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It’s been a chaotic few days on Tyneside to say the least, showing the highs and lows of life as a Newcastle United fan.
Monday started with a failed £50m bid for Wolves’ Jorgen Stand Larsen, followed by a 3-2 defeat to Liverpool, which ended in heartbreak for Eddie Howe’s Mags and a stadium full of frustration, both on and off the pitch.
As I left the stadium that night, I saw Jamie Reuben and Steve Nickson at the Milburn Entrance, with the former cutting a stressed and disheveled figure as he made a quick call before exiting. He looked like a man who knew how much the club needed a lift and striker signing, especially on a day where Alexander Isak’s future was anything but solved.
Reporting on the Swede’s ongoing attempts to leave, The Mail’s Craig Hope has revealed what happened when co-owner Reuben visited Isak’s Darras Hall mansion alongside PIF representative and Newcastle director Jacobo Solis.
The feedback from a potentially frosty meeting hurts less now Newcastle have struck a club-record £69m deal for German giant Nick Woltemade, but Isak’s message was thought to be anything but respectful, which has been a theme.
As Reuben and Solis attempted to find a resolution, Hope reveals that Isak remained unwilling to reintegrate and even went a step further, threatening not to play for the club before or after Monday’s deadline if a sale isn’t sanctioned:
