{"id":366546,"date":"2025-08-23T06:13:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T06:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/366546\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T06:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T06:13:19","slug":"newcastle-have-salt-rubbed-in-their-wounds-as-alexander-isak-liverpool-saga-drags-on-football-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/366546\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle have salt rubbed in their wounds as Alexander Isak Liverpool saga drags on | Football | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a summer to forget on so many levels for Newcastle<\/a> United. James Trafford, Bryan Mbeumo, Hugo Ekitike and Liam Delap are among the names Newcastle<\/a> have targeted without any success.<\/p>\n

They have made additions to their squad, with Aaron Ramsdale, Jacob Ramsey, Anthony Elanga and Malick Thiaw joining the club. But it\u2019s safe to say Newcastle<\/a> have been left wanting more in the market this summer.<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s the Alexander Isak-shaped elephant in the room. The striker has been at the centre of a saga for the majority of the summer, with Liverpool<\/a> having already seen one offer for Isak rejected by Newcastle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s likely part of the reason Newcastle<\/a> have been so hellbent on signing attacking reinforcements this summer, as well as a factor in why the Premier League side haven\u2019t sanctioned an exit for Isak. But it hasn\u2019t taken long for one of the players who rejected Newcastle<\/a> to rub salt in their already painful wounds.<\/p>\n

Alongside the likes of Mbeumo, Ekitike and Delap, Newcastle<\/a> were chasing the signature of long-time target Joao Pedro. That was until Chelsea<\/a> got involved in the conversation, with the Blues swooping in and securing Pedro\u2019s services.<\/p>\n

Just two weeks into the season and Pedro has already proven himself as an astute purchase for Chelsea<\/a>, not least in their Friday night victory over West Ham. Pedro got a goal and two assists in the thumping and looks to have already established himself as an indispensable member of the Chelsea<\/a> attack.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Isak situation rumbles on, with the player and the board currently finding themselves at a bit of an impasse. Isak launched an assault on the club earlier this week when he released a statement accusing Newcastle<\/a> of \u201cbreaking promises\u201d regarding his future at the club.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t go down well with fans\u2019 favourite Alan Shearer, who told Betfair: \u201cI mean, oh my God, what a f***ing mess his agent has made of this, honestly.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I was him, I\u2019d get his agent in a room and sack him on the spot immediately, because he is meant to be giving him the advice to sign that six\u2011year deal and there\u2019s no get\u2011out clause. I mean, it\u2019s ridiculous. And to take anyone\u2019s word in football\u2026 it\u2019s nonsensical to say that someone said, ‘Oh, I\u2019ll be able to get out at the end of the season.’ Really? I mean, come on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a summer to forget on so many levels for Newcastle United. James Trafford, Bryan Mbeumo, Hugo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[9261,748,6274,17708,393,94,4884,128363,179,763,128362,3047,11492,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-366546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-alexander-isak","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-chelsea-fc","11":"tag-chelsea-news","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-joao-pedro-chelsea-transfer","16":"tag-liverpool","17":"tag-liverpool-fc","18":"tag-liverpool-transfer-saga","19":"tag-newcastle-united","20":"tag-newcastle-united-fc","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115076609364177551","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}