Alexander Isak - C*nt (resting his glass bones so he can get properly injured at the world cup)

[Geordie Magpie]

[Hanshithispantz]

We've been bent over a barrel.

 

We desperately need someone with a ruthless streak as it's pretty obvious Liverpool have known they were getting him all along, and for what price. They've been telling us through Romano for weeks what was going to happen 

 

 

Edited September 1, 2025 by Hanshithispantz

[Andy]

19 minutes ago, duo said:

It's a gamble - nothing more. 

 

Not as much of a gamble as keeping him, not signing a second striker, and hoping he just changes his mind and decides to play again. 

[TBG]

10 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

What would you have done?

 

Sold him to Real Madrid for £170m. Easy as that.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I'd like to see Slot answer some questions about how he feels about Isak's behaviour. 

[tarie4]

7 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

it's hard to make that determination before the window slams shut. Once again, Suarez is the mother of all cunts. And he somehow had one of his most productive seasons ever after his tantrum.

 

 

 

Look, Suarez was training and playing, but Isak wasn't. Same with Kane and the others. They all acted up, but they still played and trained. Isak completely cut ties with Newcastle. He didn't train or play. We're three games in, and he's not even on the bench. Comparing that to others who threw a fit but still played is just wrong.

 

When that meeting on Monday didn't go well, it was over.

 

Like I said, if the club thought they could bring him back, he'd stay. Him leaving shows there was no way back for him.

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, Andy said:

 

Not as much of a gamble as keeping him, not signing a second striker, and hoping he just changes his mind and decides to play again. 

as of yet, we haven't signed a second striker

[The College Dropout]

2 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

What percentages would you go for?

30-40% - I’m including the fee too. 
 

I manage people and contracts into the millions but obviously not to this degree (will log off here now and so some work). If in a similar situation I would think we’ve made several mistakes. With Isak, with Liverpool, in the transfer market for strikers. Over like 18 months. 
 

It’s the joining of the dots. Thats Ashworth and Staveleys strengths.  We lost that with Isak and then not negotiated well afterwards. 
 

 

Isak obviously takes the majority because he’s driven everything. Acted terribly - beyond what you could imagine. 
 

Ita true that you won’t find many players willing to burn down their legend in this manner. But to even attempt scorched earth you would think it would work and it did. Players don’t go scorched earth with Levy because they know it won’t work.  He doesn’t give them the space to think it will work.  

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Just now, TBG said:

 

Sold him to Real Madrid for £170m. Easy as that.

 

TBG for CEO. 

[tom1988]

Isak's behaviour aside, we've had our pants pulled down here. We should have stood our ground and said to him from the start that if he wanted to leave then it will be to a club outside of the PL and this should have been the message to the scousers from the start.

 

We've now caved in at a price below what we wanted and we've done so before the pubicly stated 'conditions of a sale' were met.

 

There's no way that we can gloss over this with any degree of copium. Despite it being a British record fee whatever, we lost and to the fucking bin dippers too.

[Benwell Lad]

No way Eddie Howe wanted a toxic, or even reluctant, presence in the dressing room. He will have had  significant input into the decision to go for the maximum fee available and draw a line under something which would have continued to be a distraction in the months ahead.

That decision had to be made today.

We now have to move forward united and with total focus on the team and season ahead.

 

 

Edited September 1, 2025 by Benwell Lad

[Groundhog63]

I can't be arsed quoting all the hard nosed businessmen with Masters degrees in football management BUT Eddie wanted him gone, lads

[Vinny Green Balls]

2 minutes ago, tarie4 said:

Look, Suarez was training and playing, but Isak wasn't. Same with Kane and the others. They all acted up, but they still played and trained. Isak completely cut ties with Newcastle. He didn't train or play. We're three games in, and he's not even on the bench. Comparing that to others who threw a fit but still played is just wrong.

 

When that meeting on Monday didn't go well, it was over.

 

Like I said, if the club thought they could bring him back, he'd stay. Him leaving shows there was no way back for him.

Suarez refused to train to try to force the move to Arsenal. Kane missed training as well to force the Man City move.

 

 

Edited September 1, 2025 by Vinny Green Balls

[andyman]

1 minute ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

I'd like to see Slot answer some questions about how he feels about Isak's behaviour. 

 

Fist magnets attract each other for some reason, I would guess he has no problems with his behaviour.

