Alexander Isak - International C*nt

[teohgk]

1 minute ago, Pandamninator said:

How does that mechanism work anyway? Does the contract outline in black and white the steps for an "official" transfer request?

 

If the club reached an agreeable deal with Liverpool and he came by asking for his Loyalty bonus on the way out, are there any grounds to point to today's statement and tell him to pester that bald Dutch nonce for it instead.

 

 

 

tbh i don’t have a clear idea how does it work, it depend on what agreement in his contract i guess

Usually if a player formally submitted a transfer request, would mean he acknowledge that he’s committing the offense of breach of contract thus the club will have the rights to void his loyalty bonuses, signing-on fee etc.

[BGRM]

Just woke up and read the statement (I didn't think they would respond so quickly). The club are playing a blinder and they need to stand their ground. Who the fuck does Isak think he is? I never want to see him in a NUFC shirt again, but I predict he will crawl back like the reptile he is. 

[Keegans Export]

Not a big player...

 

Is Ryan Fraser still on the books?

[Geordie Magpie]

7 hours ago, KaKa said:

We'd better get in enough options upfront to not have to be waiting around for this guy to get his stupid head right, never mind the fact he's had no pre season.

 

That will send the strongest message of all and really put him in his place.

Ideally we loan out Osula or sell someone we don't use much ( we only currently have one space left for the 25 man squad if a signing is over 21) and we get two strikers in anyways if he is going to continue this strop 

 

Can't see that happening tho, we will sign Wissa or someone else and be hoping he reintegrates into the squad once the window shuts 

[FloydianMag]

1 minute ago, Keegans Export said:

Not a big player...

 

Is Ryan Fraser still on the books?

Nah, at Southampton 

[nufcjmc]

Sanusi obviously 🙄 

[Guest]

20 minutes ago, Shadow Puppets said:

Nope. Not one of our big players. And I’m not going to say who because it’s unhelpful.

Could be Willock. Would explain why we bought Ramsey so quickly.

[John P]

It's defo Willock. Big pals with Isak and thick as mince 

[Nepharite]

4 minutes ago, FloydianMag said:

Nah, at Southampton 

Whoosh! 

[Gh0StFaC3]

1 minute ago, GeordieDazzler said:

Romano basically summed up Isaks statement in his two line tweet. This is fuck all to do with promises, it’s purely down to him deciding he wants to join Liverpool. 
 

He’s decided this is worth torching everything he’s built here to achieve that end. Man is a snake. 

It's just crazy to me.  We're not talking Real Madrid or something here... It's fucking Liverpool.  A team we beat in a cup final last season.

We were in with a shout of finishing in 2nd place with just a few weeks to go last season.  We are not a million miles from them by any measure, so what's the love affair with them specifically all about?

 

I can understand him wanting a pay-rise considering there are other clubs willing to pay him more, but he signed a long-term contract with us on wages he was happy with just a year ago (and had no release clause inserted)... That's football.  Sometimes contracts work in your favour (see Targett) sometimes they don't.

 

This is blatant tapping up and coercion through shady agent backroom deals and paid "journalist" mouth-pieces.

[St1pe]

I can’t shake how damaging this has been to us overall as a club though. I just wish there was another club interested so we could flog him elsewhere and move on. 
 

Same as others have mentioning this would all feel far better regardless of whether he stays or goes if we sign a striker good enough to be starting in the Premier League. 

[Novocastrian]

3 minutes ago, Gh0StFaC3 said:

It's just crazy to me.  We're not talking Real Madrid or something here... It's fucking Liverpool.  A team we beat in a cup final last season.

We were in with a shout of finishing in 2nd place with just a few weeks to go last season.  We are not a million miles from them by any measure, so what's the love affair with them specifically all about?

 

I can understand him wanting a pay-rise considering there are other clubs willing to pay him more, but he signed a long-term contract with us on wages he was happy with just a year ago (and had no release clause inserted)... That's football.  Sometimes contracts work in your favour (see Targett) sometimes they don't.

 

This is blatant tapping up and coercion through shady agent backroom deals and paid "journalist" mouth-pieces.

