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It's out. https://www.newcastleunited.com/en/news/alexander-isak-statement-190825

Funny coincidence, so sharing this. Listening to a podcast right now with Haralabos Voulgaris and him talking about experience of buying and running Spanish club CD Castellon. And here's what he's just said: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL7Em47BN4J/?igsh=azg5aTA1aXB3YjNn

"Ekitike is class, and Isak seems like a proper weirdo mentalist - we now have the ick. Kthxbye"

There's conflicting reports about what is this alleged promise that has been broken. Promise of a new deal last summer, or promise that he would be allowed to leave? It's obviously telling that Isak's camp aren't being more specific.

Club's stance:

Exactly, focus everything on the guys who are here and putting in the graft. The least said about twatboy2025 the better.

This is absolutely rivetting stuff. Mental.

This is all fine, club remaining and will remain stoic over the whole thing as it should. I'm finding it is getting quite exciting and fascinating now. The circus will roll out around us, and we will just crack on. Isak has managed to de-humanise himself with all this, so one it's helped to the point I don't give a crap what happens to him personally and secondly it also helps the club's position to deal with him with less emotion and as an asset without seeming callous.

Oh right, scissor kicking Brazilian... Forgot about that

Of course he deserves it - but there will be a time for him to get pelters depending on how this unfolds. For now he remains an asset of the club, and it's the best interest of the club to have the opportunity of come back be on the table even if only in appearance - which is the note Eddie hit perfectly post match yesterday.

So, in conclusion to this round of games, the best striker in the league is Chris Wood

Well, not much cryptic about that message!

Ref giving in to soft flops all over the place with free kicks. But when that looked an obvious taking out of Saka, it's play on. The state of the game...

Wow. Premier League is back, alright.

Fucking whallop. Nice.

The back of that Southampton shirt is pretty horrifically plain.

The way he and his camp have gone about their business is obviously horrific, insulting and the worst of it. But the fact all this is for fucking Liverpool is horrendous. What a freak. Barcelona next year makes so much sense for him. They would suit each other so much. Liverpool, man, come on

A working relationship for the season would probably be the best and what Howe/the club are angling towards. We can't let him get his way now for many reason but the message it sends to other players is a big one. The effect of clubhouse morale is another part of this equation, but without the inside track it's hard to weigh the pros and cons. Luckily we have trusted manager to assess this part.

God damn. Can't see agent Wilson being able to pull that back.

https://x.com/FourFourTwo/status/1956731225433088038?t=JocMNIercIQ0mXLpc07uYQ&s=19

https://x.com/Im_RobM/status/1956730196519793087?t=9orZiXw7c8HDlRP1oMGRMA&s=19

Hmm, but we was banking on Watkins doing us over?

Eddie playing it perfectly as usual. And that's definitely his diplomatic way of saying that those chants from the fans don't help anyone.

Plus "greedy" isn't really the right word in this instance. As his desire for better pay is fair, it's the way he's doing things to the detriment of everyone who's helped him that is the issue. I'd say selfish or inconsiderate. Yeah, that would be a better chant

Yeap absolutely this.