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Is Alexander Isak set to leave Newcastle United?
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Michael hosts Nicola to discuss the potential pros and cons of Alexander Isak's touted move away from the club. While selling the best striker in the world is never a positive move there are elements of the transfer that could prove to be huge for the future of Newcastle United.
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Transcript
Isak's Request to Leave Newcastle
00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the Daily Newcastle podcast and as you can imagine we'll be talking all things alex Alexander Ezek in this episode but first my name is Michael Grameslaw and today I am joined by Nicola Pringle-Adams. I think I know the answer to this Nick but how's it going?
00:00:25
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Stressed.
00:00:28
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Very, very stressed.
00:00:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah something happened. ah sort of I can't think of anything actually I think it's just normal every day but Yeah, um what pretty much is normal every day is new new news about alex Alexander Azak.
Newcastle's Uncertain Attack Lineup
00:00:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
If anyone isn't aware yet, maybe you've lived under a rock and it would have been nice to be living under a rock this morning when I heard that Alexander Azak has told Newcastle United that he wishes to explore his options, which in other terms is, hi, I'd like to leave now.
00:01:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Now, I'm not deluded enough to think this was never going to happen, um but I expected it to happen next summer, to be honest. what do you What do you think? Was it next summer or did you you have feelings it might have happened this soon?
00:01:15
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um i honestly hand on heart thought we would be having this discussion this time next year about um alexander isak leaving
00:01:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:26
Nicola Pringle-Adams
like Like you say, not deluded enough to think that we're going to keep him forever because that's just not how the game works. In some teams it does, but not in ours, clearly.
00:01:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:01:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um And the fact that this time last week we were sat here talking discussing, oh, we could have Alexander Isak and Hugo Eketike up top.
00:01:45
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We're going to have the best front two in the league.
00:01:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
Frustration Over Transfer Window
00:01:48
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We're going to be, well, not the best front two, but we're going to have one of the best front two in the league. And now this time, this week, we're like, Liverpool have signed Eketike and now Isak wants to leave, potentially.
00:01:58
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So, yeah, it's really great in this camp, guys.
00:02:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I always want... i always wonder Look, we wanted more minutes for William Asula. This is how we get it.
00:02:05
Nicola Pringle-Adams
This is how we get it.
00:02:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:02:06
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:02:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:02:07
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Callum Wilson's gone. oh
00:02:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Isaac's potentially going to be gone. Sesko? Wissa? Nah, let's just stick with William Asula. Why not? um Of course, that was sarcasm for anyone that can't tell.
00:02:17
Nicola Pringle-Adams
my
00:02:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But yeah, I thought we'd have ah another year of Alexander
Debate: Keep or Sell Isak?
00:02:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Isaac at Newcastle. But I have to say, overall, it has been... a pretty horrific transfer window for us so far when we had such high expectations.
00:02:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
I do have to say the Anthony Alanga signing is fantastic.
00:02:32
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:02:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's the only bright spark ah for us, unfortunately.
00:02:37
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yep.
00:02:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
But you have to be wondering what he's thinking right now because when he signed, he literally said, who wouldn't want to play with Alexander Azak? And at club level, Yeah, you might have got the chance, but not at Newcastle.
00:02:50
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Not in a castle.
00:02:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're going to to follow him to Liverpool or PSG or wherever it is. um So he must be a bit, he must be a bit well, searchgeant certainly sad at the situation. But, Nicola, if you were told 300k is enough to keep Alexander Azak at Newcastle, ah it would keep him for another two years before he decides to move on when Newcastle's top earners won Bruno on 160.
00:03:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Would you take it? Would you keep him for another two seasons on 300k or would you... He still let him leave for around that 150 mark. Yeah.
00:03:21
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Look, I'm torn in between this because he's obviously one of our best players, if not the best player, and also is one of the most highly talked about strikers in the league, if not world.
00:03:35
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So obviously, obviously i want to keep him. So bearing in mind, if that means we have to, you know, match what he wants of 300k a week, then yes, I would.
