{"id":10278,"date":"2025-08-19T22:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T22:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/10278\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T22:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T22:21:07","slug":"newcastle-refuse-to-be-bullied-by-alexander-isak-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/10278\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle refuse to be ‘bullied’ by Alexander Isak statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexander Isak has released a statement accusing Newcastle United of \u2018misleading\u2019 the public over \u2018promises\u2019 they made him.<\/p>\n

The Swedish striker is apparently under the impression that Newcastle said he could leave the club if a big club were interested in him; presumably, they did not say they would let him leave for less than his asking price.<\/p>\n

Liverpool have made just one bid for Isak valued at \u00a3110m and will have to return with more than \u00a3120m to persuade Newcastle to sell. It\u2019s not a \u2018ludicrous\u2019 demand<\/strong><\/a> whatever some people would have you believe.<\/p>\n

Isak said on Instagram: \u201cI\u2019ve kept quiet for a long time while others have spoken.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat silence has allowed people to push their own version of events, even though they know it doesn\u2019t reflect what was really said and agreed behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is that promises were made and the club has known my position for a long time. To now act as if these issues are only emerging is misleading.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen promises are broken and trust is lost, the relationship can\u2019t continue. That\u2019s where things are for me right now \u2013 and why change is in the best interests of everyone, not just myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

But that \u2018change\u2019 is only possible if a) Liverpool return with a bid that meets Newcastle\u2019s asking price and b) Newcastle manage to sign two strikers, having already allowed Callum Wilson to leave this summer.<\/p>\n

They have made offers for Brentford\u2019s Yoane Wissa but the Bees are copying Newcastle and trying to drive up the price.<\/p>\n

They have failed in moves for Joao Pedro, Benjamin Sesko and Hugo Ekitike among others this summer.<\/p>\n

It is thought that Liverpool will not return again for Isak until after next Monday night\u2019s Premier League clash, with The Sun claiming on Tuesday that they have \u2018sanctioned a British record \u00a3130million move\u2019 next week.<\/p>\n

Following Isak\u2019s statement, Luke Edwards of the Daily Telegraph tweeted: \u2018Newcastle United continue to insist this evening, despite Alexander Isak\u2019s accusations on Instagram, that the player is not for sale. They are not going to be bullied or back down either.\u2019<\/p>\n

Pundit Jamie Carragher believes Isak has behaved poorly, saying: \u201cTransfers happen every summer but I don\u2019t think you should ever go toxic or nuclear where you refuse to play or train. That may be what forces the move in the end, so who am I to say it\u2019s wrong? But I just don\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re paying his wages, they\u2019ve been great to you, you\u2019ve been great for them, just keep training, keep playing and hope a deal gets done.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Isak has released a statement accusing Newcastle United of \u2018misleading\u2019 the public over \u2018promises\u2019 they made him.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1268,9,10,18,13,14,793,6,794,19,17,11,12,1009,15,16,1270,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-10278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-alexander-isak","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-breakingnews","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-featured-news","13":"tag-featurednews","14":"tag-front-page","15":"tag-headlines","16":"tag-home-page","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-latest-news","20":"tag-latestnews","21":"tag-liverpool","22":"tag-main-news","23":"tag-mainnews","24":"tag-newcastle-united","25":"tag-news","26":"tag-top-stories","27":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}