Alexander Isak - International C*nt

[McDog]

Funny thing is I didn't realize "officially requesting a transfer" was a thing. I always thought it was a player just saying I want to leave but apparently there are ramifications. Never knew that. 

[Emotic]

5 hours ago, cubaricho said:

He told the club a long time ago he wanted out this window. 
 

 

 

 

 

It has popped up every so often in this megathread (also often on Reddit). Evidence has been furnished that this is all a manufactured lie by Ornstein. Quite strong evidence too. I shall repeat them here.

 

1) Ornstein’s most oft-repeated claim is that Isak told the club two weeks before the season ended, that he was going to leave. And Isak apparently repeated it to Eddie Howe on the last day of the season. Problem is, Ornstein himself has a video from that very last day of the season confidently stating that “Isak will stay at Newcastle after they got UCL”. If Isak had told the club he wanted out two weeks before the end of the video (there is yet another claim he told the club last year, but I forgot who reported it), would Ornstein be so confident to announce he was staying? Do you not think that Ornstein and Romano wouldn’t have known about this wantaway request two weeks before the end of the season? And reported on this bombshell?
 

2) Given Isak’s agent’s nuclear behaviour when he wants out, and that Isak has been linked with Arsenal the entire time he’s been here - wouldn’t Arsenal or Liverpool tapped him up seriously; made moves to sign him from the very start of the window if he wanted out much earlier? Why wait until so late in the window? Prior to mid-July, and the Ekitike fiasco, there was no noise at all about Isak leaving, from a media which is rapacious about reporting every single aspect of his apparent desperation to do so.

 

3) Isak featured in our 25/26 kit launch. Media, content, adverts. The works. When Bruno was linked away last season because of that secret “release clause” business, he featured in none of the summer’s kit launch. Because the club rightly wouldn’t waste advertising with a player who might no longer be our player come the end of the window. If Isak were clear and unequivocal about his wish to leave, and communicated it to the club two weeks before the end of the season- why use him in promo material and a kit launch?

 

4) Before and during the point in time when we signed Elanga, Isak was twerking for him to come to us on his Instagram, leaving clues to the fanbase that we were close to Elanga, liking Elangas Instagram posts etc. Like the behaviour of someone excited for an international teammate to join him at club level. Not a sign of someone desperate to exit.

 

5) I haven’t yet found a credible source for this- but when we were apparently in for Liam Delap, his reason for not joining us (very poor in hindsight) was that he wanted to start, and not be cover for Isak. If we had known Isak was adamant on leaving, we would’ve convinced Delap to sign for us. 
 

There are other clues here and there. But for me, the turning point when it all happened was mid-July - Ekitike bid, Liverpool’s “sell us Isak or we buy Eki” threat. It all suddenly kicked off from there. It points to opportunistic, yet naive and stupid counsel from a terrible agent who didn’t draft an exit clause in Isak’s contract, and resorted to gangster tactics only after that to force a move.

 

No way Isak communicated any strong desire to leave much earlier on IMHO. This would’ve been leaked to the ghouls in the media immediately and we’d have heard no end of it as soon as the season ended and the window opened. Personally I was shocked by the outright lies that the media was happy to put out to drive home a narrative. There is no more truth and objectivity in reporting anymore, even from these so-called “Tier 1” journalists.

[GideonShandy]

3 hours ago, HayDen Traces said:

Yes and no. It protects the club in 2 ways to give him a new deal: 1- we insert a release clause for next summer meaning full value for us (also not having to worry about depreciation) 2- keeps him motivated this season and another 20+ goal season should see us back in top 2 tiers of Europe

A release clause doesn't protect the club in any way at all.

 

Suppose we give him a release clause promising to let him go if anyone offers £150 million.  Next summer Liverpool offers £110 million. Isaac and his agent demand that the club accepts it. The club doesn't and Isaac kicks off again just like this time. Refuses to play. How is the club any better off?

[GideonShandy]

7 minutes ago, Emotic said:

It has popped up every so often in this megathread (also often on Reddit). Evidence has been furnished that this is all a manufactured lie by Ornstein. Quite strong evidence too. I shall repeat them here.