00:03:48
Nicola Pringle-Adams
However, my other part of this question answer to this question is if he wants to leave then please just go so we can cash in and we can spend that money ASAP to strengthen the squad because we are now the
00:03:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
Urgency in Transfer Market
00:04:04
Nicola Pringle-Adams
24th of July we obviously kick off the league in what less than a month um and other than the Anthony Langer signing we there's nothing there's nothing happening and it's sort and um I know everyone's
00:04:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:04:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:04:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
whoa whoa Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. We've just signed someone from the Korean second division, I'll have you now.
00:04:23
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Other than that,
00:04:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Realistically, it feels like we've just gone, right, we're going to go to Korea, right? We do need sign someone for the air for publicity.
00:04:30
Nicola Pringle-Adams
let's do this. Yeah.
00:04:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Let's spin the wheel, right? We've got that name, that name, and that name.
00:04:33
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Honestly.
00:04:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've put it together and we've found a player.
00:04:37
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:04:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm sure he's fantastic and that isn't the case.
00:04:37
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Also, this has all come out on the same day as obviously the ESAC news, an admin posted it like nothing was going on
00:04:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Ten minutes later or something.
00:04:44
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um Read the room. um
00:04:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
but
00:04:47
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No, so but my so the two answers to that part of the question, Michael, sorry, it's I would do I don't want to sell ESAC whatsoever without at least a backup in place, by the way.
00:04:58
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um
00:04:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:04:59
Nicola Pringle-Adams
But if he wants to go and he has expressed his interest to explore his his options, whatever that means, um then please, if you doesn't want to play for us, just go.
Management Issues at Newcastle
00:05:10
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um i am going to be severely hurt if he doesn't want to play for us. But this is just how business and football goes, I'm afraid.
00:05:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:05:17
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um Yeah, that's my answer to that.
00:05:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
that I think you've got the nail on the head there, to be honest. it's It is just business, but the business side of it does tell you that we do need to act very, very quickly. And ah hopefully we're planning for, just in case he does leave anyways,
00:05:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Benjamin Seshko was mentioned pretty much an hour after Izak was rumoured to be asking to leave.
00:05:37
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, I've just seen that.
00:05:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Johan Vissar's been up there as well. um So those two, if we got both of them in, I generally think I'd be okay. But there's an importance to move quickly because, as you say, there's, what, 38 days left of the transfer window, something like that.
00:05:50
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yep.
00:05:55
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Not much. Yep.
00:05:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's It's really, really worrying the fact that we still think we need five or six players. But I'll get onto that a bit later. As much as I do want Ezek to stay as well, you can't accommodate you can't change everything about the club to accommodate just one man, ah even though he is the best striker in the world, in my opinion.
00:06:13
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No.
00:06:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:06:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it is ah it is a tough scenario for the Magpies right now. um There won't be a single Newcastle fan who's happy ah today. But...
00:06:19
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No,
00:06:26
Nicola Pringle-Adams
of course not.
00:06:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:06:27
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No.
00:06:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
or
00:06:27
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No.
00:06:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm actually going go to an early advert from Bionique because I'm going to tailor this podcast to both crowds. um The Me's and the Kevs.
00:06:36
Nicola Pringle-Adams
so
00:06:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah So the really negative people and the really positive people. Who's who? Who knows? ah But we will hear all the negatives of the transfer. And then I'm going to finish up by trying to be incredibly positive.
00:06:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah So much to the point where Nicola's going to forget that your husband's going to be on a wind-up for the rest
00:06:51
Nicola Pringle-Adams
You've got this.
Potential Player Exchanges with Liverpool
00:06:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
of the year.
00:06:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes, it's going to be that good. But for now, let's listen to Bionique.
00:07:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Right, Alexander Rezac is probably off. ah Take it in, accept it, and we'll move on. However, the negatives here are that Newcastle do need six players, realistically. If Rezac leaves and as this pod goes out, as we mentioned, we've got 38 days to do that business.
