This is going to be the future of transfers.
Instead of letting transfer fees become even more ridiculously inflated than they are now, dictated by unserious clubs like Chelsea and Utd …players will just end up buying their way out of their contract and essentially conduct themselves as if they were a free agent.
“offering 120m upfront, with potential add-ons pushing the total bid to a staggering 125m”
The add on is 5m if Isak wins the golden gloves.
Mustn’t it be a written transfer request so there can be no confusion on whether there is a transfer request submitted???
If he and his agent told them last season was to be his last at Newcastle and Newcastle agreed then reneged, then he has every right to go on strike.
Its increasingly unclear what N/Castle’s position is here, as it seems there are divisions internally…
It never works out well for anyone to keep an unhappy player..
You’ll think that much would be clear to everyone.
Anyone been to the N/Castle forums lately? Just wondering how tasty it must be out there…
Yes.
They’re loving life over there, majority have already forgotten about Isak and they’re just happy they’re finally on the verge of signing their 14th choice forward in Nicolas Jackson.
I’ve been following a few Newcastle fan groups and they are nearly at acceptance.
It’s the five stages of grief. Strange to apply it to a big transfer, but that’s the sequence they are going through. Acceptance is the final one, and they are mostly there.
All that remains is them bringing in Wissa and Jackson, or similar, and agreeing some sort of face saving price between what we first offered and the ridiculous £150M that has consistently been bandied about.
We will get him, late on in the window. It will be salty as, between the clubs, for a while, and we move on.
Naybe they should make it a really attractive offer may making it £10M if Isak wins La Liga Golden Boot 
No although putting it in writing obviously avoids any ambiguity but for equally obvious reasons players do that only as a last resort, preferring to keep the issue contestable to some degree for as long as possible.
Some heads have gone here.
There was one fan i cant remember where i saw Facebook group or one of sites. He made the point we are happy Wissa is essentially doing the same thing to force Newcastle move.
Thing is if this was any LFC player id want him gone. If someone doesn’t want to be here then why keep them? Just get the best price you can and fuck them off.
Exactly, that’s what we did with Diaz after all, he wanted gone so we let him go.
Evidently two of them are overpriced and you’d get Dan Burn for about 15m.
Maybe try some objectively Alan in your comments.
Grealish is the poster boy for overinflated transfer fees.
It’s strange that, if Isak’s worth 150 million, there aren’t more clubs making offers. The market sets the price, not the seller.
