Alexander Isak - International C*nt

[Lazarus]

8 minutes ago, madras said:

Could that not be seen as constructive dismissal ?

 

Possibly but football is a weird gray area and Isak has already breached the terms of his contract.

[The College Dropout]

Just now, Matt1892 said:

This is a really good point, it wouldn’t just be about money but him having the ability to jump ship without us having to accept an offer, getting him out of the position his agent put him in by not asking for a release clause in the first place.

Which tbf is fine. It wouldn’t have been £110m. 
 

We gave the same thing to Bruno with his new contract. 

[Fak]

10 minutes ago, madras said:

Could that not be seen as constructive dismissal ?

 

Surely loads of clubs have done that to players in the past

[The Prophet]

Just now, Matt1892 said:

This is a really good point, it wouldn’t just be about money but him having the ability to jump ship without us having to accept an offer, getting him out of the position his agent put him in by not asking for a release clause in the first place.

 

Seems a bit of a leap that he's referring to a release clause that's never been negotiated.

[Nine]

They will bid again before the weekend, the timing is of course calculated 

 

 

Edited August 19, 2025 by Nine

[Toonjam88]

9 minutes ago, RobsonsWonderland said:

So you think it's only about money?

 

I suspect we would have paid more and the situation still would have happened.

 

This behaviour is beyond the norm of any player.

 

I heard a rumour today we have offered him £200k a few weeks ago turned it down and a week ago £248k and turned it down. No idea if true but I’m sure we have offered him contracts. He is now trying to paint himself as being the victim here. I am fuming and can’t stand the fucker 

[The Prophet]

 

[TheBrownBottle]

5 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

It wouldn’t really.  An extra year on his contract meant we could give him another £2m per year at equal amortisation cost. Another £3m is like Lascelles salary money - it’s not a lot. An extra year £2-3m per year in total additional PSR cost is not a lot. 
 

And again - it prevents this situation. Which is ultimately worth a lot more than £2-3m.  
 

Chelsea are idiots mostly. But they were right to give Palmer the new deal and they did so after about 18 months on an already 7 year deal or whatever it was. You pay him his worth and he can’t complain- all the while locking him down to protect his value. 
 

This situation is awful.  Isak has made poor decision after poor decision. But the club has made multiple poor decisions too. Eales and Mitchell the repeat offenders. They didn’t manage the fans or Eddie well im not surprised they didn’t manage the players well either. 

100% to all of this. 

[Colos Short and Curlies]

4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

It wouldn’t really.  An extra year on his contract meant we could give him another £2m per year at equal amortisation cost. Another £3m is like Lascelles salary money - it’s not a lot. An extra year £2-3m per year in total additional PSR cost is not a lot. 
 

And again - it prevents this situation. Which is ultimately worth a lot more than £2-3m.  
 

Chelsea are idiots mostly. But they were right to give Palmer the new deal and they did so after about 18 months on an already 7 year deal or whatever it was. You pay him his worth and he can’t complain- all the while locking him down to protect his value. 
 

This situation is awful.  Isak has made poor decision after poor decision. But the club has made multiple poor decisions too. Eales and Mitchell the repeat offenders. They didn’t manage the fans or Eddie well im not surprised they didn’t manage the players well either. 

 

Not arguing or disagreeing that the club potentially dropped the ball over the past 6-9 months on a contract but I'm sure that if a contract had been given last summer at say £200k a week we'd still be here as he's looking for £300k a week.

 

[Memphis]

Cannot think of a player who has gone down more in my estimation so quickly. Always seemed to think he was a little too cool for the club, always a little detached, but I took that as something of a Swedish thing more than an Isak thing. Now it looks like that was just him being him. 
 

I wish Mitchell hadn’t fucked everything up. I wish the club had been smarter about handling this upfront. But that’s no excuse for him to make an absolute cunt of himself and to shit all over the fans and his teammates. He has made two amazing years evaporate in a few short

weeks of selfish petulance. 
 

There’s no way back for him now. 

[cubaricho]

It's wild to me that all of this is happening without Liverpool even coming back in with a decent offer.  