00:07:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's no chance of us doing six transfers in 38 days as the Nicolás.
00:07:59
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Can't even do a six in one year, mate. Never mind. 38 days. Yeah.
00:08:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a very good point. It's a very good point. And I think the most we did in a single month was five. ah That January where everything changed, ah where we were literally in desperation mode for, ah we brought in Dan Byrne, Kieran Trippier, Bruno Gamares, Chris Wood, Matt Target on loan. um But let's be honest, the way we've been moving this summer, do you have any confidence in our ability to sign players at that level, or at least at the level we're supposed to right now?
00:08:25
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:08:32
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I've got to be honest, and this, obviously I love Newcastle with my whole heart, but whatever is going on behind them scenes, and my confidence is teetering on zero.
00:08:43
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um I hate to be that that fan, and I know people are going to be listening like, oh, trust the process.
00:08:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:49
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We've been trusting the process.
00:08:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:50
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We've been trusting the flipping process. like This was supposed to be the biggest summer of you know Newcastle's new era.
00:08:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:08:58
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I mean, come on. come on come on people I mean it's just it's you know we've got Paul Mitchell left you know and we've slow and replacing him slow and replacing other people that left we've got people in left right it just makes you question what and earth is happening I know you know when business changes or it'll go you know you do get you know uh you know staff turnover if you like but there's a flipping football club we're talking about come on
00:09:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. 100%.
00:09:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
and so
00:09:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, you're 100% right. I think it's one of those where you're looking at the back room and you're thinking they're dropping like flies.
00:09:32
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:09:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Obviously, there was Darren Eales, there's Mitchell, Ashworth. You're sitting there looking at it, and there's plenty of others as well, by the way, but you're sitting there looking at it and going, Eddie Howe's done a lot of good for this club football club, but why can nobody work with him?
00:09:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because it's it's starting to worry.
00:09:49
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And he, yeah, and he, I'm going to just say this, Eddie Howe is, ah feel so sorry for him.
Striker Replacement Challenges
00:09:58
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um And because inevitably or not inevitably if things don't go our way next season so let's just say we start next season we've made you know isac goes and we've not made any sort of ambitious signing shall we say um say if that is the case eddie howe is the first person that people are going to come for and to be honest at this point i'm a bit like well he's not being supported again other than one first team signing um
00:10:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:10:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:10:29
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So how can we, it's it's it's further than him. It's way up the chain and it's just, it's it is it's quite concerning as to why as a club, we can't seem to to close deals quickly or, you know, we get linked with players like, you know, I always mention it, Mark Gahey, Eketike.
00:10:47
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We just can't seem to close it. And whether it's not these players don't want to come here, fine, I get that happens, but it seems to always be us, always, always, always.
00:10:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:53
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And i don't get it. And my problem with this is if if we were serious about the Eketike deal, why not just offer the money?
00:11:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I get that.
00:11:03
Nicola Pringle-Adams
There's obviously been some uncertainty, as we know, because Isak's always in the headlines about, you know, Arsenal were convinced they were going to get him, then Liverpool were convinced they were get him, you know. if we got if there If there has been that uncertainty there, why weren't we, you know, full steam ahead and getting Eketiki over the line?
00:11:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:11:18
Nicola Pringle-Adams
OK, I know it's boiled down to the fact that he did want to go to Liverpool. Fine. But still, you get where I'm going with that.
00:11:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, 100%. I think it's it is one of those. It's been a constant of the the transfer window so far. I do think there's a lot of players we've been linked with to sort of boost up the price.
00:11:35
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:11:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Kuni, I think at the start of the the window, I think he ended up going for the relief clause.
00:11:39
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:11:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
but It's one of those where we are always the team linked with a ah player.
00:11:44
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Always.
00:11:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
in order the to build up the price. Because let's be honest, if we were actually in for every single player we've been linked with, we'd have a squad bigger than Nottingham Forest and Chelsea combined. And that's impossible.
00:11:55
Nicola Pringle-Adams
mate, 100%.