 

1) Ornstein’s most oft-repeated claim is that Isak told the club two weeks before the season ended, that he was going to leave. And Isak apparently repeated it to Eddie Howe on the last day of the season. Problem is, Ornstein himself has a video from that very last day of the season confidently stating that “Isak will stay at Newcastle after they got UCL”. If Isak had told the club he wanted out two weeks before the end of the video (there is yet another claim he told the club last year, but I forgot who reported it), would Ornstein be so confident to announce he was staying? Do you not think that Ornstein and Romano wouldn’t have known about this wantaway request two weeks before the end of the season? And reported on this bombshell?
 

2) Given Isak’s agent’s nuclear behaviour when he wants out, and that Isak has been linked with Arsenal the entire time he’s been here - wouldn’t Arsenal or Liverpool tapped him up seriously; made moves to sign him from the very start of the window if he wanted out much earlier? Why wait until so late in the window? Prior to mid-July, and the Ekitike fiasco, there was no noise at all about Isak leaving, from a media which is rapacious about reporting every single aspect of his apparent desperation to do so.

 

3) Isak featured in our 25/26 kit launch. Media, content, adverts. The works. When Bruno was linked away last season because of that secret “release clause” business, he featured in none of the summer’s kit launch. Because the club rightly wouldn’t waste advertising with a player who might no longer be our player come the end of the window. If Isak were clear and unequivocal about his wish to leave, and communicated it to the club two weeks before the end of the season- why use him in promo material and a kit launch?

 

4) Before and during the point in time when we signed Elanga, Isak was twerking for him to come to us on his Instagram, leaving clues to the fanbase that we were close to Elanga, liking Elangas Instagram posts etc. Like the behaviour of someone excited for an international teammate to join him at club level. Not a sign of someone desperate to exit.

 

5) I haven’t yet found a credible source for this- but when we were apparently in for Liam Delap, his reason for not joining us (very poor in hindsight) was that he wanted to start, and not be cover for Isak. If we had known Isak was adamant on leaving, we would’ve convinced Delap to sign for us. 
 

There are other clues here and there. But for me, the turning point when it all happened was mid-July - Ekitike bid, Liverpool’s “sell us Isak or we buy Eki” threat. It all suddenly kicked off from there. It points to opportunistic, yet naive and stupid counsel from a terrible agent who didn’t draft an exit clause in Isak’s contract, and resorted to gangster tactics only after that to force a move.

 

No way Isak communicated any strong desire to leave much earlier on IMHO. This would’ve been leaked to the ghouls in the media immediately and we’d have heard no end of it as soon as the season ended and the window opened. Personally I was shocked by the outright lies that the media was happy to put out to drive home a narrative. There is no more truth and objectivity in reporting anymore, even from these so-called “Tier 1” journalists.

Another superb post by you.

[McDog]

4 minutes ago, GideonShandy said:

A release clause doesn't protect the club in any way at all.

 

Suppose we give him a release clause promising to let him go if anyone offers £150 million.  Next summer Liverpool offers £110 million. Isaac and his agent demand that the club accepts it. The club doesn't and Isaac kicks off again just like this time. Refuses to play. How is the club any better off?

 

 

I agree to small degree. You can still say fuck yourselves. He has a release clause just meet it, just like right now having a certain valuation. We can tell them to get fucked. A release clause allows them to get the player if they really want him and the player knows this.

[Optimistic Nut]

If he's still here and he's happy to give his all for the rest of the season, I wouldn't see an issue giving him £200k a week for the year then sell next summer. 

 

We can't go around all summer valuing him at £150m and knocking back bids, only to not be prepared to give him all we're capable of for a player of that value.

[Palestoon]

The new contract wouldn't be to reward his behavior, it would simply be a face saving exercise for all involved, and to draw a line under this whole summer fiasco.

 

Isak and his agent get better terms and a guarantee to leave next season if a club pay an agreed upon amount, and the club look strong in that they kept a player who they didn't want to sell.

