The Saga of the summer has taken another turn.
Newcastle -attacker Alexander Isak explained an explosive explanation about his transfer -upright on Tuesday evening -saying that his future with the magpies “cannot continue” about “broken promises” of the club.
This is after Liverpool had rejected an £ 110 million bid earlier this summer by Newcastle.
Isak is not yet visible in the side of Eddie Howe in competitions since Newcastle returned to the duty for the season. He was seen on the club's training field, but has trained from the first team, to have started the new Premier League season.
So are the newest comments from Isak De Liverpool set up again? If a deal does not happen, is there a way back for Isak in Newcastle this season? And crucial, how big is this a few weeks in the context of the Premier League title?
Sky Sports answers all the important questions below – as we all start with deliberation: what is the next step?
What are the 'broken promises' what Isak has about?
Sky Sports News' Keith Downie:
There is a blur about this. In his statement, the ISAK section was somewhat ambiguous with regard to the “broken promises” that were taken. In their own statement, Newcastle has clarified that they have not taken over any promise to Isak about him who leaves the club.
However, it is our understanding that ISAK's claims about broken promises relate to a contract renewal that was discussed with the club. He claims that he has been promised a new deal that he has wanted in the last 18 months – and that did not come true.
Isak believes that he wants a contract – with higher wages – that reflects his status as one of the best Premier League spiers.
How did Newcastle respond to the news?
Sky Sports News' Keith Downie:
Newcastle is angry with what Isak said on his social media last night – and they will dig their heels in it.
Newcastle is in a strong position, which they said in their club statement. Isak has left for three years for that existing six -year contract that he has signed. And they remain very calm about the situation despite the external sound.
This is a situation in which Newcastle tried this summer to try to find a replacement, so that Isak can leave.
They tried to sign Hugo Ekitike, who would have been a like-for-like replacement. They tried to sign Benjamin Sesko, who would have been a like-for-like replacement. And they are in both deals in both deals on the Nitty-Gritty and, ironically, lost to Liverpool and then to Manchester United.
None of these players were bought to play next to Isak, they were bought to facilitate the move of Isak. And one of those deals would have enabled Isak to join Liverpool – but the failure to get Ekitike or Sesko has left Newcastle in a difficult situation.
Newcastle is the feeling that they have searched the market, but there is now a private dismissal that there is no one else left to chase as a top goal, with just under two weeks off the window.
Newcastle is currently needed Isak. And it feels very much like in this current climate, Isak will remain a player from Newcastle beyond the end of the transfer window.
What will be really interesting will be if and when Isak returns to the field with black -white stripes. Fans of Newcastle called him a “greedy b ******” of the stands during the 0-0 draw against Aston Villa – a match that showed how much Newcastle needed him.
What is needed for Newcastle to sell Isak?
Sky Sports News' Keith Downie:
Newcastle spoke about the conditions of a sale last night. There were two conditions.
One, Newcastle's appreciation of the player.
That appreciation is £ 150 million. But they would probably do a deal for a little less than that, although the range of £ 110 million from Liverpool that landed a few weeks ago is much short. So if Liverpool really wanted Isak seriously, they should come to the table with a higher bid.
The second is that Newcastle must find a replacement.
They have tried to sign Yoane Wissa from Brentford. But he is seen as the replacement of Callum Wilson instead of the ISAK replacement. So they even struggle to enter a replacement for Wilson, who left a free contract and joined West Ham.
So Isak should go if:
Would a deal for Wissa be sufficient for an ISAK sale?
Sky Sports News' Keith Downie:
If Newcastle signs two strikers between now and the end of the window – and that is unlikely in the remaining time, to which Newcastle referred in their statement – then Isak will probably go.
But if they get one striker, such as Wissa, on whom they have made a new bid, and Liverpool make an eye -water offer for Isak – from around £ 130 million to £ 135 million – then Newcastle may have a big decision.
There is an external chance that Isak's departure will take place in those circumstances. But it would leave Newcastle very light on point reinforcements.
