By Cole Brennan, Transfer Torpedo

Manchester – October 28, 2025

Rúben Amorim has detonated the January window with a £120 million missile aimed at Anfield: Manchester United have formally lodged a bid to repatriate Alexander Isak, Liverpool’s £125 million summer flop, branding the Swede “the ultimate redemption project” despite a season so barren it’s been dubbed “The Arctic Goal Drought.” Club-to-club texts, timestamped 2:14 a.m. and verified by The Times, show Amorim personally texting Richard Hughes: “Name your price. We fix broken Ferraris.” Liverpool’s reply? A single thumbs-up emoji—then radio silence.

Skeptics scoffed at sunrise: United poaching a striker who’s scored twice in 14 Reds games, ghosting through Slot’s system like a Scouse snowflake? Yet the paper trail is molten. United’s opener—£90 million cash, £30 million in add-ons tied to top-four finish—landed on FSG’s desk yesterday, with Ratcliffe’s signature scrawled in red. Isak’s camp, led by Pini Zahavi, already booked a private jet from Merseyside for December 29 medicals at Carrington. X detonated: #IsakToUnited hit 5 million posts as Kopites torched scarves outside the Shankly Gates.

The enigma coils tighter. Why the obsession? Amorim’s encrypted dossier—leaked to Mail Sport—labels Isak “Haaland with humility,” citing 2023/24’s 21-goal Newcastle eruption before Liverpool’s “tactical straitjacket” froze him. Internal Opta heatmaps show United’s xG black hole (lowest since 1992) vanishes with Isak’s 6.8 box entries. Yet critics scream lunacy: “£120 million for a confidence cadaver?” Jamie Carragher raged on MNF. Whispers from Melwood hint Liverpool will counter-demand £140 million plus Rashford—daring United to flinch.

Deeper shadows: Amorim’s Sporting playbook revived Gyökeres from obscurity; Isak is his £120 million sequel. Leaked voice notes capture him snarling to INEOS, “Buy low, ignite fast—watch the market implode.” Meanwhile, Isak’s Instagram—a single cracked ice emoji—racked 3 million likes before vanishing.

The hook? United’s budget is allegedly £150 million total. Snaring Isak torches it, dooming dreams of a new right-back. Fans fracture: #GeniusAmorim vs. #RatcliffeReckless. One truth scorches: In football’s asylum, Amorim just bet the house on a frozen phoenix. Will Isak thaw into Old Trafford’s messiah—or bury two giants in Nordic frost? January 1 looms. Roll the dice.