 

It allows both sides to focus on this season and return to the status quo with some dignity in tact

[Skeletor]

https://news.sky.com/story/premier-league-opener-halted-after-antoine-semenyo-reports-racist-abuse-13412559

 

Good luck Ballsak.

[CPL]

5 hours ago, Emotic said:

It has popped up every so often in this megathread (also often on Reddit). Evidence has been furnished that this is all a manufactured lie by Ornstein. Quite strong evidence too. I shall repeat them here.

 

1) Ornstein’s most oft-repeated claim is that Isak told the club two weeks before the season ended, that he was going to leave. And Isak apparently repeated it to Eddie Howe on the last day of the season. Problem is, Ornstein himself has a video from that very last day of the season confidently stating that “Isak will stay at Newcastle after they got UCL”. If Isak had told the club he wanted out two weeks before the end of the video (there is yet another claim he told the club last year, but I forgot who reported it), would Ornstein be so confident to announce he was staying? Do you not think that Ornstein and Romano wouldn’t have known about this wantaway request two weeks before the end of the season? And reported on this bombshell?
 

2) Given Isak’s agent’s nuclear behaviour when he wants out, and that Isak has been linked with Arsenal the entire time he’s been here - wouldn’t Arsenal or Liverpool tapped him up seriously; made moves to sign him from the very start of the window if he wanted out much earlier? Why wait until so late in the window? Prior to mid-July, and the Ekitike fiasco, there was no noise at all about Isak leaving, from a media which is rapacious about reporting every single aspect of his apparent desperation to do so.

 

3) Isak featured in our 25/26 kit launch. Media, content, adverts. The works. When Bruno was linked away last season because of that secret “release clause” business, he featured in none of the summer’s kit launch. Because the club rightly wouldn’t waste advertising with a player who might no longer be our player come the end of the window. If Isak were clear and unequivocal about his wish to leave, and communicated it to the club two weeks before the end of the season- why use him in promo material and a kit launch?

 

4) Before and during the point in time when we signed Elanga, Isak was twerking for him to come to us on his Instagram, leaving clues to the fanbase that we were close to Elanga, liking Elangas Instagram posts etc. Like the behaviour of someone excited for an international teammate to join him at club level. Not a sign of someone desperate to exit.

 

5) I haven’t yet found a credible source for this- but when we were apparently in for Liam Delap, his reason for not joining us (very poor in hindsight) was that he wanted to start, and not be cover for Isak. If we had known Isak was adamant on leaving, we would’ve convinced Delap to sign for us. 
 

There are other clues here and there. But for me, the turning point when it all happened was mid-July - Ekitike bid, Liverpool’s “sell us Isak or we buy Eki” threat. It all suddenly kicked off from there. It points to opportunistic, yet naive and stupid counsel from a terrible agent who didn’t draft an exit clause in Isak’s contract, and resorted to gangster tactics only after that to force a move.

 

No way Isak communicated any strong desire to leave much earlier on IMHO. This would’ve been leaked to the ghouls in the media immediately and we’d have heard no end of it as soon as the season ended and the window opened. Personally I was shocked by the outright lies that the media was happy to put out to drive home a narrative. There is no more truth and objectivity in reporting anymore, even from these so-called “Tier 1” journalists.

 

Fantastic post. Howe saying he would be on the plane to Asia and then suddenly wasn't is another clue that he totally blindsided us. 

[Keegans Export]

5 hours ago, Emotic said:

It has popped up every so often in this megathread (also often on Reddit). Evidence has been furnished that this is all a manufactured lie by Ornstein. Quite strong evidence too. I shall repeat them here.

 

1) Ornstein’s most oft-repeated claim is that Isak told the club two weeks before the season ended, that he was going to leave. And Isak apparently repeated it to Eddie Howe on the last day of the season. Problem is, Ornstein himself has a video from that very last day of the season confidently stating that “Isak will stay at Newcastle after they got UCL”. If Isak had told the club he wanted out two weeks before the end of the video (there is yet another claim he told the club last year, but I forgot who reported it), would Ornstein be so confident to announce he was staying? Do you not think that Ornstein and Romano wouldn’t have known about this wantaway request two weeks before the end of the season? And reported on this bombshell?
 

