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The Alexander Isak situation reached boiling point this week after the striker’s explosive Instagram statement on Tuesday night, where he accused Newcastle of “broken promises” and declared their relationship “cannot continue”.

The saga escalated dramatically when Isak chose to skip the Professional Footballers’ Association awards ceremony despite being named in the Premier League Team of the Year, instead using social media to vent his frustrations publicly.

Newcastle responded within three hours, expressing their “disappointment” and firmly denying any official had promised Isak he could leave this summer.

The club maintained they “do not anticipate conditions being met” for a sale before September 1st.

Isak has been training alone in the afternoons at Newcastle’s Benton training facility, arriving hours after his teammates have departed.

Eddie Howe confirmed he hasn’t spoken to the striker all week and revealed Isak has been instructed to “report late afternoon and train on his own” away from the main group.

The Swedish international will miss Monday night’s clash against Liverpool – ironically, the very club he’s desperate to join.

“He won’t be part of the squad this weekend,” Howe confirmed, describing the entire situation as “regrettable” and a “lose-lose scenario” for Newcastle.

But Jamie Carragher has not been happy with the 25-year-old’s behaviour.

Writing in his Telegraph column, the former Liverpool man has critcised Isak:

It is difficult to work out what is more difficult to swallow; the poor conduct of the rebel and his agent or the levels of hypocrisy and blinkeredness of some of those criticising or rationalising it.

“There is absolutely no justification for Isak’s refusal to play for the club who are paying his wages.”

No matter how ambitious he is, or what promises he perceives to have been broken, the idea of a professional footballer being paid thousands a week and telling his employer he will not work is unacceptable

“The lack of self-awareness of anyone acting like this is [acceptable] beyond my comprehension.

He then referenced Raheem Sterling’s move to Manchester City in 2015 and claimed that Isak’s methods have not been right:

“Raheem Sterling and his former agent tried all sorts of stunts to get him from Anfield to Manchester City in 2015.”

“No one was more critical of their antics than me, which is why I will remain consistent whenever these situations arise

Whatever the outcome, Isak’s methods of trying to secure a move are not right.”

Carragher has been in the minority throughout this saga, with the Sky Sports pundits also asserting that fees in the region £130 million + are reserved for the likes of Kylian Mbappe and other generational players.

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