Alexander Isak - International C*nt

[gdm]

Im at point where if a non PL team wanted him id want him to go 

[SteV]

Get him sat down with Yasir.

 

I know it’s hardly the same, but if you look at the LIV golf, McIlroy was calling PIF all kinds of shit, and yet Yasir got him to come on board in the end*
 

*fully aware that involved obscene amounts of money that we unfortunately can’t use in this situation, but choosing to ignore that.

[Tiotes Witch Doctor]

Apparently he's gone.

[KingArthur]

Just now, SteV said:

Get him sat down with Yasir.

 

I know it’s hardly the same, but if you look at the LIV golf, McIlroy was calling PIF all kinds of shit, and yet Yasir got him to come on board in the end*
 

*fully aware that involved obscene amounts of money that we unfortunately can’t use in this situation, but choosing to ignore that.

Naah, PIF can make him ambassador of football and pay him 300 million a year.

[Ben]

Just now, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Apparently he's gone.

 

Good

[Kid Icarus]

Just now, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Apparently he's gone.

Howeh then..According to who?

[TRon]

1 minute ago, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Apparently he's gone.

 

 

It's not apparent at all. 

[sparkzter]

If we can get a non pl team to come in and offer us above 130 million I’d be ok with him going now. Huge problem being of course who do we get in and at what wage structure? I don’t believe we’ve the people at the club to get the deals done quickly enough and properly, this summer has been a shambles so far and looks to be getting worse. 

[duo]

3 minutes ago, SteV said:

Get him sat down with Yasir.

Can't Yasir make him some Saudi ambassador or something and pay him a gazillion pounds to be it?

[MagPar]

1 hour ago, KaKa said:

Hmmm ... the Edwards article is far more interesting.

 

Looks like a major show of intent from the Saudi side could well settle things.

 

Need them to step up here. 

Found it.

 

 

Edited July 24, 2025 by MagPar
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[gdm]

4 minutes ago, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Apparently he's gone.

Cheers for that 

[Andy84]

4 minutes ago, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Apparently he's gone.

Come on then? 

[Weznufc]

5 minutes ago, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Apparently he's gone.

To Tesco's?

[Astroblack]

6 minutes ago, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Apparently he's gone.

 

Gone where? 

[jack j]

6 minutes ago, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Apparently he's gone.

Well thats a great post

[WilliamPS]

Some of you have completely lost your heads.

 

Consider the meltdown in the transfer thread - Isak probably has a similar view regarding the summer business. Show him the club can compete by acting in the transfer market, give him a better contract and provide an exit clause and this can be sorted sensibly.

[gdm]

Just now, Astroblack said:

 

Gone where? 

To walk his dogs. Limping mind. Thigh problem 

[Guybrush]

8 minutes ago, madras said:

Won't open. What's the gist ?

 

Spoiler

The moment Newcastle United have feared was coming since the early spring has finally arrived with Alexander Isak. How they respond will define what sort of club they want to be under the Saudi Arabian owners.

Newcastle’s best and most important player has been unsettled and has now made it known that he would be interested in leaving the club. For now, the message is the same as it has been for months – Isak is not for sale. But that steadfast position is about to be put to the ultimate test.

If Newcastle sell Isak this summer, against their wishes, it will be a devastating setback. Psychologically and practically.
Ambitious clubs do not sell their best players, certainly not one as important as Isak is to Newcastle. When you aspire to compete with the biggest and best clubs in England and Europe, you do not weaken yourself and strengthen a rival.

Top scorers since Isak’s debut
Premier League goals
Erling Haaland
79
Mohamed Salah
64
Alexander Isak
54
Ollie Watkins
49
Bryan Mbeumo
37
Cole Palmer
37
Chris Wood
37
Yoane Wissa
37
Phil Foden
36
Bukayo Saka
36
Jarrod Bowen
35
Son Heung-min
34
Dominic Solanke
34
Jean-Philippe Mateta
31
Source: Stats Perform

Losing Isak to a club such as Liverpool would not just be a disaster from a football perspective, it would deliver the sort of blow that could set the club back years.

Newcastle, who have just qualified for the Champions League for the second time in three years, are supposed to be climbing up the food chain, not being picked off by predators already at the top of the apex.

If Isak can force his way out against the club’s wishes this summer, others will follow next year and the year after that. Sandro Tonali, Tino Livramento and Anthony Gordon – and their agents – will all be looking on intently to see what happens next.

The ramifications of losing Isak, against their will, bullied by the player and giving in to interested clubs, go far beyond losing their top goalscorer. It will set the tone, it will shape perceptions of what Newcastle are and how they can be treated. They will constantly be at risk of losing their best players, they will be picked apart. As fast as they can build a competitive team it will be in danger of being dismantled.
When Manchester City were on the rise, they did not lose any of their star players along the way. They added to them and eventually trampled over the old elite.

In a PSR world, where player trading is so vital, things have changed. Newcastle do not have the same leeway and cannot utilise the vast wealth of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, to turbocharge growth, on and off the pitch. But they can keep their best players.