2) Given Isak’s agent’s nuclear behaviour when he wants out, and that Isak has been linked with Arsenal the entire time he’s been here - wouldn’t Arsenal or Liverpool tapped him up seriously; made moves to sign him from the very start of the window if he wanted out much earlier? Why wait until so late in the window? Prior to mid-July, and the Ekitike fiasco, there was no noise at all about Isak leaving, from a media which is rapacious about reporting every single aspect of his apparent desperation to do so.

 

3) Isak featured in our 25/26 kit launch. Media, content, adverts. The works. When Bruno was linked away last season because of that secret “release clause” business, he featured in none of the summer’s kit launch. Because the club rightly wouldn’t waste advertising with a player who might no longer be our player come the end of the window. If Isak were clear and unequivocal about his wish to leave, and communicated it to the club two weeks before the end of the season- why use him in promo material and a kit launch?

 

4) Before and during the point in time when we signed Elanga, Isak was twerking for him to come to us on his Instagram, leaving clues to the fanbase that we were close to Elanga, liking Elangas Instagram posts etc. Like the behaviour of someone excited for an international teammate to join him at club level. Not a sign of someone desperate to exit.

 

5) I haven’t yet found a credible source for this- but when we were apparently in for Liam Delap, his reason for not joining us (very poor in hindsight) was that he wanted to start, and not be cover for Isak. If we had known Isak was adamant on leaving, we would’ve convinced Delap to sign for us. 
 

There are other clues here and there. But for me, the turning point when it all happened was mid-July - Ekitike bid, Liverpool’s “sell us Isak or we buy Eki” threat. It all suddenly kicked off from there. It points to opportunistic, yet naive and stupid counsel from a terrible agent who didn’t draft an exit clause in Isak’s contract, and resorted to gangster tactics only after that to force a move.

 

No way Isak communicated any strong desire to leave much earlier on IMHO. This would’ve been leaked to the ghouls in the media immediately and we’d have heard no end of it as soon as the season ended and the window opened. Personally I was shocked by the outright lies that the media was happy to put out to drive home a narrative. There is no more truth and objectivity in reporting anymore, even from these so-called “Tier 1” journalists.

Some really good points raised here.

 

Whatever the details, it's blatantly obvious that this has all been a ploy to force our hand and get us to budge from our valuation. Liverpool don't, in my opinion, have any intention of paying £150m for him*

 

Maybe it's them who are orchestrating it. Perhaps Liverpool’s interest is more "Great player, but we'd need a good deal" and the agent has told them "Don't worry, leave it to me". Could be Isak himself of course, desperate to leave for as little as possible so there's more money for his signing fee, salary, bonus...

 

Either way, to me this is all about getting his price down and that's why it leaves such a bitter taste in the mouth. Liverpool could stick £150m+ on the table (they can afford that, both literally and PSR wise) and really give us something to think about. All we've got so far is a derisory bid everyone knew would be rejected and a lot of noise.

 

*this could easily be proven wrong of course 

[RUHRLYASLEEVESUP]

5 hours ago, Emotic said:

It has popped up every so often in this megathread (also often on Reddit). Evidence has been furnished that this is all a manufactured lie by Ornstein. Quite strong evidence too. I shall repeat them here.

 

1) Ornstein’s most oft-repeated claim is that Isak told the club two weeks before the season ended, that he was going to leave. And Isak apparently repeated it to Eddie Howe on the last day of the season. Problem is, Ornstein himself has a video from that very last day of the season confidently stating that “Isak will stay at Newcastle after they got UCL”. If Isak had told the club he wanted out two weeks before the end of the video (there is yet another claim he told the club last year, but I forgot who reported it), would Ornstein be so confident to announce he was staying? Do you not think that Ornstein and Romano wouldn’t have known about this wantaway request two weeks before the end of the season? And reported on this bombshell?
 

