On Tuesday evening, the latest developments in the current Zomersaga saw around the transfer status of Alexander Isak.
A few contrasting statements, one of the player and then the football club responds with one of them.
The first revelation came in the form of a statement about the social media channels of Isak, which was released to coincide with those evenings PFA Awards. More a look at the exact content of that Alexander Isak declaration in just a moment, but the timing of the release felt very intentionally, in terms of how it coincided with the event of that evening.
Later that evening Newcastle United issued their own statement in response to that of their star stitch. It was formulated very carefully, but still very clear, and the club is currently not going to let the Swede leave the club. As with the statement of Isak, there is a careful choice of formulation that must be viewed, but it felt like a very strong reaction from the club, on a very difficult situation.
Let’s start with the event that already set up the discourse on Tuesday evening, Alexander Isak’s statement.
The pre-prepared statement that Isak has released on his Instagram account certainly talked a lot last night. There was a widespread conviction of various experts about Sky Sports covering the FL in response to the statement, but the report generally suggested that the statement made it clear that there was no way for Isak at the club.
There was also widespread anger and disappointment of fans of Newcastle. The narrative bubbling behind the scenes for some has been clear, Isak wants to leave the club. To finally see this intention confirm by the player, he left a bitter taste to everyone who honored the striker after our Carabao Cup triumph.
Although it is not to be denied that the intention of Alexander Isak’s statement is to indicate his desire to leave, the exact content of the statement has something more nuance. The explanation itself starts with a bad thanks to his colleagues and his teammates for acknowledging in the PFA team of the season.
The middle part builds up tension about why it is not at the award ceremony and suggests that people are a version of events that are not true and that “promises” have been broken. Exactly who these people and what these promises are can still be seen, since so far so far has been the only voice from a Newcastle United Perspective, Eddie Howe has been and he has always been very diplomatic in his answers when he was asked for Isak.
Then the last part delivers the bomb, I have copied this part exactly, because this is where all the talk points are really located:
“When promises are broken and trust is lost, the relationship cannot continue. That is where things are now for me – and why change in everyone’s best interest is, not just myself.”
At first glance it seems very clear, Isak feels like his expectations are not satisfied and as such he thinks it is best for him to leave the club. I fully agree that the interpretation of the surface level of the explanation is accurate and signales a wish of Alexander Isak to develop a Newcastle movement.
However, there are two keywords in this explanation that I have overlooked everyone’s analysis so far, these words are; “At the moment.”
Recording this sentence places a qualification around sentiment that Isak has expressed. Only because he feels “now” in a certain way, does this not mean that he has felt that before, or even how he will feel ahead.
In the interviews I have seen with Alexander Isak in recent years, he has always spoken very carefully when asked about his ambitions and intentions for his career. I think by including these words in his statement, he does the same here. I am not the idea that the Swedish striker is trying to develop a movement away from the club, but a door has been left, for the club to restore this situation and allow Isak to continue his career in black -white.
This idea is something that is also present in the club statement, although I feel that this explanation is also very careful in the formulation, so that much of the fault for the situation is back at the feet of the striker.
For the majority of this Transfersaga, the Newcastle journalists have maintained the story that Newcastle United Alexander Isak does not want to sell and would only consider doing this if the correct transfer costs were offered and Newcastle was able to replace the gaps in the team with the departure of both Callum Wilson and the Swede. The club statement seems to support last night. It certainly does not suggest that we once considered the striker as “not for sale” and will acknowledge so far that players have their own wishes. However, it does outline that there are clear conditions for sale and that the club does not provide that they are being paid.
The last part of this sentence is very important, because it seems to confirm that even if a club such as Liverpool would offer £ 150 million to Newcastle, if the club could not protect suitable replacements, even this offer would be rejected.
The last part after the club statement repeats the sentiment that Eddie Howe has brought forward for a few weeks, and emphasizes that they see Isak as part of the club and that he will be welcome as soon as he adopts the right attitude.
Based on the statement last night of the club, I would agree with many of the Newcastle -aimed journalists in the sense that I cannot see a scenario in which Isak can leave the club this summer.
Working on the assumption that Newcastle will be able to bring some replacement for Callum Wilson than those who are that striker, they will probably see themselves as the only eligible choice to start in the front for Newcastle in the short term.
As soon as Champions League matches start in September, the need to have a second striker will become increasingly important and it is at this stage that I would expect Bridges to be restored between Alexander Isak and the club.
What will be interesting to see is how the relationship between the Swedish striker and the fans of Newcastle United, which he has so clearly upset this summer, will be repaired.
How many fans of Newcastle United see a potential way for Alexander Isak in the club, if he is still there after the window is closed?
Based on comments from NUFC fans online, most either to be upset with him or with Liverpool are to entertain the idea that the Swede returns to the startline.
I fully understand the upset and indignation about how this has all happened, but I also think it is short -sighted not to pay people a second chance if they have clearly made a mistake. I think there is every chance that if Isak is still in the club as soon as Newcastle United starts playing Champions League matches, he can work together with Eddie Howe to determine a strategy to make his return possible.
The inheritance of Isak will be infected forever by his behavior this summer and his future beyond the short term remains enormously uncertain, but to unilaterally block the return of one of the world’s best players, you would cut off to move your face.
There may be further twists and turns in this transfersaga for the next 12 days in this Transfersaga, but if Alexander Isak is still a player in Newcastle in the next 2 September, we must all find a way to pass what happened. This entire saga has been a dark shadow about what a very exciting summer should have been.
To end a little bit of optimism, I think it has been overlooked how well the transfer activities of Newcastle are starting to form. It has been a much slower process than we all wanted, but we have been able to fill in one after all the positions of need that we had in the summer and I see the transfer window not ending without we signing at least one striker.
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