It\u2019s undoubtedly a hard gig writing transfer stories \u2013 you are reliant on agents, on clubs, on players, on sporting directors, on Saudi Arabian despotic regimes, to feed you information. Do you take it at face value? Do you take it with a pinch of salt? Or do you fear you might literally lose your head and just report everything verbatim without an ounce of retrospection or self-awareness?<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s important to remember that unless you are Fabrizio Romano and this is your billion-dollar business, it\u2019s all essentially fluff and nobody really cares or remembers if you are wrong. Unless, and this caveat is crucial, you are an absolute dick about it.<\/p>\n
Which is how we are arrive at Luke Edwards of the Daily Telegraph, who has been more than adamant for the vast majority of the summer that Newcastle will not sell Alexander Isak.<\/p>\n
Like this adamant:<\/p>\n
I will repeat for the hard of hearing. Alexander Isak is not for sale this summer. Not to Liverpool. Not to Saudi Arabia. Not to anyone. No amount of fake news, fraudulent in the know chancers or selective quote using aggregator accounts will alter that stance from Newcastle\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2014 Luke Edwards (@LukeEdwardsTele) July 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n And this adamant:<\/p>\n So, to make this simple for simpletons, there is no chance he will be allowed to leave. The board told him he\u2019s not for sale. His behaviour has forced them to contemplate the terms of what it would take for them to sell. Those terms are nowhere near being matched. The deadlock\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Luke Edwards (@LukeEdwardsTele) August 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n And this adamant\u2026<\/p>\n Still not over this. Imagine being quite literally A PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST and having such a poor level of media literacy. That NUFC statement literally confirmed there *was* a chance if certain conditions were met. pic.twitter.com\/mrLzU3ehKN<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Sally (@SalligatorLFC) August 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n And this adamant\u2026<\/p>\n I stand by every word of this article and we shall see who is right on September 1st. Isak has been told he\u2019s not for sale by the board. He\u2019s thrown a strop and wants to force his way out. Why do you think he\u2019s not involved. That\u2019s where things are #nufc<\/a> #lfc<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/q7Be7ywuqv<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Luke Edwards (@LukeEdwardsTele) August 9, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s actually extraordinary how adamant he was that Isak would not be sold \u2013 because that was what he was repeatedly told \u2013 when every single person with more than a passing knowledge of professional football knew that it was only a matter of time before Isak joined Liverpool<\/a>. This transfer was an unstoppable force and Newcastle were never an immoveable object.<\/p>\n So you might think that he would be feeling pretty damned sheepish when Newcastle agreed a fee with Isak late on August 31? Because only a \u2018simpleton\u2019 would ever have believed that were possible. And we would \u2018see who is right on September 1st\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n Well now it\u2019s September 1 and what we see is that Luke Edwards is very, very chuffed with himself. As chuffed as a small child who \u2018went to toilet\u2019 in his potty for the first time. Because he finally got it right. Yes, the people who told him repeatedly that they would not sell Isak, eventually told him exclusively that they were selling Isak. RESULT!<\/p>\n Astonishingly, this prompted a \u2018boast post\u2019. Take your time with this because it is a belter\u2026<\/p>\n As a high ranking Liverpool official said this summer, if you want to know what is really happening at Newcastle United read Luke Edwards in the Telegraph. I was flattered. I only ever report what I\u2019m told and learn.<\/p>\n I was wrong to say that Alexander Isak would not be sold this\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/aTWmPlF9Qp<\/a><\/p>\n