Alexander Isak ´ s Behaviour to Force Move 'bad Try to Find Football ´ -
Former Newcastle striker Alan Shearer thought Alexander Isak's behaviour in requiring a transfer to Liverpool was "a really bad try to find football".
Isak efficiently went on strike in order to press through his British record ₤ 125million transfer to the Anfield club on Monday, to play for the Magpies at the start of the Premier League season.
Shearer said: "I didn't like how it got to completion. I do not think it's ever ideal that a gamer must go on strike and decline to play for a club whilst you're being paid and have a contract.
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"I comprehend it from the other method around, when a club desires to eliminate you they do, but they're still paying your salaries. When you sign an agreement, you're obliged to satisfy it."
The previous England captain added to Betfair: "Alexander Isak is a great gamer, going to an excellent football club who will no doubt challenge for all the huge trophies. But, as I said, I don't like how it occurred. He'll have his factors, I make sure.
"We can thank him for what he did at Newcastle, but it's been an untidy circumstance all summer.
Alexander Isak refused to play for Newcastle this season (Owen Humphreys/PA)
"I don't think it's done anybody any excellent. It's been a really bad try to find football and for the fans since they're the paying public, the ones that make this fantastic video game of ours.
It's not a great appearance at all when you're being paid by a club and refuse to play
Alan Shearer on Alexander Isak
"It's not a good appearance at all when you're being paid by a club and refuse to play.
"Ultimately, he got his transfer to Liverpool, that's what he wanted."
Isak's representative Vlado Lemic sent a message to talkSPORT, meaning bad feeling in between his client and Newcastle.
He said: "It's nice when you have somebody to be with, but it is even nicer when you understand who you will never be with again."