Isak celebrates scoring in front of the Gallowgate
Capitulating to Isak would wreck Newcastle’s progress Credit: PA/Owen Humphreys
‘There is no gun to Newcastle’s head’
It is, in the end, in their power to do so. It is a decision they have to make. There is no gun to their head. Isak has three years left on his contract, they do not need to sell. Regardless of the pressure on them, it would still be a choice.
You can make the case for selling Isak. And people will. The money brought in would potentially free them up to spend heavily to improve the squad over the next two years.
There would be no PSR constraints to speak of, but then you have to factor in that Real Socieded negotiated a sizeable sell-on clause in the £63m deal that brought Isak to St James’ Park back in 2022. Even a sale at £120m-£130m would only bring in around £50m-£60m of profit. It is not quite the game-changing amount people think.

You also have to consider that Newcastle already had money to spend this summer, but have not been able to land any of their first-choice targets other than Anthony Elanga because the players in question preferred other clubs, offering more money in wages or more attractive cities to live in.
It is not just a case of cashing in and automatically improving the squad depth. Newcastle cannot guarantee they will find anyone as good as Isak to play up front and have already struggled to upgrade their other positions of need this summer. The window closes in a little over a month’s time.

There has been a long-held suspicion behind the scenes that the summer would bring this sort of unwanted drama. Indeed, Telegraph Sport understands there were crisis planning meetings earlier this year to determine how the club would respond if this situation manifested itself.

Those plans are going to be put into practice. The collective stance, from chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan down to manager Eddie Howe, was clear and defiant. Isak was not for sale this summer at any price. No matter what happened, no matter how much money they were offered, this was the position they would take.
Whatever methods were deployed to try to prise him away, by anyone with a vested interest in forcing Isak’s exit, Newcastle would resist. They would, as one source made clear, “dig in and fight” to make sure Isak remained their player next season.

The problem with talking about how you will respond in a crisis is you have no idea how you will stand up under duress. The best-laid battle plans can be ripped to shreds by a determined or powerful adversary.

Player power does not have to win if Newcastle flex their muscles

From the moment Liverpool made it known that they would be willing to pay £120m to sign Isak last week, it felt like we were heading in this direction. Liverpool were not responsible for the leak. They have conducted themselves with decorum, but everyone knows they are also waiting to pounce if Newcastle buckle. That is why Isak has now intimated he would like to listen to what they – and possibly others – have to say.

Isak told Howe days ago what his view on things was. It did not alter Newcastle’s stance; he was informed he was not for sale and would not be leaving in this window. The next move has now been made. The pressure has been increased.

 

Will Newcastle continue to resist or will they accept defeat and get as much money as they can for Isak?

They have a potentially unhappy and unmotivated player, who is on the verge of openly agitating to leave. A player Howe has just left out of the club’s pre-season tour, supposedly because of a thigh injury, because his head clearly was not in the right place to be involved.

In these situations, history tells us that the player normally gets their own way in the end. That they behave in a manner that forces the club to sell them. They call it player power, but in this situation, Newcastle have plenty of power themselves. They can, as uncomfortable and as tricky as it might be, hold him to it.

The question is, can they persuade Isak to play for them again? If he downs tools, sulks and refuses to train or play properly, what is the point in keeping him?

Howe’s excellent relationship with the player will now be key. You suspect we have a long way to go until there is a conclusion in this saga.

 

Newcastle have not had this problem since the takeover by PIF. It is now up to PIF to tell us what sort of football club it wants Newcastle to be.

 

[McCormick]

8 minutes ago, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Apparently he's gone.

 Textbook engagement farming. Why not spill in the same post? Fine, I’ll bite like others have, gone where? 

 

 

Edited July 24, 2025 by McCormick

[gdm]

Just now, WilliamPS said:

Some of you have completely lost your heads.

 

Consider the meltdown in the transfer thread - Isak probably has a similar view regarding the summer business. Show him the club can compete by acting in the transfer market, give him a better contract and provide an exit clause and this can be sorted sensibly.

PSR exists. It’s not a figment of imagination 

[KaKa]

3 minutes ago, MagPar said:

What article? Linky please and thank you. 

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/07/24/newcastle-selling-alexander-isak-disaster-set-back-years/

[Chris_R]

8 minutes ago, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Apparently he's gone.

Kind of post you can make knowing it's pretty likely he'll be sold, so when it happens you look like you knew something you didn't before anything is released.

[Teslact]

17 minutes ago, Guybrush said:

'Liverpool have conducted themselves with decorum'

As if Anonymous are hacking clubs to get transfer info. Someone involved leaked it.

[Ikon]

Odd to only say ”apparently he’s gone” 

[KaKa]

15 minutes ago, Green2025 said:

They are not gonna bid to have it rejected. They will be serious when it comes to paying a record fee like they were when they went up against Bayern when they went for Wirtz. As soon as we accept he can go, they will bid.

 

Liverpool had their initial bid for Wirtz rejected. Just like they also did for Ekitike.