Alexander Isak - International C*nt

[alexf]

I did wonder if all that talk mid season about how contract talks will wait til the summer as he still had 3/4 years on his deal, might just have irked him slightly, and his agent of course. 

I don't disagree with the clubs view at the time. But there is an alternate reality where if he got a little bump and reward sooner, he may have been happier going into this summer. It's possible he and his agent may have demanded a release clause aswell but we possibly could have negotiated something that we would be happy with. We (maybe Mitchell) sort of left the door ajar for all of this to possibly happen this summer and had to rely on him being happy and not pushing for a move if someone came in which put us on very loose ground. 

There was also a bit of a theory last season that he raised his game in those Arsenal cup ties and was almost trying to show off his value to the "bigger" teams. However I dismissed it at the time as just him happening to be in good form in that moment. 

[Decky]

If they want to bid for him that's fine but even if we're willing sellers we shouldn't be letting the deal be completed until we've got our replacement, and I don't mean fucking Jackson.

[Kanj]

5 minutes ago, Joelinton7 said:

 

 

This whole thing is fucking insane. Leaving his own boys in the dark? Fucking pricks move like. 

[Elliottman]

15 minutes ago, Kanj said:

Simon has been fucking incredible about this whole saga tbh. 

He’s been absolutely sound, very refreshing and one of the only ones you hear rip into PSR the way he does. 

[gdm]

Just now, Elliottman said:

He’s been absolutely sound, very refreshing and one of the only ones you hear rip into PSR the way he does. 

Having Howe on his podcast changed his Newcastle stance a lot imo 

[gdm]

1 minute ago, Kanj said:

 

This whole thing is fucking insane. Leaving his own boys in the dark? Fucking pricks move like. 

The Newcastle players know exactly what’s going on. 

[Mike]

20 minutes ago, Kanj said:

Simon has been fucking incredible about this whole saga tbh. 

 

This is why I know we're in cloud cuckoo land.

[Ikon]

So still no bid then?  All they want is to unsettle him and us as a club. They would have tried for him even earlier otherwise. Absolute cartel pisstake this. 

[Fak]

Just now, Ikon said:

So still no bid then?  All they want is to unsettle him and us as a club. They would have tried for him even earlier otherwise. Absolute cartel pisstake this. 

 

No bid but they're wanting to arrange a meeting this week to discuss a number that would make us think about accepting their bid. 

[TRon]

1 hour ago, Kanj said:

Simon has been fucking incredible about this whole saga tbh. 

 

 

He's calling out Liverpool and their underhand tactics, and rightly so. These cunts have got us in a PSR headlock otherwise we could have bought out their whole team and used them as our feeder club. 

[Nucasol]

Absence of any “main man” alternatives means I’m switching my bet to this not happening, purely on the basis the market is drier than a Saharan summer.

[Eveready]

Should get PIF Saudi clubs to start offering Liverpool player's £1m a week wages then lowball them with £5m transfer fees to start a bit of unsettling back.

[Andy84]

First bid “within hours” according to cartel mouthpiece Jacobs

[Ronaldo]

2 hours ago, Green2025 said:

To me it seems like he told the club a long time ago. No doubt in my mind Liverpool communicated to Newcastle they are interested. You can call it tapping up, but a move like this, it takes months of work to gauge if a transfer is viable. Just because the story wasn't out earlier doesn't mean things weren't playing out in the background. Isak's no doubt been firm in his stance, hence Howe took the decision to leave him out of the tour.

Something has been different since the cup final or around then. I think the first contact was probably at that point. 
 

Weird way of doing it. Identifying targets early, sounding out interest and putting a financial plan for selling / affordability in place. 

[Lush Vlad]

1 hour ago, kingxlnc said:

For max engagement he goes on the opposite side of the spectrum for the rage bait. In this case the world and his wife wants him to go to Liverpool so his stance should be anti that 

I do think that is always the case with Talksport and the like. But I think there is probably genuinely a part of him who has seen all this before when he was at Palace. So is probably as sick to death of it as we are.
 

Player power, transfer sagas playing out in public, disingenuous agents and whatever else I’ve missed. Must be fucking annoying if you live and breathe that on a daily/weekly basis. 
 

No fan of Jordan. But I feel like he has been fairly consistent with stuff like this. 

[Palestoon]

17 minutes ago, Andy84 said:

First bid “within hours” according to cartel mouthpiece Jacobs

All the journos were reporting they'd only bid if we changed our stance on him not being for sale....

 

 

[Lush Vlad]

19 minutes ago, Andy84 said:

First bid “within hours” according to cartel mouthpiece Jacobs

So weird all this. How does it take this long and why would there be daily or even hourly updates like this?! 
 

Are they writing it all in hieroglyphics or something?! Utter drivel. 

[Andy84]

1 minute ago, Lush Vlad said:

So weird all this. How does it take this long and why would there be daily or even hourly updates like this?! 
 

Are they writing it all in hieroglyphics or something?! Utter drivel. 

References the ability to go now as Diaz gone to Bayern 

[gdm]

I want him gone but he can’t go now. The window has been so bad he can’t be allowed to leave. Suck it up and earn your money 

[BennyBlanco]

3 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

So weird all this. How does it take this long and why would there be daily or even hourly updates like this?! 
 

Are they writing it all in hieroglyphics or something?! Utter drivel. 

 

I think it’s all pretty calculated. Death by a thousand cuts type stuff.

[Lush Vlad]

Just now, Andy84 said:

References the ability to go now as Diaz gone to Bayern 

I said earlier in the thread though, I’m not having that as a reason at all. That deal was so far along that they could have been bidding and negotiating already. 
 

I don’t follow PSR. But I don’t believe there is anything that means you have to have the available headroom there and then before you’re allowed to sign or even bid for players  
 

Just all part of their plan to put more and more pressure on via the media and unsettle Isak even more. All under the guise of trying to appear ‘respectful’  

 

Do me a fucking favour with that shite. 

[Lush Vlad]

Just now, BennyBlanco said:

 

I think it’s all pretty calculated. Death by a thousand cuts type stuff.

Yep. See my last post on this. All part of their plan. The despicable cunts. 

[Ben]

I like most people are really pissed off with the current situation, which i personally think is justified. 

 

I'm currently bouncing off the walls after reading Oliver Holts hit piece he's just released, fuck me he's an absolute cunt.

[Lush Vlad]

Part of me likes that the club and Howe in particular try and do things the right way. I mean in the eyes of the media and other fans. I don’t think we rock the boat too often or kick up a massive fuss in the press or pre/post game. 
 

I suppose that is a good thing with the current questionable at best ownership and everyone being against us. But I wish every now and then we’d bite back and even Howe would call out some of these gutter journo cunts for what they are. 

[The Fountain]

I'll repeat what I said earlier £200m and all settled by 5th August. No negotiations.

If Liverpool can't afford it because they've bought other players and offered others huge pay rises that's their tough shit.