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PL Striker Transfer Grades

ESPN FC

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Soccer, Sports

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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The FC crew look back at the most expensive PL strikers this past summer and give out grades for each of the players' transfers so far. Plus, the crew react to another Bruno Fernandes interview and question why he would compare himself to Totti. Shaka Hislop also gives out his weekly power rankings! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.7

Welcome into latest edition of ESPNFC. I'm Dan Thomas joined by Craig Burley and

0:38.9

a Shack at Hislov. We also welcome to the show Frank LeBuff joins us as does Mark Ogden.

0:44.7

Now a lot of money. Should we see Mark and Frank? There they are. Lovely. Well, maybe you prefer not to.

0:49.1

A lot of money was spent in the summer on strikers from big Premier League sides and they

0:53.6

haven't exactly, most

0:55.0

them set the world in light.

0:57.0

Isaac, of course, the most expensive of the more at 145 million pounds.

1:02.0

We asked the boys to give us a grade for Isaac so far in his Liverpool career and as you can imagine it isn't very generous at all.

1:09.0

D minus is the average, Shaka and Ogi, not impressed at all with an F. Craig, a little more generous with a D minus, Burley. You're feeling generous these days. Well, hold on, Shaka gave an F. Yeah, exactly. Well, D minus is close to an F. It's that close, not really. Why not? Well, because I feel you've given him a little bit of wiggle room.

1:28.7

D is the highest grade there.

1:30.1

Frank has given me highest grade. I give him a little bit of wiggle room because he had to have a couple of injuries, but he had a horrendous summer, which is a lot of it down to him as well. Hasn't played well. did score a good goal at West Ham to be fair but that's kind of been about it

1:45.8

so yeah I was, you know, I thought D-minus was fair. You're okay. You gave an F. Is there not an argument to say that he's just not getting the supply, that because he's joined this team that's pretty much in free fall, he isn't getting the chances that he deserves? Well, they weren't in free fall when he signed. They were champions. They won the first five games and everyone said they were going to win the league by a mile again. So, you know, he went there when they were doing well. I just think that I think Craig's right. He's had injuries and he's not had great form. I think a lot of that he's down to himself, you know, the way he acted in the summer. He could have he could have trained he could have trained with Newcastle kept himself fit made sure that it was ready to start the season in in his best form but he barely trained so I think he's beginning to root what you saw in this in this instance that he should have put more in the summer and when he has played he's looked lethargic he's looked like he's not interested he's look he's really struggled so I mean I I know I'm going to talk about all the strikers that have moved and I think he's by far the best. I think ultimately he will come good, but he's got such high standards that he's delivered so badly that I think he deserves an F. Is this just a club icon? Sticking with Newcastle, angry at the way that he treated your old club shank no not at all

2:51.6

Augie agree with me in in him having an F oh he gives an F to both but to your point about no supply

2:58.6

Hugo Eiki TK who we come to has functioned quite well in that same in that same setup he's been fit hasn't he

3:06.6

to Craig's point if Alexander Isaac's excuse is. He's been fit, hasn't he?

3:11.8

To Craig's point, if Alexander Isaac's excuse is he hasn't been fit,

3:13.5

that's his fault.

3:16.4

He just about hit himself with a foot with a hammer.

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