Isak clearly has a lot of bridges to rebuild if he is to ever represent the club again.
“You’ve got a guy who’s on 100K-a-week plus, not playing, and you’ve got the normal fan paying £60-£70 for a ticket every week expecting him to be in the team,” Newcastle’s all-time leading scorer Alan Shearer told BBC 5 Live. “That is why it hurts them so much.
“There is no loyalty [in football] – clubs look after themselves and players look after themselves, but there’s a way of doing things. The way that Alex is doing this at the moment is not the right way.
“Liverpool have got into his agent and to offer £110m is rather belittling when you have midfielders going for £105m. They know they aren’t going to get Isak for £110m.
“You’ve got a guy who played a huge part in one of Newcastle’s best seasons ever, winning the club’s first trophy for 70 years, qualifying again for the Champions League. Yet with three years left on his contract he says he doesn’t want to play here anymore.”
Newcastle head coach Howe said the away end were “very free” to make their feelings known about the player after the game, but he stressed in the same post-match news conference that the door remains open for Isak to be reintegrated.
He reiterated that it is down to Isak to “decide what he wants to do” as the striker continues to train away from the group.
Howes ideally wants a swift resolution – and understandably so.