2) Given Isak’s agent’s nuclear behaviour when he wants out, and that Isak has been linked with Arsenal the entire time he’s been here - wouldn’t Arsenal or Liverpool tapped him up seriously; made moves to sign him from the very start of the window if he wanted out much earlier? Why wait until so late in the window? Prior to mid-July, and the Ekitike fiasco, there was no noise at all about Isak leaving, from a media which is rapacious about reporting every single aspect of his apparent desperation to do so.

 

3) Isak featured in our 25/26 kit launch. Media, content, adverts. The works. When Bruno was linked away last season because of that secret “release clause” business, he featured in none of the summer’s kit launch. Because the club rightly wouldn’t waste advertising with a player who might no longer be our player come the end of the window. If Isak were clear and unequivocal about his wish to leave, and communicated it to the club two weeks before the end of the season- why use him in promo material and a kit launch?

 

4) Before and during the point in time when we signed Elanga, Isak was twerking for him to come to us on his Instagram, leaving clues to the fanbase that we were close to Elanga, liking Elangas Instagram posts etc. Like the behaviour of someone excited for an international teammate to join him at club level. Not a sign of someone desperate to exit.

 

5) I haven’t yet found a credible source for this- but when we were apparently in for Liam Delap, his reason for not joining us (very poor in hindsight) was that he wanted to start, and not be cover for Isak. If we had known Isak was adamant on leaving, we would’ve convinced Delap to sign for us. 
 

There are other clues here and there. But for me, the turning point when it all happened was mid-July - Ekitike bid, Liverpool’s “sell us Isak or we buy Eki” threat. It all suddenly kicked off from there. It points to opportunistic, yet naive and stupid counsel from a terrible agent who didn’t draft an exit clause in Isak’s contract, and resorted to gangster tactics only after that to force a move.

 

No way Isak communicated any strong desire to leave much earlier on IMHO. This would’ve been leaked to the ghouls in the media immediately and we’d have heard no end of it as soon as the season ended and the window opened. Personally I was shocked by the outright lies that the media was happy to put out to drive home a narrative. There is no more truth and objectivity in reporting anymore, even from these so-called “Tier 1” journalists.

Quality lad 

[kingxlnc]

Had a dream this was all the mother of 4d chess tactics by Eddie and he’s secretly been training with Eddie… so he STARTS against Liverpool next week and blows them away with a first half hat-trick! Cue Jim Ross screaming OMG OMG! 

 

If WWE wrote PL scripts eh? 

[bobbydazzla]

6 hours ago, Emotic said:

It has popped up every so often in this megathread (also often on Reddit). Evidence has been furnished that this is all a manufactured lie by Ornstein. Quite strong evidence too. I shall repeat them here.

 

1) Ornstein’s most oft-repeated claim is that Isak told the club two weeks before the season ended, that he was going to leave. And Isak apparently repeated it to Eddie Howe on the last day of the season. Problem is, Ornstein himself has a video from that very last day of the season confidently stating that “Isak will stay at Newcastle after they got UCL”. If Isak had told the club he wanted out two weeks before the end of the video (there is yet another claim he told the club last year, but I forgot who reported it), would Ornstein be so confident to announce he was staying? Do you not think that Ornstein and Romano wouldn’t have known about this wantaway request two weeks before the end of the season? And reported on this bombshell?
 

2) Given Isak’s agent’s nuclear behaviour when he wants out, and that Isak has been linked with Arsenal the entire time he’s been here - wouldn’t Arsenal or Liverpool tapped him up seriously; made moves to sign him from the very start of the window if he wanted out much earlier? Why wait until so late in the window? Prior to mid-July, and the Ekitike fiasco, there was no noise at all about Isak leaving, from a media which is rapacious about reporting every single aspect of his apparent desperation to do so.

 

3) Isak featured in our 25/26 kit launch. Media, content, adverts. The works. When Bruno was linked away last season because of that secret “release clause” business, he featured in none of the summer’s kit launch. Because the club rightly wouldn’t waste advertising with a player who might no longer be our player come the end of the window. If Isak were clear and unequivocal about his wish to leave, and communicated it to the club two weeks before the end of the season- why use him in promo material and a kit launch?

