Do think Newcastle low balled him on the contract.
But either way , it’s not a good show for Isak too.
We exactly don’t know what’s the discussions had behind the scenes which led Isak to make this decision.
Either way , if Isak joins us , I’ll be cheering his goals as those are Liverpool goals. But doesn’t paint him in good light. If there’s someone else that we can get , maybe Alvarez, i would rather we get him in.
Yes, but I don’t like this. It’s not right what he is doing. It’s disgusting, he is under contract. Newcastle means less to me, but It’s known that they have handled this window truly awfully, but I care less about that. Unlike Isak, they are technically in the right anyway. But my focus is Isak and he seems beyond awful.
Funny thing about Isak is that he was seen as a model professional till this saga. Seemed genuinely happy to be in Newcastle , was firing in the goals too.
110m and that would be my take it or leave it offer if I was Hughes. And that offer has probably a 5 day period.
No more fucking around.
Why so confident on the friendly timeline?
Think the only way Isak joins us is if a transfer fee is involved.
His latest stunt probably pulled the transfer fee down more.
No club would want to take a gamble on such a player.
While tapping up does happen , I hope we covered our bases good w.r.t this one.
Because the High Court would rule against Newcastle pretty quickly. Newcastle would have to pursue other options that wouldn’t involve injunctive relief.
Continuing to what Kopstar says. There’s no legal grounds anymore. Newcastle doesn’t have any cards.
Nah I’m not comfortable at all with the way it’s played out and I’ve said many times I don’t particularly think him or his agent have played this well. Then again Isak seems adamant something was promised. I’ve been in this position and had it rowed back on me and instantly I applied for a couple of jobs.
So if he was I totally understand it however there was no formal request put in and if that’s down to the agent not getting his money or loyalty bonus they have to bite the bullet. I assume nothing formal has still not gone in.
Newcastle can’t be acting like a big club when they keep a high AF valuation on the player and refuse to give him the necessary increase on the salary.
I think it does come down to wages at the end. Some clubs are able to spend more on wages w.r.t FFP than others. Whether it is legally earned revenue or oilcunts inflating their revenue.
So I spent a couple more years in the startup I was working in because I was promised stock options. The intent was for the startup to go public. Didn’t apply when the owners sold the startup to VCs and exited.
I have some sympathy with what you are saying, but just want to add that football works in its own unique way with regard to contracts.
In the normal world of employment, you have a contract, you fulfil your contract, then you move on as a free employee to your next thing.
In football, contracts act in the same way, to a degree, with the main added ingredient that they are a way of protecting transfer value.
Contracts are broken all the time. Most transfer deals happen when a player is mid-contract. It is one of the key ways in which the game is funded. If anything, the average football fan is more outraged when a player winds his contract down, because the club does not receive compensation in the form of a transfer fee to buy a replacement.
Isak wants out, he cites broken promises, and he wants to move on. I personally am not too upset by that because in Isak’s world, most players move clubs mid-contract.
We are a willing buyer and have made a British record opening bid that was rejected. We have not come back with another bid because we want a willing party to negotiate with, and Newcastle have not been that, to date.
Newcastle’s incessant PR war has painted Isak as the villain. We’ve had several weeks of this from various outlets and Newcastle mouthpieces. Finally Isak decided to speak up and start to defend himself.
It’s messy, and I would rather he was training and playing with the group - although Eddie Howe himself excluded Isak from that a couple of weeks ago, when he said that he only wanted to include people who wanted to be there.
It’s a mess, for sure, but I am not willing to paint Isak as the villain here.
He is to me. Pretty crystal clearly as well. But that’s me.
Same. I’d rather if the club moved on to alternate targets.
Just want away from the drama.
Won’t stop me from cheering for a hypothetical goal that isak scores for Liverpool. Doesn’t mean I’ll be supportive of Isak in general.
I could modify my statement and say that I’m not willing to paint Isak as the sole villain.
Lots of things have gone wrong around him. His agent could have been better and his employer has clearly broken promises made to him.
He has had a few weeks being targeted by Newcastle and their mouthpieces in a PR war and for that alone he has some sympathy from me.
I’m not convinced this is about wages. Maybe it was at the start but at this point I think Isak wants out and won’t accept an improved contract even if Newcastle offered one to him.
Newcastle haven’t done themselves any favours. And seeing as who their owners are , fuck them. Really don’t care about them.
Newcastle aren’t a big club. No matter how much they want to portray themselves as.
Haaland earns 500k + a week. Maybe even more if you count the illegal deposits into his gulf Bank accounts.
Isak , who’s a better allround striker than Haaland earns 120k a week.
For damn sure , it’s about the money
So
No news then.
Just supporters speculating on what is happening and deriding ITK’s who know fuck all.
Bottom line…
Support him if he signs for Liverpool.
Fucking forget him if he doesn’t.
My “not a lawyer” concern with this is while I know Diarra got a positive judgement in his recent case it was a retrospective judgement that he should not have been barred from joining his new team. Until there is precedent for it being allowed in real time does not that give you concern that a court could still reconsider it and take their time over it?