[TK-421]

2 minutes ago, Toonjam88 said:

I heard a rumour today we have offered him £200k a few weeks ago turned it down and a week ago £248k and turned it down. No idea if true but I’m sure we have offered him contracts. He is now trying to paint himself as being the victim here. I am fuming and can’t stand the fucker 

Whey, he's trying to join the right club then!!!

[Fak]

Just now, cubaricho said:

It's wild to me that all of this is happening without Liverpool even coming back in with a decent offer.  

 

Probably a ploy from Isak & his agent to try get the club to drop the asking price a bit before they bid again. 

[Jaqen]

24 minutes ago, STM said:

I genuinely feel like that when Liverpool signed Ekitike, they only partially retained an interest in Isak, at a certain price. 

 

Theres been nothing to suggest hes some sort of "top target" since they signed Ekitike.

 

They could bid 150m for Isak and our board would likely accept, simply to wash their hands off him. But Liverpool want to lowball us and thats because they neither have finances nor the will to do a proper deal with us.

 

Just makes Isak situation more bizarre. Hes twerking for a club who's only half interested.

 

Yup. Liverpool know they'd be paying £150m to cause themselves a problem really. As that means it's basically Ekitike on the bench or forced outwide in place of Gakpo who's a better winger really. 

 

Liverpool probably do need another forward but the links they've had to Barcola or Rodrygo makes much more sense as they are alot more versatile and can play multiple positions in the front 3. 

 

Like Hope (I think) suggested the £110m offer was Liverpool bottling it knowing we'd tell them to fuck off. 

 

 

[Fak]

Just now, TK-421 said:

Whey, he's trying to join the right club then!!!

 

[madras]

7 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

It wouldn’t really.  An extra year on his contract meant we could give him another £2m per year at equal amortisation cost. Another £3m is like Lascelles salary money - it’s not a lot. An extra year £2-3m per year in total additional PSR cost is not a lot. 
 

And again - it prevents this situation. Which is ultimately worth a lot more than £2-3m.  
 

Chelsea are idiots mostly. But they were right to give Palmer the new deal and they did so after about 18 months on an already 7 year deal or whatever it was. You pay him his worth and he can’t complain- all the while locking him down to protect his value. 
 

This situation is awful.  Isak has made poor decision after poor decision. But the club has made multiple poor decisions too. Eales and Mitchell the repeat offenders. They didn’t manage the fans or Eddie well im not surprised they didn’t manage the players well either. 

It does t really affect the PSR position in that way but if the release clause demanded was way short of value that would affect PSR down the line.

[gbandit]

3 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

Well said 

[gbandit]

4 minutes ago, Toonjam88 said:

I heard a rumour today we have offered him £200k a few weeks ago turned it down and a week ago £248k and turned it down. No idea if true but I’m sure we have offered him contracts. He is now trying to paint himself as being the victim here. I am fuming and can’t stand the fucker 

He’s as two-faced as they come. Never going to have hated a player more when he finally leaves 

[Alberto2005]

Decent caller on Talksport just then, O'Hara is a complete bellend.

[Matt1892]

1 minute ago, gbandit said:

Well said 

You can like the post in the bottom right corner.

[Shadow Puppets]

4 minutes ago, cubaricho said:

It's wild to me that all of this is happening without Liverpool even coming back in with a decent offer.  

It’s happening in the hope that they don’t have to improve their offer much. That’s the point.

[Wolfcastle]

23 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Collymore closing in.

 

[The College Dropout]

1 minute ago, Colos Short and Curlies said:

 

Not arguing or disagreeing that the club potentially dropped the ball over the past 6-9 months on a contract but I'm sure that if a contract had been given last summer at say £200k a week we'd still be here as he's looking for £300k a week.

 

I disagree though. If there’s a release clause there’s no conversation. They activate the release clause or we do not sell you.  And if there’s no release clause- you just signed a new deal last year, we stick to those terms. 
 

[Haz]

Need clarification? If the agreement exists, was it about contract modification or an agreement he could move on?

 

 Either way, he’s still a cunt. 

[gbandit]

Just now, Matt1892 said:

You can like the post in the bottom right corner.

You’re in the top three shittest posters on this site and that’s some going I can tell you