Whitley mag

Reasonable position to take.

Yeah, even Downie was implying we should just accept the offer as the player wants the move in his latest video. Nauseating stuff.

Brilliant signing if it happens. He’s younger than Isak and has all the tools to be a huge success given time. Delighted if the club has gone this route instead of someone like Watkins.

Even if we sign Sesko still need to screw these for 150 million plus add ons. The scouse media will automatically assume we’ll accept 120 once a replacement arrives. Time to run with the narrative that Sesko is here to play with Isak

Fucking travesty as well.

Can’t help but feel the fans are partially to blame for this. Best striker in Europe and all we could muster was ‘who put the ball in the mackems net’. Be even more painful when the scousers are serenading him with some witty original tune. Think this will feel like when Cantona left Leeds for the Mancs, very painful. On the positive front ‘who put the ball in the mackems net super Olly Watkins’ will be easy to manage for the masses after December.

I’ve got serious reservations about the current transfer set up, but not a chance where looking at fucking Disasi.

Rushing to get the Chronicle after finishing work and reading day old newspapers whilst on holiday abroad. These were the good old days of summer transfer speculation.

Impeccable timing by Romano, almost as if someone’s put him up to that one.

Completely agree. Selling Isak is unpalatable and difficult to swallow if it happens, however if the worst case scenario happens it gives us huge PSR breathing room. Blowing that chance of a rebuild would be criminal, especially taking into account the ageing nature of our squad.

As painful and depressing as it would be signing DCL, you are absolutely correct in this scenario. We would be bailing out Villa from their PSR issues and giving ourselves a massive headache down the line. It would be reckless and irresponsible, it’s to be hoped the idea is shot down by those managing the finances.

These small time cunts could only dream of having a player like Isak and knocking back 100 million plus bids.

No chance did they think 110 would get him, it’s all part of the negotiation. The media is in their pockets and the games will continue. They’ll still think they can get him for 130 million in the end. It’s to be hoped our resolve remains firm and much will depend on Isak. As much as I’d love us to let him rot, I don’t think the club will see that as an option if he refuses to play for us.

It would be shocking business and confirm all my worst fears about giving Howe full control of transfers.

Watkins is 30 in December and relies a lot on his pace. They’d want 60 million at least to sell him at this late stage of the window. PSR wise it’s expensive as fuck. To bring down the cost of the deal you’d have to give him a longer contract, then you’d be committing 150k per week until he’s in his mid 30’s. Are people seriously thinking splashing circa 100 million on 2 strikers with a soon to be combined age of 58 is a good idea? I seriously hope PIF would block Howe on this. He’s looking seriously out of his depth having responsibility for transfers this summer. If he lost his job after a bad start to the season, we’d be in the fucking shite massively and stuck with assets with no re-sale value.

It’s definitely not over they will be back. They clearly want him for 130 million ish and hope by low balling us we’ll compromise. They’ll also be hoping that Isak continues his refusal to play and feigns injury to force our hand. Let him rot on the bench and play Lascelles up front if necessary.

I’d tell Isak at this point you either sign a new contract on the max we can afford, with a 150 million buy out option for teams abroad. Alternative you’ll be on 150k for the next 3 years and we are happy to let you go for nowt in 3 years. I think he’ll put pen to paper by the end of September at the latest.

Undoubtedly, but the manager is risk averse and thinking short term. All managers given the chance will do this, it’s why there should be a DOF in place with an overarching vision for the club. Great coach, ambassador and man manager, but this summer has showed that’s where his remit should remain.

Not a chance he’s leaving now at this late stage in the window. Liverpool clearly won’t pay 150 million and we can’t source a replacement worthy of the name.

No PL experience and hasn’t been scouted for 3 years.

Frightening with an extra 8 games this season. Even worse when you consider one of those midfielders is Willock.

Newcastle United will not allow Alexander Isak to leave unless they secure two new strikers this summer. For all the talk around the Sweden international, who is currently training on his own at former club Real Sociedad, in the end it is likely to be cold, hard transfer market dynamics that dictate the next steps on Tyneside. A realistic prospect? No-one at Newcastle is quite sure what happens next but the silence from the club about Isak’s decision to train with his own private conditioning staff in San Sebastien tells its own story. While some fans have taken Isak’s return to Spain as a huge sleight – with some justification, it must be added – the club are keeping a clear path open for Isak to be reintegrated and are not about to criticise their player. Sources suggest they knew of Isak’s whereabouts but further details are scant. Newcastle’s wantaway striker Alexander Isak is training alone at former club Real Sociedad (Photo: PA) It is unlikely to have been encouraged by Newcastle, put it that way, but there has been no talk of him going AWOL and Eddie Howe will not castigate him for it ahead of the game against Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend. A political tightrope is being walked that makes for difficult viewing for fans already disenchanted with Newcastle’s inability to capitalise on the momentum of last season but their approach makes a lot of sense. Firstly because the club’s not-for-sale message is a genuine one, but also because if relations break down entirely, it could have a ruinous impact on their season. As one Premier League recruitment source summed it up on Thursday: “This sort of thing happens all the time. “It is more pronounced here because it is playing out in public but nothing is irreparable and no footballer will refuse to play for his club after 1 September. “I think Newcastle have that in their mind here.” The Magpies are pushing hard for a £30m deal for Brentford striker Yoane Wissa (Photo: AFP) Newcastle remain interested in Brentford striker Yoane Wissa but, as revealed by The i Paper on Monday, the Bees are adamant that he won’t leave this summer unless a replacement can be secured. Wissa is keen on Newcastle and wants to play Champions League football but the irony has not been lost on both clubs that they find themselves in an identical position in the final weeks of a difficult transfer window. Isak is in such rarefied air that there is a vanishingly small pool of potential replacements. Newcastle have already missed out on Hugo Ekitike, who signed for Liverpool for £69m from Eintracht Frankfurt, and while they want RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko, there is pessimism internally about that move, with Manchester United rivalling them for the forward. There are also some reservations about the price tag, which is similar to Ekitike despite the belief that he needs more work, and whether he would need time to adjust to the demands of a Premier League season. Your next read There are other options – Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson and Paris Saint-Germain’s Randal Kolo Muani are two that have been floated, while they may reverse their position of being lukewarm on Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins – but all feel a bit too reactive for a club that had always intended to player trade from a position of strength. Quite what the big plan is at Newcastle no-one is saying at the moment. Former Real Madrid head of global partnerships David Hopkinson is expected to be appointed as chief executive before the season starts and he has a daunting in-tray that should begin with a thorough review of what has gone wrong this summer. Does all of this mean Isak will stay at Newcastle? The situation remains on a knife edge. If Liverpool make a bid close to the £150m the club want, that is a potential game-changer. But those at Anfield are playing a waiting game of their own – keen to jump on the opportunity of signing another elite talent while aware that the situation is far from straightforward. At least for the moment, the majority of the manoeuvering appears to be coming from Isak himself.

Hopes article is depressing but probably a very true summary of where things are at. Eddie is seriously getting off lightly mind if he is now pushing the Wolves striker. It’s starting to beggar belief.

Another cunt.