 

4) Before and during the point in time when we signed Elanga, Isak was twerking for him to come to us on his Instagram, leaving clues to the fanbase that we were close to Elanga, liking Elangas Instagram posts etc. Like the behaviour of someone excited for an international teammate to join him at club level. Not a sign of someone desperate to exit.

 

5) I haven’t yet found a credible source for this- but when we were apparently in for Liam Delap, his reason for not joining us (very poor in hindsight) was that he wanted to start, and not be cover for Isak. If we had known Isak was adamant on leaving, we would’ve convinced Delap to sign for us. 
 

There are other clues here and there. But for me, the turning point when it all happened was mid-July - Ekitike bid, Liverpool’s “sell us Isak or we buy Eki” threat. It all suddenly kicked off from there. It points to opportunistic, yet naive and stupid counsel from a terrible agent who didn’t draft an exit clause in Isak’s contract, and resorted to gangster tactics only after that to force a move.

 

No way Isak communicated any strong desire to leave much earlier on IMHO. This would’ve been leaked to the ghouls in the media immediately and we’d have heard no end of it as soon as the season ended and the window opened. Personally I was shocked by the outright lies that the media was happy to put out to drive home a narrative. There is no more truth and objectivity in reporting anymore, even from these so-called “Tier 1” journalists.

Excellent post. Although it’s interesting that you were shocked by the media’s ability to spread outright lies to drive home a narrative

 

The media specialises in telling lies to drive a narrative, especially the modern “journo” who has monetised their output and is effectively just a social media influencer 

 

I’d say a conservative estimate is that 80-90% of “journo” content is actually just false information intended to create engagement or push an agenda, or both 

[Emotic]

See, when we’re talking about business transactions, the ingredients for success are typically simple and straightforward. 1) Time. Time for the other party to consider a bid, time for a succession plan etc. And 2) Professionalism. We’re talking about multimillion pound assets here, negotiated by multibillion pound concerns.

 

In this saga, Isak, Isak’s agent, Liverpool and their client media have adhered to precisely none of these two ingredients. They left it late, and it is much later at this point in time as it ever was, for us to do proper succession planning. We have a right, as the contract owner and managers of our larger asset (the club on the whole) to decide who is an appropriate replacement for Isak, for example. In acting unprofessionally, they have robbed us of this opportunity, as everyone else now know we are in crisis. But we should not act in haste, sign any old striker at hand - because a wrong move then affects the greater asset in the long term.

 

In order to act unprofessionally, one must be aware of who you are dealing with. We’re not owned by, say, a noxious cheapskate businessman any longer. We’re owned by literally the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, of a nation with a lot of pride.

 

I actually appreciated Nottingham Forest’s stance and outcome of the Morgan Gibbs-White fiasco. As contract owner, control your situation, make your decision, but stand fast by it. It set a precedent and although I no longer like or trust that Isak can perform for us anymore, I would appreciate if the owners of our club make and communicate a stand - even if the final decision is “we won’t sell him, because the way they have gone about it is wrong and bad business. And if we can’t make him work for us, so be it.”

[Nucasol]

13 minutes ago, Emotic said:

I actually appreciated Nottingham Forest’s stance and outcome of the Morgan Gibbs-White fiasco. As contract owner, control your situation, make your decision, but stand fast by it. It set a precedent and although I no longer like or trust that Isak can perform for us anymore, I would appreciate if the owners of our club make and communicate a stand - even if the final decision is “we won’t sell him, because the way they have gone about it is wrong and bad business. And if we can’t make him work for us, so be it.”

This. Can’t state how much I appreciated Marinakis’s stance against the Cartel’s cannibalisation of any up and coming club. Watching the vultures fly around Bournemouth and Palace (add Wharton to the list of players who ‘simply must sign for a Big 6 club’) makes it the more imperative that clubs who can stick up for themselves do that.

