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Michail Antonio, recently released by West Ham, says a player is entitled to better themselves at another club

Wantaway: Alexander Isak

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Alex Young@alexwsyoung1 minute ago

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Alexander Isak is right to push for a move to Liverpool, says Michail Antonio, because of a lack of loyalty in the game.

Isak has reportedly told Newcastle he wishes to join the Premier League champions, who saw an opening bid worth £110million rejected earlier this month, and has been training alone after missing the club's pre-season tour.

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Newcastle manager Eddie Howe confirmed last week that Isak is not ready to be reintegrated back into the first-team squad, and Antonio feels it is only fair for the player to push for what he believes is in his best interests.

"People are gonna love it or gonna hate what I'm gonna say, but I'm gonna say either way," he told Standard Sport at the FA Community Shield.

"As a player, loyalty in the game has really gone.

I understand being loyal to fans, but being loyal to a club when he's going to try and better himself and better his life and try and achieve things that he's not going to achieve at another club."

He added: "We are meat to them.

it's all about money, and how much money can they make [for] the club?

If a club is going to think about the money side of things, why shouldn't a player?

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"It's not just with the players, it's also with the fans.

Increasing the season tickets and increasing everything else around it to make it harder for fans to go to games, harder for the true fans because a lot of the true fans don't make that much money.

now that they're getting older, and now I'm coming to the end of my career, I have to put them first."

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