Alexander Isak (CF) Newcastle

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Some comments from the latest Eddie Howe pre-match news conference taken from the BBC livetext -

Eddie Howe on whether he spoke to Alexander Isak at the end of last season about leaving the club: "Me and Alex had conversations, yes I’m not going to deny that.

“Individual conversations are better off remaining private. Yes, we had conversations about his future.”

The carefully worded Newcastle statement earlier in the week that no official from the club had agreed that Isak could leave the club this summer could technically be true but they definitely knew about the players intentions ‘at the end of last season’ so any narrative around it being a surprise to the club that he wanted to leave or that they haven’t had time to plan for replacements is inaccurate.

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I wonder if Quaresma is available?

We are heading for 2,500 posts with one recorded bid for Isak.
And none of us really can call how it plays out.

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So after the first offer what else have we done regarding the transfer we haven’t made another offer.

Whats negative about that ?

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Reports that we are putting a £120m bid today.

It might account for why the prematch presser was held yesterday.

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Linky? Cant see that. 2 days before the match. But as someone once said…its a funny old game.

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It does seem very odd timing, but they changed the timing of the conference at the last minute yesterday. I had thought that was related to Guehi.

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The assumption that the club are twiddling their thumbs doing fuck all.

We know the situation. We have told Newcastle we’ll talk when they are ready to be serious. We don’t just keep going back with offers now.

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The Real Reason Alexander Isak STILL Hasn’t Joined Liverpool

Adam Clery on the reporting of the transfer saga

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https://x.com/CraigHope_DM/status/1958862989144076618

It was a matter of time before they were linked with Sorloth - he apparently fell out of favour with Simeone and it was made public a few days ago. Given Newcastle’s almost scattergun approach to centre forward signings this summer, they were bound to pick up on this.

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That is SO disrespectful. Dont we know they have a game on Monday to prepare for?

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“Premier league expert”

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Clery is excellent :slightly_smiling_face:

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Yep, I really enjoy his analysis videos too.

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Why not go back with another offer?

Is that no called negotiating ?

Im pretty sure we’ve done it before

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There is absolutely no point going back with another offer until Newcastle are ready to play ball. All we can do is show our hand.

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We’re not going to negotiate against ourselves.

Personally I think a lot happens very quickly from Tuesday.

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With the time difference me going to bed on monday night is going to feel like trying to sleep on christmas eve as a kid…getting up every hour to check if father christmas has been yet

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If we sign Isak, sacks are going to be emptied that’s for sure.

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Personally I would just raise a smile. I’ll leave sack emptying to other, i.e. younger, forumites.

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