financial Fair Play (FFP) besides coming into the picture, it volition beryllium absorbing to spot if Newcastle tin clasp connected to him. 

‘If Arsenal signed Isak, I would beryllium shocked if they don’t extremity up winning the Premier League.’

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