 

The market hasn’t been helped by Brighton acting as a feeder club for Chelsea. They’ve done well financially but will forever be just a one season step on the way to something better in the minds of most players.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

9 hours ago, HayDen Traces said:

Yes and no. It protects the club in 2 ways to give him a new deal: 1- we insert a release clause for next summer meaning full value for us (also not having to worry about depreciation) 2- keeps him motivated this season and another 20+ goal season should see us back in top 2 tiers of Europe

 

2 for sure I agree, depends on his mindset I suppose. For 1, I'm not sure how much it affects us because even next summer he will still have 2 years left and we don't have to accept a reduced bid anyway. Suppose it depends on the amount of the clause.  

[Lish007]

I read an interesting take the other day that Isak's agent is not really an agent as is definitely into some underground dark stuff, and that some people think he's being threatened to act like this and if he doesnt, consequences would happen! 

 

From reddit newcastle board. Take from it what you will 🤷‍♀️

[Sibierski]

32 minutes ago, kingxlnc said:

Had a dream this was all the mother of 4d chess tactics by Eddie and he’s secretly been training with Eddie… so he STARTS against Liverpool next week and blows them away with a first half hat-trick! Cue Jim Ross screaming OMG OMG! 

 

If WWE wrote PL scripts eh? 

Isak being on the bench after he accepts move isn’t happening, followed by us winning would be a cock swinging move. End Monday night ahead of Liverpool and them chasing around for another attacker.

[Optimistic Nut]

I have a feeling he'll return to training today.

[Emotic]

15 minutes ago, Lish007 said:

I read an interesting take the other day that Isak's agent is not really an agent as is definitely into some underground dark stuff, and that some people think he's being threatened to act like this and if he doesnt, consequences would happen! 

 

From reddit newcastle board. Take from it what you will 🤷‍♀️

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/alexander-isak-agent-liverpool-transfer-35716584?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

 

Fill yer boots. Valdo Lemic is not even a FIFA-registered players agent. His proxy is his brother, who is registered. Gangland ties or not, his tactics have been so terrible that he has been banned from dealing with several clubs, not least amongst them AIK, which is Isak's foundational club in Sweden.

[Menace]

18 minutes ago, Lish007 said:

I read an interesting take the other day that Isak's agent is not really an agent as is definitely into some underground dark stuff, and that some people think he's being threatened to act like this and if he doesnt, consequences would happen! 

 

From reddit newcastle board. Take from it what you will 🤷‍♀️

 

He's literally living in one of the most developed western countries in the world - not a village in Serbia.

[ExiledGeordie]

12 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

I have a feeling he'll return to training today.

If Liverpool are going to bid again you’d imagine it would have to be this week? I mean if they truly signal they want him then stick a proper offer in giving us time to get a replacement in. The twatts will probably do it the day of the game in weeks time though.

 

You have a point in Isak, he’ll have to return to training at some point, I guess that might be if he gets indication from Pool they they’re going to leave it?

 

 

Edited August 18, 2025 by ExiledGeordie

[HayDen Traces]

6 hours ago, GideonShandy said:

A release clause doesn't protect the club in any way at all.

 

Suppose we give him a release clause promising to let him go if anyone offers £150 million.  Next summer Liverpool offers £110 million. Isaac and his agent demand that the club accepts it. The club doesn't and Isaac kicks off again just like this time. Refuses to play. How is the club any better off?

The player can't make that demand though. They're making that demand now and the clubs telling them both to get back in their box.

 

The release clause is their exactly for that reason, so both parties agree on what that agreed price should be.

[BennyBlanco]

21 minutes ago, Lish007 said:

I read an interesting take the other day that Isak's agent is not really an agent as is definitely into some underground dark stuff, and that some people think he's being threatened to act like this and if he doesnt, consequences would happen! 

 

From reddit newcastle board. Take from it what you will 🤷‍♀️

 

Im pretty sure the PIF have the resources, personnel, contacts and know how in how to quickly dispatch some former Balkan state wannabe tough guy.

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People have been watching too much Equalizer.