Perhaps i’m biased as he wants to join Liverpool but if he has been given assurances by his club that they would give him a bumper new contract and strengthen the squad but are now saying they are unable to do either then i think his actions are understandable, particularly if a club (us) is willing to pay an exceptionally high fee for him which would enable his club to move forward.
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Souness was the first player I can Recall that went on strike until he got his move…
Middlesborough to LFC - and we know how well that turned out :0)
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I think Nunez will be sold to the Saudis, later in the window, for a fee not too dissimilar to Diaz-Bayern.
If no bids materialize, and I do not expect that, I would send him out on loan as he has 3 years left on his deal, so we don’t need to panic this summer.
This assumes we buy Isak.
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How long do we think this saga is going to last? My initial thought was that it could last until the end of the window as Newcastle does everything to persuade Isak to stay.
However, the more I think about it, the more I’m convinced that Newcastle would rather get the funds now and reinvest them before the end of the window. Moving on from Isak soon will also eliminate a lot of toxicity surrounding his desire to leave.
We haven’t heard any real updates on the Liverpool side for about two weeks. I imagine that, with Diaz done, you’ll see movement on our side within the next few days.
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I don’t think its a saga, just yet.
It’s certainly more of a saga when we’re the “suffering” club, not the buying one.
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One option resolve this is the Saudis over pay us for Nunez and in turn we overpay for Isak. Helps them keep face, funnel some extra cash into Newcastle and everyone moves on.
Might cost them a few quid to get Nunez on board but could easily be a one year thing to get him back playing and then come back to Europe if he fancies.
All a bit unedifying but not beyond the realms of possibility.
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Newcastle have done quite well on the pitch, but off it the “project” is quite a long way off where the owners claimed it would be by now. And those promises were a big part of the pitch to the high profile signings they made like Isak and Tonali. I’m not saying that he’s pining over the lack of new training ground specifically, but once a project is seen to off track the conversation about whether a high profile/expensive hire is the fit for them at this time is a reasonable one to have.
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Keen and cunning plan, I like it
To me it is Hellenic, not Greek (since I am not a Roman) 
Edit: forgive the nerdy joke.
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It feels like the direction of travel is only going one way with this transfer. Howe’s comments to me suggest he’s resigned to losing him and will waste too much energy in attempting to stand in his way.
The news that Sesko might now be off to United obviously complicates things, we could do without that happening but that bodes well for my semi serious prediction that Newcastle will end up making a late move for Nunez as he’s probably going to end up being the best available option for them.
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I think Nunez could be a menace there as a solo striker. Nunez plus 70M for Isak. Done and done.
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No, I will not!
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They could do much worse. A front three of Gordon, Nunez and Elanga is absolutely rapid and would scare the shit out of a lot of sides, to me that would appear to be a forward line that suits what Howe usually wants to do.
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To be fair, I would enjoy Isak donning the red shirt of LFC. However, AWOL while under contract is a very fucked up thing to do to your employers. Who is not to say he does that to us while twerking for a move to the white cunts in Spain a few years down the road?
If a promise is broken, then put in an official transfer request.
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What is an official transfer request? Does such a thing even exist in 2025, or did it exist ever? Does it have any legal implication?
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