00:11:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah So, yeah, it's one of those...
00:11:57
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah. No, 100%. Yeah. I'm not naive into thinking that, but there is some instances where I'm like,
00:12:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, no, I know.
00:12:03
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Come on, this is just, it seems to be we're always the laughingstock.
00:12:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, no, I was going to finish that. There is always those like Brian Mbuemo, Mark Gaye, as you mentioned, Hugo Eketike, who we are obviously that interested in because it's been there for a long time.
00:12:12
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:12:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, you know, we are always linked with these players and for them to end up going elsewhere.
00:12:21
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yep.
00:12:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Obviously, we don't know where Gaye is going yet, but it looks like Liverpool.
00:12:24
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Mm-hmm.
00:12:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
um for them to end up going elsewhere, clearly there's something in the process that we're just not doing very well. And as you say, maybe it is clubs players don't really want to come to Newcastle.
00:12:32
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No.
Newcastle's Transfer Market Reputation
00:12:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe that is the fact that there's a Newcastle tax, Saudi money, etc. But realistically, we've kind of got to accept that we're not one of those elite clubs. um You know, we're not the Liverpools, the Man Citys, even the Arsenals, who managed to get the transfers over the line like that.
00:12:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:12:58
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah not yet but yeah yeah
00:12:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know I think hearing and out loud, it's the most tin pot thing I've ever said, but ah it's it's it is sad. It is sad. And think the reason Izak's departure is going to hurt so much is the fact of there aren't many great strikers out there at the minute.
00:13:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And I've said this
00:13:14
Nicola Pringle-Adams
and that's what's concerning
00:13:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah I've said this so many times on the pod the last few weeks. of You compare the modern day to the 2000s, even the early 2010s. If you lost a striker of his ex-ability, you could look at 10 other clubs in the Premier League and go, we'll just have their striker.
00:13:29
Nicola Pringle-Adams
That's fine. We'll have him.
00:13:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Now, Johan Visser, we're looking there and going... Yeah, but I don't really like him enough to be number one.
00:13:36
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:13:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'd love to have him as the backup because fantastic player for a backup. But to to lead the line, it's not something that gets you excited. um But yeah, this what do you think?
00:13:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's not really any good strikers out there at the moment who Newcastle could be linking.
00:13:54
Nicola Pringle-Adams
and No, i I mean, we've spoke about a few, obviously, ah few on here before as a as a collective group, I mean.
00:13:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:00
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um ah My problem, if Isak is going to go then go, please just go. um I'm going to hold a grudge for a very long flipping time.
00:14:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:11
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um That's just me because I love him, obviously, as every Newcastle fan does. if he's going to go, go There is then only one option. We have to get Sheshko over the line. that I mean, that's probably the only one that I can really think of at the top.
00:14:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:23
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um I'm not opposed to actually Visser. I think i think he will i think ah think he will embed in the Newcastle team fine. Not Isak fine, but I think he will eventually get the Eddie Howe effect and and be fine.
00:14:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
i don't I'm not saying he's terrible because he's not. We've just been spoiled with Isak.
00:14:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's not. Oh.
00:14:38
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We've just been really spoiled with Isak.
00:14:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
True.
00:14:41
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And that, I imagine this is how people felt years ago when, I don't know, I can't think of it at top my head.
00:14:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Andy Cole, yeah.
00:14:47
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And DeCole left, yeah. like I imagine this is how they all felt.
00:14:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:14:49
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um And it is just a part of the process, but Yeah, I don't know what we're going to do um because we've just talked about we can't seem to get deals over the line.
00:14:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a scary time, isn't it?
00:14:59
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, yeah
00:15:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's it's one of those where one way I can potentially see the deal happening for Liverpool, because obviously they're going to have to sell Nunes and Diaz before they can actually before they can buy Isaac, which means there's time for the likes of PSG to swoop in, etc.
00:15:02
Nicola Pringle-Adams
it needs to be, it needs to happen.
00:15:13
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:15:16
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:15:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
in that time.
