The masterstroke here was using Milton as our chief negotiator when we submitted the initial bid.
Not our fault they didn’t understand what he was trying to tell them…
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According to FIFA regulations, a professional football player can terminate their contract after a certain period, specifically after three years if the contract was signed before the player was 28, or after two years if signed after the age of 28. This is outlined in Article 17 of FIFA’s Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players. However, there are specific conditions and potential consequences for doing so.
Conditions for Termination:
Time served:
The player must have served at least three years of the contract if it was signed before the age of 28, or two years if signed after the age of 28.
So YES,Isak can apply the FIFA rule on August 26th, 2025…that’s the date of his 3rd year contract with Newcastle FC.
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Interested to see what we do now. On a side note, Rodrygo was unused in Real Madrid’s game last night, and any move from Man City for him depends on selling Savinho to Spurs. If we’re going to pivot, and move for a wide player who can also play up front, we need to strike now.
I’m dreading the Newcastle game right now. Their fans are convinced it’s all down to Isak and our doing, and the atmosphere will be rabid. It would be best if we either make a final bid and agree a deal before the game, and then confirm the signing after, or we move on.
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Are promises in his contract? Agreements? I don’t know of any clause…
Let’s see if he’s still willing to rotten outside the pitch if he’s still there in September.
Can’t see buying or moving on at this point alleviating this toxic situation. The Newcastle board has created this mess and caused a media frenzy of obfuscation. It’ll be as bad as playing Everton.
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The frenzy will be even worse if the International break comes around and Sandcastle have failed to earn a point in the games up until then… Panic mode, as well frenzy will really grab a hold if that scenario unfolds :0)
They got a point from their game with Villa.
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Ahhhh… so they did :0)
With all due respect, he was league’s best centre forward last season (and among the best five since he’s been in PL, in my opinion at least), so in that sense he’s not a luxury signing but one you’d ideally want in your team.
That said, they way Newcastle have handed this has been nothing short of disastrous. I was confident he’d sign for Liverpool but I really don’t know what to expect now.
You Brits have that expression “he’s off his tits” and it pops up in my mind whenever I read stuff from people like Luke Edwards. He used to be an excellent journalist prior to Newcastle’s takeover - since then, he’s been unbelievably petty and snide. You could imagine the scenario where Isak signs for Liverpool, fails to score some sitter or two (let alone completely flops) and Edwards starts @-ing and goading every Liverpool account on Twitter in retaliation.
It’s time he went the Gallas route 
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I can’t really call the outcome here. My feeling is Newcastle the club would happily sell Isak to us asap and use the funds to strengthen, but Newcastle the owners have had their egos pricked and are determined to keep him out of spite just to save face. The money means little to them.
Being able to buy out his contract - I’m confused as to whether he can do it FROM the 26th or BY the 26th - is interesting though, and at that stage seems the most likely route that leads to him playing for us this season.
However, I’m not entirely convinced he’ll go that route, it would be the first time in the sport that would have happened, right?
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This
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Perhaps we are waiting for a day or two before the 26 to make another formal enquiry into his availability. …
Certainly doesnt seem anything material has happened yet for Newcastle’s owners to change their stance.
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The issue with him buying out is contract for around 21m pounds is that he almost certainly doesn’t have this money to hand. If we agree to pay to him/loan it etc then we likely become liable for causing the end of the contract and for any compensation owed to SandCastle. The sun of this compensation that a tribunal may assess is incredibly unclear but it would seem quite plausible they couls use our 110m bid as a starting point.
Thus we could see a situation where we pay 21m (indirectly) to Sandcastle for his contract plus another 110-130m to them directly in compensation. There is also the question whether, while this is resolved, Sandcastle could prevent him playing for us. We could easily end up in a situation where he’d cost us 150m quid; we wouldn’t get to play him until January; and we’d have no control over the final fee. Sure there are risks on the upside too but I can see why the club may prefer to negotiate a fee with SandCastle.
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I can’t see what benefit there is in them keeping him now and I don’t see anyone else ready to give them £100m+ to resolve the situation.
They can’t keep him and just dump him in the reserves indefinitely (players have protections from that kind of thing) but clearly he has no interest in playing for them again either.
So unless they sell him they’ve got a £100m asset refusing to play, kicking up a stink and depreciating in value. Maybe their owners are comfortable eating the cost to save face but that approach doesn’t actually help the club at all.
From our perspective we either have to be confident we can get Newcastle to change their tune or that we can move on to an alternative pretty quickly should they dig their heels in. I’d feel pretty bad for Isak if we do that but we can’t be the one left without a dance partner once the music stops.
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They can go ahead and sue if they have the case. That means what they are doing to Wissa is not tapping up either
If only there was a large commercial bank that we could put him in touch with…
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No, this was the main crux of the Diarra case. They couldn’t stop him from registering for us.
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Excellent. Then it starts to look like a more viable option. But of a Pandora’s box though..
*bit
Autocorrect has turned me into a kiwi
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