Hard to see where this bullshit benefits Newcastle now or into the future.
They try to force him to stay, almost certainly causing disruption and a player who wants gone.
Looks like it is splitting the players and the fans..hardly a win, win!
WTAF are they thinking, players now and into the future will be thinking..Newcastle,no thanks!
Dunno where that leaves them! if,as seems likely this is being driven by the owners, they will at some point take a loss and move on, lot harder for the club,itself.
Typical centre forward play here. No justifying left or right - straight down the middle.
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I’d be walking away from this one, especially at the price (both literally and figuratively).
Money better spent on a more versatile forward, or just kept in the bank until a more suitable target arrives.
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Isak’s contract value (with 3 years remaining on his contract ) is 17.28M assuming his wages are at 120k per week.
Can he buy himself out of this contract unilaterally ?
If clubs can buy a player out of his contract (to enable them to leave for free and free up the space) , stands to figure that the player can do the same too.
Yes, but it’s easier for me to line up a new job and work a notice period/ just leave and forgo the notice period if I’m desperate to get out of there.
Football has set time frames for being able to start a new job and god knows what the protocol is on a footballer handing in notice (can they? I would assume legally they can). If they can just hand in notice god knows what the minimum amount of time given to keep whatever payment bonuses they would lose by leaving with immediate effect. Also no one knows quite how leaving with immediate effect would work. Are there non compete clauses in the contracts that prevent them from doing so and joining another club within a set time frame?
Football contracts seem to me (admittedly not a remotely law/contract knowledge heavy person) to be more fluid than most others. Remember arsenal activating Suarez’s release clause? John Henry ignored it
And I hope Isak has had recordings of the previous management (Staveley etc) promising him an increased contract. Voice recordings , emails etc. If this goes all the way into court.
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And these guys will be booing at the 20th minute for sure. Some of them atleast.
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“The silence has allowed people to push their versions of events”
Ok Isak. I’ve read your statement and it still begs the question: Why are you so desperate to leave Newcastle, but not so desperate to submit a formal transfer request?
Somebody call in Sherlock Holmes 
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I do think he should hand in an official transfer request but at this point does it actually matter ?
How about the ex-owner and ex-DOF???
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because everyone wants the best deal for themselves…
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https://x.com/MagpieMediaX/status/1957900618338824686
https://x.com/ToonMouthTyne/status/1957939096422347239
I’m not sure why LFC are cast as the villain in all this… Going from reports, which is all we can do, LFC informed Sandcastle of their interest in Isak if he was to be sold.
All the other noise generated in these events, surely is between Isac and his employer, Sandcastle. Regards contract issues etc… again is of no concern to LFC.
We have left it to Sandcastle, to contact us, after their initial (fuck off you are avin a laugh) rebuff, of our desire to buy if the situation with Isac has changed. Could even be a similar scenario to seeing a custom car pulling up at the fuel pumps and saying to the guy, " hey if you ever want to sell your car, let me know first will ya"… or noting a neighbours parcel of land, again “hey, if you ever want to sell that land, let me know first will ya”
Whatever is happening on Tyneside… is between an employer and a disgruntled employee… If Isak does become a free agent at some future point, then our dealings are surely with him, NOT the club he was once employed with… Any compensation claim, is by who..? from who..?? OR, does the fact remain; even though lawyers might argue otherwise; any type of compensation would be difficult to pursue… certainly compensation from LFC..!
If Isak approaches LFC as a free agent, it is not our problem what kind of shitstorm has been left in his wake at Sandcastle..!
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well LFC are taking a risk because at the moment we are still 2 forwards and 1 CB light…for all the money we have spent we have let too many go as it stands - with more tipped to go - and as usual look short.
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Better get another striker and get Guehi done.
If Isak comes in as a free agent, then so be it.
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It may simply be deflection by Newcastle to cover their own failings, or to avoid burning bridges with their own player. But it probably also opens the door to suggestions we spoke to the player’s camp without permission (i.e tapping up) and thus provoked or encouraged his actions.
Which may further explain why we said we would only bid for Isak when invited to do so by Newcastle.
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…Or his agent approached us last summer, and said he will be leaving Sandcastle after this season if you are interested, so get your bid in early..!
Many scenarios are possible…
Bit if Newcastle maintain no permission was given then that may still open us up to accusations of ‘tapping up’ as any discussions were without the consent of the club (i dont think FA rules distinguish between whether contact is initiated by club or player’s camp?).
Whether or not we did is a separate matter. This is more about Newcastle’s perception of the events and how they are presenting the matter (which itself may differ from how they perceive it).
As i think @mattyhurst said earlier, our club are saying little so the narrative in the media is being driven by Newcastle and the player’s camp.
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Can we say anything w/o making ourselves look worse and, then also getting dragged into an unnecessary back and forth. It’ll playout one way or the other, sooner or later.
The only reason maybe to say something is if we feel it is impacting our players and staff…
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Who cares about the media narrative.
We made Newcastle a bid for one of their players. They said no and we’ve said fine and walked away. Even our usual mouthpieces have been relatively quiet on things whilst Newcastle pump out stories through the journos they have in their pocket.
Clearly the player feels he was promised something he isn’t getting. That’s not our doing and so far we’re the only club who’ve offered Newcastle a way out of this situation, it’s just that, like most transfers, it’s not entirely on the terms they want.
Be interesting to see how this plays out but if anything Newcastle have just shown how badly they are being run. They’re taking him wanting to move on as a personal slight and allowed the situation to overshadow their whole summer and start to the season. His value is only going down at this point too.
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