00:15:20
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Hmm.
00:15:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Little reminder, PSG have signed no one so far, this transfer window, so there's probably cash there for a big signing. But what I can see happening on the Liverpool side is a cash and player deal. Now, you made it pretty early pretty obvious earlier in the group chat you weren't fancying a bit of Dalot and Nunes.
00:15:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
But ah if Isaac does wish to go to Liverpool, I could see them offering maybe 70, 80 million plus.
00:15:38
Nicola Pringle-Adams
150 million
00:15:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, Ian said plus Elliot and Nunes. I could probably see it being 120 million plus Nunes. But what do you think about that?
00:15:52
Nicola Pringle-Adams
no no if you're gonna go no if you're going to go
00:15:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
No players on top of that?
00:15:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because 120 plus Nunes is technically about 160, 170.
00:16:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
But a difficult one.
00:16:06
Nicola Pringle-Adams
By the way, when I said earlier in the group chat about Nunes, I'm going to do
00:16:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a personal thing. You just don't like it.
00:16:11
Nicola Pringle-Adams
It's a personal thing.
00:16:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's fine.
00:16:12
Nicola Pringle-Adams
ah Yeah. And like like I said, I don't think he's i don't think he's losing sleep over Nicola Pringle-Adams, not really liking him.
00:16:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
I get it.
00:16:16
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I think my problem with the fact is, and this is just a little bit.
00:16:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
i mean, I do.
00:16:20
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I think this is just a little bit of context for the listeners. and Can you imagine my my I'll never hear peace again. I'll never feel peace again at my personal life, at my home life.
00:16:31
Nicola Pringle-Adams
If Liverpool. managed to, well, they've managed to snag Ekotiki off Newcastle, whether we're in it or not, don't care.
00:16:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:38
Nicola Pringle-Adams
And then they managed to take ISAC offers, but offers Darwin Nunes as a little, oh, it's okay though, here you My husband will have a field day with this.
00:16:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it's true. It's true. I could imagine it, but...
00:16:48
Nicola Pringle-Adams
don't, can can we see Darwin Nunes playing for Newcastle?
00:16:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
oh What I will say is...
00:16:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
I genuinely could because I think he'll be another one of those Anthony Gordon figures where beforehand we all hate him.
00:16:55
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, you and Kev have said that.
00:16:59
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:17:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
He comes to the club and actually performs all right because we are a fast-paced counter-attacking team where he's not going to have too much time to think on the ball. It's going to be pretty instant, which is where he's at his best.
00:17:15
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Eh.
00:17:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But i I also sit and look at the 7,000 chances he misses a season and think, yeah, I'm not really fond of that. um So either way, it's it's not great news for us. But before we go into part three, where we go through all the positives and finish that way, ah do I've got something i feel relatively neutral about? And I mentioned it last night when um Ian was talking about potential topics.
00:17:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. ah Basically, Ross Wilson is look potentially going to come into the club as a sporting director from Nottingham Forest. um For those that aren't aware, he was at Rangers when they had the Europa League campaign, um but his their fans were over the moon when he left.
00:17:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
um so I saw last night and I was like, oh, that's that's not great.
00:17:59
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Oh God.
00:18:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But he's also at Forest at the minute and Lord knows their last last season, in their transfer window was incredible.
Impact of Potential New Sporting Director
00:18:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
They brought in Elliot Anderson um for ah you know pretty much 15 million when you take off Odysseys from some stupid club that agreed to that.
00:18:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Plus Nikola Milenkovic, who's one of the best centre-backs in the league for me this season. So if he can work with Eddie Howe, um We can finally get a clip you know so a combination that works together in unison.
00:18:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I imagine that'll be ah fantastic for us. But is it someone that you'd heard of before? Because I'll be honest, I had no idea he existed until it came up.
00:18:37
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No.
00:18:40
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No, no, I didn't. I think you put it in the chat today or yesterday and I was like, who is that?
00:18:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's right, yeah.
00:18:44
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um So, yeah, no, that's no surprise.
