Newcastle reporters criticized Saudi bosses: They should be ashamed of being forced to sell Isaac

September 1: The Isaac transfer soap opera ended as the summer window was close. Players joined Liverpool as they wished, while Newcastle will receive a record 130 million pounds of transfer fees. In response, the Telegraph Newcastle reporter Luke Edwards published an commentary article saying that the Saudi bosses in Newcastle should be ashamed of being forced to sell Isaac. They thought they would be different, but they still surrendered like their former boss Mike Ashley.

The reporter wrote in the article: There is nothing else to say about this. Newcastle was a complete failure in the transfer of Isaac, and the club will bear the consequences of this matter for a long time to come. Such a poor transfer operation is rare. Losing the team's number one star at the last moment of the transfer window with a transfer fee below the asking price is a failure of leadership and a manifestation of lack of planning and determination.

Newcastle eventually violated its promise for months, not only losing its core player, but also failing to obtain an ideal transfer fee. This move not only weakens its own strength, but also promotes the prestige of its competitors. Newcastle appears weak in this matter, like a weak brigade that can be easily crushed. The culprit is the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF). As the person who controls the club, he has the final decision. He insists that Isaac cannot be sold throughout the summer, but he still lets it go.

Newcastle's original plan was to keep Isaac, not bow to Liverpool, players and their agents, and to fully obstruct the transfer. If necessary, they could even force the player to keep the leading scorer at all costs. They knew that if Isaac left the team, other players would likely follow in the footsteps. The plan was going as expected throughout the summer, and Newcastle could also foresee that the opponent would use various despicable means to disrupt the players' minds, trying to lower the price of 150 million pounds, but the club vowed to stick to the bottom line until the last moment.

Therefore, Newcastle, who surrenders under pressure, seems so foolish. The club is eager to compete with the best teams in the country, to compete for trophies, and to break through the boundaries of expectations. They hope that fans can dream of glory and believe that Newcastle has been completely renewed. But when the critical moment came, they were played with by Liverpool and were slapped by others. Newcastle can't keep core players as always. The names of Beardsley, Wander, Gascoin, Harman and Carol are vivid in my mind. The club has received a record transfer fee in the UK, but what is important is not money, but image!

Newcartes can sell Isaac at any time this summer, and Liverpool are willing to pay the money in June, July and August, but the club refused until the last day of the transfer window. Before that, they missed three forwards who could fill Isaac's vacancy: Joao Pedro, Ekitic and Sheshko, who ended up going to other clubs, and even if Brentford forward Visa could join Newcastle on the deadline, the situation was still embarrassing.

Although Newcastle signed two forwards, Visa and Walter Mad, to replace Isaac, they are actually both alternatives to the team, and despite their chances of success here, they are not as good as Isaac. As the club's main shareholder, PIF is responsible for the main responsibility as they accepted Isaac's transfer a few weeks ago. However, when the critical moment came, PIF only saw huge transfer fees, and did not consider how much damage this trade would cause and how big the team's strength would decline. It's a pure business decision, not a football decision.

Newcastle could have sold Isaac any time this summer, but ultimately decided on the eve of the transfer deadline, which puts huge pressure on PIF. It can be seen that there was a reason they finally chose to sell, and Isaac refused to play for the team again and warned that he would seek to leave again in January if he did not let him go. While some fans will be happy with his departure, from a strategic perspective, it was a complete failure. Newcastle's boss talked about one thing all summer, but ended up doing another one, which is worth criticizing.