Newcastle United owners make clear zero chance of Alexander Isak sale – United message from journalists
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The Newcastle United owners have now made it absolutely clear, there is zero chance of Alexander Isak leaving in this summer transfer window.
Tuesday night brought more dramatic twists that took the situation to another level.
Alexander Isak making a public statement (see below) via social media insisting that he must leave the club this summer as it is; ‘…in the best interests of everyone.’
Whilst the football club swiftly responded with a statement (also see below) of their own, saying that no promises had been made that the striker could leave this summer AND that he wouldn’t be leaving before the 7pm transfer deadline on Monday 1 September 2025.
Whilst the club’s public statement was very restrained last night, what has then followed has shown just how much worse Alexander Isak has made the situation for himself.
Here I have picked out excerpts from the most reliable journalists who cover Newcastle United, as they write about the fallout of Tuesday night’s events.
All three of these journalists have been briefed by those within the club, with an absolute final message now regarding how the Newcastle United owners feel about the Alexander Isak situation.
If there was even a remote chance of Isak leaving in these 12 or so remaining days of the summer 2025 transfer window, that has now gone for sure. On top of that, the trio of journalists also revealing the clear fury of the Newcastle United owners and no doubt Eddie Howe as well, after Alexander Isak made this very desperate new attempt to force his move on the cheap to Liverpool.
‘In attempting to force through a move, the centre-forward has hardened the club’s position.
The initial response from the top at Newcastle was to dig in further. With the end of the transfer window racing towards them, there is no longer an obvious replacement for Isak, let alone the two strikers they would need if his departure was sanctioned (they played without an established centre-forward at Villa Park last weekend). A lack of money has not been their issue, but rather a lack of options. As they said in their own statement, “The conditions of a sale this summer have not transpired.”
For now, they are insisting that Isak stays: “We do not foresee those conditions being met.” In private, their mood has hardened, which may not quite be what Isak and his camp intended. There has been frustration at Isak’s stance, the influence of his representatives and irritation with the nature of Liverpool’s pursuit, but there was a longer, calmer game to be played. Behind the diplomacy of the public insistence that Isak remains “part of our family and will be welcomed back when he is ready to rejoin his teammates,” there is also fury.
Ahead of a fixture which was always going to be on the toxic side of lively, Isak might just have made things worse for everybody but that includes himself. Because more than ever, Newcastle insist he is going nowhere. And where would that leave him, aside from alone?’