[1964]

1 minute ago, Benwell Lad said:

No way Eddie Howe wanted a toxic, or even, reluctant presence in the dressing room. He will have had  significant input into the decision to go for the maximum fee available

and draw a line under something which would have continued to be a distraction in the months ahead.

That decision had to be made today.

We now have to move forward united and with total focus on the team and season ahead.

Absolutely this, if, and its a big if we get a decent striker in today we are a lot better off than we were at the end of last season, with a shit Isak and Callum Wilson

[tarie4]

1 minute ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

Suarez refused to train to try to force the move to Arsenal. Kane missed training as well.

Did they miss a whole preseason and 3 epl games or did they just miss a couple of training sessions?

 

 

Edited September 1, 2025 by tarie4

[Coffee_Johnny]

Good riddance. Doubled our money, move on. 

[Chicken Dancer]

16 minutes ago, Famous Nick said:

when we visit Anfield he better hide... 

 

Joking aren’t you  

 

We barely lay a glove on them at Anfield, ever. Even when we lose in a fairly close scoreline, the game never feels like that. Hate playing there.

[The College Dropout]

You think Levy let Kane think he would be sold for anything less than his asking price at any point? He said he would only sell at £150m to City and he meant it. Kane missed a week of training.  
 

He said he wanted £100m the next year (or the year after) - 1 year left on the contract. He got it. 
 

You guys ever hear the term ‘duppy know who fi frighten’? People wont admit but that’s a major part of it. 

[Stottie]

Isak did not deserve 200k a week until he started clearly outproducing the (declining) Callum Wilson. Eddie chose to not start Isak over Wilson in the Carabao final against Man U. That was only two years ago.

 

It is speculation to suggest a player who has kicked up a summer 2025 level stink could have been placated with a still affordable wage (200k?) and a high release clause in summer 2024. Summer 2024 is when we sold Anderson and Minteh for PSR. Giving other players juicier contracts that cost more but might have our back and get us 10-20M more when they leave would not have been a priority. The Isak situation deteriorated publically most when it came out Ekitike was getting 250k. At that point, it was probably game over.

 

SkySports on here (on a stick) and their comment was about Villa was a dismissive mention of them "having to get creative with PSR".

Aside from selling desireable players to Sky 6 clubs, how do you "get creative" with PSR?

Are Bournemouth supposed to find a Huijsen every year?

[Andy]

5 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

as of yet, we haven't signed a second striker

 

As of yet. 

[Stottie]

2 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

Suarez refused to train to try to force the move to Arsenal. Kane missed training as well.

Yes, but those clubs were not in our PSR position.

Its much harder to play hardball when we cannot pay anything like the same wages at Liverpool and are not allowed to put extra money in to buy players (e.g., a striker to play when Isak is on strike) were we to sacrifice any money by not selling the wantaway player.

The system is set up to fuck us and clubs like us.

[Vinny Green Balls]

4 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

Suarez refused to train to try to force the move to Arsenal. Kane missed training as well to force the Man City move.

 

 

 

of course it's duly noted that they were back in training much quicker than Isak, but I am a bit skeptical that he'd continue the strike beyond the transfer window.

[tarie4]

Just now, The College Dropout said:

You think Levy let Kane think he would be sold for anything less than his asking price at any point? He said he would only sell at £150m to City and he meant it. Kane missed a week of training.  
 

He said he wanted £100m the next year (or the year after) - 1 year left on the contract. He got it. 
 

You guys ever hear the term ‘duppy know who fi frighten’? People wont admit but that’s a major part of it. 

Spurs knew they could bring him back, and they could afford to lose money then. What about us? Can we even bring Isak back? I don't think so. And are we in a good spot financially? Nope.

 

Spurs could take the loss, but we can't, sadly.

 

 

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

2 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

You think Levy let Kane think he would be sold for anything less than his asking price at any point? He said he would only sell at £150m to City and he meant it. Kane missed a week of training.  
 

He said he wanted £100m the next year (or the year after) - 1 year left on the contract. He got it. 
 

You guys ever hear the term ‘duppy know who fi frighten’? People wont admit but that’s a major part of it. 

 

You ever hear the term that comparing the negotiation strength of Spurs in 2023 to Newcastle in 2025 is more nuanced than ah fuck it never mind. Pissing into the wind. As you were.