This summer, everyone wanted a striker.

First, Chelsea signed Liam Delap from Ipswich Town and João Pedro from Brighton. Then Arsenal signed Viktor Gyökeres from Sporting CP, and Liverpool signed Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt. Then Liverpool tried to sign Alexander Isak from Newcastle, before he publicly stated he no longer wants to play for Newcastle.

Except, Newcastle were about to sign Ekitike, a strikingly similar player to Isak, until Liverpool jumped in. So, Newcastle didn't have an Isak replacement -- instead he was playing for the team that was also trying to acquire Isak.

So, Newcastle tried to get Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig -- but the same thing happened. A bigger club, Manchester United, got involved, and Sesko went there instead. Of course, United nev

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