Pete Ferguson

Even if he wasn’t happy, plenty of players change minds. He still had 3 of a 6 year deal with no release clause to go, so need our valuation to be met which hasn’t happened (not helped by a sell on clause & a few years to be amortise too).
Is his actions likely to help that or us sign replacement?

Isak has hardly helped Newcastle’s window with his behaviour though.

I notice he wants his dream move so much he still hasn’t put a transfer request in or agent agreed to take less, unlike whats rumoured to have happened with Sesko and baliba.

It’s a shame Ashby doesn’t seem to be quite the level at fb as we hoped. Would be ideal if he was, if trips is sold that’s another player to replace within a few weeks…

Wonder if they offer Elliot as part of any deal? But whatever happens I just want them to get on with it and bid somewhere near what we value him

It may be possible but with the new format of the champions league & things like the coefficient benefiting ‘legacy clubs’ it even more difficult to catch up.
So after our best season last year & minimal signings last 3 windows having our main striker down tools going to you’s makes it more galling

Genuinely, how could he have handled this differently?

I think he’s dealt with this summer immensely well all things considered. It’s not all on him despite him having to publicly deal with it all.

He’s spoken up for the club & region, & not criticised Isak despite plenty of chances and reason to

Edward John Frank Howe!

He just gets it, doesn’t he?!

#NUFC

If he goes after they’ve said so strongly and publicly that he’s not going anywhere this summer is that not more damaging?
I think he should go tbh and get us maximum money cos he’s not going to be effective or up to speed if he does stay, long as we don’t get Jackson 😂

I wish the club had been this vocal at the start of the summer. Feels late and that a lot of damage has been done to the club and relationships between players. Plus we’ve spent half the summer chasing a replacement for him rather than improving squad
No idea how does Eddie manages this!?

Dream move? Only money wise. He does deserve a pay rise but he still has a contract.
The group & Howe have watched him go AWOL, disrupt preseason etc. Howe has handled weeks of it amazingly & protected him.
If isak signed a contract for 1 year and then leave I’m sure it would have been different

Can imagine he’s on a hefty wage at Chelsea? Not feeling this at all, even at 50 mill

Given our success this window I doubt that.

No, the club that did that needs to remember the clubs, market and league are in very different positions to when you did that.

We’ve been trying to get in a decent striker (and a backup) all summer so it’s also not for the want of trying

a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone while a crowd looks on . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking into a microphone while a crowd looks on .

This window is fun.

What message would it send selling below our valuation after saying he’s not for sale, a few weeks before we start the season when we’re trying to add to our squad?
He’s not going stay with us forever but with 3 years left at start of summer it wasn’t outrageous to plan he’d stay 1 more year.

We’ve seen this script before 😉 #lfc #nufc #liverpool #isak

Some of it is down to chaos in our boardroom; our DOF leaving a few days into the summer, & during his notice allegedly scuppering negotiations for Trafford.
Not being able to compete wages wise (psr) eg Eketike is reportedly on more than our top earners despite us bidding 70 mill

But Liverpool would only bid if they were encouraged 🤪

Yet another @msidouglas.bsky.social truth bomb that I couldn’t help but excerpt for anyone that hasn’t yet read the full piece below. #nufc

Even this castore one was better

My conspiracy theory is that Mitchell knowing Isak’s situation wanted to sell him this summer to which the chairman and Howe said no, so he was moved on instead.
We’ve really missed having staff doing their actual jobs so far this summer..

It’s spot on, I feel

Busted

The whole board deserve credit for this mess, over a year and still no replacement CEO especially after the chaos of last summer.
Hard to feel our project isn’t quite panning out as sold to us or players

Don’t think we have changed strategy much from Bruno, Isak, Botman etc i just think that we can’t keep up with the market prices and wages.
Delap, Trafford, Ekitike aren’t exactly old or anywhere near their ceilings? Elitike is apparently now on 250k and cost more than our club record bid.

So basically his agent is doing his job looking at what he is worth/ should ask for in any negotiations for his next contract, whether that’s with us or not.
Doesn’t look good and not great being said in an interview but that’s all it is to me anyway..

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we won’t, could be agents trying to get other teams involved or just plain using our name to get new contracts

How magical thinking came for net zero critics Badenoch shows the temptation of just putting all this climate unpleasantness behind us

My column in tomorrow’s paper: on the magical thinking that has emerged on net zero and what drives it:

And if they do, we’ll be saying great business. Still early in the window so I’m glad we’re trying to get the best deal we can