00:18:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'd heard of Mitchell.
00:18:46
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I don't know a lot.
00:18:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah To be fair, I pride myself on knowing a lot and I had no idea who he was. Yes, I am a bit of an arrogant and a bit of a bell. But that's my personality.
00:19:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
but it's ah I'm not.
00:19:00
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Well.
00:19:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's just It's just a joke and I don't pride myself on knowing a lot. I just, ah yeah. But speaking of things that work excellent in unison, yeah, we'll we'll call it that.
00:19:08
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Statman.
00:19:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
i do I do research to hide the fact I know nothing. ah
00:19:14
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah, yeah,
00:19:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah ah But things that work well, like Michael and research, us two on a pod, and hopefully Wilson and Howe, ah is Zencastat in this podcast.
00:19:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
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00:19:27
Nicola Pringle-Adams
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00:19:30
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00:19:48
Nicola Pringle-Adams
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00:19:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah and Absolutely beautiful. Thank you very much, Nicola. So now we're going to go into the positives of Alexander Rizak potentially departing Newcastle United.
00:20:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I know what everyone's thinking.
00:20:06
Nicola Pringle-Adams
my
00:20:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
There is no positives. This is going to end in five minutes. But... I am here to change your minds. It is difficult to say that the transfer would be too good for us to turn down because losing the best striker in the world is never a good thing.
00:20:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
But 150 million, Nicola, that's a fee. That'd be the third highest transfer fee in history.
00:20:23
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Nope.
00:20:29
Nicola Pringle-Adams
History. Yeah.
00:20:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's too much to turn down, surely.
00:20:32
Nicola Pringle-Adams
What could we do with that? What would that be? Like £86 million profit or something? No, bit more than that.
00:20:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
It'd be more because um it's he's had three years of his contract. So I believe his contract split up by the six years.
Financial Benefits of Selling Isak
00:20:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
So it's effectively 11 million a year or something like 125, no, 115 million profit.
00:20:45
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Ah.
00:20:51
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Oh, Jesus. was way off um oh i think all right okay um yeah well that is a positive think of what we could get with that think of what we could get with that we could probably get three out of that and if not four
00:20:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
um If you take that into consideration. Without that, it is around what you said.
00:21:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly. sick We need six signings.
00:21:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that's even if you're buying world-class players.
00:21:13
Nicola Pringle-Adams
yeah
00:21:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
You could do a lot with 150 million, particularly we've heard that we had 120 available last week when Ekotiki was potentially going to sign.
00:21:25
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yep.
00:21:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
70 of that was going to be there. We've said we need six sign-ins. It was five before Izak was going to leave. five Trying to sign five players with 120 million is quite a daunting task in the modern day of football.
00:21:38
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yep.
00:21:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
But it's much it's much, much harder than getting six with 270. Because six with 270, you're sitting there and going, who can't I buy?
00:21:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, clearly, João Pedro and Liam De Laap.
00:21:53
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Ekiteke.
00:21:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Brian and Bleymo wouldn't let a ticket.
00:21:53
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yes. Mark Gahey.
00:21:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
But August, the options are endless with that. And I think... would do you Would you be happy if we sold Ezak but broadened our horizons to sign five us well four or five great players at the expense of you know that world-class one?
00:22:14
Nicola Pringle-Adams
it Yeah, if we sold ISAC and spent that money, I mean, it has to be the right fit, obviously. I'm not saying we just go out and panic buy because that's obviously never the case um and never a good thing to do.
00:22:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:24
Nicola Pringle-Adams
But If we sold Isak and if he's unhappy, whatever it is, that I mean, to be honest, just to clarify, i'm actually not surprised he's a little bit unsettled, this transfer window as well, because of all the speculation around him.
00:22:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
No. I'm saying no.
00:22:35
Nicola Pringle-Adams
so I'm kind of not surprised about that, to be fair.
