On what grounds, he’s been nothing but loyal …
I don’t lay the blame for this at Howe’s door. I’m pretty sure he’d have liked it all settled a month ago but his paymasters desperately had to try and save face.
Been a horrible summer for him and no doubt impacted the start to their season.
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Woltemade seems like a deal they could of done ages ago.
It seems he wanted to know he would lead the line and when offered that he moved there.
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They had to make their way down the list of strikers in alphabetical order so it took them a while to get to the Ws like Wissa and Woltemade
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I suspect the key flashpoint in this saga was their owner/chairman or whatever he is jetting in after our match with them to try a last-ditch effort to persuade Isak to stay.
They seem to have pulled their finger out signing replacements pretty much immediately after.
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It’s probably @Hope.in.your.heart 
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He must’ve had his medical in the people carrier then. He’s not long arrived at Kirkby.
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They’re so desperate they’re adding the £5m loyalty payment onto the fee we’re actually paying so that they can report it at £130m.
Don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone try and frame a fee in that way before. Apparently the richest club in the world but pushing a PR narrative over £5m he’ll probably take them to court for anyway.
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I think this may be common practice. One of the reasons that reported fees are unreliable as there is not consistency in how they are reported and selling clubs will want to make the fee appear larger, while the reverse often true for the buying club (although exceptions will exist in both cases too)
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Isak not getting the 5m from Newcastle isn’t a huge loss for the player.
The increased salary he will be getting as well as a signing on fee would more than make up for any such loss.
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Done over the weekend?
I know they often do that with add ons etc but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a club make a point of saying they aren’t paying a loyalty fee and then add that to the reported transfer fee.
It’s not that they’re getting £130m, they’re just not having to pay out £5m on top of the fee they are getting. It’s a level of pettiness that makes me chuckle as it only reflects badly on them.
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I find it hard to believe that anybody, regardless of how much they earn, would just wave off £5m and say it doesn’t matter.
If he is entitled to it, he will fight for it, if he doesn’t it means he will have been compensated elsewhere in the deal.
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I suppose it depends when exactly the two clubs agreed the deal. I’d doubt he’d be able to have a medical before then.
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Worth watching all the way to the end.
Traitors
Don’t deserve steak bakes!
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We would have compensated Isak for his loss.
Nothing a further 20k per week spread over 6 years won’t solve.
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They started that PR shit yesterday with baldy and they have not stopped, the FUCKS!!
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Anyone checked in with @Jackbenimble to see if hes coping today?
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