Isak

[Ragatino]

100 million euros they said here.

I think not.

So ?83m ... Yeah great! Of course Yasir is gonna is gonna sanction that sale.

The disconnect between reality and commentary is beyond unfathomable.

I had transfer fatigue last summer, at this point I'm slipping onto a transfer coma!

[Scott Kirkland]

He'll stay another season, then we can sell him to a Saudi team for 200 Million

[Ragatino]

He'll stay another season, then we can sell him to a Saudi team for 200 Million

I just don't see Isak moving to Saudi for money. Nothing about his personality or attitude gives me the opinion that he's money motivated.

Saudi Pro League wouldn't want to weaken Newcastle United, Sheikh Yasir wouldn't permit that.

Next season we should be enjoying a Champions League campaign, chasing a top 4/5 finish to requalify for the top Euro competition once again. Also, with fighting for another cup the club are more than capable of matching Isak's ambitions.

With a new long term improved contract on par with the top earners of around £180-200,000/week the club aren't gonna let him go for anything less than the touted £150million in one up front payment, there will be no installment payments for a player of his importance.

The facts are, that, Real Madrid & Barca are skint. Madrid's gotta pay down it's stadium debt before they can spend huge money.

PSG, probably can afford Isak but 1. Saudi selling to a Qatar owned club, highly unlikely, just from bragging rights 2. French League is a joke. Saudi is more likely.

Italian clubs are a joke and all skint.

In England City can afford him, don't need him, just signed Haaland for 8 yrs.

Liverpool are a direct competitor. We have just beaten them in a final and will be competing for the league, cups and in The UCL next season. Again Saudi /Arab mentality means that selling him to Liverpool just doesn't make sense.

Arsenal can't afford him & Sweatshop/Walmart owner Kroenke won't spent the £150+million on 1 player based on his track record and everything the Arsenal social media mob have spoken about over the last half decade.

Unless Alex decides he wants to go to Real then a deal could be done but nothing in the media, his direct comments from interviews not the circus of lies generated by club mouthpieces trying to destabilise the player suggests anything other than the lad is fully focused and committed to his future with Newcastle United and Eddie Howe as manager.

[Zippity]

Stan Collymore reckons that we should sell Isak to Liverpool, saying that he thinks getting Nunez as part of the deal would actually be beneficial to us.

Yep. Sell the best forward in the world right now and get an absolute dud in return.

The levels of arrogance and stupidity, man...

[toptoon]

Stan Collymore reckons that we should sell Isak to Liverpool, saying that he thinks getting Nunez as part of the deal would actually be beneficial to us.

Yep. Sell the best forward in the world right now and get an absolute dud in return.

The levels of arrogance and stupidity, man...

That doesnt make sense. If it would be good for us, by logic, it would be bad for Livarpool. So why would they do it?
Isak is everything that Nunez isnt.

[Sclox]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 embarrassing from him.

Why would we agree to that hoss****.

[Ragatino]

Stan Collymore reckons that we should sell Isak to Liverpool, saying that he thinks getting Nunez as part of the deal would actually be beneficial to us.

Yep. Sell the best forward in the world right now and get an absolute dud in return.

The levels of arrogance and stupidity, man...

It's the same old story as the Newcastle fans should be grateful for Cabbagehead.

The old boys network circling the wagons around the cartel clubs and utterly disrespecting the history, traditions and pedigree of the likes of Forest, Villa & Newcastle United. As Kieran Maguire calls us 'Challenger Clubs'. We are being betrayed by the crooks at the Premier League as they serve the cartels needs.

Selling out the national heritage of our sport to the highest US bidder with a view to perverting the game entirely. If the Americans had their way, we'd have timeouts, for ad breaks be playing 4 quarters instead of 2 halves and all manner of other soul destroying changes hell bent on milking cash from a sport that relies on the jeopardy of relegation & the commitment of the communities who have supported their club for more than a century, through generations.

Once again, I truly despicable performance from those government to not protect the Nations sport as they do their Toffy nosed friends crumbling stately homes.

Totally fine to spend millions building Shakespears theatre but not even gonna protect the 96 theatres of Football to which hundreds of thousands of people travel and cheer on their team.

Moral bankruptcy. The blood of a thousand cuts is reaching critical illness and ICU life support will soon be unable to keep the body Britain alive!

[Jammy89]

Stan Collymore reckons that we should sell Isak to Liverpool, saying that he thinks getting Nunez as part of the deal would actually be beneficial to us.

Yep. Sell the best forward in the world right now and get an absolute dud in return.

The levels of arrogance and stupidity, man...

****ing tool.

[Nufcian]

Not sure if it has already been called out, and there is always the chance it was said in the heat of the moment, but I think we have to remember one particular thing Isak had said? and if he means it, then there is little to no chance of him pushing for a move?

?It is only the start?

If Isak believes this, and given our current nucleus of players, what should be a very healthy transfer budgets this summer, our dramatically rising revenues, and how he has seen Howe turn the club around and improve players, including himself, then why would he be pushing for a move anywhere.

He has never come across as a mercenary looking for the top wages regardless of the rest of the circumstances, Eddie has built a team of non-a$$holes, he said himself he loves the city and the club, that he is very happy at Newcastle.

I think he is right, it is only the start, and at 25 he has a few years at least to give it a chance and see if things progress all around the club and stay on the same track, and if they don?t he will still be attracting interest from the top clubs in Europe? but with a new training ground and a new stadium on the horizon, and already cementing himself in the clubs history? everything is looking rosy.

The summer transfer window is probably now the most important point in our current journey? how we spend the money and who we bring in.

If we can spend well, and spend quickly in the summer, then I think we can have a more consistent league performance and compete in Europe at the same time, hopefully in the Champions League, but I do not believe that CL football is the be all and end all that some seem to think it is? he had time on his side, we just need to show we are matching his ambitions in the summer.

Ideally a new deal before the end of the season with him, but he has said he is not thinking about that and focussing on qualifying for European footballs top table? no distractions with anything other than that? 10 games left to cement it? and with our game in hand (which we catch up on playing Palace mid April) if we win our game in hand we are 4th? it is in our hands to do it.

[ex_pat_magpie]

I would imagine that all of the main players in the squad, by that I mean the nailed on first team starters, are eagerly looking to see who is joining them next window so as to be excited to push on to the next level.

Two or three top class joiners will not only improve the squad, they will get more out of the others already in the squad.