Exactly, a fully committed Isak and the three or four top tier players we thought we were getting and we’d be challenging them. This is so disappointing.

[Skeletor]

Its more the fact that he has no gratitude to the club. He just spit in the face of all the fans that worshipped him because he's a self-serving narcissist.

[The Prophet]

2 minutes ago, St1pe said:

I can’t shake how damaging this has been to us overall as a club though. I just wish there was another club interested so we could flog him elsewhere and move on. 
 

Same as others have mentioning this would all feel far better regardless of whether he stays or goes if we sign a striker good enough to be starting in the Premier League. 

 

Meh, Spurs went through it with Kane, Liverpool with Suarez, etc. Ironically both players went on to have brilliant seasons.

[Magic Rat]

A contract is a two way street.  Had Isak been a flop on the field the club would have tried to offload him.  But if they were unable to find someone who was prepared to give Isak personal terms that were acceptable to him Isak would have has the option of saying no and the club would have had to continue to pay him his contracted amount until his contract ran out.

As he has been a success on the field he wants to move on.  But if noone is prepared to pay what is acceptable to the club then he should honour his side of the contract.

This idea that the club are at fault for not renegotiating his contract because he has been a success is a nonsense.  They are trying to build a top class outfit under restrictions of PSR.  To get the squad depth they require they can't keep upping what they pay their top stars.  

[andycap]

35 minutes ago, Shadow Puppets said:

Nope. Not one of our big players. And I’m not going to say who because it’s unhelpful.

Willock and osula are his mates so definitely Willock. 

[Wilson]

45 minutes ago, Mase said:

Love that! Might have to go out and buy a Newcastle shirt for Monday!

 

Isak 14 on the back? 

[St1pe]

5 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

Meh, Spurs went through it with Kane, Liverpool with Suarez, etc. Ironically both players went on to have brilliant seasons.

I don’t recall either Kane or Suarez going on as badly as Isak but I suppose you’re right. Things move fast in football.

[Ronson333]

39 minutes ago, Shadow Puppets said:

Nope. Not one of our big players. And I’m not going to say who because it’s unhelpful.

Krafth?

[PauloGeordio]

Just now, St1pe said:

I don’t recall either Kane or Suarez going on as badly as Isak but I suppose you’re right. Things move fast in football.

We just weren’t that focused or obsessed with the detail at the time. Now it’s our player, our club we have the microscope on it.

[The Prophet]

4 minutes ago, St1pe said:

I don’t recall either Kane or Suarez going on as badly as Isak but I suppose you’re right. Things move fast in football.

 

Kane refused to train and did an interview with Neville complaining that Man City's low ball bids for him were fair.

 

 

Edited August 20, 2025 by The Prophet

[Newcastle Fan]

Good statement from us, basically telling him and his agent to stop acting like entitled children.

 

[St1pe]

1 minute ago, The Prophet said:

 

Kane refused to train and did am interview with Neville complaining that Man City's low ball bids for him were fair.

I’d actually forgot about that 

[Boey_Jarton]

1 hour ago, Lush Vlad said:

I was in the ‘don’t release a statement’ camp. But I understand why they have done it if they feel ratboy and the scumbag Serb are lying. It only seems fair that we go on record.
 

Especially as for the last month we’ve had the shills, the client journos, the vague statements about contracts, promises etc. All getting stuck into NUFC and trying to make his position so toxic. That we have to sell him. 
 

All we have had is Luke Edwards fighting our corner  

 

It’s worked in our favour keeping our counsel, mind. Seems like about 80% of the media or more are calling him out for his shitty behaviour and his plan has massively backfired. 
 

Now if we could just sign a striker so I don’t have to watch Gordon up top for the next however many weeks. That would be mint. 

 

 

 

I also did not want a statement but what they have released strikes a good balance between setting out the clubs position to avoid Isak's message being the sole narrative whilst also offering conciliation. 

 

The latter is needed given the likelihood Isak stays with us increases by the day and offering no conciliation weakens our negotiating position. 

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Who do we think actually wrote that statement btw? Given the nature, i'm assuming it has to have come from someone like Rueben, or it was written by a PR guy and had to signed off by Rueben?