It will be a very tense in the last few weeks, it feels like a line in the sand was pulled out of both parties last night, and Newcastle's position on the issue is paved on the back of the statements of Isak. There is a feeling that Isak has not hired itself by making that statement.
Does players of the player work?
Sam -Blitz from Sky Sports:
There is a stalemate in this Saga: a player who no longer wants to play and a club that does not want to sell him. Both try to achieve their goals at all costs.
In the past there have been many incidents where players buried their heels, refused to train hoping to get a movement. See Dimitar Berbatov, who missed the start of Spurs' season in 2008/09 to get a switch to Manchester United.
There was earlier this summer in the form of Viktor Gyokees, who will not show up until the start of Sporting CP training for the season.
Nuts were created from a broken agreement on its value between the player and the club – where Gyokeres won that struggle by getting a relocation of £ 63.5 million to Arsenal.
Has the club ever won the fight?
Sam -Blitz from Sky Sports:
There have been some controversial cases where the club has remained resilient and won in the light of the player's power. In 2021, Harry Kane expressed his wish to leave Tottenham and did not even show up for the first day of the training for the season, for which he was fined.
Just like Isak's situation, City had an £ 100 million offer on Kane – who also had three years left on his contract.
And while Spurs was looking for central forward replacements in the window, they stood firmly and kept keeping Kane after the bids continued to be rejected. The captain of England would leave two years later for the same £ 100 million compensation for Bayern Munich.
There was another incident in which the club won in Carlos Tevez in Manchester City. In September 2011, the Argentinian refused to get off the bank against Bayern Munich and manager Roberto Mancini insisted that Tevez was “completed” in the club.
After he refused to apologize and to receive several fines from the city due to contract breaks, Tevez returned to Argentina without the club's permission. Months passed without a resolution, but City rejected approaches from AC Milan, Inter Milan and Paris Saint-Germain for Tevez in the transfer window of January.
Two weeks after the transferline of the transfer, Tevez returned to City and then apologized for his behavior. He was back in the Mancini team by March and then helped them to a first Premier League title that season.
Does Liverpool still want Isak after this?
Sky Sports' Adam Bate:
There is a growing feeling with the wider audience that is the behavior of Isak unacceptable and this can even have an influence on the fan sentiment on Merseyside.
Jamie Carragher, however, said that the tactics of Isak spoke with Sky Sports News this week, that it is unlikely that the interest of Liverpool would be influenced.
“They will not, or we think they should or should not, or not,” he said, before he made it clear that he did not agree with the approach.
“I don't think that when you have a club that pays your wages and supporters who pay to see you play, you have to refuse to play or train. I don't think that's acceptable.”
Does Liverpool need a striker?
Sky Sports' Adam Bate:
Liverpool has already been working on the transfer market this summer and is introducing significant changes to the forward positions. The acquisitions of Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirtz have encouraged supporters, but there have also been some controversial departure.
Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz have been sold, while Diogo Jota naturally died tragically at the beginning of July. In a recent interview with Sky Sports, Arne Slot argued that Liverpool was still short in advance. “We need another attacker,” he said.
Isak's firepower would be an asset to each team and believe Liverpool that he could be a difference for the difference. She won the Premier League title with 10 points and scored 17 more goals than the second place Arsenal, but the position of Slot is that the margins were small.
“Although we have created the most opportunities in the competition, have scored most of the goals in the competition, we have usually won competitions with one target difference.” In fact, nine of the 25 Premier League victories of Liverpool only gained one goal last season.
Where does this Ekitike leave behind?
Sky Sports' Adam Bate:
Liverpool has already dedicated £ 79 million to bringing in Ekitike van Eintracht Frankfurt and the French International Forward has made a promising start of life at Anfield with goals in his first two games for the club. Many would claim that he justifies a point.
Slot himself has acknowledged that the best position of Ekitike is in the front, but he also pointed out that there are other ways in which the flexible attacker can fit. “I see Hugo especially as a no. 9 that could also play from the left or with another No. 9,” Sky Sports said.
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