00:22:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:38
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um That hasn't helped him at all. um If he's unhappy, then go. Let's get the money. Cash in on him. Cash in on him now while his value is as high as it is, because if we keep him and next season, i mean, God forbid if he does stay and like this doesn't happen,
00:22:53
Nicola Pringle-Adams
But if we keep him and next season he has an absolute downfall, horror show, yeah, then we are going to be sat here this time next year and being like, oh, God, now he's only worth like 40 million.
00:22:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Horror show. Yeah.
00:23:05
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I don't know. Whatever.
00:23:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I get where you come from.
00:23:07
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Let's sell him now. sell it yeah Sell him for his top value.
00:23:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:12
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Get that money in the bank whatever. And then let's just go out, broaden our horizons and get the players in the positions that we so desperately we need. Yeah.
00:23:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:22
Nicola Pringle-Adams
No one would be mad at that. no Not one Newcastle fan, yes, would be mad that Isak's gone and would be thinking, oh, he scored the winning goal at Wembley against Liverpool and now he plays for them. like oh but We're all going to be upset about that.
00:23:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:23:33
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We're all going to be bitter about it and it's going to be horrible to see him in a Liverpool kit. But if we spend that money, invest it wisely, we've seen other teams do it. We've seen other teams sell their big plays, invest the team and you know make the team better.
00:23:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:44
Nicola Pringle-Adams
i always think of Aston Villa. but's and Yeah, no, sorry. Aston Villa is a great example. Yes, OK, they did fall off a little bit.
00:23:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's Grealish.
00:23:51
Nicola Pringle-Adams
But when they sold Jack Grealish, yeah, that would have been so upsetting for all the Aston Villa fans. And, you know, even I felt sorry for them, like a homegrown pale player as well, by the way. You know, they cashed in on minute as top value at that time, which was like a you know, a world record or whatever it was.
00:23:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:04
Nicola Pringle-Adams
um Yes, he's gone to Man City, but they invested that money really well. And now look at them.
00:24:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:09
Nicola Pringle-Adams
They're now, well, last year they played in the Champions League, didn't, or whatever, well, Europa League, Champions League, whatever they were in.
00:24:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
um and say Yeah, 100%.
00:24:14
Nicola Pringle-Adams
You know, So they invested that well. We can do that. We can do that. We just need a team of people behind the scenes to act quick.
Future Newcastle Squad Vision
00:24:22
Nicola Pringle-Adams
So that's my opinion on that.
00:24:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, it does 100%.
00:24:24
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Did I have to answer that question? Sorry.
00:24:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
It is one of those where realistically when you sell a big player, yeah you realistically are either going to follow the path of Liverpool, Aston Villa or Tottenham, who if people remember when Spurs signed bait sold bail, should I say...
00:24:36
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:24:38
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Mm-hmm.
00:24:42
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yep. Oh, yeah.
00:24:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
They ended up bringing in the likes of Roberto Soldado, Eric Lamella, Paulinho. ah Players that just didn't really work. Nasser Chadli, I believe, was that window as well. And so, you know, there is the possibility that you do bring in absolute dross.
00:24:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
But... we have a great record with big transfers. so Of our top 10, the worst signing been Harvey Barnes, who's got 14 goals and seven assists for us in two years.
00:25:08
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yeah.
00:25:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
if that's our worst If that's the worst out of the top 10 signings, give our transfer team every penny under the planet to sign new players.
00:25:11
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We'll have it.
00:25:18
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Mm-hmm.
00:25:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I'm very confident that if you know we do will get that money, we will be able to... sign good players, maybe great players, but it's just a case of actually getting them over the line.
00:25:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Are you confident that with that money, the signings that would come in would be arguably just as good and, you know, raise the team, the level of the team?
00:25:39
Nicola Pringle-Adams
I don't ah yeah um yeah yes but also I don't think there's any room for it not to be it it has to be it actually has to be you cannot lose um Alexander Isak from your first team and bring in yeah that's the word you use I'm trying to you can't bring on the same caliber you can't bring people that aren't on the same caliber as that it has to be first team um
00:25:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
It has, yeah.
