Goldbossed

Some people like to be shut off from the real world, living in ignorant bliss. Unfortunately the real world is a cruel place.

Sell him now, get a cash injection that allows Newcastle to upgrade 3 positions to the required level. Keep him and struggle wire incomings having to penny pinch. Likelihood is that Newcastle won’t qualify for UCL in 26/27 and sell isak next season, having less cash to replace isak with and having no UCL to tempt incoming players. Really don’t see how delaying the inevitable, is anything than an act of pride. Pride isn’t going to help Newcastle achieve their goals

He wants to leave this summer. Yesterday should have been a wake up call, but some are still burying their heads in the sand. He will know more than most, how few clubs out there, can fulfil his financial and football ambitions. Liverpool fulfil both. The door is closed atm for city and arsenal. Barcelona can’t afford him, Real Madrid don’t have space for him. That leaves psg who might not want him. Isak isn’t some up and coming superstar. Hes almost 26 so the clock is already ticking.

Except your whole calculation is based on Isak being happy with a £100k salary increase. If he’s on a reported £120k, who is to say he doesn’t want £250k a week. That passes the threshold in your calculations. Then you factor in the impact it has on the other players the club wants to extend, and then the players Newcastle intend to sign. They will use the isak wage increase as a yard stick for negotiations. Newcastle simply aren’t in a position to push the boat on a single player at the cost of ruining their wage structure.

But how much room to facilitate that, is there. I’d rather go on what’s being said by the Newcastle manager and what’s been reliably being reported than ppl getting their calculator out based on forecasts

They are educated guesses. Without having the current financial statement, how can anyone give a certain answer. Ive seen various financial experts giving differing opinions on how much Newcastle can spend this summer, for that very reason

What maths? No one knows the exact financial situation of the club better than the manager of the club. Are you saying he is wrong? The athletic piece is also from the Newcastle correspondent. It’s what he would have been informed of

Eddie Howe : “Finances play a big part of course. “Anyone who doesn’t accept that is deluded. “It would be wrong to put that on each and every player, each situation is different, but we can’t and aren’t the biggest payers in the league, because we don’t generate the most income. “So, we have to fall in line with PSR, be very smart with what we do. “We have to control the wages of the players we have and that all plays a part in who we can attract.”

This was taken from The Athletic yesterday : “Alexander Isak's representatives have been keen to increase his wages but Newcastle are unable to massively increase his wages. If they do, they may need to trim the wage bill elsewhere, or potentially sell, due to PSR.”

Trent, Kelleher, Quansah, Elliott, and Tyler Morton are all home grown. That’s over £100mil that helps with PSR

That’s countered by any new players that would come in. Looking at 100k plus wages for them. You then factor in that the club will be trying to tie down the likes of Tonali, Livramento and Hall to new contracts as soon as possible

Newcastle can’t afford to give him a “ decent wage rise” because of PSR. The release clause you’ve quoted is also what he would go for anyway.

Wirtz is a midfielder, you’ve not got Ekitike there. Liverpool have raised £55mil so far in sales. Add Elliott £40mil, Nunez £60mil, Diaz £60mil, Morton £15mil, Tsimikas £10mil. Thats £240mil in total sales which almost covers entire spend including Ekitike. They can spend another £200mil on top to get Isak and Guehi