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BBC News
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'It's how football works'
I am not angry about the way Alexander Isak has behaved, because I know how football works. I'm disappointed and surprised that this is happening now, but I have been in the game long enough to understand why we have got to this seems obvious that Liverpool have got into him, or his agent, to turn his head and make him want to go there. From a players' perspective, rather than a fan, I get the mentality where he has made his mind up about what is best for his future it is the club that matters most here and, whatever happens next, the crux of the matter is that Newcastle United are far bigger than any one individual - always has been, and always will move on all the time, and do what they have to do, but the club is always there. That's the one constant, every Newcastle have to look after themselves, which means that if they are contemplating letting Isak go for whatever price they want for him, then they also need to get two strikers they want in before they can do they are available, Brentford's Yoane Wissa and Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins are proven Premier League strikers and probably the best-case scenario from Newcastle's point of the same time, I appreciate fans of those clubs will not like their centre-forwards being linked with moves away, the same way Newcastle supporters feel right situation, in particular, sounds very similar to Isak's. It just shows you that this is something that happens in football all the time, and of course it is frustrating when you are on the wrong end of it.
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Newcastle agree £40m deal for Aston Villa's Ramsey
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