00:25:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:26:06
Nicola Pringle-Adams
it is It has got to be, you can't, you can't do it. um You know, i think Kev said earlier, you know, if if we're going to cash him in, perfectly fine, let's do it. We're definitely going to need a striker, probably another midfielder, centre-half maybe, and definitely another keeper.
00:26:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:26:23
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Invest that money. that They are four positions there. Obviously, we need a striker now, but four they are four positions there that will improve the team miraculously. but it has to be on the same calibre as what we've got already.
00:26:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
100%, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, 100%.
00:26:34
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Let's not forget the team we have already. It has to be on the same calibre as that. And obviously if we lose Alexander Isak, it has to be on his level as well.
00:26:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:26:41
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Don't forget, these players have played together for a while now.
00:26:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah hundred
00:26:43
Nicola Pringle-Adams
They all play really well. God, it's bringing people that are going to, you know, upset that rhythm a little bit. But yeah.
00:26:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. It's important to remember, we as a midfield three, we do I think everyone in the who's a Newcastle fan honestly believes we've got one of the best two, three midfields in the Premier League.
00:27:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe with the signing of Zubomendi for Arsenal, Reinders for Man City.
00:27:04
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yep.
00:27:06
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Yep.
00:27:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe that changes a little bit, um but we're still up there with the best. um We've got Lewis Holland, Teele Levermento, great full-backs, very young. Alangering, Gordon is going to be incredibly exciting.
00:27:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
You just need a couple of players, and that's you know cemented as a ah top four squad for the next 10, 15 years. Not 10, 15, five years, let's say.
00:27:27
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Agreed. but Yeah.
00:27:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm being a bit overzealous, but I'm trying to be positive.
Final Thoughts and Optimism
00:27:33
Nicola Pringle-Adams
to be positive.
00:27:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Exactly. So, you know, it's it's one of those where I've got a good feeling we'd follow the the route of Liverpool and Aston Villa after selling a big name rather than more of a Tottenham. But Tottenham did make a Champions League final after that, so can't really call it a failure.
00:27:49
Nicola Pringle-Adams
Can't complain.
00:27:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
But no, i'd I'd love a Champions League final, to be honest. But just before um we do finish, I don't know if you've got anything else you want to add on Alexander-Izac.
00:28:00
Nicola Pringle-Adams
oh just please don't go like he's listened to this podcast every day of his life um no I think we've covered yeah I think we've covered everything look um today has been enough for any Newcastle fan to have a headache for the rest of the week please roll on the second or first of September whatever it is so we can be done with this um it is what it is this is just it is what it is get him over the line if doesn't want to be here go fine
00:28:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
It wasn't a personal message. Yeah.
00:28:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. 100%. I completely agree. And just to sort of give the full view of, from my perspective, it's like, If Alexander Rezac leaves, he will be a Newcastle United legend. He is the best striker in the world right now.
00:28:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
And he scored the goals to get us two Champions League qualifications and our first trophy since, what, 1969? 68? Off the top my head, can't remember. But unfortunately, there's levels to football right now. And we aren't that elite club.
00:28:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah We all know deep down, but Newcastle be fine. We'll 100% be fine.
00:29:00
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We've been in worse situations.
00:29:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
We'll spend the money that we've gotten. Exactly. um ah Every big signing we've made has been a positive one. No one wants to sell, but as a squad, I'm certain we'll be better this time next season than what we are now.
00:29:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
we've So, you know, that's all we've that's all for us on the the Daily Newcastle pod today. um Who knows what will happen in the next two to three weeks, but whatever happens... We've endured John Carver, Steve McLaren, Joe Kinnear, Big Sam Allardyce, Steve Bruce, and Big Fat Mike Ashley.
00:29:28
Nicola Pringle-Adams
steve bruce
00:29:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
If Ezek leaves, this is a breeze. Have a nice weekend, everyone.
00:29:35
Nicola Pringle-Adams
We can do it all.
00:29:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
And just remember to smile. It's not the end of the world.